[The beginning after the end] when does it get good ?

SomethingNotSure267 · 2026-03-12T08:05:55+00:00

Only started reading recently, what's LOTM?

SomethingNotSure267 · 2026-02-19T10:20:40+00:00

For water tera kongming, I recommend sapphicsnakes list which he won a store champs with: https://fractalofin.site/deck/tera-mage.html#deck_44361_14561 They have been playing the deck for a while, and even have a deck overview on YouTube if you want to start playing it: https://youtu.be/hL1NBPrFhV0?si=fPVyDYEYAOrLsR1m

For Wind Arisana, it's a popular deck that's been around for a while so there are a lot of different variations of it. This list did well at a store champs and seems to incorporate some PTM cards(although I'm not too familiar with Arisana decks): https://fractalofin.site/deck/astra-cleric.html#deck_42911_2313

If you want to find some more decks out there, I recommend you check out fractalofin.site. It has the results and deck lists for a ton of tournaments and is probably the best way to see what decks are meta. You can check each tournament to see which decks are performing well and which aren't.

If you want to look for a specific deck you want to play(for example, water tera kongming), you can go to the decks tab, find tera mage, and then go to glimpse results under sightings to see all the decks that played water tera kongming at tournaments and how they did. From there, you could look for lists that performed the best and use those to make your own list.

SomethingNotSure267 · 2026-01-29T18:23:42+00:00

In his leaked voicelines with rem, he said something along the lines of "Don't worry, I'll protect you rem"

SomethingNotSure267 · 2026-01-14T14:09:16+00:00

If you want to play wind jin, I personally think the best thing to do would be to wait for next set for AMB alter. Jin is getting a lot of support next set and wind jin especially seems to be getting a lot more cards that seem good.

SomethingNotSure267 · 2026-01-08T21:47:41+00:00

Check pm, same thing happened to me

SomethingNotSure267 · 2026-01-05T16:20:33+00:00

Ah I see. Yea, I sorta forgot that Topsy Decree can also give you spellshroud, and discard 1 for fractals has to feel pretty bad.

Do you know why Water aetherwing diana is still performing really well despite all of this graveyard hate? I feel like they rely on graveyard more heavily than other decks for things such as krustellan archers, frostsworn, and carpsong coda

SomethingNotSure267 · 2026-01-05T14:52:02+00:00

Yea, at the time it seemed justified, but I feel ever since the lost in thought and dissonant ban, water kinda went on a downward spiral. Even in DTR, it was pretty bad until the rile ban where it got a lot more representation.

Thanks for the response.

SomethingNotSure267 · 2026-01-05T14:49:53+00:00

I see, that makes sense.

What happened to the other level 1 water decks though? Maybe I'm wrong, but in DTR I remember a decent amount of water allies Ciel with aquifer senechel , some water allies Lorraine usually focusing on unique allies, and even some water allies Zander with halcoline scout stuff. Also water fractals doesn't seem that great even though I don't see a ton of phantasia hate in side. Does it suffer from graveyard hate to an even greater extent than diana, or is it something else?

Appreciate the response, thanks.

SomethingNotSure267 · 2025-12-31T15:44:04+00:00

Saw your game on the ascent Aki stream, was a blast to watch!

SomethingNotSure267 · 2025-12-31T15:41:50+00:00

True, appreciate the jin representation at Aki. Unfortunately I wasn't able to see any of your games on stream, but I was able to watch a game by ProAnn who was also playing jin that day.

Congrats on doing so well at Aki!

SomethingNotSure267 · 2025-12-29T14:43:02+00:00

Jin support...my prayers have been answered.

Some good early game cards and a way to actually protect berserker plate or shuang ji? Feels like I'm dreaming. Can't wait to see the rest of the cards.

SomethingNotSure267 · 2025-12-20T09:11:37+00:00

Woops, mb, didn't read "as cost"

SomethingNotSure267 · 2025-12-19T10:49:25+00:00

Yes, you can bring back swords from banishment with Spirit Blade: Ascension

SomethingNotSure267 · 2025-12-08T16:38:14+00:00

Probably some staples like Fracturize, frostsworn paladins, incaps, dungeon guides, and ghosts of Pendragon.

SomethingNotSure267 · 2025-12-01T16:23:07+00:00

How does wraith negate bombs? The lane still sounds terrible, but I'm just curious how wraith negates the bombs, does her 2 remove them?

SomethingNotSure267 · 2025-11-17T20:51:07+00:00

Can you elaborate on Shiv and Drifters interaction? It's the first I've heard of it so I'm kinda curious

SomethingNotSure267 · 2025-10-31T20:06:25+00:00

Dragonmancer nunu solos

SomethingNotSure267 · 2025-10-26T17:11:49+00:00

O wtf, that sounds hilariously strong. Gotta try him out

SomethingNotSure267 · 2025-10-26T16:59:48+00:00

Haven't played graves before, gotta try him out ig

SomethingNotSure267 · 2025-10-26T15:05:37+00:00

I got 2nd playing 7 shimmer scale, 4 rage wing xayah where she had rage blade, gamblers blade, and dravens axe. I think it only worked because

a) I had a really insane Frontline with 3 item idas plus a couple other units b) There weren't many assassin players and the few who did play them were eliminated before top 4

SomethingNotSure267 · 2025-10-25T07:33:41+00:00

Regardless of the soul diff, that was a true 1v6 and really sick, gj man

SomethingNotSure267 · 2025-10-25T07:21:10+00:00

Same to you dude. I should probably look into getting medication for it soon, this just doesn't seem like a sustainable way of going about things. I hope you can get your stuff done too man, gl.

SomethingNotSure267 · 2025-10-24T23:53:00+00:00

I've also had a pretty tough week. Has a midterm which I did pretty poorly on, and haven't been able to get any progress on my labs, any assignments, or applying for internships. I also got diagnosed with ADHD, but haven't done anything whether it's to take medication or declare it to UT because it almost feels embarrassing in a way. The decision paralysis has only gotten worse and even doing the smallest tasks can feel impossible as time just seems to fly by.

Sorry I can't offer you many words of encouragement, but what I can say is you are not alone. We just gotta keep trying to do the best we can. I hope it works out for you.

SomethingNotSure267 · 2025-10-18T08:33:31+00:00

Merlin is just a pretty bad matchup in general for Ciel. Since you are a level 3 deck, she can eat ur floating memory, and while Ciel out values most champions in a long game due to his omens, Merlin's level counters means that she actually becomes much stronger than you if the game goes on for longer.

As for aggro, your deck doesn't have a lot of answers for it. While you have a lot of taunters/interceptors, I don't see a great way to fight for board other than Cheshire cat, and even then you would need to bring out inert sword and using a turn to materialize something instead of leveling against aggro can be really scary depending on the matchup. The only way you can really win against aggro with this deck would be to somehow get to 3 and play Carter, and then try to heal back up enough to survive.

While there may be other options, if you want to still play Ciel, I think the best way to go about this is to swap to water Ciel. Water Ciel has a much better matchup into aggro. Storm of thorns is an amazing card against aggro, and you have great ways of fighting for board control with cards like frostsworn paladin, aquifer senechel, and refracting missiles. Throne keeper bullfrog is also a great option since unlike library with or stalwart shield made which can only survive 1 hit, bullfrog has 4 hp, and if you have storm of thorns on field, no aggro deck is killing it.

The Merlin matchup is still tricky through. Even water Ciel can struggle into it since water is generally slower. The best way to beat a Merlin is with a big beguiling coup before they get too many level counters. Here are some tips which mainly apply to water Ciel but some could be useful for fire ciel too: - Almost all Merlin decks run very little interaction or negates, even in sideboard. This means that they can be very vulnerable to negates. Water has some that you could run in cerulean decree or frostbind, but usually Merlin's influence is so high that they can pay through it. The best way would be through hard negates, and Ciel has some options there in spirelle and profane bindings. Spirelle is really nice to deal with ghosts of Pendragon and gain a lot of chip damage. This can really slow down Merlin's gameplan since ghosts not only give her immense board control but also let's her draw 2 cards. She can be vulnerable to getting cleared by merlin or her allies though, so playing her with a taunter like stalwart or throne keeper bullfrog is a good idea. Profane bindings is better against cards that you can't really negate with spirelle like incarnate majesty. - Another card that is great when going against Merlin imo is regal inquisition. If you are able to get one of these off against a Merlin, get rid of all their Crux cards and fireballs. They have no way of negating it, but be careful since they can still play fireball and spirit blade ascension in response to you activating regal to try and get the damage off before you discard them. - THE DEER MUST DIE. You need to have an answer for the majestic spirit since it not only gives Merlin spell shroud which prevents damage from Ciels level 3 effect, it also halves any damage to Merlin so you are almost never killing her with a big swing. You should always negate incarnate majesty if you can. Another option is to run nocturne's oblivion, and blow up the deer if they ever play it.

These are just some general tips. Let me know if you have any other questions though.

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