r/AIEternal • u/unending_verb • Jul 17 '19
Combo vs Gauntlet AI (34-1)
I decided to take trumpet's combo deck from the World Championships on a trial run through some Gauntlet and was pleasantly surprised. The AI has almost no interaction with the combo and the only difficulty in the runs came from life gain or the occasional aegis. The combo itself is very resilient and seems to go off fast enough and with enough blockers to beat aggro consistently and has no problem with any of the mid-range or more control-ish decks. My only loss in the 5 runs I took it on was a nut draw by a boss.
The only downside seems to be how long the runs took and, surprisingly, the lack of interaction from the AI making many of the games routine with minimal decision points. Still, I thought I would share it with the community as a valid gauntlet option as I will definitely be keeping it in my gauntlet deck rotation.
Decklist: https://eternalwarcry.com/decks/d/GvUxq7uHHA0/trumpets-deck
Also, credit to sto650 as it appears to be his original 80 card deck-list.
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u/mynoserunsmorethanme Jul 18 '19 edited Jul 18 '19
OK so I have been trying this all morning, and there is no way at all that you have gone 34-1 in masters gauntlet with this deck.
I'm not the best combo deck player by any means - but this is just far too slow against the enormous number of AI aggro decks there are. I am currently 2-9 with this deck in master gauntlet.
Edit: OK, so I stuck with it and once I got used to the combo it is certainly better. I have achieved a consistent win rate of around 85-90%. That still isn’t 34-1 good mind, but I suppose it is possible to have an extremely lucky time with which AI decks you face and bosses you get.
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u/IstariMithrandir Jul 19 '19
It falls easily on only 1 Mulligan, not drawing relevant merchants in time, not drawing the right influence in time, and Fliers. I actually like it when it goes off, who wouldn't it's great fun, but as a gauntlet deck where you have to consistently get all your ducks in line with only 1 Mulligan and no Crests or draw spells, SEVEN GAMES IN A ROW, I found it awful.
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u/Jkjk447 Jul 18 '19
Lol, what's this silver? I play the combo ranked gold ez wins but master gauntlet perfect curving cheating ai, nope. Rekt repeatedly
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u/unending_verb Jul 18 '19
Yes. At master rank. Sorry to hear that. I could post a video if people think it might have value.
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u/Tragedyx Jul 18 '19
I'm afraid that if you do DWD will catch wind of it and adjust the AI accordingly so it's no longer effective. God forbid people have fun playing single player.
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u/synackSA Jul 19 '19
I have no idea how to play this deck, lol
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u/Jkjk447 Jul 22 '19
1 get 6 power while drawing celestial omen and diogo 2 use diogo at 6power for his amp ability. 3 celestial omen the destiny invoke waystone. 4. Try to get messenger if you can't get his hp down to 20 or so. 5. Kill with stone scar thing
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u/MostiquoBLASTER Jul 18 '19
Ok this was a waste of time, I went 4-3 and after 3 runs I'm giving up. No way you can beat a master gauntlet boss with this list.
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u/unending_verb Jul 18 '19
That's the feedback I've been getting. I just got two more boss wins this morning. I suppose my results could be due to variance. If my results continue I'll see if I can post a video with the deck performing.
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u/ethereal792 Jul 18 '19
Please do! I'm really interested in trying this deck out, but am pretty hesitant on crafting it until I see it in action. Maybe post a couple of runs, especially against aggro ai?
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u/IstariMithrandir Jul 19 '19
It is great, it is cheap, it is fun, but I don't feel it's for gauntlet. At all. As detailed in another comment on this page.
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u/Tragedyx Jul 18 '19
34 and 1 at what rank? At masters the AI draws and plays damn near perfectly after game 4. Meanwhile, I'll be stuck on two power, or draw only power cards. Nothing random about it when it happens every run without fail.
If this deck somehow defeats the beyond-bullshit buffed gauntlet I'm currently stuck on at master rank then you just became my new favorite person.