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Distorted Knowledge

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Sweaty_Wizard
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Team Crescendo

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Alright guys. The boogie man, Temporal Distortion is back! And boy does it have some sweet new tricks. The Draw/Go style is alive and well in this incarnation.

It plays very similarly to the Temporal decís of old. However, now we can be more stream lined thanks to Display of Knowledge that is my favorite card out of this set. Toolbox decks are my drug of choice. Display allows you to grab whatever relic that suits your need. Or to simply say NOPE to that echo'd Inquisitor Makto or any other pesky Unit. And then once you've sewn up a nice little bow on the game, you throw down a Pit of Lenekta or go to the face with Channel the Tempest.

The market may look a bit strange. But it is for a specific reason. Getting double Shadow is sometimes annoying. The Xenan Temple is for either a little bit of dig or tricks with Scorpion Wasp, but the main reason for it is, it stops void reccurals by throwing those units you bust up into your void instead. A New Tomorrow is a good card to play ASAP that way you are drawing straight gas afterwards. Passage of Eons and Talir's Unwinding are both cards you could switch for whatever you feel like, I just like the mass relic m and silence, and Unwinding is hilarious when you want to be a troll and just draw out and made game.

This is Team Crescendo, enjoy this distorted knowledge.

Details

Shiftstone Cost
Does not include campaign cost
42,700
Premium Cost
203,200
Influence Requirements
3 2 2 2
Power Sources
15 10 15 7 19
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Deck Rarities
12 29 28 6
Card Types
8 8 36 1 27
Contains Cards From Campaigns
Dead Reckoning [Set1003]
Archetype
Control
Updated
February 19, 2019
Added
February 13, 2019
Views
6,298
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Revisions (Since last major patch) February 19, 2019

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Comments

DonkeyOnTilt Eternal Version: 1.43.0.6161
This deck is pretty good. Took me a minute to figure out what a good opening hand looks like. Basically what I've found is you just want a lot of scout lands to start and a merchant.
HamAndSwiss Eternal Version: 1.43.0.6161
This deck looks likea ton of fun, but i am wondering how exactly you close the game out other than with pit? I kind of feel like the list just durdles endlessly until they are out of gas, but then you dont really have a closer? Unless i am missing something.

Also, is vapor hut actually good? 7 power for 1 power, 12 for 2, etc seems whack in a deck where relics dont really matter.

Final question, how essential is a new tomorrow?
Sweaty_Wizard Eternal Version: 1.43.0.6161
Play a game where you're stuck on power and you start pulling them with Vapor hut and your mind will change real quick, that's how I fell in love with the card. And I'll be honest, when I play this deck, my game plan to win is have my opponent scoop. Once I have control of the board and they have run out of gas, drop reclaimer and Target yourself. That usually does it. If you land Pit, you should be closing the game out rather quickly after that, same with SoTSK. And we run the disjunction mainly for taking out annoying relics of the opponents, usually Mask, Crown, and rival SoTSK. Otherwise we hold those to get back our relics against FJS.

I like Tomorrow since it basically says every card you draw after that is straight gas, which helps with the make my opponent scoop game plan.
HamAndSwiss Eternal Version: 1.43.0.6161
Thanks for the answers. I guess i will have to try vapor hut, just seems so bad on paper
Sweaty_Wizard Eternal Version: 1.43.0.6161
It's the innocuous ones that are true sleepers. for control decks, especially if you get temporal out. Hut means you are Guaranteed a power drop, which is exactly what you're looking to do.
IanHirst Eternal Version: 1.43.0.6161
And I really don't think Passage of Eons is that much of a stretch in the board. It's a really good card that can deal with a variety of threats and permanently silence annoying units. Also is a way for other color combos to deal with things like the Gavel that locks down reanimator decks.
Sweaty_Wizard Eternal Version: 1.43.0.6161
Added Gavel bc i took a beating a couple times from reanimator.
Jaklbye Eternal Version: 1.43.0.6161
This deck bumps
Sweaty_Wizard Eternal Version: 1.43.0.6161
I hope so. I legit just played against my deck and I felt so proud and annoyed. Lol I couldn't beat it with my FPS peaks deck.
Agenight Eternal Version: 1.43
I really want to like this deck, but i can't get it to work.
I'm 2-7 with it.

How do you get your power on time to play stuff on turn ?
i had a 8 turn game, where i did not get any Justice....
Sweaty_Wizard Eternal Version: 1.43.0.6161
I ended up doing a semi-large overhaul with the mainboard to help ensure a more consistent power base and lowering the curve so you can be more responsive.
Sweaty_Wizard Eternal Version: 1.43
I do need to work on the power base. I've heard others have similar problems, RNG has always been on my side I guess. I only got screwed out of shadow a few times.
Ninjacan Eternal Version: 1.43
Only 2 petition, no seek, and only merchant that ramps in a deck that's 4 colors and wants to get to 9 power, pretty greedy. I like the idea of display of Knowledge in a temporal deck, but this list looks like it needs some work
Sweaty_Wizard Eternal Version: 1.43.0.6161
How does it look now?
Ninjacan Eternal Version: 1.43.0.6161
ya, looks better, hope it works out for you :) I've just been sticking to the 3-color version (TJP) of temporal and been pretty happy with it
Sweaty_Wizard Eternal Version: 1.43
How can I fix the power base?
Gandalf Eternal Version: 1.43.0.6161
Try Shiftstoned.com power calculator, but beyond that more Petition
Ninjacan Eternal Version: 1.43.0.6161
I'm not an expert on these temporal decks, but I feel like they used to play 4 seek and 2 find the way. I'd recommend looking at some other lists. Definitely try to fit the 4th strategize.
Sweaty_Wizard Eternal Version: 1.43.0.6161
Find the way is fine as a 3 faction deck. Not so much when you are doing a splash for a 4th. Bc that 4th I'd crucial. So seek and petition
Duffmani Eternal Version: 1.43
I hate you so much right now buddy.

I have played you running this too many times to count and its always a pain in the ass.
Kudos to you!
Well done on a probably amazing deck to pilot and a terrible deck to play against.
Sweaty_Wizard Eternal Version: 1.43
The best part is I play only after my peaks deck takes a hit or two. And I just happened to play against you then Thank you! Good luck on the ladder!
Raven333 Eternal Version: 1.43
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