ATPnovel Chapter 9 Polluted Cards
Chapter 9 Polluted Cards
Lin Ye gave a very poignant example that directly hit the sore spot for all beginners.
"Imagine fighting an elite monster. In the second round, the goblin tries to one-shot you, and you need to build up your defense. But you draw three attack cards. What do you do then?"
"When fighting monsters, you need to apply poison, but you've drawn four defense cards, so you can only watch the monsters attack you. What do you do?"
"This is what all newbies call 'bad luck,' and it's also the core reason why 90% of players worldwide lose lives like crazy right from the start."
"It's not that their cards weren't good enough, or that their gameplay was bad; it's that their decks had too many useless cards!"
Su Qingyue was instantly enlightened, and she froze on the spot.
She finally remembered.
Previously, I saw countless players lamenting in the world chat, and it was all about this.
"Damn it! I needed to defend in this crucial turn, but I drew three attack cards and got instantly killed!"
"I'm so angry! My hand is full of defensive cards, I don't have a single offensive card, and I just got whittled down to death by the monsters!"
"I have over twenty cards in my deck, but I keep drawing terrible cards in crucial turns. This game is targeting me!"
It turns out the game wasn't targeting them at all.
They themselves crammed a bunch of useless cards into their decks, effectively blocking their own path to survival.
She looked at the five basic attack cards in her deck and felt an intense irritation.
I used to think these were my guaranteed damage cards, but now I realize they're all ticking time bombs that could kill me.
"Then...then shall we delete it now?" Su Qingyue immediately looked up at Lin Ye, her eyes no longer showing any hesitation, only full of trust.
"Delete." Lin Ye's command was crisp and decisive, without the slightest hesitation.
"First, delete all 5 basic attack cards, leaving none behind."
"Then, remove two of the four basic defense cards, leaving only two that are sufficient."
Su Qingyue did as she was told without the slightest hesitation.
She opened the card deletion interface and saw the price of 50 gold coins to delete one card. Although it hurt a little, she gritted her teeth and deleted the first basic attack card.
[Deleted Card: Basic Strike]
[Current deck has 10 cards remaining]
After deleting the first card, she could clearly feel that the deck interface was much cleaner.
Then, she removed all five basic attack cards – the second, third, fourth, and fifth – leaving none behind.
Then, she removed two extra basic defense cards.
In just one minute, her deck, which originally had 11 cards, was reduced to only 4 cards.
Defense x2, Neutralize x1, Deadly Poison x1.
Su Qingyue looked at her empty deck, her heart skipped a beat, and she subconsciously swallowed.
"Lin Ye, we only have four cards left? Isn't that too few?"
In all her years of playing card games, she had never experienced having only 4 cards left in her deck.
If it were someone else, they would probably panic.
Lin Ye shook his head, pointed to the two cards in the store, and said calmly.
"Don't rush, now that we've removed all the junk cards, it's time to buy cards."
"These two cards I picked out for you are the core cards of your Poison Hunter deck. Buying any other fancy cards will only pollute your deck."
The direction he was pointing was precisely at two of the Hunter's core cards—[Neutralize] and [Deadly Poison].
[Neutralize: 1 mana, inflicts 1 stack of Poison and 1 stack of Weakness on the enemy]
[Deadly Poison: 1 cost, inflicts 5 stacks of poison on the enemy]
Su Qingyue stared at the two cards, momentarily stunned.
"Huh? I already have these two, do you still want to buy more?"
"Of course." Lin Ye nodded, explaining his logic clearly.
"The core of your deck is stacking poison. The more poison cards you have, the higher the number of stacks you can get each turn, and the faster you can finish off the opponent."
"You currently have 4 cards in your deck: 2 for defense and 2 for poison. You draw 5 cards each turn, which means you can draw all the cards in your hand at the start of the game. You can stack poison however you want, and you definitely won't draw bad cards."
"Buy two more Neutralize and two more Deadly Poisons. In your deck, you'll have 6 Poison cards and 2 Defense cards, for a total of 8."
"Draw 5 cards each round, guaranteeing at least 3 cards that stack poison. You can stack at least 10 layers of poison per round. What monster can withstand that?"
Su Qingyue understood instantly.
It turns out that it's not that you can't buy license plates, it's that you can't buy license plates randomly.
Buy only core cards and avoid buying any miscellaneous or useless cards, ensuring that every card in your deck is a key card that can be used.
This way, you'll never draw a bad hand, and your actions in each round will be rock-solid.
Without any hesitation, she directly used her gold coins to buy two [Neutralize] and two [Deadly Poison] cards.
[Cards purchased: Neutralize x2, Deadly Poison x2]
[Current deck has 8 cards remaining]
Looking at her deck of 8 cards, Su Qingyue couldn't help but do a card-drawing test.
With a thought, the deck randomly refreshes 5 cards into the hand.
Two deadly poisons, one neutralizing agent, and two defensive spells.
All of them are core cards; there isn't a single useless card!
She refreshed it again.
Three neutralizing cards, one deadly poison, and one defensive card.
Still, all the cards are usable!
She refreshed the page five times in a row, and each time, her hand was filled with poison and defense cards. Not a single card was a bad draw, and not a single card was useless!
That silky smooth feeling was something she had never experienced before when she had a deck of 11 cards.
She finally understood just how terrifying Lin Ye's "deck purification" really was.
Meanwhile, Lin Ye also completed his operation.
He had more gold coins and was more ruthless in deleting cards.
He completely removed all five basic attack cards and four basic defense cards from his deck, leaving none behind.
Only the four core skill cards remain: [Corruption], [Barrier], [Unyielding], and [Hardening].
Then, he added two core Control Warrior cards, [Shrug and Ignore] and [Battlecry], bringing the deck to a final 6 cards.
It's even thinner and more extreme than Su Qingyue's deck!
Su Qingyue stared wide-eyed at Lin Ye's deck, which only had 6 cards left.
"You...you even deleted all the basic attack and defense?"
"Otherwise what?" Lin Ye chuckled, his tone relaxed. "With Corruption active, all skill cards cost 0 mana. I can stack dozens of block and dozens of strength every turn. What's the point of basic defense and attack cards?"
"Keeping them will only pollute my deck and affect my chances of drawing key cards."
Just then, the world chat was filled with countless players' wails and frustrated curses once again.
"Holy crap! I'm totally screwed! I bought over a dozen cards, and then I drew all garbage in the crucial round! I lost another life!"
"Damn it, I have over 20 cards in my deck, and when I need to attack, they're all defenses, and when I need to defend, they're all attacks. What's going on?"
"Can anyone tell me why the more cards I have, the more likely I am to get a bad hand? I'm going crazy!"
"I cried! I was fighting some mobs, and I had three rare attack cards in my hand, but I didn't have enough mana to play them, so I got completely wiped out!"
Looking at these cries of agony, Su Qingyue felt nothing but relief.
Fortunately, she met Lin Ye.
While 70 billion players worldwide are still frantically buying cards and filling decks, digging themselves into a hole, she has already followed Lin Ye and figured out the real key to winning the game.
It's not about having more cards that makes you stronger, but about having a purer deck that makes you invincible.
Lin Ye patted her on the shoulder and walked towards the store entrance.
"I'm gone."
"The deck has been refined; the road ahead will only get smoother."
"There are still some question mark events ahead. Whether we can get the hidden reward depends on our luck."