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Flux Counting and Improving Your Opening Game

Whats your opening like?

    Flux counting is the coin term for a well planned opening game. 

Generally it should be used to plan flux spending for round 3 or 4 of a match but if possible more. It will give you an edge.

The Counting Tree

    The absolute best way is to do it with a pencil and a piece of paper.

You put turn one in the top middle of the paper and branch out plays. As an example I will make a flux counting tree for a sylvan/elemental deck. In this example I want to cast Vapor Mahal and Bamboo Watchtower quickly to claim the middle flux well but I also want to keep the defended.

                              TURN 1: 10 flux
                                     - 7 flux - Grove
                                     - 1 flux - tenderfoot archer or valedune arborist
                                     = 2 flux left
                               -------------------------
                               |            |          |
                               V            |          V
                              PASS          |          - 2 flux - Thistle Falcon
                              = 2 flux left |          = 0 flux left
                       Turn 2:  5 flux      |_  Turn 2:  3 flux
      -------------------------------------   |              ----------------
      |                  |                 |   |__________                  |
      V                  |                 V              |___              V
     PASS                |_________       PASS                |________    PASS
   Turn 3:  8 flux                |_____ Turn 3:  8 flux               | Turn 3:  6 flux
          - 5 flux - Vapor Mahal        |_     - 5 flux - Vapor Mahal  |        - 5 vapor mahal
          - 3 flux - Bamboo Watchtower    |     - 3 flux - Flame EnT   |        - 1 cloudburst
          = 0 flux left (AND MIDDLE FLUX) |     = 0 flux left          |        = 0 flux left

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