Just how does this thing work? Are you only in your own rank, and can you still get points if you lose? I don't like spellbooks and I still don't have enough cards to make a proper fur hire deck, and I am not sure if I have enough for a red eyes deck. Should I just use my old dragon pierce/extra damage deck or Maha Vailo and Cerebus equip spell deck just for the heck of it, or just wait until they do warriors?
You're not limited by rank, as I have encountered someone from Gold and Legend before... although I encounter Platinum more often than not, so they'll still try to match you with your own PvP Rank.
Don't bother with the same type card-- those only give you 50 bonus points per card. And you know what? Playing a new card also gives you 50 bonus points! So you're better off playing Fur Hire or Noble Knights. You get far better Duel Assessment score and can probably win much easier.
In fact, you don't need those bonus points. You just need to maximize your Duel Assessment score.
In conclusion, always join the team that is more likely to win (Spellcaster), and play a deck that has high win rate, with high Duel Assessment score as a bonus.
I am just going to make some random s****y spellcaster deck and hope for the best because I don't have enough for anything better in this type yet. Can't wait till they do warriors!
Hmm? Why? Like I said, you should focus on winning instead of caring about the type. Just play whatever you were using in PvP, including non-dragon/spellcasters.
Normally I'm like, "you should play what you want", but if you lose, you'll hurt your team's score. Remember, only the winning team and the 1st ranked player gets gold chest.
Yes, you can use whatever you want. The only reason to use your team's type or new cards is for some minor assessment bonus, which is 50 per card. (25 per card if you lose.) The bonus is so insignificant that you're better off just playing to win.