Going Infinite has to be one of the hardest things Ive ever attempted in any game Ive ever played

Edit: I FUCKING DID IT LETS GO!!!

Im so fucking happy right now. What a journey. I need to evaluate my life

I have thoughts after hundreds of games. Very interesting takeaways and thoughts on what got me over the hump - more to come, will include in a post as well

Leaving original angry post to continue commentary:

Original post:

I must not be very good judging from how often I see people say "got infinite this season!", but man, I have never gotten it once. I've finished plenty of seasons in the low 90s but finally attempted to go for it this weekend with all the freetime I had.

I played basically non stop, and was eventually one cube away from 100...

and have since dropped back to 96, and for the last 6 hours, have gone up and down between 96 and 98. Its wild how hard this is to me, even with the established strategies everyone always says. (IE: retreat often!). I do retreat when I have no chance - and suddenly I've lost 6 or 7 games in a row. Combined with the occasional 2 cuber I do stick out, I lose.

And yes, I've used most of the main established "good decks" and meta versions of everything. I stuck with Thanos Blob for awhile because thats what got me to 99, but Ive struggled since and have been going back and forth amongst a bunch of decks.

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I'm about to just give up. I cannot believe I wasnt able to accomplish this. What am I missing? Why does it seem so easy for so many?