Random rantings

Few things that crossed my mind:

1.
I think I am getting addicted to striding aurageyser dragon. combined with claret fetching a swordbreaker and putting it behind serva, and retiring david to aurageyser, gives you some of the most insane and best feel of hand size boost ever (think only 3 Peace with multiple Darling can compare). Specially if you get to stride first, puts you so far ahead at times, even with crappy hand, that you are set for the next 1-2 turns. Hell there are times I even consider striding it twice depending on opponents (against big final turns like Bad End Ogre, or retire clans and LJ) over doomed. Never regretted buying and keeping 4, specially when it was still $12.

2.
RP getting way too much support. Granted most are for either Altmile and Alfred, we still have the insane altmile stride, and I think good JK are printed because we might see something happen to Swordmy. Benon is a pretty strong early play for 1 CB, i can easily see it being tech in in budget royal lists along with Mirron. Alfred is basically RP's version of Ezel; screwing LJ like its nothing. but since most of Alfred's support ties to a grade 3, at least if this craze catches on we'll see a lot less of the "grade stuck at 2 and swordmy you to death". Bushi must have been smoking weed again...

3.
Think deletor will be pretty consistent after the comic booster. Now with ample ways to countercharge, and getting pluses off Alba and Elro, a potential unflip trigger, and a new alternate win in Eigorg (ain't easy), but at least opponent can't do shit against it cause if they refuse to fill the drop zone by guarding, they are gonna die to delete. And best thing none of this give a lick whether opponent is grade 3 or not, which gives deletor a strong identity of aggression over say Messiah.

4.
Aqua force support is arriving. Ripple support kind of makes me fearful if they print more grade 1 and grade 2 support, but the legion is in the right direction. Definitely brace for a new maelstrom (likely a breakride or more effects pre LB4 version), thavas stride will also likely be a big middle finger to tidal bore 3-4. Hell we likely see 1 tidal bore, 1 socrates, 4 lambros, and maybe 2 thavas. Hopefully it would help if they can gain a little more field for less, but that might be asking for too much.

5.
Rush period is finally over, and it has slowed down significantly enough for me to start writing on a consistent basis (hopefully). No promises.

Random Decklist: Troll Shadow

Grade 0: 17
1 Creeping dark goat
8 crit
4 cursed eye raven
4 heal

Grade 1: 13
3 Brenwen
3 Peaker
4 Nemain (PG) (non-foil)
2 Swordbreaker (only expensive RR)
1 Servemyu

Grade 2: 12
4 Serva
4 Grosne
4 Macha (LD non-foil)

Grade 3: 8
4 Manisa
2 Baddah Caar (9k)
2 Sharp Fang Witch

Grade 4:
4 Madew (comic booster R)
2 Efnysion (FC RR)
2 Diablo (non-foil)

This deck was inspired by Timmy power gamer. Its not as offensive as a claret based deck, but it has so much card advantage its not even funny.Between. Madew recycling a on call grade 3, macha, baddah and sharp fang fetching, you have many options. Peaker is there so that you don't get owned for riding one of the 9k. you can get big columns through Grosne and spamming ravens to call (which thins the deck making the legion turn high trigger density) and using sharp fang to call multiple ravens. Wads more, this deck is relatively cheap with only Swordbreaker costing a significant amount (rest of them have a cheaper alternative print).

Away Doesn't Mean Gone Forever, Random Rants

Hi all, and as most of you are aware, its been a LONG time since I last posted, so I figured a update post is in order.

I have been away with other commitments since last month; getting a job, sorting out personal problems, and so many weekend events that I could not find the time to have fun at Vanguard. But I frankly didn't regret the 'break'.

The burnout is real. I starting to get weary of the game as time goes by. Its very natural for us to experience this, once things get repetitive, we take things for granted, and nothing really seems to maintain our interest. Times like this a little away time might be just what the doctor ordered.

Been playing all other sort of games online as I haven;t the time to pop by my LGS to play. Path of Exile. Skyforge open beta. Hearthstone. Diablo 3. Even just catching up on all those shows I told myself to get it over with" but procrastinated.  We only have so much time in our mortal time here, and if your interest is like mine, we just ain't got enough time to do ALL of them.

But fear not people. I have taken a break, and now that I have a fresher perspective of the game, and with GBT04 inbound, I will have more interesting things to talk about for awhile! Definitely look forward to the following:

• Talk about each Clan that will gain support from the set. Focus mostly the mechanics for each G-era clan, the flavor of the mechanics and how they work.

• A guide on deck decisions, as well as in-game decisions for G-era decks, with focus on tackling Grade-locking opponents.

• Why taking damage early in G-era is bad, and guarding early can either make or break the game for you.

• A Stand trigger rant: why bushi pushing hard for stand with strong recycling effects.

First one will probably span around 6-7 articles at least, so expect to see quite a few post in the weeks to come.