is fab close to mtg in terms of popularity yet?
what about one piece? riftbound?

is there still no one who leak japan sales ranking from media create for 2025-2026 fiscal year

>>98894145
There was a website that used to do top 10s or top 5s every month for Japanese TCG sales but they stopped doing it for some reason.

>>98894125
Product vs product without (((creative))) accounting obfuscating shit, One Piece most certainly has hit Magic numbers. But Pokemon outperforms both by far. YGO is 4th with Riftbound and Lorcana switching 5th/6th on release by release basis. Then Gundam, Union Arena, DBS, Digimon, FF, Weiss, Sorcery, Vanguard, SWU, Shadowverse, FAB, Grand Archive, Cookie Run and the fad of the quarter with the current one being Palword make up the rest of the top 20.

Secondary market indexes are pretty much the same except Riftbound is way off the top 10. With Pokemon, Magic and One Piece being six digit monsters. YGO, Union Arena and DBS being around $60K. Digimon, Lorcana and Gundam on the $30Ks and everything else below $20K.

>>98894061
>Are TCGs better with more or less deck consistency in their gameplay, and why?
thats never a "better or worse" thing. making more consistent decks (whatever the means) means skill expression gets bigger and RNG importance gets less. but whether thats good or not depends on the game. more consistency will make a game rewarding in depth but harder to get new people into. and if the game is of a type that's easy to math/break, too much consistency makes it degenerate. thats why commander is prefd for mtg, the game goes to shit if decks are too consistent so formats with mroe RNG are more fun.

>>98894125
FABs doing fine but if it was gonna do that it would have happened when it was blowing up in 2020/2021. games don't really get a second peak once they're on the backslope of their growth curve.

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>>98895009 >>98895119 >>98899479 >>98903549

thoughts on echoes of astra?

>>98894536
Kickstarter Anime "fixed MTG" with no IP. It's DOA.

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>>98895109 >>98895264 >>98896249 >>98896692

>1930's alternate history
>WWII avoided by early demonstration of nuclear bomb
>industrial boom to employ all the people who would have been killed
How much story or setting do you prefer in your ACG? Do you get all your lore through the cards or do you seek out additional story?

>>98895032
I've never really cared to go out of my way to understand the story of any card game I've played, but I like it when I know that thought has gone into it, and that I could dive into it if I wanted. I like seeing flavor text and art with recurring characters and factions and stuff like that.

>>98894536
Someone here said it's riftbound but better but in about 2 months it'll just be riftbound but deader

>don't care for the cyberpunk TCG
>watch edgerunners season 2
>now I care for the cyberpunk TCG
I was the pig all along uh

>>98895032
I think tcgs are a very unexplored medium for storytelling. Early mtg had the right idea of using the cards to show bits and pieces instead of creating a cohesive narrative. Basically good for showcasing a setting, bad for telling a traditional story

>>98894061
Lolita porn op. This place is pure cancer now.

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>>98896470

Pulled this card in foil last night at an LGS that just started sorcery events.
I won the game that I played but it was a pretty chaotic event and I didn't realize they were playing a tournament at the same time and I lost all my matches lol.

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>my store's EB05 pre-release got delayed to next week because of a delay in their EB05 delivery
>meanwhile some rip n ship fags on whatnot are already opening OP18 boxes which isn't even releasing until next month
ok, whatever bandai

>>98894061
Wtf I love card games now?

>>98895264
Lorcana does a pretty good job with storytelling... cards give hints towards plot points to the story via art or flavor text, while some sets paint a more definite picture using the filler insert cards in the booster packs to detail a short story.

Blatant nudity on cards isn't allowed on blue boards. If you guys were wanting things to improve around here you'd flag obvious posts like that.

nta but nobody cares about wanting to improve anything, Karen, it's fucking /acg/ on 4chan. I mean, literally, nobody cares except you. If you do, ask for mod status and handle it yourself (for free) or go back to ledd*t.

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>>98896058 >>98896226

>>98895933
You're arguing that no body cares, but why the fuck do you care about being off topic and divisive of the intended topic in the thread every day? Go to literally any other fucking pink board and you can post the most graphic child rape possible, and you will get applauded for doing so. Why? Because those places are on topic, but not here, a game board for people who like them. We don't care how tragic your childhood abuse was or how lonely you are today because of your abhorrent disregard for innocence. We just want to discuss card games, without a reminder that the whole fucking world is under the stranglehold of filthy rich cannibalistic pedophiles!!

CARD
GAMES
THREAD

>>98896038
Posting cards from an /acg/ is on topic. That fact doesn't change just because you don't like the art.

>>98896058
I'm pretty sure posting pony shit tcg to this board is still against the global rules

>>98896087
And? If you've been on 4chan for more than 2 seconds, you'd know that the images in OP aren't NSFW by 4chan blue board standards and therefore aren't against the rules.

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>>98896078
Cute, but I wish there weren't boys in the art. It's such a shame. It'll go in the database but not in my physical collection.

>>98896111
It's an /acg/ regardless though so go ahead and post your rainbow foil Pinkie Pie faggot. I just piped up to let you know you're wrong despite being based.

>>98896142
Wrong about what?

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>>98896249 >>98897007

Yes yes, but what games *feel* cute to play?

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Im looking to get the best cards to goon
What do you guys recommend?

>>98896038
I'm not arguing anything. I'm telling you, and believe me when I say this, that nobody here cares except you. How is OP's image not on topic? They're legitimate cards from alternative card games. Whether or not he posted them just for the art or the game, it's still technically on topic and no amount of mental gymnastics will change that fact. 99% of people here don't even play the games they post about, so don't try to act like that suddenly matters. You're having a meltdown because you dislike the art and you're trying to justify that emotional meltdown by saying it's against the rules when it's not. You're projecting your own childhood trauma onto me, even though I explicitly stated that I have no stake in this matter, you're insane. You're on 4chan, not ledd*t. This isn't your safe space. I would've suggested that you apply to become an unpaid moderator again, since that's clearly what you want to be. But people like you, who are control freaks, tend to fit right in with the moderators on ledd*t, so please, go apply there and leave this place.

>>98896214
>you
I don't have to be a lewd card poster to disagree with you. If you see something against the rules, report it.
This isn't reddit. Suggestive images with no visible genitalia or nipples aren't against the rules on blue boards.
Your seething has shit up these threads 1000 times more than any loli card poster.

Half of a starter set is done. I should have a prototype to bring to Protospiel MN in January. I'm opting to make a new game, rather than a direct fan-made expansion. Theme is high mages wanting a battle of wits without the messy cleanup of a proper battle. So they play this wild chess-like game instead. When you capture a scoring tile, you place a diadem on it at the end of the round. During the next round, that diadem scores you points until the enemy removes your diadem. First to 10 points with at least a 2 point lead wins. You only have 4 diadems at your disposal, too.

In other news, one of my board games will be at Games By James next month, just in time for the holiday season. This includes their store in the Mall of America. To say I am excited is a gross understatement.

>>98895032
I'm with >>98895109. I don't go out of my way to follow the lore on most TCGs, but the exposition via flavor text is always fun. Don't put too much effort into it, but don't completely sleep on it either.

>>98896181
Sailor Moon

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>>98896448 >>98896816 >>98896852 >>98899191 >>98899485 >>98901064

I am forgotten...

>>98896142
>Pinkie Pie
Oh good, you're familiar with Best Pony.

>>98896332
No. There is another...

(... Lorcana player here.)

>>98895410
Nice, always feels great to pull a foil in sorcery
>I didn't realize they were playing a tournament
Yeah most sorcery events will end up being a swiss-system tournament, so everyone can get currency called "dust" to get things from the promo shop. The top finishers get extra dust

>>98896142
>Pinkie Pie
She's the best! After Luna.

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>>98896693 >>98899381

(repeating from previous thread)

Yep, ZENONZARD is turbo dead. Bandai shut down the site with the print and plays, along with the card database... ...at least I saved all of it.

Also the TTS mod and the show are still up.

>>98895032
I'm not representative of the ideal focus group consumer, but I always prefer an impressionistic approach when it comes to the actual cards.
Show me scenes from your world, maybe even major events, but keep me feeling like I'm getting second or third hand info. Flavor text is least cringe when it's vague narration or encyclopedic in nature - please don't use quippy quotes or loredump paragraphs in the flavor text.

If I get hooked by the vibes, and you trust me to infer things about your world, then I'll probably seek out more explicit info elsewhere. If I feel sick with cringe just reading my cards, I won't bother.

>>98896533
>launched in 2020
What the fuck?

>>98896470
This may sound retarded but I got there after signing in and played like 2 games and ate some food and left and went 0-4 not even realizing they were playing a tournament, I thought it was just a casual event lol.

>>98896332
I was fascinated learning this game had a whole plotline with arcs to it. Did Hades ever cash in on that one line about having plans in August?

>>98895119
If they're not retarded and expecting sixty gorillion per fiscal quarter, like Riot, they can survive indefinitely.
tcgs are so cheap to make you really can't be run off the market unless you fuck up on purpose, i.e. taking unsurmountable debt for five digit payouts on ten people tournaments, like Upper Deck.
So long as you don't make entirely unproven stuff with dysfunctional tech that scares people away or makes it inherently hard to share your game online, like... I don't even remember her name.
In the end if you really have zero traction just make it a lcg. You'll never see tcg money but you can keep "dying" and coming back to a captive audience that legit loves your game and isn't in it just for hustling, like L5R.

>>98896332
The digital client will save us, just trust the plan bros...

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>>98896938

>>98896816
No, I think they must have changed the story around, because the next 'big bad' ended being 'The Vine' which was fought by Hunny Wizard Pooh and his D&D party. The newest set, which I think is out in February, features Hades, and it's called Into The Inkdark. I think THAT was the plans he was hinting toward, the date just got changed.

>>98896852
I am looking forward to that, honestly.

>>98896760
Honestly, even though most events are "tournaments" its still the most chill environment for card gaming I've seen so far. Sorcery seems to filter out spergs and everyone gets free dust just for signing up, so there's a pretty casual atmosphere anyways. Even the larger sanctioned events I've been to have been this way

>>98896867
Well, actually, now that I think about it, it's possible he could have been referring to NEXT August, and maybe that would be the next Illumineer's Quest. If that's true, then Hades will be the 'big bad' for at least a few sets.

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>>98896181
Neopets feels pretty cute with the art and rolling the dice with the sparkles and stars on them and whatnot.

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>>98898475

At this point just report and ignore the "THINK OF THE CARDBOARD CHILDREN!!1" retard getting mad about anime cards being posted on the card game board on a anime website.

>>98896236
>This isn't reddit. Suggestive images with no visible genitalia or nipples aren't against the rules on blue boards.
And yet when I post a certain Illuminati card as OP, it gets deleted and I get a warning.

>>98897577
Take the hint.

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>>98898488

>>98897134
Hey someone posted my butt. Try this one on for size.

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>>98898511 >>98898531

I still need to play this game eventually.

>>98898475
10/10 would try

>>98898482
I have played it, and it pisses me off that it died in the cradle. Game was a joy to play, and the box opening experience was very fun.

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>>98898482
Oh no there are cute lolis in it. I was hoping to save some money this month.

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>>98898704

Look at this thing.

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>>98898704

A skeleton praying mantis!!!

>>98898630
>>98898697
art is pretty cool, but that frame and layout could ruin anything

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>>98900787 >>98900987

>>98898704
What's wrong with the layout?

>>98898511
>it pisses me off that it died in the cradle.
It didn't, though. He took it out of the cradle, shot it in the head a few times, then put it back in the cradle. Then he shot it again because reasons.

>>98898907
it died before its time, self-inflicted makes it that much worse

>>98898531
RIP anon's wallet

>>98896332

Lorcana really fucked up by 1) having strict deckbuilding restrictions by color and 2) NOT having themes/archetypes stick to one color. My turbonormie sister was excited about Lorcana when she heard of it, but instantly lost interest when she learned that she can't actually make a "Beauty and the Beast" deck or "Aladdin" deck or whatever.

>Box 2 and 3 of the L99 version of Sakura Arms exist on the open market at moderate to heavy markup
>Box 1 does not appear at all
I fucking knew I'd regret not buying into the kickstarter.

>>98899174
Tell me more.

>>98899211
I own all 3 boxes and basically never play with them, I am in Aus tho

I also don't actually have the boxes, just the cards and tuckboxes because the retard I bought them from binned them and the additional boards???

>>98899191
>lost interest when she learned that she can't actually make a "Beauty and the Beast" deck or "Aladdin" deck or whatever
Makes sense. I feel like it's super important for multi IP games to have it be viable to make decks themed around one particular IP, at least for casual play.

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>>98899396 >>98899433

>>98899223
It's like a board game
https://queercraft.co/products/grm-trading-card-game

>>98896533
could you send that card database?

I been absent from ACG in awhile, I used to remember people talking about new TCG's, Is no one following Horo-Beat?

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>>98899433

>>98899264

>>98899388
Has there been anything new about it? I only saw the initial announcement stuff which was a grand total of one card with no rules for context.

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>>98899437 >>98899487

>>98899404
They started posting the rules and showed multiple cards already, also the CoroCoro magazine has a deck you can play with.

>>98899264
>>98899396
The QR code is unfortunate, and the gameplay just sounds like Triple Triad (which isn't necessarily a bad thing), but the art is acceptable.
Thank you for sharing, anon.

>>98899430
>kitty
You have my attention.
Have you tried the demo? Is it fun?

>>98899437
No sadly. I was hoping for more info around /acg/.

>>98894536
It's something I'm thinking about so it's not doomed.

>>98896332
Thank goodness. Disney has no place in the world. Sorry Lorcana fans, you seem nice but this cannot continue.

>>98899430
Seems like a Duel Masters clone with lane based combat.
The demographic overlap with DM seems pretty strong and they're both published by Takara Tomy, so I still wonder how this is gonna avoid getting cannibalized by DM.

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>>98899191
They've somewhat fixed that over time, though. It's easy to build a Lilo and Stitch aggro deck now, Toy Story decks were common in recent sets, and even Beauty and the Beast had a themed deck while they were focusing on dual-color cards. The trouble is that some themes just aren't that competitive, and the meta leaves them behind in the dirt. Like the recent Winnie the Pooh cards, where having Christopher Robin in the deck meant that you could put cards of any color in as long as they had the 'hunny' keyword, which was a fun idea, but just wasn't strong enough to take seriously. There's also certain franchises that aren't that great on their own, but work really well with another, like how you can match Darkwing Duck with The Incredibles to make a great Superhero deck, or switch it up and add Zootopia instead to make a Detective deck. I personally went with a Mickey and Minnie deck with a heavy splash of Kevin from Up for the last Set Champs, and at least 2 other players did the same.

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>>98899698 >>98899774 >>98901333

>>98899485
Disney hate has always been the main thing that keeps Lorcana down. Yet the IP also keeps us afloat. It's a frustratingly illogical existence. You're not wrong to hate a giant evil empire, but they wouldn't be giants if the world didn't love the product they churn out. We all claim to hate Disney, but each day we fuel them to continue to hold their grip over us. I'm not sorry that I love this card game. Let those among you that have never supported the Mouse cast the first stone

>>98899675
>>98899649
I think the main problem is that the majority of "good" decks are just "goodstuff.dek" in whatever two colors have the best 15 cards.

I'm sorry that Disney fans now have to put up with an overwhelmingly negative opinion about Disney, but I assure you the hate is very very well deserved because they ruined so much that was good about themselves that it is difficult to carry on like nothing happened. In other words they're getting what they deserved, but that unfortunately means it's difficult to be a modern fan of theirs. The job requires that you look past a lot of fucking awful decisions they've made handling their own IPs in order to extract enjoyment out of them, and for many that spell broke a long time ago. All anyone sees these days are the sum of their mistakes, not the monumental good that they achieved over a lifetime of accomplishments. Sad, really, but deserved.

>>98899698
I've really never understood this argument. If it's good stuff, why WOULDN'T you put it in a deck?

>>98899741
You don't have to justify your hatred of Disney, we all have it to some degree, even if we play Lorcana. We get it. We're at peace with it.

>>98899744
It's not the deck builders fault, it's the developers. If they provide synergy - which they've improved recently with the aforementioned toys and Lilo & Stitch and Detective decks - then every deck isn't the best individual cards from 2 given colors.

It's the difference between the Micky & Minnie card and Hades - both good cards, but the former needs a lot of the deck built around it while the latter fits into literally any purple deck as a 4-of.

And I think it's boring to play against meta after meta entirely dominated by decks built of Hades type cards.

>>98899675
But you're still supporting the mouse right now. That's different than realizing and then avoiding.

>>98899388
>another vtumer tcg
jfc.

>>98899755
>boring to play against meta after meta entirely dominated by decks built of Hades type cards
OK, I get that, but I personally prefer to build without relying on the meta, and though the people I play with often admonish me for not playing Popular Card X, I find it funny how many of my ideas end up in the decks that turn up at Set Champs. Sometimes if you defy the meta, you become the meta. People are sheep. Build decks that surprise them. (but also lose a bunch in the process, because that's the reality of things... no one said it was an easy path)

>>98899749
It's not about me, it's about the lifetime fans they took a fat piss on and then blamed the victims for causing it to rain.

>>98899774
I did say 'we' all support the Mouse, yes. I'm also not sorry for doing so. I think you missed my point. If you're telling me that you avoid doing so completely, you're a ridiculous liar.

>>98899787
And I'm one of those pissed-on fans. That's what I'm saying... it's all good, bro.

>>98899794
>it's all good, bro.
No. No it really fucking isn't.

>>98899795
No, no, between you and me, it is. We can just keep on hating Disney. I've got no beef with you, is what I'm saying.

You've come to the realisation I had years ago, about how corpos don't just control money and power, but your own feelings as well. It's a devastating thought to have, but somehow the acg thread on tg doesn't feel like the right place to have this conversation

>>98899381
I wish I knew how...

>>98899792
Depending on how many chains of causality you reach, I suppose yes, but avoiding anything clearly from the Disney company and of recent creation seems doable?

>>98899984
>avoiding anything clearly from the Disney company and of recent creation seems doable?
Well yeah. Even the most hardcore Disney fans avoid recent Disney. But that's more because current Disney sucks than any form of altruism. That's why Disney relies so heavily on nostalgia.

>>98899822
If a corpo would print more loli cards id vote for them with my wallet.
Must be how fags felt when hasbro bought mtg...

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>>98898724
it's ugly as fuck and doesn't fit the vibe of the art at all

>>98898724
Jus downraight perculiar...

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>>98901201

>>98896332
Lorcana failed to appeal to collectors of "muh-Disney" stuff. that should have been the priority.

it should have been invincible. highly sought after collectible art pieces. even if some cards were flops, other cards in the set would boost interest and maintain sales.

but the cards focus so much on text boxes, making them look [not as great as they should have] and there is NO indication on the card about WHERE the character/thing is from. oh, you don't know? sucks for you! you should know. (are they really saving money on leaving off a Zootopia logo or even text on this card?! why??! it's Disney's card game, why should they "save money" but not using logos or names of properties? that's ludicrous.)

why make me buy a case of cards for ONE freaking full-art card? why aren't they ALLLLLL beautiful cards?

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>>98901318 >>98901756

>>98894061
> ctrl+f Cyberpunk
> Not in the OP

We'll get 'em soon, chooms. Its gonna be nova

>>98899997
Then it seems we're in approximate agreement on the matter.

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>>98901204

>>98901064
Special Art is for Special Cards.

>>98901201
$2.99 shipping? Fuck it, never mind.

>>98901204
What's wild is that the same person who says this unironically would gladly pay $4100 with free shipping.

..

>>98901215
That was the intended joke, yes.

I swear riot is some stingass mfkers when it comes to including league females in riftbound. Thought it would be cool to get into riftbound, pull some waifu cards on the way and see what the game is about. Instead I have like half of the male cast in foil versions (nasus,renekton,greaves,ekko,jarvan,mordekaiser etc etc... multiple of some as well), and just like a some scuffed kayle/riven versions to go with all of that male bulk. Maybe next series vault...

>>98901252
I'm glad I could help you understand it, friend.

>>98901099
Has anyone tried the game? Is it fun?

>>98899675
Lorcana is more of a collectors game....
Not sure what more you expect. You're getting an online platform which should boost the game. Cause Ravensburger getting rid of Pixelborn early on was a retarded move

>>98901318
Eh, it's bland as fuck. There's not a ton of design space in the rules, and for a "fixed MTG" ruleset they don't really try to do anything very interesting except the (usually unimportant) dice rolling and very short games.

>>98901099
>>98901318
have played it, it's whatever.
just a reskin of the same mtg-base shit we've all seen 300 times.
it's also hyper focused on the cyberpunk vidya lore and characters to the exclusion of the rest of the setting. not a great look for a first set, feels marketing driven.

>>98901756
It's because the licensed the game through CDPR. They literally can't include stuff from the TTRPG yet.

>>98899744
Play an archetype heavy game like Shadowverse or early 2010's YGO and you'll get it.

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>>98902622 >>98903367

>last pack in a box was just one card
one piece OCG might be dead

>>98902617
So... you only got One Piece?

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>>98902663 >>98902664

Took a chance on a new binder because my previous one was unbearably annoying with how the pages towards the front and back sharply bent when filled with cards. The name is very fitting considering the kinds of cards I collect.
I didn't want 12 pocket but it was their only product with a large capacity (480). 360 was just way too tiny. I really prefer 9 pocket for my unique brand of sorting autism. Pages look so much more appealing with a center image controlling the overall loose theme. Now there's usually a random blank spot. Multiples of 3 is a lot easier to work with.
Can't believe there's no binder out there that's exactly what I'm looking for.

Thanks for reading my blog. This is a cry for help in case anyone knows a good 9 pocket binder that doesn't bend and holds a lot.

>>98902622
heh

>>98902639
I dunno, I think I'd prefer a 12 pocket, as most of the games I play deal in multiples of 4, but everyone has their own kinks.

>>98902639
Goat Armor makes great stuff. Their top-loaders are the clearest ones that aren't a single continuous piece that I've ever seen, and no blue hue like some have.

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>>98902664
I like it so far. I have it filled up now (took me 4 hours to transfer everything) and true to its name the pages do, indeed, stay flat. Color me surprised.
Although there is a slight bend on the first/last page's inner columns, it's far within my margin of tolerance. The bend is no where near close to the level of bend that my other binder had. I don't have to tilt my damn head or the entire binder to see those cards anymore!

Wish the logo was on the spine instead of the cover though. At least I can cover it with stickers.

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>>98901275
You're right but as a someone who buys singles and mostly play female leaders, I'm fine with it because it gives a break to my wallet. I played Miss Fortune set 1 to 4 and I'm just switching to Evelynn now, hoping they won't bait me into spending more money with a Katarina or Yunara leader announcement soon.

>>98901275
nigga buy singles

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>>98903316 >>98904267

How do you guys feel about curved corner sleeves?

>>98903309
Not a fan. Can't throw them like shuriken to reduce my opponent's eye acuity.

>>98902617
Is that not just a box topper or something? Or did they actually fuck up and fill a proper pack with one card?

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>>98903367
the NA release for the EB05 set seems to just be fucked in general, because they're packaging them in the US now for some reason

>>98903192
Their monki brains can't resist the urge to gamble.

>>98894536
I sort of want to try it. Has anyone here played it?

>>98903549
It really is Riftbound but more fun/focused. But it's also brand new, we gotta go a couple sets to see if decks keep feeling so cohesive or they start devolving into goodstuff.dck

That said, I love vampire chicks and good starter products and this happens to have a good starter product full of vampire chicks.

League vampires suck in the wrong way, but if they made a Katarina precon that's a self-contained and strong out of the box as the Blood Witch deck I might go back.

I've played it on https://eoa-simulator.pages.dev/
It's more simple than Riftbound and easier to learn.

>>98896852
You would think something with disney money behind it would have launched with one
has any card game done so yet?

>>98903804
Oh cool, I'll give this a try

>>98900787
Plebian take. Gate Ruler was a much needed breath of fresh air.

How do i get over my severe social anxiety and go to my first GCG sealed draft? It's today

>>98903309
Easier to just wear a rainbow flag, innit?

what's the gundam meta like these days?

>>98904247
Imagine them all in their underwear.

But no, to be serious, 90% of them are as socially awkward as you, that's why they play card games. Just go. They're not going to bite.

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>>98905045

>>98895109
>>98895264
>>98896249
>>98896692
Thank you all very much for the feedback! I've been going through and adding the flavor text piece by piece instead of trying to force it all at once and I'm commonly running in to writers block.
I've purchased books from the time period that have helped get some inspiration or direct quotes, but I see now that I will need to flesh out the story more on my end before I can utilize my flavor text to its full potential

>>98904550
Good point.. alright I'll go!!!

>>98904550
should he shower or not to fit in more?

>>98904590
Shower but don't wear deodorant. So he won't stink too bad for the normies, but won't give off too good smell vibes for the neckbeards.

>>98904565
This pleases my eyes. One of the most important factors. If it pleases my brain will have to wait of course.

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Some cute lolis.
I may need to get the Lord of Vermilion version of that Rydia because it's full art and shows her legs. For some reason FFTCG doesn't have a full art for it.

>>98903804
I tried this, I think it's pretty fun and very intuitive (I intentionally didn't read the rules before playing) plenty of ways to mess up down the line, but solid enough.

>>98904590
>>98904600
That was the absolute worst experience of my entire life. I just woke up from trying to sleep off the aftermath and my whole face is bright red from all the crying. I walked into the store and tripped over some random kid crawling past the door?? I hit the floor and all my card stuff went everywhere. The mom came screaming at me saying I kicked her kid on purpose and the owner and gundam players all came and proceeded to pick me up and literally threw me out! The owner even spit on me after and I heard them all laughing and divvying up all the stuff I dropped amongst themselves. Fucking horrible and I am never doing that again!

>>98902090
Which is dumb, since its not like Mike Pondsmith is hard to work with.

Or maybe he is, and that's why Gundam Senki's US version evaporated.

>>98902090
>>98905927
It's also obviously bullshit. some of the characters are from the RPG. there's zero chance they got the game licensed without pondsmith signing off on it.

>>98905917
/lit/

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>>98906436

>already this much riven
imagine how much higher it would be if there wasn't best-of prizing

>>98906238
How many days until a ban? She's pretty broken, I don't what they were thinking giving her that ability.

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>>98906632

>>98906436
riot definitely wants to avoid banning a legend outright, especially while there it is the only way you can play that legend right now until they print a new riven at some point. they did the same with draven earlier this year
while riven's ability is definitely really strong as well as having a really strong CC (riven, broken blade), i think it's a compounding factor of a few things
>stellacorn herder
>astral heron
>star spring
the 1st and 3rd make the meta even more non-hold friendly. riven is just drawing tons of cards from moving herder all the time, and star spring is just letting people move units freely back to base without having to commit
astral heron is also just included most legends right now that have the calm domain, but it also sees itself right now as the first card being played in a turn so it gets value right off the turn it's played
movement in general is one of the strongest things in this game. riven abuses this to an absurd degree and it's not like some other decks aren't guilty of this either (irelia)

>>98906556
Yeah movement is strong, but the fact that she gives every single unit in her deck accelerate is insane. The moment she holds a battlefield, every unit in the deck skips a turn the moment they're played which means she's always ahead compared to a normal deck that has to either wait a whole turn or pay 2 to do the same play she just did. They either need to ban her or errata her and lock her ability behind a certain type of units only.

does riftbound have staying power? riot has a tendency to kill their games relatively quickly so i'm not sure what their approach to this is considering it's a physical tabletop game

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>>98906760

I was gifted more cat cards. Kitty Pool is fantastic.

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Okayu a cute, and Rancid has a fun design.

>>98906721
ENHANCE on that butt.

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>>98906809

>>98906760
As requested.

>>98903804
As a kickstarter backer who hasn't actually gotten a chance to play it having done a bit on here I would say it's pretty fun, but I am never going to stop bitching that they did away with class typings, such a braindead decision, it had them in the kickstarter but the first post launch update they announced they removed them.

I'm slightly iffy on provoke as a mechanic but that may just be because it took me a while to figure out why I couldn't attack into the other zones and then wasted my removal spell on a different enemy instead of the one causing me that problem

>>98906779
Like pomf pomf kimochi nyanars?

>>98906809
Gesundheit

>>98906806
Ok on calming down a bit provoke is probably fine as a mechanic in theory
Aegis guardian specifically however is much too good a card, that cost with those stats and that effect is just too much

>>98906834
Banner squire seems a lot more fair though, even cheaper but much easier to break past

>>98906809
Yep, WHO IN THEIR RIGHT MIND WOULD FROST A CAKE WITH THEIR BUTT Nyanners.

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>>98907338 >>98907352 >>98907403

I can fix her.

>>98907335
doesn't need fixing. it's way more alive than fab, lorcana, and metazoo put together.

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>>98907406 >>98907452

>>98907335
They already did.

S-sorcery isn't dead yet, right?

>>98907335
I think Shadowverse is the best fixed Magic. It does all the things Hearthstone did right without all the Blizzardism, and the five slot board is a genius solution to dissuade durdling by making cards more impactful in general without allowing for gross snowballing.
Also deleted counterspells so 10/10.

>>98907352
The fuck is this?

>>98904537
still Kira blockers, green/white Wing and Zeon aggro lmao

>>98907338
Cope. Commander isn't MtG.

>>98907403
Yeah the quick timing for cards being only played at certain times of the game makes it not too interactive but keeps it interesting at the same time since you can have "Gotcha" moments.

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>>98907520

>>98907352
>>98907406
Go watch a modern Duel Masters game on Youtube and you'll find that matches are decided just as quickly as modern Yugioh. The art's not even good anymore.

>>98907452
>decided just as quickly as modern Yugioh
Modern DM is still swingy as fuck because of shield triggers and ninja strike and anti-meta "after your opponent does a bunch of bullshit, play this card and tell them to go fuck themself" cards.
And that's a good thing!

A Trinity Draft translation popped up on GH. Don't recognize the name behind it though, only one Twitter shows up.

https://github.com/kroneytt/trinity-draft-en/tree/main

So umm, do I need to be into draft to play that game?

>>98907388
No? It's doing its thing.

>>98907540
>Tabletop Simulator
Yeah I'll skip.

>>98907540
Nice. I was worried I'd have to do this myself one day. Maybe I can rope some friends into a TTS game.

>>98907544
Maybe? It's an LCG built around drafting. I think some Japanesemen were coming up with some constructed format rules, but I haven't looked into it for a while.

>>98907547
lol