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A Blackwing deck missed the top cut at YCS Vancouver by just two points!

I’m really glad to see some text-based, website-based coverage of the TCG from a site that’s not konami.blog.

This site is like Road of the King but for the TCG instead of the OCG.

I wish locals would advert their prizing, so I thought I’d make a thread about it. What’s good and bad prizing at your local shops?

With 18 people in attendance, I got $25 for first, and the distribution was pretty flat, with 5th-6th getting like $10 each. I thought it was pretty fair, though they offer no participation pack, which made me feel a little sorry for the younger players.

Anyone got any predictions ahead of the ban list? I think it will be out in around two weeks, yeah?

Some people think Kashtira Arise-Heart will finally get banned since Kashtira has been strong for so long.

I’ll be interested to see if they touch Purrely at all.

For my own very selfish reasons, I hope Rikka Sunavalon remains completely untouched, but I acknowledge that the deck feels fairly consistent and very unfair to play against. As far as predictions go, I’m really not sure. If the two top decks got meaningful hits, it kinda seems like this one will too, otherwise it might be the only “tier zero” deck in the format… Though untouched Dragon Link might be able to compete?

I think (and hope!) Eradicator Epidemic Virus will finally get hit, and that Labrynth will remain otherwise untouched. Anti-Spell Fragrance and DBarrier seem likely to get banned. So many decks build “unbreakable” boards now, why also give the player who goes first an out-of-engine, out-of-archetype auto win floodgate? There already isn’t enough back-and-forth for many people’s liking, and this makes that even more dramatic.

I’m thinking I’ll build frogs/sharks/aquas or something.

Someone creased one of my cards last night, just kinda “pinched” it off the top of the deck while trying shuffle my deck like playing cards. Thankfully it was only a ~7 dollar card, but it was still frustrating.

Given how bad some of the newer rarities look to me, I’m curious: what’s everyone’s favorite rarity? Which rarities do you think are too loud or cluttered or whatever?

I thought Ghost Rare was amazing when it came out, but a Collector’s Rare (esp. when in a sleeve) just doesn’t look that good to me. It kinda looks “dirty.”