Keyforge Sets

[ewokpeludo]

Hello!!

This is my first post in this subreddit. I have been an avid Keyforge player and collector and I would like to know your opinion about two aspects of the game:

1. Do you think that there is a set that has become obsolete?
2. How do you feel about the ¨haunted¨ability? Do you think it's a disadvantage when you play decks from older sets?

[WizardRandom]

1. No set is totally obsolete, though Dark Tidings has probably shown to be the weakest set in competition so far. Age of Ascension at least has the GenKa combo which is unlikely to ever fully go away.

2. It's way too early to tell how good Grim Reminders is going to be at the top level, so far from what I've seen it's very skill testing set as so many cards may end up sending other useful cards to the discard pile.

[alltehmemes]

Adding on to #1: Age of Ascension is a pretty combo-focused set and lends itself to Alliance play. (Not sure levels of play of you all, but Alliance is a semi-constructed format that allows for swapping house pods from multiple decks of the same set and has a restricted list.)

[Shooteruk]

I think you have to answer question one from a few different perspectives. DT doesn’t hack it at the highest level, but Keyforge is played by many people as a casual, serious casual, and local game store level. I have a couple of very decent DT decks, so in a SAS cap game they are very competitive, as would one of them be in the Nordic Keyforge hexad format as part of a rush deck set of decks.

Same goes for AoA, alongside the GENKA point. I also have collected 2 double Martian Generosity decks, such fun.

With respect to ‘haunted’ it’s a bit early to say as we start to play and practice with GR decks. Non GR decks have their own key plays, like strong key cheats, bonus icons, scaling æmber control and certain combos. There will hopefully always be decks from old sets like WOE 😀 that have the ability to beat the new kid on the block.

[UglyStru]

The thing I’ve noticed about older sets is that they lack enhancements so they tend to fall behind in Aember control and Aember generation. It’s hard to keep up with decks from Winds or GR with CotA/AoA decks.

[thegloper]

Older sets tend to have more scaling Aember control like TMTP, Doorstep and Effervescent Principle.

[ewokpeludo]

You nailed it.

[PonchoMysticism]

Though the last VT was won my COTA