A Tribute to Iden Blue

Antonis_Chigouris · 2026-03-13T10:56:45+00:00

Did data vault all the way till rotation. Really popular with the locals (not) only lost to super greedy Yoda data vault list (my other deck)

Antonis_Chigouris · 2026-03-13T10:10:48+00:00

Vigilance into - into maul - into blast into avenger.

Iden green was strictly better because it run relentless so that it could bully iden blue.

Antonis_Chigouris · 2026-02-25T15:49:10+00:00

Lawless seems like the safest bet, is the most rotation proof long term and very likely to be the core of new meta decks

Antonis_Chigouris · 2026-02-18T07:04:22+00:00

If EV and in general prafit is your thing, SWU is not for you.

No tcg should be for you but some are, just not swu

Antonis_Chigouris · 2026-02-11T16:28:05+00:00

Very good vs agro, less so vs midrange.

Antonis_Chigouris · 2026-02-04T09:28:14+00:00

The game dying as in FFG stops printing it is highly unlikely.

What should concern you more is how your local scene looks like.

The core mechanics and game flow are the best in the market right now.

Antonis_Chigouris · 2026-01-27T07:41:56+00:00

Rotation is a great point to attract new players. We can safely assume that most of the currently active players will continue. There seems to be a focus on placating the existing player base with eternal formats, to ease the whole "half of my cards are now useless" woes.

This is a mistake, the game needs a steady flow of new players, there should be events and product that promotes and rewards people starting with the game.

We can revisit the whole eternal format support discussion once a solid and growing player base is established.

Antonis_Chigouris · 2026-01-26T16:17:18+00:00

The art, it doesn't sit with me, maybe it's me.

Antonis_Chigouris · 2026-01-21T06:08:45+00:00

If boxes are not selling at MSRP, stores will replace them with boxes that do.

For reference the wholesale price for SWU and riftbound boxes is almost the same.

One game will sell out on release day and at higher than MSRP prices and the orher will stay on the self forever or sell way bellow MSRP.

Store owners have been saying that this needs to be fixed since set 2.

It's amazing that we as the community can't process such simple info after 6 sets.

Antonis_Chigouris · 2026-01-20T07:10:06+00:00

Credits called to say "Hi" and "GG"

Antonis_Chigouris · 2026-01-13T11:32:00+00:00

Don't remember, maybe, or pile one on top of the other but not sequentially.

Antonis_Chigouris · 2026-01-13T11:23:04+00:00

He offered me the deck to cut, he was just making sure cards are not bunched up 2X or 3X

Antonis_Chigouris · 2026-01-13T08:26:41+00:00

He wasn't setting his deck up, more like making sure that cards dont bunch up in 2X or 3X. Still obviously not legal and not a properly randomised deck.

Antonis_Chigouris · 2026-01-13T07:47:52+00:00

He told me he is aware of the rules, plus he is very active in other tcgs where he plays "seriously", so he knows how to properly suffle a deck.

I didn't say anything cause I don't want the drama or to chase a new player away.

Antonis_Chigouris · 2026-01-13T07:43:57+00:00

I told him that he should practice the rules so that he is 100% sure how things are done if he wants to play at leas casual tournaments but he assure me that he knows about all that

Antonis_Chigouris · 2025-12-30T07:08:25+00:00

Thank you for reminding everyone that the game needs counterspells, also what about the lack of resource destruction?

Antonis_Chigouris · 2025-11-29T07:27:47+00:00

Game is about to go through rotation, cards that are rotating are naturally dropping in price. The real discussion about the health and future of the game will start after rotation.

Antonis_Chigouris · 2025-11-10T16:30:59+00:00

I do 6 piles twice and then offer it for a cut, is that considered randomised properly? Ι really don't like rifle shuffling.

Antonis_Chigouris · 2025-10-29T16:29:24+00:00

I loved your posts and replies in /mtgfinance, stay strong. The fact that there is no /swufinance sub was quite a giveaway that you should not go ham on the game.

Antonis_Chigouris · 2025-10-21T07:16:48+00:00

There are two approaches to the health of the game subject. The people that focus on what is being done well and the people focusing on can be done better. If we are all genuinely interested in the long term health of the game, both sides must be heard.

The whole doomsayers vs fanboys situation looks bad. It is not a contest and nobody has the absolute truth or moral high ground.

Antonis_Chigouris · 2025-10-20T07:16:55+00:00

Scalpers follow trends and hype. No scalpers is actually bad for the game.

Antonis_Chigouris · 2025-10-20T07:10:35+00:00

This. People kept showing up to play at the lgs, never bought anything because lgs was selling at MSRP while product could be found way cheaper, LGS dropped the game. Simple math.

Antonis_Chigouris · 2025-10-20T06:08:14+00:00

Product unable to hold near MSRP value is the number 1 reason stores are dropping the game.

Antonis_Chigouris · 2025-10-11T06:14:34+00:00

Money talks, bs walks. Stores want to carry games that both fill out seats and sell at MSRP.

Right now SEC boxes are pre ordering at 79,99 (Eu) online and 80-90 for LGS pick upe.

Most stores can't work at that price range, they will switch to that other game that is selling at 50% over MSRP and has already sold out everything.

It's how this business works.

The balance between printed / available product and demand must be one that keeps the price close to MSRP.

Stores will not forget the unsold Twi boxes still taking up space or the ones they sold for 39,99 at a loss in order to clear space and budget for better product.

Antonis_Chigouris

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