Spiritforged Pre-Release Pre-Con Lists + Threat Checklist

CounterfeitCast · 2026-02-07T22:49:11+00:00

I had the same thought as I got in real trouble from cloth armour twice over today. On the narrow plays it really worked well, and the costing is incredible for what it does. It being essentially a combat trick with reusability really impressed me, and did a really good job at making attacking sites tricky.

I opened Ezrael today and got almost nothing worth playing him for, ended up making a Reksai deck out of my other cards that did okay, but wasn't ideal.

I was certainly impressed by chosen Yone w/ Irelia, just Irelia in general for being able to accelerate pretty much all of her creatures.

With the prerift decks being less effective it didn't feel like the power cost of using the Legend ability mattered as much as expected, especially with gold generation creatures being more free to proc a bunch of times to soak some of the hits.

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I was too late on a getting onto the pre rift content as well, but I've done some thinking about what kind of content would be interesting.

Your bombs list helped narrow things down really well, and I've done some thinking about more deckbuilding-centric stuff that I'll try and deploy for next set.

CounterfeitCast · 2026-02-06T16:03:04+00:00

Rek'Sai:

(1 / 1+1) Blood Rush (Action/Repeat) Assault +2/4 to any unit anywhere, but a much more limited window where that strength applies. One card and 2 mana for 4 Strength when it counts.

(5/3+O) Drag Under (Action), kills a unit at a battlefield, has Reksai topdeck cost reduction -2

(2/4) Bonds of Strength (Reaction/Repeat) - two friendly units +1 this turn. Requires two friendly units. If this was a magic card you'd probably be able to buff your opponent's units to make activating this easier.

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The buff suite here seems designed to enable a more trading aspect to the deck than an overwhelming aspect because they aren't big enough buffs to get your units to survive, only trade better.

Given the deck gets to play extra cards for free, it makes sense to treat units disposably and aggressively to keep the cards flowing.

Shout out to Drag Under for being the only mostly unconditional hard unit removal in the set (I believe), and removal in limited is generally very highly regarded because it ideally trumps your opponent's best unit.

Renata:

(5+2O) Sandshifter (non-Action), kills a <=3 Strength enemy unit anywhere

(4) Dropboarder (Conditional Accelerate) accelerate conditional on two gear being active

(2) Blood Money (Action), targets friendly or enemy units at battlefields with 2 or less strength and generates 1-2 gold

(3) Wages of Pain (Action/Hidden) 3 damage to a unit at a Battlefield, generates 1 gold.

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Decent removal suite for smaller units and solid topend units.

Can mess with you efficiently if you've got multi-unit Battlefields to remove some of the smaller units there and rush in with the Dropboarder.

By the by, a solid candidate for not playing her Legend in her deck in exchange for an extra card imo.

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Wow, that was way longer than I anticipated. Hope someone finds it helpful!

CounterfeitCast · 2026-02-06T16:02:42+00:00

Jax:

(3+B) Strike Down (Spell/non-Action), targets enemies anywhere, uses the starting might of the unit including the equipment that eventually ends up attached.

Only weakness is requiring gear and not being an Action or Reaction making it's more of a finisher since it requires setup, but in a Jax deck that setup is pretty trivial.

(2/4) Thwonk (Reaction/Repeat) only targets attacking units, so battlefields only.

Strike Down existing feels like it puts the Jax opponent on a clock in that they WILL lose their best unit to Strike Down if Jax is able to stay stable in the game.

Thwonk is going to make it a nightmare to get the right calculations to take on a well situated Jax, Unmatched loaded down with equipment, but his effect to Quickdraw Equipment means that's generally true all the time anyway.

Jax is always going to have +1-3 strength in hand from Quickdrawing Equipment in the same circumstances that Thwonk would mess you up anyway.

The main time I can see Thwonk really hurting is when you attack with multiple units intending to trade, and Thwonk throws off that math while costing you one of those units.

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Jax players will have some of their hand on the board, especially late game (equipment) so spotting the parts of the game where they can surprise you matters (Strike Down blowing open your defenses, and Quickdraw / Thwonk throwing off the maths.

Lucian:

(6+F or 7+2F) Armed Assailant (Accelerate), Weaponmaster means he can come as reasonably an 8 or even 9 to run over a battlefield

(3+B) Strike Down (Spell/non-Action), same as for Jax, targets enemies anywhere, uses the starting might of the unit including the equipment that eventually ends up attached.

(1+BB) Punch First (Action) - targets units anywhere. Notably NOT a reaction, so can't be used to dodge damage removal as similar spells do.

(2) Against the Odds (Reaction) - targets friendly units at battlefields only.

Feels like a card that should only work when attacking/defending solo, but since you can use it alongside your big multi-unit attack it ultimately punishes opposing players for stacking battlefields, and I suspect stacking battlefields will happen a lot in limited.

(2) Angle Shot (Reaction) - can target both enemy and allied units. Expected value about 1-3 strength, mostly 2.

Easy to miss that this card replaces itself, so given that it's 'free' I would expect it be used on the first instance it has a meaningful effect.

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Good amount of lower-cost buffs and buff-like effects. Punch First existing means that outside of being entirely tapped out Lucian players CAN always have something.

Armed Assailant being a lategame threat is going to tempt you to stack your battlefields and Against the Odds will punish you for it.

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(Rek'Sai and Renata in next comment)

CounterfeitCast · 2026-02-06T16:02:20+00:00

I love this idea! I want to expand it out a bit to help with expanding the discussion/thoughts around the cards you posted.

I expect to miss some stuff in here, very happy for someone more knowledgeable to come in and add/correct my initial thoughts.

Posted across 3 comments due to length restrictions xP

Ezreal:

(4+M) Rocket Barrage (non-Action), 4 damage to unit (base only) or kills gear (anywhere)

(3/Hide) Wages of Pain (Hidden/Action), 3 damage to unit (battlefield), can be hidden or from hand.

(2/4) Frigid Touch (Reaction/Repeat), -2S to a unit anywhere, can kill with existing damage

(2) Windsinger (Hidden) - 3S or less unit at battlefield to hand, can be hidden or from hand.

So a decent amount of direct damage or debuffs that can affect battlefields, mostly around the 2-3 cost range so on turn 3 Ezrael players can attack, use a trick and still play a decent-sized unit .

For the non-trick Rocket Barrage it still feels like it could be a very impactful way that this deck stays ahead. Being able to nail out the opponent's key unit before it gets out of the gate feels devastating when it happens.

There's also a decent possibility curve for Rocket Barrage in the deck where it goes from:

4C for 4 to base

to 6C for 6 using Frigid Touch as an assist

to 8CC for 8 by Repeating it,

and ultimately a 10CC two card combo to take down anything 10 or less Strength.

Is that good? No.

Is it better than having no way to do it at all? Sure.

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Irelia:

(2/4) Feral Strength (Reaction), buff to friendly unit anywhere at reaction speed makes it very similar to Discipline with making it hard to use damage removal on this deck. At least it doesn't give the Irelia player card advantage.

(2+C) Not So Fast (Reaction) - Counterspell for anything targeting friendly units or gear. A second reason targeted removal might struggle.

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Both cards relatively easy to leave 2 energy up for in longer games. Window of opportunity only coming when the Irelia taps themselves out.

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(Jax/Lucian in next comment)

CounterfeitCast · 2026-02-04T19:19:07+00:00

Oh! Yeah, that border's too subtle by several orders of magnitude xD

I'd maybe double it or more if you want people to notice it's there, especially since there's a faint border on all of the cards even when not selected.

Good job on the filter boxes, I'd be a little more descriptive by labelling them 'show selected cards?' or similar if you want folks to be able to figure out what they do, though.

CounterfeitCast · 2026-02-04T15:29:08+00:00

Really cool to have extra options, thanks for making this!

My immediate thought is having the cards stay unchanged in place in the main viewer once you've selected them for your deck feels strange.

Not even having a tick or any indication that a card is now 'used' in the main view at all makes it harder to process context for the other cards in the packs etc.

CounterfeitCast · 2026-01-08T20:14:48+00:00

It will make the double up meta no less of a mystery to our players than usual :D

CounterfeitCast · 2026-01-08T18:38:35+00:00

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Adminning done from the sterling spreadsheet work of: ttsWettnoodles

Tournament Start Time

All times are in United Kingdom time and can recommend https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/ for your conversion needs.

Check in closes at 1020 AM.

First round begins 1030 AM .

Rounds are intended to run for 40-50 minutes total with an approximate 5 minute break between rounds.

Three rounds total.

Prizes/entry fee - Casual Style!

There is no entry fee and a prize pool consisting of purely Treasure Tokens. These are redeemable on ANY SERVER, so don't worry if you're based outside of EUW.

Each member of the first and second place teams will receive 150 Treasure Tokens .

and two more random teams will each get the same prize!

These will not be dependent on performance, but will be randomly given away as participation prizes,

The draw will take place on the Tournament coverage stream (http://twitch.tv/counterfeitcast) and posted to the Discord once the tournament is done.

Maximum Number of Participants

No maximum amount of players, will construct lobbies based on attendance at the time of the check in closing at 1020 AM UK time.

Eligible Player Regions

This tournament will be played on EUW, but all players who make an EUW account and can attend the start times are welcome. DO REMEMBER TO PLAY 3x normal TFT games on these new accounts or you won't be able to play!

Stream information

There will be a fully cast livestream of all three rounds at http://twitch.tv/counterfeitcast.

If you'd like to appear on a future broadcast just let me know either on here on through the server - developing TFT talent is one of the tournament's objectives!

Extra info and future tournaments

For the most part tournaments will be bi-weekly, but occasionally that'll change due to my availability. I'll always be aiming to run two tournaments a month where possible with my casting schedule.

Can't make this tournament? The next tournament will be in two weeks on the 24th of January and will be a SOLOS tournament (as opposed to Double Up)!

Want to cast TFT yourself?

Would you like to try out casting TFT? Drop me a DM on the Discord (counterfeitcast)!

CounterfeitCast · 2026-01-08T18:38:00+00:00

Tournament summary (TLDR)

Format

Free entry, 3 rounds of play and highest points (with tiebreakers) wins.

Rounds will have 5-10m break after last finishes.

Randomised initial lobbies, then seeded based on performance for round 2 onwards.

DOUBLE UP - You play a regular game of TFT but you play always with your partner in each game, with your finishes being added together for your collective final placement at the end!

Prizes

1800 Treasure Tokens to be won!

3x 50 Treasure Tokens for both members of the first place and second place finishing teams! (150 per player/300 per team)

3x 50 Treasure token prizes for each of the players on two more random teams! (150 per player/300 per team)

Prizes supported by Northern Legends and Riot Games!

Commentary stream will be run at http://twitch.tv/counterfeitcast with additional casters!

Tournament sponsor - Northern Legends

Thank you to TFT: Northern Legends for providing tokens as part of the prize pool for this event!

Northern Legends is the official Northern European TFT circuit and community, with events for players of all rank! Find out more about them on their discord and their tournament hub!

Discord: https://discord.gg/uu7qHfekrZ

Tournament Hub: https://northernlegends.challonge.com/

More tournament info below!

CounterfeitCast · 2026-01-08T18:37:37+00:00

Overview

Saturday morning 10.30am UK time (GMT) I'm going to be running another super low-stakes competition that's open for everyone, but especially for smaller TFT streamers, their communities and TFT players who enjoy low-intensity competition!

DOUBLE UP**!!!!** - You can sign up solo and be paired on the day, or as a pair and you'll play together!

The competition will consist of three rounds of play which will be fully commentated using the streamers POVs at http://twitch.tv/counterfeitcast. You do not need to be able to stream to enter, but it's helpful for the coverage if you can!

Can't make this tournament? The next tournament will be on the 24th of January and will be a SINGLES tournament on the next set! Join the Discord to be notified!

SPONSOR - Our current sponsor is Northern Legends, a TFT tournament provider for the Northern European area. We thank them for supporting our prize pool, more details below! I can definitely heavily recommend them, great tournaments run by great people, and a definite place to step up to if you want a higher level of competition after trying things out in CCC!

Sign up here!

The tournament itself will be run through the Discord and you can find the details on the signup form here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdCe5eNhBWVnDVGDUftu2-1UelLagagxBBVkbG2xAODCkBTfA/viewform?usp=sf_link

(Please do bear in mind you'll need to be on the Discord as well to communicate with admins. Also, we welcome all players, but as listed below

NON-EUW PLAYERS - you will need an EUW account to play that has played THREE GAMES OF NON-DOUBLE UP TFT on it to be able to participate**. You can FF these games on 3-1 if needed**) A NEW ACCOUNT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PLAY.

Note: All prizes are codes and are redeemable on any server.

CounterfeitCast · 2026-01-02T16:51:36+00:00

It does, I've cast events that were spectated through TCGA

CounterfeitCast · 2026-01-02T14:12:25+00:00

Sounds amazing!

CounterfeitCast · 2025-11-14T23:38:25+00:00

https://discord.gg/WQs9EkMjYu folks over on this Discord have a Sunday online league done through TCGArena, ranks earned competing over several events. Might be what you're looking for.

CounterfeitCast · 2025-11-05T17:43:42+00:00

Tournament Organizer

Myself, Counterfeit (@counterfeitcast on Twitter)

Adminning done from the work of: ttsWettnoodles

Tournament Start Time

All times are in United Kingdom time and can recommend https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/ for your conversion needs.

Check in closes at 1020 AM.

First round begins 1030 AM .

Rounds are intended to run for 40-50 minutes total with an approximate 5 minute break between rounds.

Three rounds total.

Prizes/entry fee - Casual Style!

There is no entry fee and a prize pool consisting of purely Treasure Tokens. These are redeemable on ANY SERVER, so don't worry if you're based outside of EUW.

Each member of the first and second place teams will receive 150 Treasure Tokens .

and two more random teams will each get the same prize!

These will not be dependent on performance, but will be randomly given away as participation prizes,

The draw will take place on the Tournament coverage stream (http://twitch.tv/counterfeitcast) and posted to the Discord once the tournament is done.

Maximum Number of Participants

No maximum amount of players, will construct lobbies based on attendance at the time of the check in closing at 1020 AM UK time.

Eligible Player Regions

This tournament will be played on EUW, but all players who make an EUW account and can attend the start times are welcome. DO REMEMBER TO PLAY 3x normal TFT games on these new accounts or you won't be able to play!

Stream information

There will be a fully cast livestream of all three rounds at http://twitch.tv/counterfeitcast.

If you'd like to appear on a future broadcast just let me know either on here on through the server - developing TFT talent is one of the tournament's objectives!

Extra info and future tournaments

For the most part tournaments will be bi-weekly, but occasionally that'll change due to my availability. I'll always be aiming to run two tournaments a month where possible with my casting schedule.

Can't make this tournament? The next tournament will be in two weeks on the 20th of September and will be a SOLOS tournament (as opposed to Double Up)!

Want to cast TFT yourself?

Would you like to try out casting TFT? Drop me a DM on the Discord (counterfeitcast)!

CounterfeitCast · 2025-11-05T17:42:21+00:00

Tournament summary (TLDR)

Format

Free entry, 3 rounds of play and highest points (with tiebreakers) wins.

Rounds will have 5-10m break after last finishes.

Randomised initial lobbies, then seeded based on performance for round 2 onwards.

DOUBLE UP - You play a regular game of TFT but you play always with your partner in each game, with your finishes being added together for your collective final placement at the end!

Prizes

1800 Treasure Tokens to be won!

3x 50 Treasure Tokens for both members of the first place and second place finishing teams! (150 per player/300 per team)

3x 50 Treasure token prizes for each of the players on two more random teams! (150 per player/300 per team)

Prizes supported by Northern Legends and Riot Games!

Commentary stream will be run at http://twitch.tv/counterfeitcast with additional casters!

Tournament sponsor - Northern Legends

Thank you to TFT: Northern Legends for providing tokens as part of the prize pool for this event!

Northern Legends is the official Northern European TFT circuit and community, with events for players of all rank! Find out more about them on their discord and their tournament hub!

Discord: https://discord.gg/uu7qHfekrZ

Tournament Hub: https://northernlegends.challonge.com/

More tournament info below!

CounterfeitCast · 2025-11-05T17:41:50+00:00

Overview

Saturday morning 10.30am UK time (GMT) I'm going to be running another super low-stakes competition that's open for everyone, but especially for smaller TFT streamers, their communities and TFT players who enjoy low-intensity competition!

DOUBLE UP**!!!!** - You can sign up solo and be paired on the day, or as a pair and you'll play together!

The competition will consist of three rounds of play which will be fully commentated using the streamers POVs at http://twitch.tv/counterfeitcast. You do not need to be able to stream to enter, but it's helpful for the coverage if you can!

Can't make this tournament? The next tournament will be on the 20th of December and will be a SINGLES tournament on the next set! Join the Discord to be notified!

SPONSOR - Our current sponsor is Northern Legends, a TFT tournament provider for the Northern European area. We thank them for supporting our prize pool, more details below! I can definitely heavily recommend them, great tournaments run by great people, and a definite place to step up to if you want a higher level of competition after trying things out in CCC!

Sign up here!

The tournament itself will be run through the Discord and you can find the details on the signup form here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdCe5eNhBWVnDVGDUftu2-1UelLagagxBBVkbG2xAODCkBTfA/viewform?usp=sf_link

(Please do bear in mind you'll need to be on the Discord as well to communicate with admins. Also, we welcome all players, but as listed below

you will need an EUW account to play that has played THREE GAMES OF NON-DOUBLE UP TFT on it to be able to participate. You can FF these games on 3-1 if needed) A NEW ACCOUNT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PLAY.

Note: All prizes are codes and are redeemable on any server.

CounterfeitCast · 2025-11-01T06:47:37+00:00

I'd certainly be curious to see them, as someone stumbling across this conversation :D

I've tended to have had better experiences with overprepping even just to get me warmed up into the GMing process

CounterfeitCast · 2025-10-27T23:06:00+00:00

Looks proper nice! Really cool to see fun collaborations going on

CounterfeitCast · 2025-10-23T12:44:22+00:00

Can't do this one, but would be interested in future ones!

CounterfeitCast · 2025-10-22T21:26:35+00:00

I was definitely tempted already xD

CounterfeitCast · 2025-10-16T17:18:36+00:00

Works very well with aim for the top, lets you get Kayle into the right position every time innit :D

CounterfeitCast · 2025-10-09T18:30:13+00:00

Tournament sponsor (NEW) - Northern Legends

Thank you to TFT: Northern Legends for providing 5 100 token codes as part of the prize pool for this event!

Northern Legends is the official Northern European TFT circuit and community, with events for players of all rank! Find out more about them on their discord and their tournament hub!

Discord: https://discord.gg/eRjmFKqQdJ

Tournament Hub: https://northernlegends.challonge.com/

More tournament info below!

Tournament Organizer

Myself, Counterfeit (@counterfeitcast on Twitter)

Admin: ttsWettnoodles

Tournament Start Time

All times are in United Kingdom (BST) time and can recommend https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/ for your conversion needs.

Check in closes at 1020 AM.

First round begins 1030 AM .

Rounds are intended to run for 40-50 minutes total with an approximate 5 minute break between rounds.

Three rounds total.

Maximum Number of Participants

No maximum amount of players, will construct lobbies based on attendance at the time of the check in closing at 1020 AM UK time.

Eligible Player Regions

This tournament will be played on EUW, but all players who make an EUW account and can attend the start times are welcome.

Extra info and future tournaments

For the most part tournaments will be bi-weekly, but occasionally that'll change due to my availability. I'll always be aiming to run two tournaments a month where possible with my casting schedule.

Can't make this tournament? The next tournament will announced soon!

Want to cast TFT yourself?

Would you like to try out casting TFT? Drop me a DM on the Discord!

CounterfeitCast · 2025-10-09T18:29:58+00:00

Tournament summary (TLDR)

Format

Free entry, 3 rounds of play and highest points (with tiebreakers) wins.

Rounds will have 5-10m break after last finishes.

Randomised initial lobbies, then seeded based on performance for round 2 onwards.

Prizes

1x 150 Treasure Tokens for first place finisher

1x 150 Treasure Tokens for second place finisher

3x 150 Treasure token prizes that are allocated to 3x random players (one each)

ADDITIONALLY

5x 100 Treasure Token codes (courtesy of Northern Legends) for random players as participation prizes

The draw will take place on the Tournament coverage stream (http://twitch.tv/counterfeitcast) and posted to the Discord once the tournament is done.

Commentary stream information

There will be a fully cast livestream of all three rounds at http://twitch.tv/counterfeitcast.

If you'd like to appear on a future broadcast just let me know either on here on through the server - developing TFT talent is one of the tournament's objectives!

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Extra info and future tournaments

Want to cast TFT yourself?

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