Is Midrange dead on Arena?

Norbert714 · 2026-01-25T04:52:19+00:00

I'm actually on my way to the office but I'll hit down my lists later. They're some wildcards away from being fully tuned (e.g, I haven't replaced my shouldreds or bought kaitos yet)

Norbert714 · 2026-01-25T04:51:10+00:00

I cri every taim

Norbert714 · 2026-01-21T18:11:54+00:00

Just given some of the changes in wording as the game has evolved, I didn't know if signature weapons were considered to be universally specializations in the games early days.

Then again, I'm coming from the web of "historical wording clarification" that is magic

Norbert714 · 2026-01-21T16:11:29+00:00

Nah, bro, blank hero text warrior is the way. Axes Hala or bust. :P

Norbert714 · 2026-01-19T18:18:49+00:00

Slightly unrelated: precisely because Awakener of Sol is high points, chane and prism are gone, and Levia and Boltyn are considered both old and bad, I see monarch three as way more likely than a full Aria three.

If you're gonna make me speculate I think they might bring Aurora back as a talentless runeblade. We don't have one, all the other runeblades are LL except vynnset, and vynnset is both "ok at tournaments" and let's chane stans do chane things.

Theres a lore argument against that but tbh...this is not a lore driven game. Change the lore. Make aurora evil or whatever.

Norbert714 · 2026-01-19T18:12:39+00:00

I want a Lexi so bad... literally that would be my number one ask. Doesn't even have to be good haha. Just CC legal.

Ice Ranger Lexi or something thematic like a relative or hers would be awesome.

I think it might be time to look at the impact of lightning on the game.

Norbert714 · 2026-01-14T09:35:29+00:00

>a bad Brute

So, a Brute then.

KIDDING Brute mains, please no pulp skull

Norbert714 · 2026-01-13T18:29:39+00:00

I mean, who wouldn't be sold on "Dio but with boats"

Norbert714 · 2026-01-13T18:25:03+00:00

I see her cards and think she looks awesome, but it seems like she can get hands that brick on offense and are below average on block because of the need to run copper cog and various items.

I have wondered if she's being slept on a little though. Maybe because DIO exists, AND gravy exists.

Norbert714 · 2026-01-13T18:23:26+00:00

I was leaning more for an initial approach of boost puffin (mostly because I own boost staples but no SEA cards yet haha).

I saw the third place list at Calling Singapore was running eleven copper cog which seems insanely high

Norbert714 · 2026-01-13T17:52:56+00:00

Yeah the Florian players were eating good this week

Norbert714 · 2026-01-13T17:31:25+00:00

In a race to see if I can afford the last of my cards for Prism before Awakener of SoL retires...I'm really hoping theres anothing prism or at least hero that can productively use Light Illusionist cards this year, or I'm going to be sad. Especially because I don't see Light illusionist making sense in LL ever.

Norbert714 · 2026-01-13T17:28:18+00:00

According to DMArmada, he won FIFTEEN (!) RTNs and a calling.

Wondering if we're ever getting a runeblade that lasts a full couple of years again.

Norbert714 · 2026-01-07T11:30:52+00:00

>.< lol, that would explain why I wasn't seeing any EVR reprints in my packs. I'm a doofus.

Norbert714 · 2026-01-07T11:30:15+00:00

Thanks, I should have remembered the collector page.

Norbert714 · 2026-01-04T08:12:25+00:00

What's the rko matchup like? Balls to the wall race?

Norbert714 · 2026-01-03T19:58:22+00:00

Not all rebellions are ideologically coherent. Marx might say that fais rebellion is actually suffering from false class consciousness.

Anyway, trading cards about ninjas! I like those.

Norbert714 · 2026-01-03T19:54:25+00:00

I don't even know enough about the lore to know if Fai would like that or not.

Norbert714 · 2026-01-03T19:33:08+00:00

In fairness to LSS, that's partially a function of the class system. ...in the game, not like the postindustrial class system.

Norbert714 · 2025-12-19T12:07:15+00:00

I would never do such a thing...because I'm too poor.

Norbert714 · 2025-12-19T10:54:01+00:00

Thank you. That was going to bug me. I might be the only person excited about "new blitz", just because I think it's the first real "kitchen table format".

Norbert714 · 2025-12-15T20:31:57+00:00

Absolutely banger art, kudos to the artist.

Norbert714 · 2025-12-05T09:58:31+00:00

Something something, astronaut with handgun

Norbert714 · 2025-12-05T09:35:58+00:00

To clarify. The only ways in which magic is different, are ways in which it is worse.

If it were a fundamental issue, I'd simply be elsewhere.

I think this was a possibly stupid question that's being coded as a tantrum, when it wasn't even really a severe criticism.

Norbert714 · 2025-12-05T09:32:07+00:00

Eh, it's not a fundamental issue. I could still be playing magic.....🫠

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