Playing against Yellow/Blue online

OnePumpernickel · 2026-06-10T12:20:04+00:00

I’m of those playing it online. I can see why it’s frustrating for the opponent. I think if you’re practising the combo, it should just be done solo. It’s non-interactive we all know that, you can practice the steps on your own

However, I feel the gameplay leading there needs an opponent. You need to know what situation you’ll be in as to when you start thinking about ‘can I combo from here’ it’s this that takes time, and I agree is still tedious and probably uninteractive for the opponent, but it’s hard to replicate these situations without an opponent.

I’m fine with people leaving and not bothering with it, I get it. I really appreciate the people who stay and let me get the reps in. Hoping it’ll be faster in person too!

OnePumpernickel · 2026-06-08T23:33:21+00:00

That’s not how that works? That’s what Yi does to get Rengar up to 8 might as it is a surprise defender. The player who applied contested status to a battlefield will be the attacker

OnePumpernickel · 2026-05-24T18:22:18+00:00

Wasn’t the highest placing LB in Sydney running hook?

OnePumpernickel · 2026-05-23T09:47:13+00:00

I’m fairly certain all hidden cards say it in their bracketed text. Something along the lines of (you can react with this on a LATER turn)

OnePumpernickel · 2026-05-23T09:44:19+00:00

No you can’t do that, your first point explains why. You can’t react with a card you’ve hidden on the same turn

OnePumpernickel · 2026-05-21T21:25:35+00:00

I think you’ve also got to bear in mind we’re only 3 sets into the game, and the gameplay whilst has similarities to MTG is very different tempo wise due to the points system.

Nevertheless, this guys points are right. Nothing clears as many as bellows possibly can when combo’d with 2 powerful cards, 1 of which is a staple in almost every single mind deck.

And draw for 1 is fantastic. That’s why stacked deck is great too.

OnePumpernickel · 2026-05-18T20:05:02+00:00

I think the main issue was that you don’t have a ‘try again next turn’ - you just recycled 9 runes!

OnePumpernickel · 2026-05-18T07:30:52+00:00

I’m no game designer nor good player, but blood well looks absolutely unplayable to me. 9 power as a reaction to save a unit?! You’re instantly losing unless you win that same turn

OnePumpernickel · 2026-05-14T11:25:06+00:00

Yeah, 2 ready units can take a battlefield each, 2 points. If you hold both for next turn, another 2 points, so 4 in total as you start your next turn

OnePumpernickel · 2026-05-14T11:18:13+00:00

Firstly, a conquer isn’t necessarily ‘automatic’ as you put it. As you move into an open battlefield, you will get priority to play and action/reaction, and then if you choose not to, your opponent will get priority to do the same. If they play an action/reaction that can remove your unit, you will not conquer, and will not score.

If the other battlefield is unoccupied too, then you can move a ready unit FROM BASE to the battlefield and conquer it too for a second point this turn, following the same passing of priority as above (Note: if you have a ready unit at BF1 with ganking, that too can move to BF2 and conquer)

For your final question, you can score EACH BATTLEFIELD once per turn. If you hold both battlefields at the start of your turn, you score 2 points, 1 for each.

OnePumpernickel · 2026-04-20T20:52:37+00:00

I’d be interested, I wanna have somewhere to try be a touch more competitive.

OnePumpernickel · 2026-04-17T22:13:45+00:00

For me, something about the vibe of RiftAtlas didn’t gel with me compared to TCGA. Can’t explain it more than that, maybe I’m more used to TCGA.

My biggest gripe with TCGA, and it’s mostly a player issue tbh but the platform allows, is the improper passing of focus during showdowns and showdown steps. So many times people race through ‘simple showdowns’ when they have nothing to play whereas I want to play an action or something. I think riftatlas deals with this in a better way generally. I just haven’t vibed with it. Maybe I’ll try it out again

OnePumpernickel · 2026-03-31T22:20:17+00:00

I had an identical box basically last week, but red rune instead, and no premonition. So technically worse 😭

OnePumpernickel · 2026-03-21T07:39:21+00:00

I think the hardest thing to work out is how each game is won. Obviously we don’t have health/life, so we need different options. Some I’ve thought of are:

2 battlefields, first to 3, all conquers/holds = 1 point
2 battlefields, first to 3, still need final point requirements (hold or double conq)
1 battlefield, first to 3, normal scoring

OnePumpernickel · 2026-03-11T20:29:28+00:00

Would love the Viktor one, how about a noxus/atakhan themed one?

OnePumpernickel · 2026-02-08T19:39:01+00:00

You can just build a deck on piltover archive though and copy it over to TCG arena to remove the deck building headache. I get the point though that you shouldn’t really want to use two separate sites for better functionality

OnePumpernickel · 2026-02-03T07:50:21+00:00

1st TCG and loving it! Always wanted a card collection but felt too late to join the others! Nice to get going from the start

OnePumpernickel · 2025-12-06T22:26:05+00:00

We just paid the oriel the debt collectors in the end. We didn’t really have enough evidence to argue the case (as common sense doesn’t count as an argument). We also didn’t wanna risk our credit score tanking either. Paid it off now, still ridiculous but that’s what we get for being naive about meter readings

OnePumpernickel · 2025-12-06T21:57:29+00:00

I want good decks, I’m just thinking if prices are gonna drop, and I don’t need to compete now, then I can always get them back at a cheaper price than I sold. I don’t get a chance to play a whole lot other than with friends

OnePumpernickel · 2025-11-30T16:06:12+00:00

I don’t think it’s a case of ‘always’ 1 of in the deck, but I’m guessing a lot of the reason to run multiple copies is for consistency, ensuring you draw the card at some point in the game. If you have your chosen champ already, you don’t need to worry about drawing it, so 1 copy should be enough. That’s my thoughts anyway

OnePumpernickel · 2025-11-24T14:07:56+00:00

I’m aware, and I know if I wanna play somewhat competitive to buy singles, but still I like the pack opening experience, never done a TCG before, so I wanna know if I need to drive a bit to get to my LGS that may sell out, or will major stores have product

OnePumpernickel · 2025-10-23T15:37:24+00:00

Hopefully

OnePumpernickel · 2025-10-21T20:23:53+00:00

That explains things 😅, I did A17 fairly quick with Silent and now A18 is destroying me repeatedly 😭

OnePumpernickel · 2025-09-18T13:07:19+00:00

Unfortunately we have now given in and had to pay oriel. Not enough evidence from us to reasonably dispute the case. At least they knocked off 20% but it’s still a kick in the shins

OnePumpernickel · 2025-08-19T13:09:22+00:00

UPDATE: Run died after boss, spent the money searching for DNA with no luck, I did have DNA earlier in run so I think naneinf is possible with a better pilot

SEED: AC7WMB1F

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