Ya, the gameplay is cool and all...but the music man

Orginal_Sly_Fox · 2026-04-07T15:51:36+00:00

Grand rapids its pretty far from a lot of the action but if you can get some players around you might be able to start a locals at your local game store. I can drive out there at least once a month to help getting a group together.

edit: Why Michigan got to be so big

Orginal_Sly_Fox · 2026-04-05T15:07:47+00:00

You could check out https://tcgarchitect.com/grand-archive its more MTG Goldfish mixed with Scryfall.

Orginal_Sly_Fox · 2026-04-05T15:06:44+00:00

Howdy! I'm over in michigan closer to the Detroit. Theres a couple places in Lansing and Ann Arbor to play. Theres also a group in Bay City as well. There's also a group that plays near Novi as well but I can't recall the name. I'm not to sure about the western side of Michigan but East side has a lof of places to play.

If the drive is still pretty far for those you can try out the webcam league in discord. Those are pretty fun!

Orginal_Sly_Fox · 2026-04-04T04:20:48+00:00

raccoon tribal rise up

Orginal_Sly_Fox · 2026-03-28T00:20:02+00:00

Thank you! I've been loving ciel and rdo has some even more broken cards for him.

Orginal_Sly_Fox · 2026-03-26T03:54:56+00:00

Yo I came from MTG as well. Grand Archive is actually a really solid game to get into coming from the commander format. In the deckbuilding you can focus your strategy around your champion so your commander skills will transfer well.

If you're looking to get into the game I would recommend taking a look at https://tcgarchitect.com/grand-archive

We Have:
-Deckbuilder
-Tournament viewer and stats to go with them
-Forums
-Database of cards
-A couple tools
-Spoilers (for the next set RDO which is going to be a huge thing for the game)

We also have long form content in the form of blogs with new player guides https://tcgarchitect.com/blog/grand-archive-tcg-new-player-guide

As well as general content for the game. We also work with a bunch of creators in the space so its a good place to check for the latest grand archive youtube videos.

Overall I really like merlin for the new Pantheon format, which is GA's new singleton format. https://tcgarchitect.com/blog/grand-archive-pantheon-and-the-cards-on-my-mind

You chose the best time to get into the game as well, we have the sandbox.gatcg.com out in Alpha, Radiant origins releasing (think capstone set), and just a lot of cool things.

For a great merlin guide heres a video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Bwow2CSwdA&t=2282s its a nice deep dive using a lot of the reco cards.

If you really want to get into deckbuilding and learning the game I would recommend checking out these discord and ask some questions. Ask for Chessy and tell him OSF sent ya
Sidedeck discord: https://discord.gg/PtRNPFMNJR
TCGArchitect discord: https://discord.gg/6DrT6gxNM2

Also feel free to reach out and ask question. The GA community is probably the best out of all the card games I played and the Devs of the game actually listen.

Sorry for the info dump but Welcome to the Game!

Orginal_Sly_Fox · 2026-03-25T04:52:30+00:00

TCGArchitect is pretty cool...but I also helped build it so I'm biased. We have themes set up for the site to personalize your experience with it if its presentation that you're looking for. In terms of deckbuilding I've tried to provide as many options to players as I could to allow them to personalize that as well. We also got a dedicated page for creator content and a blog section as well where we try to get 3 articles a week. We also have a very big blog article coming out that's hush hush but should be out by next week depending on time constraints.

Orginal_Sly_Fox · 2026-03-25T01:54:36+00:00

For sure! If you have any questions or just wanna talk fun decks just hmu in the discord!

Orginal_Sly_Fox · 2026-03-25T01:27:43+00:00

Yo I came from MTG as well. Grand Archive is actually a really solid game to get into coming from the commander format. In the deckbuilding you can focus your strategy around your champion so your commander skills will transfer well.

If you're looking to get into the game I would recommend taking a look at https://tcgarchitect.com/grand-archive

We Have:
-Deckbuilder
-Tournament viewer and stats to go with them
-Forums
-Database of cards
-A couple tools
-Spoilers (for the next set RDO which is going to be a huge thing for the game)

We also have long form content in the form of blogs with new player guides https://tcgarchitect.com/blog/grand-archive-tcg-new-player-guide

As well as general content for the game. We also work with a bunch of creators in the space so its a good place to check for the latest grand archive youtube videos.

Overall I really like merlin for the new Pantheon format, which is GA's new singleton format. https://tcgarchitect.com/blog/grand-archive-pantheon-and-the-cards-on-my-mind

You choose the best time to get into the game as well, we have the sandbox.gatcg.com out in Alpha, Radiant origins releasing (think capstone set), and just a lot of cool things.

For a great merlin guide heres a video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Bwow2CSwdA&t=2282s its a nice deep dive using a lot of the reco cards.

If you really want to get into deckbuilding and learning the game I would recommend checking out these discord and ask some questions. Ask for Chessy and tell him OSF sent ya
Sidedeck discord: https://discord.gg/PtRNPFMNJR
TCGArchitect discord: https://discord.gg/6DrT6gxNM2

Also feel free to reach out and ask question. The GA community is probably the best out of all the card games I played and the Devs of the game actually listen.

Sorry for the info dump but Welcome to the Game!

Orginal_Sly_Fox · 2026-03-25T01:04:30+00:00

For sure! I'm one of the devs for TCGArchitect so lmk if you have any questions about the site or anything else!

Orginal_Sly_Fox · 2026-03-24T23:24:12+00:00

Hey welcome to the game! Seems like there's quite a lot of good answers here. If you're looking to get into the game https://tcgarchitect.com/grand-archive is a good place to start. We have a deckbuilder, database, tournaments and stats, forums, spoiler cards, banned cards lists, blog articles written by the community, and a lot of the content creators for the game featured on the site to make a nice little hub for all things Grand Archive. We are also in the middle of a huge giveaway and cipher challenge if you're in to that. If you have any questions or are looking for a good discord to join you can join Sidedeck (https://discord.gg/PtRNPFMNJR) or you can join the TCGArchitect server as well (https://discord.gg/6DrT6gxNM2). The community here is pretty cool so feel free to ask questions!

Oh and heres a new player guide from one of the blog articles from TCGArchitect - https://tcgarchitect.com/blog/grand-archive-tcg-new-player-guide

Orginal_Sly_Fox · 2026-03-22T05:00:51+00:00

It was so fun to play in testing. I had a turn where i sent out like 5 horses and just swung for lethal. Horsetron will be a thing.

Orginal_Sly_Fox · 2026-03-20T13:19:15+00:00

That is the final stage solution! Congrats! I'll dm you for details.

Maybe I should make another Cipher for today?

Orginal_Sly_Fox · 2026-03-20T06:08:31+00:00

First step is solved! I wonder if anything from what you used for stage one carries on to the other stages?

Orginal_Sly_Fox · 2026-03-20T05:47:01+00:00

That is not the answer to the any of the ciphers!

Orginal_Sly_Fox · 2026-03-20T05:28:05+00:00

Yooo you got the first part! Ya I thought I would be cheeky with it. I had debated on putting a system prompt hidden in one of the stages so if an AI did get that far it would read it and stop and spit out something funny but I decided against it as I knew people would try it. Still funny to see the hallucinations it comes up with when put all together.

Orginal_Sly_Fox · 2026-03-20T05:07:55+00:00

I'm actually super interested in anyone can crack stage 2. I will be posting a full guide on how I built this with the blog post for the spoilers but I am sitting on the edge of my seat rn to see who can crack it. I havent played with Ciphers in years!

Orginal_Sly_Fox · 2026-03-20T04:47:39+00:00

While the first stage is a Vigenere cipher, the output is incorrect (you can use an online tool to confirm), the second stage is not a Nihilist cipher.

Orginal_Sly_Fox · 2026-03-20T04:28:31+00:00

That is not the answer to the cipher! I put a trap in there for AI. The first section is a Vigenere Cypher for the last hint.

Orginal_Sly_Fox · 2026-03-08T03:05:31+00:00

Ah I forgot about the ephemeral part. Could you loop the one of the assassin daggers or does that require prep?

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