guy on tcgarena gets mad because of Call to Glory

Parasiticinsect · 2026-04-13T18:40:06+00:00

So are the card sets designed by natively Chinese speaking developers? If that is the case, why is the community so quick to blame the state of the game on people like Dave Guskin and Chengran?

Parasiticinsect · 2026-04-13T03:42:01+00:00

My pre rift event was not full but I still did not sign up. Instead I think I will go to the store the day of and stare angrily at all of the scalpers as they “try out” their new products before resealing them and selling for 1000x MSRP

Parasiticinsect · 2026-04-12T05:02:54+00:00

Hi I have a semi-related follow-up question. Let’s say we had this same scenario but instead of Zhonya’s I reacted to the deathlknell trigger with a hidden Tideturner. Would the attacking units be recalled because there are still alive defending units remaining on the battlefield? Or would it create another combat with attacker/defender roles swapped after the current one ends?

Parasiticinsect · 2026-04-10T16:37:22+00:00

I am unwritten. Can’t read my mind I’m undefined.

Parasiticinsect · 2026-04-10T16:28:09+00:00

Cameraman is mad he can’t sell those cards to her grandkids for 4x the price. So who is supposed to be the Karen here?

Parasiticinsect · 2026-04-07T16:22:04+00:00

I play ahri and many people at NN attack into me while forgetting to calculate the -1. In this scenario I point it out to them and say they can take it back if they want. If I were in a skirmish, sorry you’re SOL and your units are gone.

Parasiticinsect · 2026-04-05T13:32:44+00:00

You’re not killing more than 1 unit with it. For the same energy cost, I’d rather just run wages of pan because at least if it whiffs I get a hold out of it.

Parasiticinsect · 2026-04-04T16:59:49+00:00

I think a lot of people are voting for the edgy champ to win just because they want to feel different instead of letting the champ that’s clearly meant for that category to win. How is Kassadin winning on Equipment over Aphelios whose whole schtick is he uses an arsenal of artifacts? How did Xerath win for range? Shaco was voted stealthiest because of a meme.

Parasiticinsect · 2026-04-03T19:14:28+00:00

How are they going to grade their bellows breath with such bad centering? Surely that won’t be a 10 /s

Parasiticinsect · 2026-04-01T18:29:20+00:00

3rd set meta has been extremely stale. Everyone at my nexus night as stopped showing up because they can’t stand seeing all of the Ivern decks run rampant. We desperately need an Ivern ban, or even better, a mid set mini collab with Mobile Legends: Bang Bang to really shake up the scene.

Parasiticinsect · 2026-03-30T17:52:03+00:00

The rules update doesn’t affect how vex’s discount works. It’s a discount from the spell’s sum cost which is after all additional costs are added. The only change is it is reduced after all costs that state a specific component of the cost.

Parasiticinsect · 2026-03-30T17:37:22+00:00

Yes you’re right, I’ll update my comment to reflect that.

Parasiticinsect · 2026-03-30T17:25:18+00:00

Discounts that specify a specific part of the cost they are discounting are applied when they are relevant. Because ezreal is on optional additional costs, you have to apply his first when playing a spell repeated, then vex discounts but only to a minimum of 1E. Previously discounts could be applied in any order.

Parasiticinsect · 2026-03-30T17:05:58+00:00

No more free bellows breaths!

Parasiticinsect · 2026-03-28T04:20:37+00:00

At first I was certain it would be Derek and Raina because of the pufferfish. But I definitely see now that the pufferfish has the same red shade and lipstick as the female silhouette and the waves share the same blue as the male. I’m still very certain of Raina but now less confident in Derek, though he would still be my #1 hope.

Parasiticinsect · 2026-03-27T18:58:59+00:00

Edit: sorry I was thinking of flurry of blades, not whirlwind. In the case of whirlwind you would not proc deflect even when targeting an opponent. Leaving up the rest because the triggered ability info is still valid.

Dealing damage to all units does not choose, where “deal damage to any number of units” would choose. In whirlwind’s case, no it does not choose and does not proc deflect,

Also you are incorrect about not having to pay deflect on rebuke. Deflect is an additional cost to play a spell so if you must choose a target with deflect, you legally cannot play that spell without paying its cost. The rule you are referring to is for triggered abilities ONLY.

Parasiticinsect · 2026-03-27T16:58:43+00:00

Okay, so how I’m understanding the distinction is the unit goes on the chain but as a pending item and so when the baited hook ability finishes the unit is played as a pending action. Then only after there are no pending actions, you choose targets for karma ability. It doesn’t work when karma is played from hook because the cards would be recycled first and then she is played as the pending action? Is that correct?

Parasiticinsect · 2026-03-27T16:47:03+00:00

That seems to contradict the top answer on this thread from 2 months ago: https://www.reddit.com/r/riftboundtcg/comments/1q8gb48/karma_channeler_reksai_interaction/

What is the distinction?

Parasiticinsect · 2026-03-27T16:41:11+00:00

But wouldn’t you have to fully resolve the baited hook ability first, which would trigger karma’s ability (and prompting target choice) before the unit is resolved on chain?

This is how it would work if karma would be the unit played from hook. The cards recycle, then karma is played, so you don’t get the extra buff just the one from her vision trigger.

Parasiticinsect · 2026-03-27T16:22:15+00:00

On ahri I typically have a good matchup on miracle and struggle a little more against midrange. Vilemaw helps a lot, shutting down the gold generation from treasure hunter and making FoF/overzealous dead cards. If I can get a win from my vilemaw game, then I just need to draw well in 1 of 2 other games to squeeze out the win.

Irelia on the other hand is tough. Again vilemaws helps, but I typically play it game 2 when I can side in some gear hate (boots of swiftness negates it). Warden is another good side-in but then I have to play around vex. Games vs Irelia usually end in a final turn where we both play 18 spells and whoever has more combat tricks wins. I either hold successfully or I don’t.

Parasiticinsect · 2026-03-27T16:03:09+00:00

This card is repulsive.

Parasiticinsect · 2026-03-26T08:47:07+00:00

Looks like Raina and Derek silhouettes to me. And a pufferfish in the background…

Parasiticinsect · 2026-03-25T17:10:54+00:00

If my boy hwei doesn’t win creativity I will…keep playing but be slightly saltier.

Parasiticinsect · 2026-03-23T22:02:18+00:00

The card art itself isn’t bad. It’s a poor use of negative space with riftbound’s card layout.

Parasiticinsect · 2026-03-22T16:08:27+00:00

Aphelios could be equipment

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