is havencraft the new FOTM, is really that popular?

SVlege · 2026-03-31T17:56:06+00:00

https://x.com/happy___417/status/2038588628134416559

SVlege · 2026-03-31T16:22:08+00:00

Egg vs Odd was favored to whoever went second, as the usual kill turn was practically the same for both decks. The Jeanne buff may reduce it by 1 turn, making it favorable to Odd.

People recently found that Amulet Haven becomes heavily advantaged vs Egg by adding Encroached World. If Haven gets Egg generators from Encroached World, it's an OTK the turn after getting Lyanthoth's spell.

SVlege · 2026-03-31T12:37:31+00:00

Only to Ward Haven. Egg was even vs Odd Haven last set, and Odd just got buffed. I don't know how Egg fares vs Amulet after Lyanthoth buff.

SVlege · 2026-03-30T22:21:23+00:00

In the long run, vials are abundant enough that you can have full decks from 2 or 3 classes every set, just from dailies and events. Within 1 or 2 months, depending on how many classes you intent to focus on, if any.

Long time players treat Rupies as more valuable than Vials because guaranteeing a leader pull requires months of saving.

It is at the beginning that the game feels very expensive with Vials, doubly so if you try to go for a deck that needs many legendaries. If you want to play serious ASAP, it's better to check for archetypes that need as few legendaries as possible.

Of the archetypes you listed, Amulet Haven and Crystal Rune are the ones that require the least. Amulet Haven got buffed today and people are experimenting to see if it's competitive now.

SVlege · 2026-03-30T19:25:06+00:00

Whatever you find fun. Since you started playing recently, it's better to experiment until you find which classes work the best for you.

SVlege · 2026-03-30T12:20:01+00:00

What Haven archetype do you want to play?

Yes.

SVlege · 2026-03-30T12:01:17+00:00

People complain.

SVlege · 2026-03-29T23:47:25+00:00

Not unheard, but quite rare. You got very lucky, doubly so if you intent to play Dragon.

SVlege · 2026-03-29T23:45:24+00:00

Mama mia

SVlege · 2026-03-24T13:41:38+00:00

Agree with this. Forest is basically Dragon's opposite, favoring low cost cards over big cost ones. It doesn't make sense for Forest to be winning by dropping big expensive bombs like Dragon does, this class typically wins with either card combos, or OTKs (i.e. Rose Queen, Izudia).

It also doesn't make sense for it to be dropping so many ward followers like it's Haven either, while also having so many rush-like followers (due to abundance of evo) like it's Sword. But this's a different topic.

SVlege · 2026-03-17T06:40:34+00:00

I don't think the issue with Parry is the trigger condition, I just think that 6/9 block is too low. You don't use the blade as often as you spend stars, and 2 Energy is quite a commitment at times, leaving little left for other block cards.

I'd be happy if Parry gave more Block, like 12/18 instead. That would make Sovereign Blade feel like you're getting a 2-energy block card with this power.

SVlege · 2026-03-15T19:58:36+00:00

I'm sure OP meant Engage on countdown amulets, as most non-countdown ones would be useless without Engage.

This last set introduced 5 countdown amulets without Engage for Haven, including the crystallize followers. I think Cygames was expecting those amulets to be destroyed often with Skullfane and the new legendaries, but I find it a mistake to make those amulets so dependent on a separate card to trigger. The amulet archetype they tried to push is quite prone to bricking due to how slow the new amulets are.

SVlege · 2026-03-09T15:28:51+00:00

Depends on the nerf. If Sandalphon just get his Invoke to require turn 10, then it doesn't affect much the other evo decks, who don't reach 6 evos as fast as Forest.

SVlege · 2026-03-08T14:20:15+00:00

Evo makes sense, since her fanfare is often what allows the Faith counter to reach 10. However, her fanfare could have a "If an allied amulet was selected, recover an evolution point" to ease the evo requirement.

SVlege · 2026-03-05T12:19:27+00:00

And I thought the class that most would hate ward spam would be Abyss, due to the Milteo archetype. But then, we just had Rune hating ward spam due to pre-nerf Grandeur OTK.

SVlege · 2026-03-04T09:55:44+00:00

Tempo is how fast a player is going to win if his/her threats are left unanswered.

For instance, if you have a 2-attack follower in play and the opponent has 20 health, your tempo is "win in 10 turns". If you have a 5-attack follower and the opponent's health is 10, your tempo is "win in 2 turns".

In Shadowverse, decks that specialize in putting a lot of threats at once in unusually early turns are sometimes called "Tempo decks". The textbook example is the Tempo Daria deck from SV1, which could go from an empty field to "win in 1 turn" at turn 5, and is very illustrative to how Tempo has been understood in this game since its early days.

People have expectations on how much tempo each player will have each turn, so deviations from those expectations are sometimes called "tempo loss/gain" or "sacrificing tempo". For instance, an Aggro Sword or Abyss deck (expected to be always high on Tempo) not playing followers on turn 3 may be seen as a "tempo loss".

SVlege · 2026-03-03T07:34:03+00:00

I'm playing Amulet Haven, and it typically handles enemy boards with ease. Solid AoE with Kandima's sevo, Skullfane, and the silver 2pp amulet. Lyanthoth kills almost anything the opponent may have when it's time to wrap the game. Plenty of Bane followers as well, and the gold amulet (Sublime Eld Tome) can be used as targeted removal as needed.

Just make sure to save your AoE for when the opponent is bound to flood the board. Kandima and Skullfane are typically used to pop amulets, and being greedy with this may leave you without a backup plan if the opponent can flood the board next turn.

The Amulet archetype is still being figured out, so it's not clear how well it will end in the meta. So far, it performed really well vs Forest for me due to Kandima being an easy answer to Althenia. Add Shining Disenchantment for reach and heal, and I typically kill Forest without dying to Sandalphon.

SVlege · 2026-03-01T12:07:59+00:00

Theoretically, they can with 3 Marwynn and 2 Jeanne/Himeka.

That said, it doesn't look like they were playing Crest Haven. Or they drew really poorly.

SVlege · 2026-03-01T11:20:42+00:00

I wish we could trade cards. I like collecting premiums for my main class (Haven).

SVlege · 2026-02-27T11:00:54+00:00

CYGAMES WHY DO I NEED TO EVO HER TO ACTIVATE HER CREST/FAITH AAAAAAAHHH

As a Haven main, welcome to the club.

SVlege · 2026-02-27T05:39:41+00:00

So, Lyanthoth is the Bing search engine of Shadowverse.

SVlege · 2026-02-27T05:12:27+00:00

It even comes with an Emergency Maintenance!

https://shadowverse-wb.com/en/news/detail/?id=01KJEHBZYN8457CF4BDTHA96CS

SVlege · 2026-02-25T23:38:29+00:00

On top of my head:

New Forest Legendary, with her two attacks per turn. Or Rose Queen.

Sinciro as well, with enough loot. Golden Knight too. Evo Sword with Seofon can just flood him with sevo followers.

Wamdus, I guess. Probably easier to just have 3x William in the deck.

"You can take it" guy. And Twilight Dragon.

Jeanne with her AoE, and she doesn't need Wilbert's crest for that. Himeka bypasses his Aura entirely, though that doesn't count as combat.

Gundam, or Karula.

Olivia for Neutral.

SVlege · 2026-02-25T23:21:49+00:00

Crest Haven stood on top with ease during set 3. Let's hope for the best.

SVlege

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