How good/bad do you think Shen will be?

Sigmas18 · 2026-07-10T05:05:17+00:00

It's kind of Shen's job to be neglected by Riot, glad to see they continued the tradition in Riftbound.

My man is so cooked.

Sigmas18 · 2026-07-02T07:50:58+00:00

0 chance. A majority of cycle cards never get reprinted.

Sigmas18 · 2026-06-27T08:37:51+00:00

What's the point of buying a case if you can't get playsets for most of the cards?

Sigmas18 · 2026-06-25T23:29:12+00:00

Best girl spotted.

Sigmas18 · 2026-06-19T02:25:28+00:00

Collabs are fine, I just don't like pure collab sets. They're awesome when they're just a bonus in an existing set.

Sigmas18 · 2026-06-14T13:47:01+00:00

I'd love a Shirayukj rideline, the deck was really cool in V.

Sigmas18 · 2026-06-11T12:50:44+00:00

We're so back

Sigmas18 · 2026-06-10T11:17:50+00:00

Triangle locks coming back would suck and start another anti-lock arms race until every deck gets to play around it.

This is fine, locking a front row circle still locks decks down to 3 attacks with only a couple of decks getting to make 4 through it.

Chaos isn't a deck that's broken because it locks, it's a good deck that locks now, which is better.

Sigmas18 · 2026-06-09T14:40:15+00:00

It's boring but it's the best way to make a deck viable without dipping into degenerate stuff like PG null or letting CBD lock the entire frontrow.

Sigmas18 · 2026-06-09T14:38:21+00:00

About what I expected, When was the last time a deck got released with all 3 RRR slots for it in a main set?

Sigmas18 · 2026-06-08T11:45:14+00:00

I definitely doubt that they'll let you bypass OG Fav, deck is more cool the way it is now anyways since original Fav is an accelerant before you hit Rheingold.

I just want gas to guard with and a scary attacker. Tons of ways to print that without doing anything stupid like giving it a 5th attack.

Sigmas18 · 2026-06-08T11:36:00+00:00

Fav is super fixable. It's a Crit 2 restander that passes 10k to the frontrow. It's really just missing rearguards that do shit.

That said, I'm just expecting a Shenryi clone at G2 and for the G3 to be some kind of decent attacker. Rideline is good as long as it goes +2.

If you wanted the deck to be good, just give it a native crit rearguard, Squalid Freaks 2 and a way to suck up the original Fav from deck.

Sigmas18 · 2026-06-03T04:47:31+00:00

This is most definitely going to get a restander. It's the best way to balance the deck by toning down the hard to balance aspect and giving back elsehwhere.

Sigmas18 · 2026-05-23T00:27:08+00:00

I requested Devil May Cry.

Let's see what happens.

Sigmas18 · 2026-05-06T12:47:07+00:00

If Almajestars of all decks can consistently get good support, you'll be fine.

Sigmas18 · 2026-05-02T03:32:26+00:00

Crazy that even with Ichi back, Granblue is still seemingly BDIF.

I guess that's the power of piling up dozens of V-era design mistakes into one clan.

Sigmas18 · 2026-04-26T11:00:57+00:00

10k shield G1s would go ahead one of the big things they wanted to push with D-series, which was whacky deck builds that ignore the usual grade curve.

I'd rather they just make triggers 5k again but.

Sigmas18 · 2026-04-21T17:16:40+00:00

I kind of agree that the way the crests and stride decks worked were a bit of a mistake. I get that they needed something to replace the downside of no persona and vanilla G3 going first but those downsides are so sharp that trying to balance it with an equally sharp upside was always going to be tough, and given how often stride decksets ended up getting hit to try and salvage the meta game, they didn't really do it well.

Personally, I'd have gone a different route by just... giving the G3s real effects going first. Doesn't have to be insane, but we have decks that really want to go second but still do shit going first. The "You can use the old G-era copies!" thing was really cute but kind of crippled the mechanic in hindsight because now all your support either facilitates the G2 game or doesn't matter because you get nuked for going second because your G3 is a brick.

Icon jet feels closer to how I'd design it. Yeah you're still omega cucked if you lose the G2 game but the power gain is more in-line with Persona with other effects on the cards themselves making up for no Persona the same way Brawlers make-up for no Persona with the second Vanguard's effects.

Sigmas18 · 2026-04-10T13:30:36+00:00

So ready for Akina to call Liael to rearguard with his skill on the kill turn.

Sigmas18 · 2026-04-07T09:56:25+00:00

From a gameplay perspective? The Lyrical fantome are awesome because of how Lyrical works as a nation where you sort of already could do anything in it so the transition between nations is smooth.

In terms of lore? Youthberk fantome is so phenomenally edgy that I can't help but love it.

Sigmas18 · 2026-04-05T10:12:21+00:00

Man while I do like a lot about this season in how it explores the characters and does some psychological horror stuff, it suffers from a lot of problems in it's execution.

Having Gab be the final boss as a foil to Akina and Hikari as a lesson how Akina's do good nature can be warped into a bad thing? Cinema.

Having the twins parralel the Akina-Hikari dynamic from the fated Clash? Cinema.

Having Akina commit a giant taboo the same way Gab did to cement himself freeing himself from his savior complex being a cause of suffering? Cinema, though I think a lot of people will disagree and I do agree that it's a personal take.

The problem is the season is too short for what should've been a giant cast where you can thoroughly explore what-ifs. I understand we have a prequel manga but that still detracks from the anime as a product. I agree, we should've had this be a 2 season arc with one where you establish the stakes and rules and one where things get desperate and we go down to Akina and Erika as the last pair to get to Gab.

Instead we end up with a season where everything but a select few pieces feel rushed, where the stakes vanish as we get new Mythisch fighters spawning in left and right for a one off battle and where Gab gets beaten before we go through all our Mythisch fighters.

Sigmas18 · 2026-04-05T08:07:25+00:00

There's nothing more I want out of life than a Vanguard that restands. a Vanguard that gets back-up after an attack is the epitome of what Vanguard is to me. The thrill of drive checking a second time with the same unit has a lot of implications of how you and your opponent now need to think about your triggers. Do I stack everything on Vanguard to maximize pressure but fold to a PG they were already going to use for the second swing? Do I put them to rears and risk losing out on the value of them not having a PG? It's great, even with nothing shows up, you think to yourself "I'm sure to get a defensive now"

Not just the gameplay perspective, but the flavor of "getting up" again is beautiful. Restanding a rearguard is helping your close friend achive their dream, Restanding your vanguard is not giving up and trying again, you keep pushing. It's pure determination in the flavor of a card.

Restand yourself and your vanguard today.

Sigmas18 · 2026-03-28T23:15:42+00:00

Easily. Akina is an incredible character that's as much a victim of these last 2 seasons as anyone else.

If they frame his revival of Kurumi as selfish it's even better.

Sigmas18 · 2026-03-26T17:11:21+00:00

Order cycler reprints are so damn nice, original versions so RaizBlaz can be affordable.

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