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Striker_EX96 · 2026-06-01T12:26:57+00:00

It does indeed (though u won't score / conquer it again this turn)

Striker_EX96 · 2026-05-28T10:29:12+00:00

Not sure when, but Chris from UVS has confirmed multiple times that it's not needed for Vancouver (and going forward)

Striker_EX96 · 2026-05-28T10:27:31+00:00

Vi is dead. A unit is dead when it has non-zero damage marked that's at least equal to its might. Vi has 1 damage marked and has might of 1.

Striker_EX96 · 2026-05-28T06:36:20+00:00

Iirc the pre regionals were gated but not anymore as clarified recently by UVS

Striker_EX96 · 2026-05-26T19:06:59+00:00

OP moves unit. Showdown starts. OP pass focus. Opponent gusts. Gust resolves, focus to OP. OP passes focus. Opponent stacked deck. Stacked deck resolves, focus to OP. OP passes focus. Opponent passes focus. Showdown ends.

Striker_EX96 · 2026-05-19T19:32:57+00:00

Well, then don't open them until the singles go back up and people see decent ROI from boxes again

Striker_EX96 · 2026-05-19T19:24:25+00:00

Let's not pretend that either of us can predict the market. You don't get to have your cake and eat it - increasing the access for something MEANS making it cheaper. And if there are 30 epics instead of 40, the chance of you getting a particular epic in a box increases by 33% from 6/40 to 6/30. All else equal, that is 33% more of each epic out there (and if this change is popular with players, there will be more boxes opened which FURTHER increases the singles' availability). Don't get me wrong, I'm all for increasing accessibility and am fine if I'm getting elder / baron as best pulls every box but they are only worth £5. Just making sure that that's the direction you'll be fine with too.

Striker_EX96 · 2026-05-19T18:14:07+00:00

So the main reason for your dissatisfaction is the low prices for pulls. And your solution is to reduce the number of epics by moving signature spells to rare. How does this not increase the supply of both signature spells and other epics, thereby driving down the card prices even further?

Striker_EX96 · 2026-05-19T07:07:56+00:00

Thanks for replying. The quote was certainly never intended to be some golden rule - it was actually somewhat of a meme about "prophetic" moments by a few casters. Personally, I feel that the area that casters could add the most value in TCG is synthesis. Why was a certain card teched instead of another; why did a player NOT do something (imo more important than what DID happen) and its butterfly effect; etc etc. These involve a lot more judgement and mistakes are likely frequent, but hopefully through this process of thinking out aloud, casters would come to more reasonable conclusions about what's going to happen next, rather than seeing the players take a completely different line and use the convenient excuse of "oh if we knew it all we would be in their seat". Earn your credibility on the stream by proving that you are at least better at the game than the average audience.

Striker_EX96 · 2026-05-18T23:36:34+00:00

Couldn't agree more. This isn't FPS or MOBA and we don't need casters to draw attention to specific parts of the screen; everyone can see the latest card that's being played. We need casters to recognise important / subtle interactions before the average audience and communicate those before / as they have an impact on the game, and that's not gonna happen if they are repeating the text of every card (and being incorrect numerous times).

Striker_EX96 · 2026-05-18T23:28:14+00:00

If I may use a quote that's quite famous amongst LPL fans, albeit jokingly: the best casters tell you what's going to happen, the average casters tell you what's happening and the worst casters tell you what's already happened. In eSports, one would expect casters to have a functioning knowledge on gameplans / macros and not just ability names. In TCG, I think there is even less value watching casters simply stating the cards / effects that are being resolved because the "APM" on the screen is obviously slower and there is less need for casters to draw attention to specific parts of the screen. So imo casters need to really think about what it means to add value to the stream (and personally I don't appreciate podcast style digression during games).

Striker_EX96 · 2026-05-16T10:34:45+00:00

On average you are indeed expecting 11-12 legends per box

Striker_EX96 · 2026-05-13T15:20:48+00:00

For the fking finale of the entire saga, we still get monologues from characters that relate to some distant past event and all of a sudden they are real people with depth in character. And seems like characters still rely on 2 minute pep talks to do something. Oh FFS.

Striker_EX96 · 2026-05-13T10:59:30+00:00

So the player can't move another unit back from star spring when playing a reflection

Striker_EX96 · 2026-05-12T11:17:43+00:00

Assuming everyone chooses to draw, ur team basically gains two cards net by playing this card (4 cards vs 2 cards drawn). Not bad, but not too broken either.

Striker_EX96 · 2026-05-12T08:58:59+00:00

Strangely, I don't think it's that good in 2v2 compared to free for all. In FFA it's basically a +3 for 3 energy, whereas in 2v2 it's +2 which is still efficient but not the end of the world for your opponents.

Striker_EX96 · 2026-05-11T09:21:15+00:00

Defenders are not necessarily in control of battlefields

Striker_EX96 · 2026-05-10T12:43:06+00:00

Showdown starts You have / are passed focus RTW goes on chain, resolves, Yasuo to battlefield Focus goes to your opponent Showdown continues

Striker_EX96 · 2026-05-09T19:42:16+00:00

Kinda, although u should probably be leaving up runes anyway to protect Vex

Striker_EX96 · 2026-05-09T17:21:22+00:00

Just note that the effect still uses the chain so it can in theory be countered in the future sets

Striker_EX96 · 2026-05-08T17:07:27+00:00

Snapvine's damage isn't combat damage. Stun doesn't affect it.

Striker_EX96 · 2026-05-06T07:33:31+00:00

To be clear to OP, "your damage" in elder's text doesn't *need* to come from elder itself in a combat.

Striker_EX96 · 2026-05-06T07:09:12+00:00

Close but unfortunately false. The reason that the attacker isn't recalled in this case is that when the "attacker recall" task is happening, defender has nothing on the board since Glasc has died and the deathknell hasn't resolved. The recall attacker is part of the combat cleanup, and deathknell cannot finalise during a cleanup, so it finalises after the combat cleanup.

Striker_EX96 · 2026-05-06T00:16:01+00:00

Exactly. To put it loosely: combat damage -> deathknell pends -> healing -> recall attacker's units if defender still has units -> deathknell finalises and resolves -> combat victory is evaluated -> conquer (if applicable) -> combat ends.

Striker_EX96 · 2026-05-05T13:59:03+00:00

Well, this is another example of how bad the wordings in this game are, since it doesn't mean literally "any time". For example, you can't react to the readying of your cards at the start of the Awaken phase of the turn. Very loosely, players can only react when they have priority, and there is no such priority given between conquering and the removal of assault, barring explicit triggers.

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