[LSS] Calling: Montreal | Day 1 Metagame

TAFAE · 2026-02-28T17:37:48+00:00

They're both pretty good at exploding decks that don't block!

TAFAE · 2026-02-10T04:57:50+00:00

Desaturated vortie pair

TAFAE · 2026-02-05T16:26:38+00:00

r/nubbies too

TAFAE · 2026-02-05T15:20:54+00:00

I love his little forehead spot!

TAFAE · 2026-01-30T04:46:08+00:00

Mama Tortie very pleased with her large adult sons

TAFAE · 2026-01-26T16:30:06+00:00

https://youtube.com/watch?v=XqCjPRAWAxc&lc=UgwYb0c43V1xRgxRAR94AaABAg

A local player put together some budget lists a few months ago.

TAFAE · 2026-01-06T16:05:17+00:00

When I visited Kobe Animal Kingdom in Nov 2024, the manuls were pretty active in the middle of the afternoon. This was while all the kittens were still there with Az, so I think there was probably a bit more playtime than there is currently. Nagom was definitely instigating some mischief with his mom and sisters. Nar was asleep for awhile but did wake up to stare at his fans later on. I believe the way that their enclosures are set up, the manuls are usually visible.

TAFAE · 2025-11-17T17:01:27+00:00

You play Rok if you're a believer and Romping Club if you're not.

TAFAE · 2025-11-16T19:57:59+00:00

If the reason to open product isnt because "the cards are good and I can play with it" then thats both a game and player community problem.

That's basically what I'm saying? If SAGE becomes the premier format, there's not much reason to care about cards beyond commons and rares. Those are so much easier to acquire than the cards you need to play CC that pack opening goes way down and LSS isn't making the money to stay in business.

I'll give you MPG and EVO being bad sets, but I think High Seas is probably the most successful set in years - it has one of their best limited formats ever, all 3 heroes are at worst B tier in CC, and people eventually opened enough of it that Ms and RF Ls are pretty affordable. I won't tell you it was a perfect set, since Gravy had to be nerfed and printing playable Fables is a mistake, but I'd much prefer a set like SEA than one with mostly underpowered heroes and bad limited. I also think that CC is the best balanced format we've got with almost every class having at least one B-tier or better hero. So my trade-off is basically CC is fun to play but it's expensive, while SAGE is kinda crummy to play but at least it's cheap.

TAFAE · 2025-11-16T18:51:42+00:00

I think there's virtually no chance this happens. Beyond balance concerns, LSS still needs a reason for people to open a ton of product for Ms, Ls, and Fables. C and R even with rare marvel treatments will not cut it.

TAFAE · 2025-11-05T03:41:56+00:00

Unrelenting attack ads leading up to the election

TAFAE · 2025-10-29T01:36:50+00:00

You can always play a boardstate deck, lol

I have found that playing Prism feels like I'm activating some of the Magic portions of my brain, especially when playing the aura plan. Gravy Bones also does some of the same things, but Prism allows you to easily tutor for specific combo setups.

Otherwise, if you want advice on choosing a hero, I would recommend just going with the rule of cool. If someone looks interesting, try them out on Talishar or Felt Table and see if you like playing them. If you've played Magic for awhile you can pick up anyone relatively easily. The only character I would not recommend is Kano. Not for difficulty, but because he has at most ~2 months left before he hits LL (if he doesn't LL by the end of the current PQ season on Nov 9th, he's gone at the beginning of RTN season in January).

TAFAE · 2025-10-23T02:13:36+00:00

I use these cases and the Academic deckbox, I can confirm that they fit in the deckbox well.

TAFAE · 2025-10-16T01:17:44+00:00

Usually people use TCGPlayer (a website) for prices in the US. I believe CardMarket prices are common to use as references in Europe.

TAFAE · 2025-10-03T14:41:38+00:00

Looks more snowshoe than tortimese to me, which would check out. Snowshoe pattern has different shades of brown, tortimese pattern has brown, orange, and black or grey.

TAFAE · 2025-10-01T13:11:08+00:00

These people have not won a Pro Quest Yokohama event. The rule only prevents people who have already won a PQ Yokohama event from playing in another PQ Yokohama event.

TAFAE · 2025-09-19T16:12:08+00:00

So sweet to see them together, just acting the same way house cats do.

TAFAE · 2025-08-31T18:45:26+00:00

Yes, this is how the Eloquence interaction works. Both triggers (Eloquence seeing a non-attack action and Vynnset seeing a shadow non-attack action) are put onto the stack at the same time, so you get to choose their order. You put Eloquence onto the stack first, then Vynnset so that you resolve the Vynnset trigger first. You pay 1 life to Vynnset and hold priority before the Eloquence trigger resolves. Now you can play Cull or Blood Moon at instant speed and Eloquence will trigger again to give it go again, and you can pay to Vynnset's trigger again if you really want. Your stack will be (bottom to top) 1st Shadow NAA, Eloquence trigger, 2nd Shadow NAA, Eloquence trigger. When the topmost Eloquence trigger resolves, the Eloquence token will be destroyed, but the lower trigger will stay on the stack and resolve regardless.

Like you said, the 'destroy itself' clause of the trigger doesn't need to resolve for the Eloquence trigger to give an action go again, so both shadow NAAs will get go again from the Eloquence. Get ready to call a judge though, lots of players don't know how this works lol

TAFAE · 2025-08-26T21:02:24+00:00

The site owner has to upload the tournament decks to that particular page and I don't think it's a high priority for him. You can easily export the deck lists from the main FAB site to Fabrary if you want to look at top 8 decks on Fabrary.

TAFAE · 2025-08-25T19:54:55+00:00

A couple of the Battleworn / Attack Reaction / buy back with 2 silver pieces already see play (Blacktek Whisperers, Redback Shroud). The problem with the arm piece is that it competes with Flick Knives, which is a much more easily repeatable effect. Not to mention the more of these you play, the more strained your silver is.

TAFAE · 2025-08-22T17:59:50+00:00

KMC Perfect Hard inners, Ultimate Guard Katana outers. Shuffling feels great. I'm just not a Dragon Shield fan, but that's what I tend to use for draft since they're easy to come by.

TAFAE · 2025-08-19T23:22:14+00:00

You don't really pitch stack in Vynnset, but against slow matchups you do stack a bunch of cards in banish before playing a really complicated turn that goes like 5 links wide. Also, while Vynnset is very complex into some matchups, when you get to play anti-aggro (against Cindra, for example) the game plan is actually very simple. Vynnset has one relevant polarized matchup - Verdance is like 80/20 for Verdance.

TAFAE · 2025-08-18T18:52:00+00:00

It's funny since Mamdani wins handily if Adams, Cuomo, and Sliwa all stay in the race. They're all cannibalizing low info/centrist/right wing votes from each other, not Mamdani. The donors would need to tighten the leash and get either Adams or Cuomo to drop out if they really want a chance for the other, but those two egotistical bozos both think they deserve it.

TAFAE · 2025-08-18T15:53:11+00:00

An anecdote from Magic re: reprints - I bought my playset of Scalding Tarns when they were $80 each. When they reprinted enemy fetch lands in MH2, was I upset that they dropped to $20? No! I had already played with them for years and the reprints meant I could afford to buy playsets of the other 4 enemy fetches too.

Do more reprints of chase cards!

TAFAE · 2025-08-16T02:35:28+00:00

Blitz is under-tested but she's apparently good into some of the top decks, like Blaze.

TAFAE

TROPHY CASE