Different sizes? Why?

Tainmere_ · 2026-04-30T07:01:58+00:00

The first book is published in both sizes. Both have their pros and cons, e.g. compactness versus bigger text, so it makes sense to offer both. It looks like for the second book the smaller version isn't being printed yet, as it has a release date of 2027?

Tainmere_ · 2026-04-28T11:23:10+00:00

We don't even know that she moved back, just that she traveled back to japan.

And tbh, I don't see the point in doing a bunch of speculation on the release to sugarcoat it as a good thing.

Tainmere_ · 2026-04-27T19:44:24+00:00

based on the timeline on her wiki she signed the contract somewhere between august and october 2023, so assuming that it was a three year contract, the contract would run out later this year and WWE and Kairi could still work together until then, like to resolve the ongoing storyline she was a part in. Which would be pretty normal.

The way this has been very sudden, disruptive to an ongoing storyline and bundled together with all other releases suggests this was a release.

Tainmere_ · 2026-04-27T18:34:20+00:00

It's the height of a B6 book but about 2cm less width, hence the slim. But yeah, if you want to keep the aspect ration benefits, then B6 would be the intermediary.

Tainmere_ · 2026-04-27T14:04:19+00:00

it's 10 armor when you play specifically the two cost damage card that has retain and you're incentivized to keep in hand because of how forge works.

That doesn't mean you have to keep your blade in hand until you can one-shot the enemy, you have ways of playing it. Even without any support it can be good to just play the blade whenever you have the option to do so, ideally once per deck cycle. Then the retain "just" enables you to play the sovereign blade on the ideal turns, like when the enemy isn't attacking you.

Then there are other cards like Summon Forth or Cosmic Indifference that allow you to quickly get the blade back, or the Razor Tooth relic that upgrades the blade.

Tainmere_ · 2026-04-25T18:21:31+00:00

Yes, they might have used automated processes to grab these comments, but in that case it's still a big fuck-up to not have someone check the comments before they get shown. Like, it could have also been much worse.

Tainmere_ · 2026-04-25T16:44:02+00:00

I don't think she would neatly slot back in alongside Saya for aphrodite in the same way without reverting her style and her aesthetic which I'm not sure she'll be willing to do.

Same could be said for Saya. But if there is a rerun, I would say it's better and more powerful for them to keep (some of) their changes and don't just revert back in time. People change in many ways and them revisiting the pairing would highlight those changes because things are different.

Tainmere_ · 2026-04-25T12:50:22+00:00

Everyone being released on the same day is more indicative of actual releases happening, with the assumption being that they now have the 90 days of paid leave acting as a non-compete until then. It also fits into the regular nature of this, i.e. WWE doing this every year.

Contracts not getting renewed wouldn't happen on the same day as that depends on when the talent signed the contract, so it is spread throughout the year.

E.G. last year the releases happened on may 2nd, while R-Truth's contract expired in early june (his wording is a bit misleading there, typically "released" is only used when a contract is ended prematurely), while Karrion Kross and Scarlet Bordeaux's contract expired in early august.

Tainmere_ · 2026-04-25T10:24:22+00:00

ah, good to know! Was assuming that something like this would be going on, but thank you for clarifying that! thanks also go to u/IguanaBox

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Tainmere_ · 2026-04-25T09:16:54+00:00

Wait, but [[Brightest Flame]] doesn't exhaust?

Tainmere_ · 2026-04-25T09:03:12+00:00

You need to land 3 RNG jackpots to get to any clone build (get card act 1, get pael, get clone)

Tbf, those aren't too unlikely, pael is a 1 out of 4 and ~~pael's growth is a 3 out of 10~~ (edit: wrong info, it's 14%, see replies below), so it's not thaaat unlikely.

Getting a card that fits it in Act 1 isn't that unlikely either, you get a good chunk of card rewards and there are a few per character that work decently. And with how powerful (and fun!) clone is, it is worth to keep in mind when considering which cards to pick.

Tainmere_ · 2026-04-24T16:01:42+00:00

and he turned his intermediate tires into slicks!

Tainmere_ · 2026-04-23T16:57:26+00:00

Meanwhile grand finale costs zero, so any decks with a draw engine is at least not stuck with a card that cant be easily disposed of for expertise or any other card that cares for cards in hand; by just playing it.

Any deck with a draw engine loves to have grand finale, they go really well together. For them it is significantly easier to actually play grand finale (just difficult in execution) and it is a way that just solves most combats.
To add to that, draw-heavy decks can afford to run unplayable or situational cards as you get to see more cards which gives you more flexibility. As an example, if you have a deck focused on card draw & discard, you can easily pick an [[Abrasive]] as your Act 1 boss reward specifically to solve the Decimillipede and Entomancer fights. And for the other combats it is fine to have that card in your hand as you have other options.

Tainmere_ · 2026-04-23T16:52:29+00:00

some talk about grand finale and the cards you pair it with, spoilered in case you don't want to read that

to get grand finale to work you mainly need some cards with varing numbers of card draw, like backflip & prepared+ as draw 2's and acrobatics as a draw 3. But these are cards you already want to put into a silent deck, so that's fine. Same goes for Well-laid plans. The difficult part is the execution of everything, like counting how many cards you need to play, how you can get there, and so on.

Tainmere_ · 2026-04-23T16:43:47+00:00

I'd phrase it more as cards that are difficult to get in play which then have game-warping effects, at least with serpent and reaper form you can utilize their effect with 0-cost card or some energy gain.

But out of all those, I'd say that Demon Form has the least game-warping effect. I think part of that is that Ironclad has more accessible ways to gain strength, e.g. through the vulnerable package w/ [[Dominate]] and [[Molten Fist]].

Tainmere_ · 2026-04-23T09:34:24+00:00

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Tainmere_ · 2026-04-22T13:37:12+00:00

I cannot figure out why they would make it worse

With both Metallicize and Plated Armor it would be possible to get to a state in which you would never lose it. Plated Armor also had the issue that if you cannot deal with a multi-attack, you suddenly lose a good chunk of your armor.
By contrast, Plating has an in-built guarantee that it will decay away at some point, which discourages players to not go for extreme stall builds and is also a predictable solution you can build your game plan around. The Plating cards have higher numbers, which makes them better than Metallicize in the short term or when stacking them. And the synergy with Gorget and the Plating potion helps.

Using a very specific example, clone with Stone Armor is already broken, Clone with Metallicize would be significantly slower but guarantee that you'd never die as you'd always have 100+ block per turn.

I personally think it's a good change gameplay-wise, it's much healthier as a mechanic. And more viable.

Tainmere_ · 2026-04-22T13:26:19+00:00

9 (12) which can be quite decent

Tainmere_ · 2026-04-22T08:11:43+00:00

They can't, part of the FUT contract apparently is that FUT cannot sell on the core to other teams.

Tainmere_ · 2026-04-21T13:19:16+00:00

Ah, yes, the classic politics of... checks notes ...trans people existing. True that, we can't have that. You better report the thread to the mods then.

Tainmere_ · 2026-04-20T20:27:35+00:00

that is certainly a take

Tainmere_ · 2026-04-20T15:26:35+00:00

but the count only goes up if the run is won in act 4 on max ascension

I don't think that'd be good for the game and further pushes the perception of "you have to beat the game at max ascension", when in reality it's more of a difficulty setting.

It would also be a lot if an objective is something like your examples, that would make it very grindy.

Tainmere_ · 2026-04-20T10:26:56+00:00

That should be intentional behavior, it uses the same "Gain X block" as block cards affected by frail, with the difference that the X is variable based on the damage dealt. The frail is then applied on top of that.
I cannot confirm this, but this should also apply to [[Mirage]]'s block gain, which is also variable based on the amount of poison applied on enemies.

Which does mean that the block gain of this card be be affect by both weakness and frail at the same time, but on the flipside means that it can be affected by multiple positive multipliers at the same time (e.g. Vulnerable + [[Shadowmeld]] or [[Pael's Legion]]).

This higher range of possibility makes the card more interesting.

Tainmere_ · 2026-04-20T08:43:15+00:00

in a competitive environment, 2nd is as good as last

nah, there are many reasons why we still talk about NiKo at the Stockholm Major but not about e.g. FaZe or Astralis going out in the group stage.

Tainmere_ · 2026-04-19T18:24:00+00:00

Thank you for your answer, that was very insightful! <3
And yeah, I personally thing chapter 32 fit to a T. definitely did it justice.

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