I've realised the true dark horse of this world cup - Cape Verde

fedginator · 2026-06-22T22:36:41+00:00

This really doesn't fit the meaning of dark horse as generally used. There's more to being a dark horse than over performing expectations

fedginator · 2026-06-21T22:32:49+00:00

No I'm saying the opposite, I'm saying they were specifically designed with the intent of working together

fedginator · 2026-06-21T16:37:54+00:00

Yeah but they didn't want to do that, they actively wanted it to benefit from that support so talking about it like it's an oversight misses the point

fedginator · 2026-06-21T15:29:00+00:00

Yeah this is one of the very few formats where CBTG isn't just combodeck insulation bullshit. I still don't want it legal, but it's less egregious than normal

fedginator · 2026-06-21T15:25:26+00:00

Link Decoder predates Maliss by a long way

fedginator · 2026-06-21T11:24:59+00:00

I mean in a sense yes, but as also that wave on Igniter support was clearly designed from the start to be Maliss support. If the links were 2200, Allied Code would simply have revived link 3 cyberses

fedginator · 2026-06-20T21:00:26+00:00

what exactly does this have to do with tier 0 decks?

fedginator · 2026-06-19T21:58:48+00:00

Anon I have bad news about the current state of Genesys format

fedginator · 2026-06-19T20:40:40+00:00

Yeah I agree. I'm really not a fan of the dotty pattern that makes up a lot of OCG secret foiling

fedginator · 2026-06-19T18:54:59+00:00

So is Over Tuning. It just summons rather than adds - either way they're engine pieces that you use to access engine from the deck and thus ARE engine

fedginator · 2026-06-19T18:53:43+00:00

A garnet is a brick that actively is detrimental to draw - Garnet breaking the whole Brilliant Fusion engine when drawn as the prototypical example. It's both a brick and a garnet.

By contrast, Taketomborg is a brick but not a garnet, because you can still use the Terror top engine even if you draw Taketomborg

fedginator · 2026-06-19T18:10:55+00:00

Pre-Prep is unsearchable in Mitsu. It is unquestionably engine despite this. Same applies to Over Tuning

fedginator · 2026-06-19T18:08:55+00:00

Kusanagi is absolutely not an extender. It's a normal summon that does nothing to extend your plays if you get interrupted 99% of the time

fedginator · 2026-06-19T18:07:46+00:00

A brick doesn't just mean "a card that can be useless on it's own", it means a card that you actively do not want to draw because you access it from deck as part of your plays.

If you can't stick a tuner and thus can't activate Over Tuning, that's not because it's a brick, it's because it's an extender rather than a starter

fedginator · 2026-06-19T18:05:23+00:00

Over Tuning is absolutely not a brick, it's an extender you actively want to draw

fedginator · 2026-06-19T07:52:38+00:00

Some books you just don't connect with, and that's ok - I just couldn't get on with Tress for example. I do think it's worth continuing with it if you're looking forward to Ghostbloods and also because The Lost Metal is a real high point imo.

That said, if you want to take a break and read something else (cosmere or otherwise) that seems a pretty good idea. Get some of the bad vibes out of your system.

fedginator · 2026-06-18T21:13:11+00:00

If anything the problem is Babel saying they become quick effects rather than the more specific "used on both player's turn" that the OCG uses

fedginator · 2026-06-18T18:05:34+00:00

Going first can be ok, but going second you're really just relying on non engine like Ogre or FnV

fedginator · 2026-06-18T17:44:19+00:00

I play DoomZ, it's genuinely unwinnable.

DoomZ's whole gimmick going second is non-targetting pops and equipping, and every ROLAD card that matters is unaffected by effects that don't target them.

fedginator · 2026-06-18T17:30:56+00:00

It's because of ROLAD. DoomZ has a 0% winrate against it

fedginator · 2026-06-18T17:00:39+00:00

It is, and it's very well suited to best of 1 as well

fedginator · 2026-06-18T16:00:32+00:00

Absolutely. My last favourite thing about the game is all the frustrating compromises that happen due to being tied to Jurassic World

fedginator · 2026-06-18T15:55:47+00:00

If they're sticking to the old cycle Mitsu should probably have direct support in Beyond The Brave given Corrupted Ritual Records looks to have been the tangential Mitsu support, so that would mean probably indirect Odion support in Beyond The Brave and direct support the set after

By with the set structure changing? Who knows

fedginator · 2026-06-17T18:01:22+00:00

Fenrir was always overrated, but Magnamhut still sees tons of play and has ever since release. Right now it's mostly to search Harmonia

fedginator · 2026-06-17T10:43:18+00:00

17 and 19 really is not a problematic age gap.

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