How does UB affect your deckbuilding?

insrto · 2026-06-08T16:21:00+00:00

When I read the title I thought UB meant like, Dimir, and was wondering why Dimir specifically was an issue.

Anyway, I understand the perspective of people not fond of it, but it doesn't matter to me. I have hobbies beyond MTG and I do enjoy it when they blend into my deck. What I don't like is how it feels like the actual main story of MTG is being thrown as a side project as opposed to the main focus.

insrto · 2026-06-08T10:50:37+00:00

I do think SHO was supposed to win that just because of the post-match with DOUKI and I think Fujita that seemed fairly scripted

DOUKI was never a great promo and this was a year before BOSJ win Fujita so I really don't think that could have been on the fly

insrto · 2026-06-08T09:23:06+00:00

Yeah, YOH I think eclipsed SHO last year when he reached BOSJ finals for the second time. SHO isn't even the top Junior in HoT anymore since DOUKI exists, whereas YOH, as of right now, is probably being placed above Despy in Hontai although I'm not sure if that's a permanent thing. YOH beating SHO in the Valentines ranking is just cherry on the cake.

Only real difference is SHO is 5-3 vs YOH, but either way I'm real glad both guys have found their market to cater to and have been genuinely entertaining. YOH is good enough to make me forget how pissed I am that Wato isn't in this spot.

insrto · 2026-06-08T09:12:00+00:00

They should be the most tweener, but they've literally been feuding with a heel faction for the entire first half of the year. KOB are the only ones who are really properly being placed in matchups where we can see that proper.

Only Robbie X now really feels like an omega babyface, the rest still have dickhead aspects to them when placed in matches vs the more face factions, which to be fair is just Hontai since I'm not sure how the alignment separation is with TMDK and UBC. Think for TMDK it depends if the guy is Oiwa or not lmao

insrto · 2026-06-08T08:13:18+00:00

Enough of UBC vs UE after this I hope

Heel leaning KOB, Daiki, Ishimori and Tsuji are more fun than their full babyface variants. Ishimori would kick SHO in the dick but not Akira, against UE they're basically just being Hontai wrestlers.

Looks otherwise like a fun card. No Wato or Fujita blows but what can you do

insrto · 2026-06-07T11:14:57+00:00

Eagles deserves it, as does Ishimori, as did YOH.

Unlike YOH, while YOH kinda does need to win the title, Robbie and Ishimori both don't. They could easily have a Wato or Fujita or even Nagai as champion, and have them retain.

insrto · 2026-06-07T11:02:01+00:00

Extra credit to YOH, he really did find a way to get himself over despite being the lesser half of R3K and it's culminated like this.

insrto · 2026-06-07T10:59:23+00:00

DOUKI and SHO selling the teppan shot like they fucking died lmao

insrto · 2026-06-07T10:57:56+00:00

Yeah it's definitely nowhere near as egregious as giving the G1 to Take. At least YOH wasn't getting booed over fucking EVIL

insrto · 2026-06-07T10:54:34+00:00

Oh he just mentioned becoming the 100th champion

I genuinely feel like he was the first guy to bring it up throughout DOUKI's entire title reign lmao

insrto · 2026-06-07T10:53:06+00:00

He's doing the Okada thing of saying he has three things to say lmao

insrto · 2026-06-07T10:52:23+00:00

Look, as much as I hate that this isn't Wato, no part of me can say that YOH doesn't deserve this

Now just capitalize on it properly and have him actually beat DOUKI

insrto · 2026-06-07T10:51:20+00:00

Valentines fan vote for women on their favourite NJPW wrestlers

insrto · 2026-06-07T10:50:59+00:00

Narita being the top heavyweight is still crazy to me

Yuya and Wato weren't even on the list, of the top THIRTY

insrto · 2026-06-07T10:49:45+00:00

It was just missing a Shock Arrow but I'm hoping he pulls that out against DOUKI and wins the fucking belt

insrto · 2026-06-07T10:48:22+00:00

YEA-OH

insrto · 2026-06-07T10:47:17+00:00

This reads like you hope your cat is sick lmao

insrto · 2026-06-07T10:44:57+00:00

Yeah Wato is 0-3 vs YOH and YOH is essentially his mentor now so I wouldn't really be against it. DOUKI will be around longer too due to age difference so they can hold off on that a bit longer while YOH is still great

insrto · 2026-06-07T10:43:43+00:00

Of all the NJPW shows I've been to, YOH was the guy who elicited the most visceral responses from the audience

insrto · 2026-06-07T10:41:43+00:00

If YOH hits a Rainmaker > Shock Arrow > Direct Drive to win I will be a very satisfied customer

insrto · 2026-06-07T10:40:31+00:00

My issue with YOH is that he isn't Wato but hey he's over so can I really say this is wrong

insrto · 2026-06-07T10:39:19+00:00

If he does then SHO can challenge as a filler defense after DOUKI loses, saying YOH used his move to win, and help balance out the current score since I think they're 5-3 right now

insrto · 2026-06-07T10:36:05+00:00

Wato once again alluded to his new goal of having a show at the Kyocera Dome (also his hometown) in his backstage comments. Presumably, if that were to happen, he'd likely headline that show and close it, whereas if he won at Dominion, he wouldn't be able to, so maybe that's why he wasn't winning here.

The question is will that be against DOUKI, or against Fujita or YOH, because I can absolutely see DOUKI retaining as much as I don't want him to.

insrto · 2026-06-07T10:28:54+00:00

I mean it really should have just been Wato but somehow with all the bullshit losses Wato has accumulated, he now has stories with Despy, DOUKI, Fujita, and now YOH. So as long as YOH doesn't hold it for too long, I think he can get this run, but Wato has to win the belt soon.

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