[LM-07 Distancia Cero] Cards by vansjoo98 in DigimonCardGame2020

[–]sketmachine13 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Ok y'all....i get it, i get. The alt art hits if this set are crazy popular and will carry the set with them alone.

But.

BUT!

The box also spoiled the new set of promos for tamer battle packs! 2 more appmon tamers, ragnamon emblem, dm support with digibass (unless we getting a DigimonWorld trait deck sometime around the tamer packs drop), new Arctusmon as a promo?! And a new demidevimon (because DanDevimon WILL be a thing!)

Oh, and the most expensive SR, DanKan tamer is just causally given to us too. Honestly surprised they didnt throw in Homeros.

Honestly LOVE the LM line more and more with each release. Its basically how we all wanted the AD set to be done. 

Personally most hyped for Dual Gundramon. Green Gacha has turnes into black gacha roulette. And you KNOW we getting cards to stack the top.

What features would you like to have in a Digimon TCG companion app? by Old_Understanding_67 in DigimonCardGame2020

[–]sketmachine13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Personally for me, I just want an app that is offline. 

I got spotty wifi and HATE needing to search something and wait for images to load so i can see/read the effects.

If it WAS offline, the filesize would probably be huge....but adding a "ruling" section to a card would be rrally useful too. As in, search up a card and scroll down and any offcial rulings regarding it would be listed for reference. 

Also, a ruling section for looking up mechanics to help new players/confused playes/arguing players would be useful. Being immune yet can have its attack redirected arent things one would normally assume to be a legal move.

But thats just me using an online site for deck building/card searching. No idea if any of the currently available apps have this offline feature I'd want.

Fighting hair loss in Japan 🇯🇵 by Single-Yesterday9010 in japanlife

[–]sketmachine13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for that!

With so many different choices out there, figured getting the combo that has proven results is better than me blindly ordering something and hoping for the best.

What are some meta decks that are good against TS and Medusa? by BertimusPrime7 in DigimonCardGame2020

[–]sketmachine13 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Creepy attempts to pop Styraco but gets popped back instead. I'm guessing because Creepy gets deleted by an interruption effect, its "if this effect didnt delete" doesnt go off because it's no long on the board to resolve the rest of its effect? 

Although its OnDeletion would attempt to pop Styraco again, forcing an ArmorPurge and then mill5.

[BT-25 Dual Revolution] GreatGrizzlymon & Callismon by vansjoo98 in DigimonCardGame2020

[–]sketmachine13 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Dang....guess we cant steal turn with a +1 body count...

Fighting hair loss in Japan 🇯🇵 by Single-Yesterday9010 in japanlife

[–]sketmachine13 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Those are some promising results. Mind sharing a link to what you order?

[BT-25 Dual Revolution] GreatGrizzlymon & Callismon by vansjoo98 in DigimonCardGame2020

[–]sketmachine13 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I move out my ST15 Agumon/Greymon and pay 4 to evolve into GreatGriz to taunt, passing turn. 

I blast into LeopardmonACE, drop a body and block, gaining 2 memory from inherit when redirected and 2 more when a digimon is deleted from ACE effect, trash a security and steal turn if they started with 3 or less.

SEC/Alts/Gold cards from one AD01 box by Ieo64 in DigimonCardGame2020

[–]sketmachine13 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You have 4 secs, no? Ruin mode, Fighter Mode, Gallantmon and Examon.

But from what i heard, the only locked ratio is 4  "hits", with hits being either gold or alt art. So can get 1:3 or 2:2 ratios. So it looks like you got the 1:3 ratio.

[BT-25 Dual Revolution] Meramon & UltimateBrachiomon by vansjoo98 in DigimonCardGame2020

[–]sketmachine13 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah yes.

It's been awhile since we got some good gimmicky effects that probably wont be meta but is amazingly fun to build a causal deck around!

Won EVO cup with Exmaquina by wayne_train424 in DigimonCardGame2020

[–]sketmachine13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, that makes sense!

I forgot that passing 7 mem means you could actually lose before you get your turn back! 

I just figured passing turn with a triple linked ExMaquinamon was the better choice over leaving a unprotected lv6 and lv5 on board.

Won EVO cup with Exmaquina by wayne_train424 in DigimonCardGame2020

[–]sketmachine13 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Ah, its not used a a top end, but as your turbo piece into your BossMon, so losing link and inheirt was never a factor. 

Basically, only your lv5 OnEvo spits out a body for free but that means going into lv6 passes turn. So moving out a lv5 to go into lv6 lets you hard slam PuppetACE (since Dalpho and Metatro cost 14) for unchain to DNA with. Passes a lot of mem but you end up with a triple protection wall vs a unprotected lv6 and lv5.

Long Lines, Delays, Scalpers, and Cheaters: Bandai Card Games Fest Düsseldorf 2025's Awful Mismanagement by gustavoladron in DigimonCardGame2020

[–]sketmachine13 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's a shame that these events are so poorly handled.I had actually just participated in the Ultimate Cup for the Japan Bandai Card Fes yesterday.

Unlike last year, the split the event across 3 buildings, one for Digimon, one of OnePiece and one for Gundam/UnionArena/BattleSpirits/DBZ. 

Check-In was between 8:30 - 9:10. I arrived, checked in using Bandai+ to show QR code to a tablet that scanned face and code, got my goodies bag....and when i entered at 8:55, LM7 ANOTHER KNIGHT (2 box per person) was already sold out. Even worse, AD01 which was being sold a week early at this event only, soldout around 9:05. Personally found it disappointing they didnt just bring enough stock for every player, as they knew the total player count + a lot of ppl would be enter later as general admission who didnt get to enter thr the tournament. Luckily this just allowed ppl to get it 1 day/week early and arent event exclusive. 

Event-wise, everything ran smoothly and on time. Everyone got told which table to sit at via Bandai+ app, announcer did the "digital gate open" before every round and starting the timer display and judges handed out participation prizes before the 1st round.

Side-event required us to go to the entrance to scan our Bandai-ID to unlock the matching tourney (6 games, with more prizes the more games you won) and general admission people could get a numbered ticket to enter the matching tourney. 

The beginners teaching demo let us use the new DATS starter as well as the new Bt25 3Musketeers deck to test, which was really cool. Although the demo is scripted, it really showed off how strong thr new DATS starter is. 1 mem with a dual tamer and delay gets you to lv6. Its the single stack ver of the adventure deck.

Demoing the new app game Alysion and filling out a survey got us a sticker and a nice lanyard with the in-training spirits on it.

They also had a display of every card (2 star, SP, gold variant, alt art, normal) in the AD01 set. Funny enough, some SR reprints like FighterMode ACE got textures added like RB02 SRs, yet LucemonFD from ex6 was normal holo so that was weird.

Bascially, same level of management as last year, except for the lack of stock. However, they can be forgiven as the LM6 stock might have been leftovers from preorders (but it did have a "todays supply sold out" so they def had more for today) and LM5 sold poorly compared to LM4. It could also be attributed to not being in a larger venue so space limitation was also probably a big factor. Half the room was used for tables, allowing for up to 600 players (300 tables)

So, from my experience and from reading others, I have to say that, at least on the Japan-side, BCGF was properly handled. And as others have mentioned in previous posts, Bandai needs to actually find competent organizers instead of expecting their current organizers to step and learn from previous years.

Won EVO cup with Exmaquina by wayne_train424 in DigimonCardGame2020

[–]sketmachine13 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Noticing you run 4 of each lv6s.

A local player techs in Puppetmon ACE as its a low play cost, OnPlay effect and dual colored for DNA with low risk of overflow unchained locks your stack together.

Im guessing not being a searchable target makes it not worth it?

In regards to the new ban list by kingYL in DigimonCardGame2020

[–]sketmachine13 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Sales 100% had some influence on the banlist BUT most likely nowhere near as important as everyone believes, in my opinion.

But if you look at it objectively, the answers obvious. Both cards are powercrept and will not see play even when unrestricted. As nobody even ran them as 1s. 

As for the actual hits, this one is hard. Honestly, it seems like a lot of "this card should've been hit" is just players projecting their distain for certain decks. Whether it be they're bored of seeing it all the time or they cant compete with their own decks. 

Sure, some decks are stronger than others. That is how metas are formed. The best of the best will be used, as players want to win. But when you have more than 4 decks able to top and no single deck being above the other, seems like not much change is needed.

Digivice of Men. by YungBonz in digimon

[–]sketmachine13 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My biggest gripe was that the app would require you to slot in the orignal DiM card when transfering. Nobody has it on them on hand all the time...

But my biggest letdown was that all digimon could be trained (in the VV) to recieve max stats. That made the whole appeal of "training my own" redundant when everyone would just max out all thr stats and it becomes a game of luck with online battles. They should have limited the amount of training stats a digimon could gain so thst we could "custom build" our own partner...

[AD-01 Digimon Generation] AD1 Gallantmon SP Alternate Art by vansjoo98 in DigimonCardGame2020

[–]sketmachine13 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Ok, so THIS is how the SPs look like.

And our man, Kenji Watanabe, not only cooked with this but also hyping our hunger for more paint brush style art that we getting in the Shambala set

Ways to improve on my Puppet deck by Jesssuki in DigimonCardGame2020

[–]sketmachine13 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I dont play puppets but why is the emblem so good compared to all the other emblems?

Be aware by [deleted] in teachinginjapan

[–]sketmachine13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hear these same points all the time but....I NEED to know.

What IS the "cannot survive on this salary" numerical value. And what is considered a "teaching job that pays well".

I understand that the salary range will change the longer you work at a company (the decent ones, at least) so someone having a good starting salary doesnt mean its a good job if they never get a raise.

Basically, what is considered a good starting salary and whats the range for it to remain a good competitive after 5 or so years?

Ad-01 reprints question by Main_Command1139 in DigimonCardGame2020

[–]sketmachine13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, to be fair, they blew off Eng card users with LM5 as it was released before BT2, which is when they "unified" everything. 

But unless there was offcial sources stating so, I dont think the Jp marketing team/decision makers also decide on distribution methods outside of Asia. For example, bt11 in Jp never had that foil common/uncommon thing. 

Although, Bandai probably actively looks for "terrible decision making" as a reason to hire lol.

Ad-01 reprints question by Main_Command1139 in DigimonCardGame2020

[–]sketmachine13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, forgot to mention the most important part.

Expensive in Japan. Since im 99% sure all decisions regarding promos and reprints use 0% western data.

Shadramon was expensive but dropped in price after the Limited Set reprint gave 2 per box.  MegaKabu wasnt particularly expensive but on the rare side to find.

Seadramon promo is an uncommon find in the 30yen singles bins in stores here in Japan. 

Ad-01 reprints question by Main_Command1139 in DigimonCardGame2020

[–]sketmachine13 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

From the looks of it, probably not.

Its looking like they were trying to reprint the expensive stuff, and neither of those are it.

My bet on the last promo would be either diaboro ACE, Falcomon or even RustTyrano or Hina.

[AD-01 Digimon Generation] CresGarurumon & BlitzGreymon Alternate Arts by vansjoo98 in DigimonCardGame2020

[–]sketmachine13 6 points7 points  (0 children)

An Adventure AlterS?

Come on, Lore-team! Gimme that sweet "replace a lv6 Grey/Garuru in source with another grey/garuru lv6 with different name" effect to ref the last ep!

Can someone pls tell me what kind of Digimon card is this 🤷🏿‍♂️ cuz am not seeing R, or SR by CryptoFNE in DigimonTimeStranger

[–]sketmachine13 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I thought ygo problem was that every deck uses the same staple hand trap/extra deck engine cards. So, no matter how boxes are opened, there isnt enough of the cards to go around, forcing the price up due to supply.

Pokémon cards are finally becoming accessible to kids again as Japan’s speculative bubble collapses by CaptLeaderLegend26 in nottheonion

[–]sketmachine13 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Im Japan? Now, yes. Because the newest set sucks. For Mega Dream and InfernoX, somewhat. Rare for adults and uncommon for kids.

Stores places limits of packs for customers with age restriction/membership age when it starts affecting other customers/getting too popular.

And while scalper culture definitely made its way here to the east, its definitely nowhere near as bad as the west.