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I would assume 90% of decks will include these cards

SoG
TSC
AotL
(Arguments probably start after those 3)


Humble LS
Wanderer LS
Hopper LS

(Arguements after those 3 maybe even at hopper)

I would assume 90% of decks will include these cards

SoG
TSC
AotL
(Arguments probably start after those 3)


Humble LS
Wanderer LS
Hopper LS

(Arguements after those 3 maybe even at hopper)

No 3Woes?

I would assume 90% of decks will include these cards

SoG
TSC
AotL
(Arguments probably start after those 3)


Humble LS
Wanderer LS
Hopper LS

(Arguements after those 3 maybe even at hopper)

Agree on the dominants--though it's possible the real % is lower than 90% because TSC is still a hard card to obtain, but of the people with access to TSC, I'm guessing the % is even higher. That being said, I have experimented with replacing TSC with Grapes in certain decks. Three Woes is pretty close for me, but again I think Grapes is only going to get better now with multiple new side battle cards for offense.

Personally I don't think Hopper is anywhere near a staple. Though Wanderer and Humble are high on my list, I think Dull LS is the only one that I literally have on every LS list.

For Artifacts, I think Covenant of Prayer and You Will Remain are the two closest to being staples though CoP becomes less and less a staple as more Reserve access is introduced. I had several FoM playtest decks that didn't need CoP in order to get needed cards out of Reserve.

In my opinion I think the following cards can be still useful in most decks:

The deceiver
The Priest of Zeus
The Angel of the Winds
The Great White Throne
The Ends of the Earth (ROJ)
Captured Ark

on The Deceiver (should be in any deck except straight Orange...and maybe even in some Orange decks that have humans in the Reserve) and Angel of the Winds (should be in most non-Angel decks).

The others definitely work in the majority of decks, but personally I wouldn't consider them necessary enough to call them staples.

You will remain and Holy Grail make it in most of my t1 decks

Quote from: Xonathan on June 06, 2018, 04:33:39 PM

You will remain and Holy Grail make it in most of my t1 decks

Yeah, shipwreck seems to be a must this year especially too.

I'd be very interested to hear a convincing case for Shipwreck in T1.

Quote from: Kevinthedude on June 06, 2018, 05:37:05 PM

Quote from: adevine on June 06, 2018, 05:09:12 PM

Quote from: Xonathan on June 06, 2018, 04:33:39 PM

You will remain and Holy Grail make it in most of my t1 decks

Yeah, shipwreck seems to be a must this year especially too.

I'd be very interested to hear a convincing case for Shipwreck in T1.

I'd considered it this year, between Ark and Throne looking to be so strong. That said, now that R&D hits set aside I don't think it's necessary.

Yeah, i was wondering if the R&D kinda pushes Shipwreck aside. And

Quote from: adevine on June 06, 2018, 05:09:12 PM

Quote from: Xonathan on June 06, 2018, 04:33:39 PM

You will remain and Holy Grail make it in most of my t1 decks

Yeah, shipwreck seems to be a must this year especially too.

I'd be very interested to hear a convincing case for Shipwreck in T1.

I personally like being able to gobsmack Throne/Gates of Hell/Ends

hhhmm....well this is a start.  Gotta say though, that there are so many cards just from Priests, RoA, FooF through FoM that I am overwhelmed at the options...lol  Even the number of lost souls is crazy, though good.

Quote from: jbeers285 on June 06, 2018, 03:30:44 PM

I would assume 90% of decks will include these cards

SoG
TSC
AotL
(Arguments probably start after those 3)


Humble LS
Wanderer LS
Hopper LS

(Arguements after those 3 maybe even at hopper)

Agree on the dominants--though it's possible the real % is lower than 90% because TSC is still a hard card to obtain, but of the people with access to TSC, I'm guessing the % is even higher. That being said, I have experimented with replacing TSC with Grapes in certain decks. Three Woes is pretty close for me, but again I think Grapes is only going to get better now with multiple new side battle cards for offense.

Personally I don't think Hopper is anywhere near a staple. Though Wanderer and Humble are high on my list, I think Dull LS is the only one that I literally have on every LS list.

For Artifacts, I think Covenant of Prayer and You Will Remain are the two closest to being staples though CoP becomes less and less a staple as more Reserve access is introduced. I had several FoM playtest decks that didn't need CoP in order to get needed cards out of Reserve.

What is it with TSC being so scarce compared to other URs...I mean I get they are URs but there seems to be a lot less print run on that card than the others.

Quote from: The Guardian on June 06, 2018, 03:43:58 PM

Quote from: jbeers285 on June 06, 2018, 03:30:44 PM

I would assume 90% of decks will include these cards

SoG
TSC
AotL
(Arguments probably start after those 3)


Humble LS
Wanderer LS
Hopper LS

(Arguements after those 3 maybe even at hopper)

Agree on the dominants--though it's possible the real % is lower than 90% because TSC is still a hard card to obtain, but of the people with access to TSC, I'm guessing the % is even higher. That being said, I have experimented with replacing TSC with Grapes in certain decks. Three Woes is pretty close for me, but again I think Grapes is only going to get better now with multiple new side battle cards for offense.

Personally I don't think Hopper is anywhere near a staple. Though Wanderer and Humble are high on my list, I think Dull LS is the only one that I literally have on every LS list.

For Artifacts, I think Covenant of Prayer and You Will Remain are the two closest to being staples though CoP becomes less and less a staple as more Reserve access is introduced. I had several FoM playtest decks that didn't need CoP in order to get needed cards out of Reserve.

What is it with TSC being so scarce compared to other URs...I mean I get they are URs but there seems to be a lot less print run on that card than the others.

I'm wondering if TSC's price is actually a bit inflated because I believe there are actually a lot of them out there. CoW was one of the best selling sets in recent years and I think CoW AB did well too. Not to mention that Second Coming was also given out to national winners. I think there was a lot of hype added to the card because of how good it is and that's what drives the price up and seemingly stays up. But then again, that's just my opinion. I don't have all the facts.