70th Place Armor Rush Deck
I haven’t touched armor decks since BT8, but I picked this one up the day before the CoreTCG regional and managed to take 70th, so damn it I’m proud and want to show it off!
Interview with North Americas Top Deva Player Idan
Idan started playing Devas the week before Nationals, then proceeded to go technically undefeated for the entire run (Because he tied) Until making day 2. When it all shook out Idan took 46th place at the 2023 NA nationals and was the only Deva player to crack the top 64. And I have an interview and deck profile with him!
A Mildly Spicy Shine || 7th Place Top Cut Regional
HOLY CRAP! That was a long day, but I clawed my way to 7th so now I can show off that there is indeed some brewing space left in ShineGreymon!
I'm just going to say it, Hot Take, Agu X isn't that good!
TAK Top 16 Rundown
And the last one! We're free after this top 16! And it's a TAK regional, so its freaking bizarre! I swear, something about the small player count and this being the Oceania region brings out the weirdness (they had the ONLY Gaomon list to break the top 16)
The Nest Top 16 Run down
I always love getting to talk about non-NA events, and this one was extra fun because we had several folks who play in the LATAM region in the chat so we had a chance to discuss why certain choices were made, both meta choices, yeah I still don't really like BT2 ShineGreymon, and those made because of card scarcity.
PPG Top 16 Rundown
What on Earth Possesses me to do all three of these in one go?! Well, I did it! First up on the chopping block was the top 16 out of the July 29th PPG Regional!
July 29th PPG Regional (took 35th)
Gah, I am still a bit annoyed with myself for some of my goofy misplays, I don't know if I could have locked in top 16, but I certainly could have come closer.
Shine Deck Profile PPG 35th
It's what is says on the tin, a deck profile of my own Shinegreymon list from the PPG regional.
Royal Knights Deck Profile with Kris Kaseman 11th place at PPG
You know the only thing better than winning your nats invite?
Me either, but your team mate winning thier nats invite off an extremely wild toolbox deck is a pretty dang good feeling!
Right after we confirmed Kris took 11th with his blinged out Royal Knight deck I immediately pinned him down for a deck tech and interview, mostly so I wouldn't forget.
EX4 Rules Questions This Judge is Expecting
Someone from Locals asked me a rulings question on an EX4 card, and being the gremlin I am I answered, then read every card in EX4 and tried to predict as many questions and answer them ahead of time as I could!
A Welcome Restriction
Well, the first Ultimate Cup write up is still in the works, but between locals last night and, wow, just this morning, something else took a bit of priority!
We’ve known for about a week now that we’d be getting a Banned and Restricted list update today, which will go into effect April 1st, and card game nerds being the rampantly speculating goblins we are, well, rampantly speculated. But before I dive into that nest of bees, because, yes, yes I will, the important thing for those who avoid Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit, because who can blame you?
A single card, BT11 Greymon X Antibody is restricted to 1 copy per deck.
Ultimate Cup Season
Why, Yes, I did decide to do a write about about what I intend to write in the next few days, sue me, it make my brain happy!
But, if you want a primer for why the deck lists coming out of Ultimate Cups are going to be goofy, here you go! Up next, actually writing about the lists we have so far!
Just Opening a Whole Dang Box of Draconic Roar
Normally I try to keep VoD's and Digimon a bit separate, but I'll make an exception since I have a tourney stream in 2 days.
