Cardfight Vanguard – Meer V Premium Deck Tech

Posted on March 30, 2023 by John Parker

By Serena L.

Stand Up, Vanguard!

It’s Serena again! This time, I thought we’d change things up a little, so instead of a deck tech for Cardfight Vanguard’s Standard (also called Overdress or D format), I would bring you one for V Premium! V or V Premium is the second of the three formats of Cardfight Vanguard and runs differently from Overdress. Most notably, there is no Ride deck, but there are a few other mechanics to replace it. Let’s cover those before we really dig in.

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Cardfight Vanguard Deck Tech: Chronojet Stride

Posted on March 7, 2023 by John Parker

By Serena L.

Stand up! Vanguard!

It’s Serena, back with another Cardfight Vanguard deck tech! This time, I’d like to focus on the deck that’s taking control of the meta in Japan that recently released here as well. I’m talking about the Chronojet Stride Deck Set! This product reintroduces the Stride mechanic from the G anime into Overdress’s D format. The Deck Set itself contains all the basics you need for the strategy, but there are some powerful upgrades to made. We’re going to focus on more of a budget approach in this article.

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MHA Deck Tech: Mt Lady

Posted on February 21, 2023 by John Parker

My Hero Academia Cards in BCW Prime X 4 Gaming Box — Four MHA decks in a BCW Prime X4 Gaming Box

Mt. Lady is an interesting character that, unlike most other characters, wants additional copies of the character card in the stage. The first enhance fetches a copy from the discard pile and places it in the stage. If you can’t, then you add a card from discard to your momentum. You can then use the momentum to give your attack +2 damage per copy of Mt Lady in your stage. Being able to give all of your attacks +8 damage is powerful, but blocks can be an issue. To help get around this, I build the deck on Void, focused on kick attacks to add some speed. The full deck list can be found on UVS Ultra.

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Cardfight Deck Tech – Lianorn Overdress

Posted on February 1, 2023 by John Parker

By Serena L.

Standup, Vangaurd!
Hey, guys! It’s Serena, back with another Cardfight Vanguard Overdress deck tech! This time we’re talking about one of the decks from the anime itself, the band-leader, Lianorn!
Lianorn is one of the decks tied to Stoicheia and has a great jumping off point with the trial deck. It revolves around all of your back-row rearguards boosting Lianorn for massive swings!

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FFTCG Deck Tech – Scions of the Seventh Dawn

Posted on January 24, 2023 by John Parker

One of the major draws of the Final Fantasy TCG is the ability to make decks based around your favorite games. Both casual and high-level players do this, with archetypes such as Avalanche hitting the top of the meta. This deck follows a similar theme, but at a lower level. Read the full list on the ffdecks.com site.

In the lore of award-winning MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV, the Scions of the Seventh Dawn are a group players become associated with that seek to defend the realm of Eorzea against threats too strong for the Grand Companies to handle. In FFTCG, they form the core of a speedy deck that rewards playing as many Scions as possible. It performs best when keeping the opponent under constant pressure until you can create an opening and swarm in.

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Cardfight Deck Tech – Pure Rondo of Eventide Moon, Feltyrosa Standard

Posted on January 3, 2023 by Ted Litvan

By Serena L.

Hi, I’m Serena, and I’ve been passionate about card games since I was 8 and have kept up with them for over 20 years. I’ve played quite a few, including MTG, Yu-Gi-Oh, and most notably, Cardfight Vanguard. I have a particular interest in the Overdress/Standard format.

Stand up, Vanguard!
Feltyrosa is all about Calling her Ghostly friends to aid her on stage, then swarming your opponent with up to 5 attacks and 4 drive checks! With Rondo of Eventide Moon, when Feltyrosa’s drive check reveals a Ghost normal unit, you get to Call it to an open front row rear-guard circle. If you do, you can Counterblast 1 to get another drive, and can do this as many times as you can Call off her Skill. You can find a full deck list on Bushiroad’s Deck Log. You can find more information on the game at the official website.

Cardfight Vanguard cards in BCW Deck Vault LX 100.

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Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver EDH Deck Tech

Posted on December 19, 2022 by John Parker

Introduced in the Midnight Hunt commander decks, Wilhelt is a zombie tribal commander that offers a lot of benefits. The ability to generate a 2/2 black zombie (albeit with Decayed) when another Zombie dies is nice, and being able to sacrifice a Zombie during your end step to draw a card is icing on the cake. My version of the deck focused on tokens with cards that give buffs to Zombie tokens and anthem effects. You can find the deck list on Moxfield.

Sleeved Commander deck with Spectrum Prism deck box

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MHA Deck Tech: Pauper Ochaco 3

Posted on December 9, 2022 by John Parker

My Hero Academia Universus is not as costly to start playing as many other games, but recreating top decks can be expensive. While a shifting meta eases the burdens somewhat, it can still be prohibitive for a new player. That, along with the simple challenge, is why I enjoy building pauper decks for the game.

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Siona, Captain of the Pyleas EDH Deck Tech

Posted on November 15, 2022 by John Parker

Auras in Magic don’t get the same respect as Equipment cards. They cannot swap between creatures, while Equipment can. Killing the creature an Aura is targeting will remove both, unlike with Equipment. Despite this, Auras fill a role, especially in Commander.

Siona is an Auras-matter style commander that puts an Aura into your hand when entering play. More importantly, whenever an Aura is attached to a creature you control, you create a 1/1 white human soldier token. As expected, this deck uses many enchantments to get the most out of this, as well as cards to help recycle Auras. You can find the full deck list on Moxfield.

Magic The Gathering commander deck with Spectrum Lime Green deck case

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MHA Deck Tech: Pauper Ojiro 2

Posted on November 8, 2022 by John Parker

In almost every ccg, play focuses on decks using the best and most powerful cards. This, along with inherent scarcity, drives prices on those cards up. Some players simply cannot use those cards, either due to lack of resources or a small card pool. Many card games have formats that limit players to using cards that are more easily available, such as Pauper for MtG. Chaos Gaming designed a deck using this philosophy for MHA. I recently played the list in a store provisional tournament.

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