MHA Universus League of Villains Prerelease Tournaments

Posted on February 24, 2023 by John Parker

Prerelease tournaments for the newest MHA block release for Universus begin on on Feb 23rd and run through the release of the set on March 3rd. A list of stores participating can be found on the official site. These tournaments use the sealed format, which has different considerations than standard play.

To begin, each player receives 6 booster packs, which forms the available card pool to build your deck. Additionally, each player should get a promo card, which is also usable in the event. Where sealed differs from standard begins with deckbuilding. First, you ignore resource symbols on your cards; anything you pull can be used. Second, you ignore the 4 card limit. If you pull 6 copies of the same card, you can use all 6. This can open up a lot of interactions and decks that could never work in standard. Without further ado, here are my unsolicited and non-professional insights.

6 packs of the League of Villains set for Universus

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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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Zines Past and Present

Posted on February 6, 2023 by Ted Litvan

A zine (short for magazine), is typically a small-circulation, self-published piece of original or borrowed texts and images. While zines are often reproduced on a copy machine today, they have a history that predates photocopy machines.

Zines in 6x9 Photo Sleeves — Zines protected in 6×9 Photo Sleeves

Elysia, the owner of Irvington Vinyl & Books, discusses the history of zines, and their current significance in the Indianapolis community.

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Protecting Your Vinyl Record Collection

Posted on February 3, 2023 by Jeremy Bonfiglio

With more vinyl records being pressed all the time, BCW Supplies wants to ensure record collectors and independent record stores have plenty of options to protect, store and display their collections. That’s why BCW has recently expanded its product line with more vinyl record accessories for both 12-inch and 7-inch records.

Record shops and show vendors can apply for a BCW direct wholesale account to get their best value on record supplies.

Outer Sleeves
BCW sleeves are open on one side, while bags have resealable flaps. BCW now has 2 Mil, 3 Mil and 4 Mil options.

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Dominion Storage Solution

Posted on February 2, 2023 by Ted Litvan

by David Kuhfuss

I have the expansions sorted chronologically by release date, then alphabetical within each expansion, with the exception being I’ve put the 2nd edition upgrade packs in a separate section to their original game. The original “canon” so to speak including promos and upgrades all fit in one of the big boxes. Everything released outside of the original canon is in the second box. There should be room for at least one more big expansion. In the half box I keep all the base cards (treasure/victory point) and tokens and mats. Keep in mind, I don’t sleeve my cards, but the dividers are sleeved. The dividers are available for free to print for yourself at https://domdiv.bgtools.net/. They can also be attached to Tall Card Dividers to make them more durable. I’d highly recommend these boxes. Only downside is the weight makes them a pain to take out of the house, but really with this amount of cards you’re going to run into that issue.

BCW card bins with Dominion cards and accessories

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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4 Reasons to Use the Modular Sorting Tray

Posted on January 30, 2023 by Ted Litvan

By Sal Barry

BCW Modular Sorting Tray with hockey cards

Opening packs is one of the most-fun parts of card collecting. But then sorting the cards? Eh, not so much. We like to see what new goodies await in each foil pack that we rip. Yet, once the cards start to pile up, there’s the unenviable task of sorting them. Fortunately, Modular Sorting Trays make it quicker and easier to put your cards in order. And they’re also easy to move and store, which is great if you can’t permanently dedicate your dining room table for sorting cards.

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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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Finding the Right Pages to Store Your Odd-Sized Trading Card Collection

Posted on January 16, 2023 by Ted Litvan

By Sal Barry

Variety of Card Sizes in BCW Pocket Pages

If you are like me, you enjoy putting your trading cards in pages and albums, so you can protect your collection in a way that also lets you easily look at it. But one point of frustration for collectors is when they come across cards that are not the standard 2-1/2” by 3-1/2” size. What’s a card collector supposed to do with postcards, odd-sized team-issued cards, or even cards that are just a touch larger than normal size? Fortunately, BCW has you – and your cards – covered, as it has archival-safe pages that will fit almost any collectible.

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How to Protect, Store, and Display Gaming Playmats

Posted on January 11, 2023 by John Parker

There are a few things every card gamer needs, regardless of their game of choice. Cards obviously, but also sleeves, a box or case, and perhaps some dice and tokens. Many players also use playmats to help protect their cards. Playmats are a common prize for tournaments and events, many being exclusive. In any case, the best way to store or display your playmats depends on your needs.

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