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How did Dori get to draw a 5 card hand at 13:30?

Pretty nice game and makes me wanna try some blitz again. You also missed an Agility token on the 2nd to last turn from Shift the tide of battle. It didn't matter this time, but it's good to not forget your triggers

Have you tried a full fatigue Fai? Being able to bring back an attack every turn seems like it lends itself to a fatigue plan. Not efficient by any means lol

Can you do a nuu commoner list?

Just ban shift cause bonds is dumb and shouldn't have been printed. Cat Zen is fun. Aggro is dumb, control is smart is a theme in every TCG.

So, I'm inclined to agree with most of your takes here. It was admittedly jarring to go from the wide open meta that HVY had to MST where there is a single S-tier deck again. On top of that Nuu preys on that deck while Enigma low-key gatekeeps others the way OG Prism used to. I personally think LSS won't do anything due to the ecosystem this kinda creates between these three heroes. If they did do anything, it'd see Zen needing to find some new shoes. The trouble I see with Zen getting nerfed though is that it creates a circumstance where Enigma becomes more viable and Nuu continues feeding on aggro as Kayo will still be there lurking in Zen's shadow. And I might catch disagreement but I legitimately think Nuu and Enigma are two of the most unfun heroes to play against. Like Azalea can remove agency by spamming Red in the Ledger buffed with dominate and stop you from playing the game, Nuu does a similar thing by just taking your cards away. And don't get me wrong, I know Nuu is fun to play as, but FAB games are a shared experience. Enigma on the other hand is like playing into OG fatigue a lot. Even if you know you're gonna win it can feel arduous to play through her tankiness. So, my personal thought is if they powered down Zen in a more significant way they would need to hit all three MST heroes. For Blitz, I would suspect that if anything it will be what you're saying. But I wouldn't rule out Storm Striders. They've banned it before. And I don't know Commoner well, but if one class is running the show then it's definitely a thing to address.

Tbh, I‘d feel like it would be such a bad move by LSS to ban sash. Like, then they should have just taken it out straight from the start, not making people buy the deck or the card, beforehand. And finally having a brute chestpiece that isn‘t just variance based feels so good

I don't fully agree with this take. I don't believe that looking at the entire pie chart is something we need to consider when looking at the individual power of a hero. I don't believe that nats with barely above 10 people should be considered in the power scaling of heroes either, not enough rounds were played and most likely percentage of meta relevant heroes in such events is smaller. I think that day2 conversions of Zen should be considered (for the nationals that had a day2), I believe that we need to look at nationals with 50+ people, those are the events that should be taken into consideration. Dash I/O won 2 nationals, but both of them were with small amount of people, that doesn't (necesserally) mean that the hero is strong. Secondly, I think that, for a competitive tcg, seeing livestreams of one hero playing fab and Zen player basically doing a YGO combo is not something I want to watch. Maybe this is a moment where the power creep is much more visible than in the other sets and we just need to accommodate to that. In my opinion, a pre-errata Briar would struggle in this meta for example.

Ok, so let's take this step-by-step: First, now of course hindsight is 20/20 but it always seemed that Kayo was above the rest of the heroes in HH, Victor being the only one that slightly could keep up in terms of power level. MST heroes are strong yes, and maybe the ban of Stride of Reprisal is enough however it's not the first time that a aggro hero takes of and the common denominator has always been AoW. Second, in Blitz banning Storm Striders would once again hurt another deck, in this case, Emperor. but I agree that it is a problematic piece and with the new wizards on the horizon it might be the best option

Love your thoughts on everything here, some very valid points. As much as I'd love them to try and balance the formats, I just don't think they will. They really seem to be pushing this power creep (as a way to sell product IMO) so I expect it to continue.

Ive kind of been taking some time off of playing fab recently just as a mental break, save for a couple blitz armories. I do agree on your takes for both blitz and cc though. Zen needs that small hit, and Striders just steals games even when im feeling secure about a longer win all too often. Havent had the misfortune of playing against a Blaze yet, but the games ive spectated were ridiculous to say the least. If Striders going away ends up being too much i can accept it coming back. Were the top 8 lists for the commoner gold foil event posted? Im really interested in how that Enigma list looked. Thanks again for your great work!

I don't want Zen to be gutted in anyway in CC but I do think he needs to be brought down a bit. A ninja having as much good armor as he does and having the ability to make games non games so consistently with easy 20+ damage turns with one misstep or one off turn is a problem. That being said the main card I want taken from him is Ancestral Harmony. The fact it often functions as a zero resources Art of War that sometimes draws you a card and also enables transcend which gives him a resources is too much power on one card. Not to mention the turns where it does hit and he banishes a Bonds or Gustwave games are just not close.

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zen needs adjusting for sure imo. got 1st timers coming to armories killing you by turn 3

I think banning storm striders in blitz isn’t right. Emperor catches too much flack from that.

I think blaze is a huge mis step for fab. A limited release promo with such power shouldn’t be legal in any format.

First and foremost, LSS should use community sentiment to drive commoner bans. Commoner is a niche format (hopefully not forever) to which LSS takes a very hands off approach. Letting community sentiment drive the format makes it seem more like a real format and not just an untethered forgotten child. I am still on the kodachi being my main problem with the format (as an Ira Commoner main). The efficiency of kodachis in such an efficiency minded format is just so good. If they just want to curb ninja a bit, sure they can hit the kitty cat suite but I'd personally like to see what commoner looks like if ninja takes a large hit from losing kodachis. As a side note, one major reason for commoner being awesome is that illusionists are few and far between. Sorry LSS, I know it's one of your darling classes but having permanents with potentially unlimited board presence time in a turn by turn cycle game is just too polarizing.

Love this take!

Please, please, PLEASE introduce Restricted to CC! I would really love to see C&C, Art of War, Codex of Frailty, and Warmongers get restricted to 1. I don't care that the value of those cards will likely drop & I lose money on them - I would still like to see those cards get restricted.

Apologies for the confusion here folks - this was supposed to go live on Friday but with the holiday I mis-scheduled. Enjoy 1 day early!

I don't get it. If Sash is that big of a problem why isn't Brutes getting more good results in blitz? I see it as a strong card, but not a "need to ban" card.

I think that enigma is a problem. She makes half’s the meta unplayable. Can’t play dori, gaudian or any slow deck because she will just destroy you. And she is just unfun to vs. it’s not fun watching your opponent start the game with 4 more life and put a defensive reaction in Arsenal.

Only problem I have with banning zens boots is that his M d-react is now useless. Im not going to say it was useful to begin with as no one plays it but thats because its extremely hard to make a tiger on defense and its really only through his boots or the blocks from RTT. I think they will release something soon to encourage blocking and getting a tiger on defense before banning anything of his.

Though I think Blaze does have these high highs, I don't see her having the pop off that Kano had. Her reliance of large hands and a lack of ways to really chain actions I think is what keeps her in check. Sure a Pump into a Wildfire into a Sonic boom/Chain Lightning is devistating but that's a really expensive hand, they'd also have little resource after it and it's also easily disrupted by AB or a prevention spell. I do believe that she does warrent more sideboard slots but overall I don't see her as a huge threat, especially the all Arcane version. Outside of warrior a lot of the best decks in Blitz have great equipment with AB2 built into them making blocking her even easier, and even for Warrior sometimes it's just best to punish her lack of equipment and really go all in and rush her down far more than you can on other heros

I agree that if they do something about Ira in commoner another ninja might just pick up the mantle, but I do see value in that. It might just close the gap a bit and allow decks that can't quite hang with ira to perform better. Maybe it also leads to diversification and people run all the different ninjas instead of ira being the undoubted number one.

Rhinar is good in Blitz? What OTK are you talking about?

Banning Storm Striders in blitz? I get your point but man taking that from Emporer would nerf him so hard....

Sorry about this comment. But the title of the video is wrong??? July 24???

I hope they buff Nuu so this toxic piece of cake get's to living legend ASAP 🙄😂

they should ban blaze. Sorry Oats

I don't think anything will happen but what do I know.

I’m very tempted to say that there will be very little change across the board… They are very keen on saying ‘look at the range of heroes who have won events… We don’t need to change anything’ Likewise, with the lack of blitz events to inform the decision, I can very easily see another ‘no changes’ coming… I’d happily be wrong, but that’s my prediction!

Steven should really get smaller dice. I can still see the numbers on it.

good ole deep space 9

Good games. I have three unsolicited tips for Steven….1) Don’t send damage on turn zero if possible. Look to opt but don’t give your opponent free mulligans. Even if you get in for 1-2 damage, it doesn’t make it worth it. 2) Resist the urge to go all-in on early combos unless you’re certain to get your opponent dead or within 3-4 life. Killing on turn 1 or 2 is super fun (as the Blaze player) but knowing when to hold off will get you more wins in the long run. 3) When you do decide that it’s time to combo, wait until your opponent has done their whole turn. In one game against Dori, you pulled the trigger in response to their first Dawnblade attack when they still had at least 2 cards in hand and you were still at 11 life or something. Let them over-extend before you deliver the 1 - 2 knockout. All the best!

I am playing Blaze for a week now and she looks incredibly strong! The amount of opt leads to an absurd amount of consistency. In almost all games I played I have found my main combo pieces to finish off the game - often ending games as early as turn 1 or 2. I love wizards with all my heart but something certainly has to be banned again because Wildfire is simply absurd in the Blitz format.

"trying not to die" - yeah cos who thought it was a good idea to put another wizard in blitz? FFS.

Betsy decklist 🥲?

Love to see some ASC! Ive had a fever dream of making a commoner list for him where every card costs 0. Nuu gave ASC the last push it needed to go full 0 cost, so you can apply a lot of pressure with most 4 card hands (rabble or scar into stealth into stealth +pump). The only card that costs energy in my commoner list is razor edge. It's like a ninja that blocks for 3 with almost every card

Cor! It’s nothing like mine! Me like though. ASC is my blitz pet deck, love the little psycho!

I was waiting for this one , nice!

Any results on this list? On FaB discord we were discussing about him last week and the lists were really different from this one

Is Persuasive Prognosis any good?