Given the large discrepancy between the mulligan against Green-Steel (looking for draw cards) vs more control oriented decks (looking for flynn-castle), it would have been interesting to ask the mulligan strategy in swiss-rounds when not knowing what the opponent is on. Unless I missed it somewhere. Insightful video though!

I find it so interesting that people speak so negatively of E/S as if it's unbeatable. The majority of people in my area play either R/S or S/St and both of those utterly destroy E/S most of the time. In fact, there's one guy at my LGS who is 1st every single time with his S/St and it's not even close. His deck feels unbeatable due to how fast it ramps. To me, that deck is the menace.

Its not that Amber is weak, Idk how many months I've been saying it but we are in a control meta. Consider that Ambers hook is "shift", which is just saving on resources. You cannot move forward with the value of shifting or even singing when we are in a control meta. Everyone complained about AWNW when this game came out, only to have their hand chipped away permanently with bucky.

Great interview. Seems like a great kid with a bright future. One feedback for the channel, love the cold opens but 1.5 min is too long.

Why tf does bucky have ward? Thats literally the difference between an okay card and a design nightmare

I said the online vs paper tournament. But you don't highly respect me so idk who else said it 🧐

Does Luca know what Whose Line is?

House of Cards in Winston Salem not Wilmington :)

I love the talk about the community It absolutely feels different My son (12) and daughter (10) have played for the last year and are treated very well at Amazing Fantasy Frankfort. I still worry about larger tournaments, but we will see what the kids want to do.

Sounds like a great player and person already I would be wary of having my kid enter the stream and “professional” arena of card gaming, but it sounds like he’s got a great relationship with his dad and is going to be fine

Before bans, Lorcana should try to semi-limit cards. Would Medusa, Bucky, Fishbone, Castle, be as good if every list could not run more than 2?

Imagine winning a 10K, and you can't access the money for 2 years.

I also got wrecked by a Mulan during a draft in Chicago! Lost both games in round 1 because of her!

Thank you very nice interview. You seem to say that we can watch those games ? Is it on KZbin somewhere ?

Love love loved this interview! I would love to see more in depth interviews like this with event winners in the future!

I have a emerald/sapphire and ruby/amber I built ima hit sets with 🎉

Playing for beds was tradition back in the day.

thanks for the interview video, this really helps new players like me! :)

The reason the 4 drop Flynn is good is because you need to push for game before Be Prep comes online. If they're playing control and you're only getting tiny amounts of lore each turn and they make it to late game you most likely aren't winning. But when they're playing their brawls on Diablo's, Ursula's, and sometimes even your little Robin Hood to prevent shifting, then he becomes another threat that they've already spent their answers for on other things. Sometimes I've even played Flynn to make them answer him before dropping another Diablo or Ursula. Plus, being able to shift him in and still play something like shifting a Robin Hood or just play Aladdin on turn 5 and discard 2 cards with a Bucky can make a game. I've literally played a second Bucky, shifted Flynn, and shifted a Diablo then another Diablo on top of the first one on turn 4 and dumped 6 cards from their hand. Then they have to hit your Flynn with anything they draw or you auto win with 4+ lore a turn, and you get to keep the Diablo and whatever else threats you drop in the following turns. Essentially it gives you a lot of the aggro power back that the Bucky list lost when the deck dropped the Merfolk and 2 drop Flynns, which is what helps pull out wins against the control decks. Edit: Of course, my list is still running 3 Sudden Chill, because dumping their hand is more important than having a midrange threat like 4 big Tinks and Grab Your Swords. Control doesn't care if you have Tinks or Swords. Sure, those cards are good in the mirror (Which is why I still run 2 big Tinks), but you can still outpace the mirror with Flynn. He's also another answer for Diablo that doesn't trade. So as long as you are able to dump their hand more frequently then they can you (which you can with 3 Sudden Chill) and keep their Diablo's offline (which you're never not running Diablo removal) then you actually pull ahead in the mirror as well often times. Flynn is just a better card for the deck right now for the simple fact that he carries all the same usefulness he previously had while simultaneously being another answer for opposing Diablo AND another trigger for Bucky. Edit 2: For clarification the time I was able to do the most ridiculous play of turn 4 make them discard 6 cards was against a Steel Song deck and they had sung AWNW with Ariel and played 1 card, giving them 6. Honestly, the AWNW lost them the game because my hand was really bad before and I drew the nuts.

Met Luca at a set champ. I remember telling him the person he was going up against "wasn't THAT good" even though he's one of the best players in the area, and then after the game ended I realized I should have been building up and cheering on his opponent. Lol. Luca's a great player.

Dan talking to a child: are you a coffee drinker Lol

I didn't understand what deck he played and what you were talking about, I don't remember you ever pointing that out or showing us.

Did he not play against Green Steel discard?

This gives me such hope for the future of the Lorcana community.

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Lfg!!