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@karanchhatpar4438 4 күн бұрын
1cp Water Leo topping Worlds is just awesome
@KPTalksFFTCG 10 күн бұрын
Cecil was for Ice, Knights and Witch of the Fens. It also lets you not care about opposing Faris pings in the mirror. I've never been a big Lev6 fan in 4cWol, and Cecil pulls a lot of weight against aggro. I played 1 Faris 1 Arc because in swiss, people are going to respect more than 1 Faris. Also, in testing, I felt like the only warrior of light cards that mattered were Faris and 4cWol. Good players aren't going to put you to 3 damage unless they are ready, and we were playing in a tournament where it is the best players in the world. As for Jack Garland, you can play more monsters if you want. There are times where you slam a Jack and your opponent now has to block your Lightning (either one). There are also times where clearing their board to set up a future lethal is also better than risking EXBursts (because they must block), so it lets you play your hand with minimal risk. I didn't really care for any other purple monsters, they aren't very good. Miwa is there for Ice and Knights as an out to dull freeze. There are also times where you can just lose as Chaos to a Jill->Shiva, and holding a Miwa makes it so you can never lose to that. It's also part of why we played Noctis in Chaos instead of in 4cWol. However, hindsight, I would still cut the Miwa. There is a newer version of Chaos that was brought to worlds by Hirehire, it is becoming popular in Japan. It plays forward water Lenna and more water cards, revives Thancred into Gilgamesh FFBE. I am personally not a fan of that version of Chaos because it is very very specific on your mills and needing a lot of water cards, but protecting your Break Zone with Lenna is pretty cool. Maybe there is more there to seek out. For the future I would swap Leo and Noctis, Leo should be in Chaos and Noctis should be in 4cWol. Worth noting that we did have only 2 King Tycoon until the last day of testing. We had 3cp Wind Y'shtola in the deck for a very long time. My motto, "get ahead stay ahead", Y'shtola is a perfect fit for that. Also being able to recur it, revive it, search for it. If you get ahead and play Y'shtola, it's really difficult to lose. However, it unfortunately got cut to add the 3rd King Tycoon, as most of our losses were to not getting to play the game. Shantotto backup can be cut as well, but watch the earth count. The deck runs a LOT of fire and not much water, so you'll need to play around that.
@schniefelus6054 10 күн бұрын
Very informative, thank you! A bummer the Leo deck was not on stream (or did I miss it?), it looks very fun.
@GhoulSRL 10 күн бұрын
Im not sure - I still haven’t gone back and watched the stream yet.
@Rainfires 10 күн бұрын
Thanks for the video! Love the insight
@Jr-yr7ds 10 күн бұрын
First to comment! Thanks ghoul for your continued content and insight.
@schniefelus6054 11 күн бұрын
Happy new year! Overall a great year for FFTCG imo. The LB mechanic breathes fresh life into the game and featured some of my favorite cards like Cloud, Serjes, Mont Leonis. The only thing I don't understand is why they give the 3 strongest LB cards to an element which didn't need that much help. Still, I feel overall it has been a big success. We've seen some great cards printed with my favorites being Lucio and Young Excenmille, but also cards like the Prime packages, Zenos, KurasameH, Frimelda, Raegen, Citra, Strago + 1cp Lev, Belgemine, Nacht, Genesis, Parai and Nelapa to only name a few have been very fun additions to the game. With the dislikes: while I agree on some the obvious choices you mentioned, here are my thoughts why I feel Tidus has deservedly been voted into this position: It is just an example of mistuning imo. First of all, a bunch of backups (especially tech choice 1 offs which then go to dmg) get devaluated out of practical play because removal is available in the sideboard. So be it, but, on top of that, if the card said draw 1 instead of draw 2 it would see play and still be impactful and viable. If a card can take such a huge power drop and still be good then something is just off in the first place. Other legends, on the contrary, get designed overly carefully. For example, would Sephiroth 22L be so OP if u could cast it for the rest of the game instead of your next turn? I don't think so. Maybe with the arrival of Genesis, it would on the verge of broken but the effect could've been printed on another name instead. It is this kind of uneven tuning between the elements which annoys me a bit and Tidus just happens to be a poster child of this phonomenom. 😉 Bans: not strictly needed as there are many decks possible currently. Still, the game could be more fun if we had regular ban list updates. Restricting both Rai-Jin (as you said, only degenerate stuff gets hit) and 4col Wol (hits Refia, Earth and all GilgameshFFBE shenanigans) to 1 would be a good start imo. Favorite Decks: Wa/Li Monsters, Lucio Crystal variants, Ice/Lightning good stuff. All decks which are fun to play with and against imo. Least Favorite Decks: Chaos, Knights, Refia. The first 2 because sometimes u dont get a game and I like the game. Refia because it gets too many things "for free". Just by putting natural cards, it happens to get 20+ EX. On top of that, due to multi-elements, it has a staggering consistency being 4 colours. But 4 colours means, backups can be frozen to lock out of colour-fixing, right? Don't worry about it, Refia reactivates you every turn. Because of it being 4 colours, it also has access to all the best cancel spells in the game. And as you said, for the opponent it is often a frustrating luckfest to play against it because your options are very limited. If your lategame is not at least Mono Wind level, you have to attack into it, pray for no EX and somehow deal with all the damage 3 effects as well. Now what's the chance that is going to work out? 😆 Overall even with the small "nuisances" mentioned here, it has been a fun 2024 of FFTCG. Thank you for providing the content, it has always been a pleasure to watch. Cheers
@GhoulSRL 11 күн бұрын
Cheers for the long thought out comment. The only thing is that like… we don’t need bans but clearly the game was better for Sterne and Macherie’s removal etc. And like… I see all of those applying to Raijin. I’d just really like a timeline of where we can expect anything because while we don’t need answers, it’d be so, so nice to hear some thoughts on them from the devs.
@schniefelus6054 11 күн бұрын
@@GhoulSRL I'm with you on that. Communication devs to community is lackluster in that regard and would be an instant win for all if improved (for almost no effort)
@samprime2899 12 күн бұрын
Great video! The stats on Chaos was interesting to see for sure...
@GhoulSRL 12 күн бұрын
I struggle to think of many cards with that negative of an outcry. Althea maybe? Sterne and Macherie? Although that’s partly for other reasons.
@Armand_XIII 12 күн бұрын
Doing L6 at one of our local spots tomorrow! Super excited 🎉 Good luck at your event.
@GhoulSRL 12 күн бұрын
Good luck! Let me know how you do!
@KPTalksFFTCG 12 күн бұрын
I've really wanted 4cWol to go for a while now, but it seems like it's going to be the marquis card of FFTCG. With the upcoming reprint, I doubt it'll be touched, but I do truly think it being 4 elements is the actual problem. The rate on Raijin is so huge it's unreal. I think the only reason to ever ban Chaos is to future proof design space. If we ever want crazy break zone synergy, it will revolve around Chaos from here on out. If Raijin was gone, you'd have the 7 element Chaos build still, which 4cWol is still clearly the problem child here because without it Gilgamesh FFBE would be difficult to achieve 7 elements. I'd personally ban Wol4, Raijin, and something from Wind (Asura or 1cp Alexander probably). I'm not a fan of Luso and think Wind is kind of pigeon holed into that strategy while it is around, but I don't think Luso is a problem card.
@GhoulSRL 12 күн бұрын
I think if you ban Raijin, Chaos immediately stops being a problematic deck. I don’t think Gilgamesh is by itself problematic - it’s a very effective finisher but it loses to removal, Amat, Chu, Mist Dragon, two forwards with 9k power on field and most importantly, costs 3 CP to play. If Chaos special didn’t just also represent two damage from free *giant* 9k first strikers, the deck would also need the reach from Gilgamesh and Estinien which would open up counterplay beyond “hit a burst” That said, WoL4 is independently a problem card due to what it is, rather than what it does and I’d like to see it removed as much as they’re willing to for game diversity.
@jurata 12 күн бұрын
Thanks for that great job! 😊
@kendalljackson4777 12 күн бұрын
It was i the gigachad that played at locals and store champs but didn't buy a single card XD
@Rainfires 12 күн бұрын
Fantastic roundup! Was great to participate in the survey. +1 for the raijin ban. I’m still of the feeling that the game has potential, but we need more reach before the card history gets even more intimidating. Reach and player introductions will only get more and more difficult as the game’s lifespan grows. No way is a player going to look at this game and decide to jump in after 30, 40, or 50 opuses. (Reprints are helping a lot, but it’ll overwhelm at some point) I’m not sure if I want an online and accessible client because I see there’s potential downside impacts as well as upsides, but gosh dreaming of those upsides nearly makes me want to build the darn thing myself. (God that’s a lot of work tho)
@GhoulSRL 12 күн бұрын
If FF had a Master Duel equivalent, I’d never leave the house lol. I think there’s a bit of a misnomer on people not joining mid-stream. Magic and Pokemon and YGO have been running for 25, 30 years and they still pick up new players, despite the monumental task it can be for YGO and Magic. It really boils down to marketing and optics if the game wants to ever move past the “tiny game” mantle it currently has.
@jrvaters915 12 күн бұрын
I enjoyed this one. It was great seeing the results. Keep up the great work!
@Szini50 13 күн бұрын
I think banning WoL would be a mistage. This card is super fun and creates so many deck ideas its crazy - a Meta in a Meta. Would be really a shame to limit this. Im in the "no ban" for any card camp at the moment btw.
@Szini50 13 күн бұрын
PS: The problem with WoL is how hard it is to get any copy of it. There is the Reprint set comming but I think they should include atleast one copy of him in a future starter if they (I sure hope so) make any.
@GhoulSRL 12 күн бұрын
I actually completely disagree. WoL is a card that’s a problem and not even necessarily for what he does but for what he is. Yes, he’s relatively hard to get ahold of for the game but at top levels of play, access to the card is not why he’s causing problems.
@Szini50 12 күн бұрын
@@GhoulSRL My comment of how hard he is to get acces to is just a side note. Right now I still believe it would be a shame to lose him because of how unique he is.
@GhoulSRL 11 күн бұрын
I actually think the opposite. He’s restricting deck diversity by pushing all 2 element decks to consider splashing the last two to play him at almost no cost. And even if it is unique, Sterne, Macherie and Althea are fun and unique cards with problematic applications that were removed for good reason. I think that, reprint and rarity aside, WoL is having similar repercussions on the format as those did.
@tcgenjoyer1190 13 күн бұрын
Happy new year! Awesome video and an even better collab!
@Szini50 13 күн бұрын
For me the worst card art was LB Leo...arguably Like the most played card of the game right now but its totally ugly and terrible. Every new player I try to introduce the game to did at some point comment on Leo how absolutly terrible this art is.
@GhoulSRL 11 күн бұрын
It’s very funny that the Leo in opus 24 has significantly better art than the LB. Personally, I think the model rips and screenshots are charming/funny but I understand the jokes surrounding it.
@redlanternsuperman 13 күн бұрын
would "what card do you think needs a reprint" have been a good question to add to this. That's the question I wonder about from the community a lot.
@GhoulSRL 12 күн бұрын
I feel like that’s asking questions that both some people don’t care about and also with the reprint set coming out, they might not know what is being reprinted in the near future to begin with.
@ctrlaltQQ 13 күн бұрын
where was the poll? didnt see on NA page
@GhoulSRL 12 күн бұрын
It was on the NA page… and the EU one and the OCE one. And in a few different discords…
@kdpcards1599 13 күн бұрын
How many polls would I as an individual need to conduct before hobby japan would decide to ban raijin, asking for a friend Jokes aside my biggest issue personally with chaos combo and largely the existence of raijin probably more accurately is, not only is it degenerate as hell to play as well as play versus, but how can they fathomably make a more competitive aggro deck without breaking the game. Is aggro just solved? Or will something even worse come out that will demoralize people even more For the record I taught my wife how to play chaos in a night and she went like 4-3 or something at LCQ at NA nats and I don’t think that should be okay haha
@GhoulSRL 12 күн бұрын
Playing against Chaos devolves the game into a different mini-game than it normally is. It’s interesting but shouldn’t be encouraged. And yeah, I’d like to see if they ever keep two turn kills in the format to not have them immune to Amat and sometimes Mist Dragon and Chu. I think the problem is as much the lack of consistent counter play to what the deck is doing without resorting to absolute meme tier cards.
@FinnyThePoo 13 күн бұрын
Love seeing my typo made the slideshow "My memory is not the good..."
@redlanternsuperman 13 күн бұрын
Hi Torrey!
@dWatchGuard 15 күн бұрын
"Ethically sourced Chaos" XD
@GhoulSRL 15 күн бұрын
All I’m saying is that if the Chaos players would cut the additives, we’d be living a longer life.
@thekingpin34 16 күн бұрын
The backups skew towards mono-element, so LB Zidane could pick up
@GhoulSRL 15 күн бұрын
LB Zidane being as good as he is has been a wild shock to me. Love the card.
@foxyjira Ай бұрын
Love the videos but only one request for future ones. As a somewhat newer player that has some card familiarity, I'm not always aware of the cards you're discussing or remember all the text when you point out specific cards. Sometimes you tend to pop between pairs quickly enough that it's hard to pause and read the cards for a second, example in this video being Cissnei/Behemoth at 38:09. I don't mind looking things up on materia hunter, but if I can just pause the video to give it a quick read that's my preferred, especially for older sets lol
@GhoulSRL Ай бұрын
It’s a little hard unfortunately- I don’t do a lot of post editing if any so these come off as raw footage and lot of the time. I can’t usually scroll MH fast enough while keeping my train of thought and actually editing in all of the cards probably would take a while for a hour long video. If I’m doing something shorter, I’ll see what I can do.
@GhoulSRL Ай бұрын
So I rewatched it and I see what you mean a bit. I’m definitely a bit swift on the mouse cursor. I will attempt to try to hold on it longer just in case in the future at minimum. Thanks for the suggestion.
@foxyjira Ай бұрын
@@GhoulSRLIf you remember, great! If not then obviously not a problem too! Your videos are still super informative so even having them is amazing. Apologies if that came off harsh but I felt probably better to mention it than not for future videos.
@GhoulSRL Ай бұрын
I appreciate the feedback for sure. At the end of the day, I make these for me because they’re fun but I also make them to help other people and if they’re struggling a bit and I can do a better job at educating them, I absolutely want to. Thank you for the feedback.
@Buradin03 Ай бұрын
A fun variant that I picked up from top 16 NACS lists is the Fire / Water Taivas/ Refia build, which just runs the whole Taivas package and all the Fire / Water warriors of light(Lots of changes from that list though since that was for 2-deck). I find it fun that you dont know if you're playing Taivas Control or Refia Control based on your draws lol. But that 3-color WoLs sounds interesting!
@GhoulSRL Ай бұрын
It looks interesting - my issue with it is kinda what I alluded to when I was talking about the reason my Refia deck isn’t explosive at all - it just doesn’t really need it. Any game that goes late, the deck wins anyway. It’s also part of the reason I switched to Terra over Unei. There’s some neat synergies with stuff like Akstar playing Faris and such but all in all, if you have access to more colors, there aren’t that many situations where playing the Taivas is better than doing the Refia thing. If I had to guess, the most likely thing to happen in Refia for the future is going down on payloads and up on bursts and backups if more powerful LBs and summons are printed. That said, I bet the Taivas variant is probably very fun to pilot which is always worth something, on top of freeing WoL for mono-earth in 2 deck format.
@zic3902 Ай бұрын
Loved getting to see all the decks you were working on/considering!
@Szini50 Ай бұрын
When it comes to Barnabas there is one very interesting thing that can actually search him and even play on to the field - 6CP Earth Chaos. I didnt have the time to try it out but I think this or next week I will do it for sure.
@tcgenjoyer1190 Ай бұрын
Rooting for you at Worlds!! Thanks for another banger video :D Edit: when was the last time that so many mono decks were this competitive??
@GhoulSRL Ай бұрын
Legitimately, as far as I know, never. There’s been a huge push to make mono worth considering since opus 18 and now some of the best engines and backups reward playing a mostly mono-deck and previously, there just wasn’t a reason for it. On top of that, the speed of the game increasing is rewarding the consistency of those mono-engines. It’s been a cool change to see.
@redlanternsuperman Ай бұрын
For me personally. Emet dies to Chaos outright atm.
@AndrewRogue Ай бұрын
So much jank that I want to try when I should be trying to focus on good decks. Edit: Good luck at worlds and thanks for all the great content!
@Buradin03 Ай бұрын
Awesome list! Appreciate the pre-worlds insight!
@KevinPooley1 Ай бұрын
Nice
@adamcharlwood7331 2 ай бұрын
I think the Lucio has a potential to be a power house for crystal decks. I would run 4 warrior of the crystal in the two elements your runninng. Probably water and lightning. I want to think of him as 5cp draw two (which happen to be the worse cards in deck to use for CP and filter to get to the other good cards). If he can last 2 or 3 turns, he's done his job for a pseudo 1cp 8k (10k) and 4-6 crystals.
@Maxphyte 2 ай бұрын
Gilgamesh is instant access break zone hate. Do NOT sleep on that.
@redlanternsuperman 2 ай бұрын
You didn't morbin hard enough!
@jrvaters915 2 ай бұрын
I’m also eager to try the pre release Emperor. My own mono lightning deck that I constantly work on is very crystal oriented and that Emperor looks like a good fit. I’m still trying to utilize the Dark 5CP Emperor (with Palamecia counters) and now I have the new emperor to use as payment. Can’t wait to get my hands on these new lightning cards in this set. I’m hyped!
@fftcg.online5189 2 ай бұрын
"Stop trying to make Ravana happen".....I appreciate I wasn't the only one who enjoyed that meme for Ravana lol
@Szini50 2 ай бұрын
I want pretty much every Eikon Legend, Clive and Genesis out of this set. Those are my chase cards. Expecially Clive and Genesis.
@adamcharlwood7331 2 ай бұрын
Out of curiosity does the free cast off Ramuh trigger a cast with Belgamine?
@GhoulSRL 2 ай бұрын
It does! Summons are only ever allowed to be cast - they’re never just played. This is why there’s the weird wording on cards like Relm 19L and Citra 22L.
@andrewcampbell3104 2 ай бұрын
I will do the obligatory “Um Akshuly” moment with ice having the effect a few times with cards like Cait Sith and the 1CP legend Xezat.
@GhoulSRL 2 ай бұрын
Xezat, Belle, Don Corneo and Cait Sith either cannot remove backups or have other conditions. Magna Roader does not have conditions on cards he can discard. :) So we get to Uhm Actually you haha. Magna Roader is a new effect for Ice.
@andrewcampbell3104 2 ай бұрын
@@GhoulSRLSecond time listening to it I realised I managed to miss the line of “unconditionally discard” afterwards so I will take my L here. Thanks for the set reviews though. While I didn’t agree with everything (I thought you were overly harsh on the LB cards), it’s been an enjoyable listen over the past few days.
@GhoulSRL 2 ай бұрын
I think they’re mostly fine - I just genuinely wanted more from them. There’s a decent chance that I was overly harsh because I don’t think they’re particularly interesting takes on what the cards could be. But admittedly, the Earth/Wind one is testing like a sidegrade to Cloud for me so I’ll take it.
@andrewcampbell3104 2 ай бұрын
@ I think Cact-berry is deceptively good. It’s basically a bit of role compression for your 8Lb cards functioning as a slightly worse cloud and a slightly better Leo. It also has some benefits of being able to be played when you have cloud out on the field or vice versa which can help out in games you need plenty of removal. Always having access to breakzone hate is also never a bad thing in the case of Gilgamesh which can force your opponent to be conservative with what they discard.
@GhoulSRL 2 ай бұрын
He’s been better in testing than I expected as well but I still look at him and wonder if there was something more interesting he could have been. Like the art is great and I was really excited and “sidegrade to Leo but worse than Lunafreya” and “worse Cloud” doesn’t excite me. Like imagine if, instead, they made him support for card name Tonberry or Cactuar and made us reconsider the value of some older bulk cards?
@AndrewRogue 2 ай бұрын
I do agree that it feels like they were very afraid with the multi element LBs which I do get. FF is a very consistent game but getting an absolute powerhouse out of the LB guaranteed is a bit scary.
@Paandaas 2 ай бұрын
I honestly like Raph with Lucio - you search her + a colorfix; if they kill lucio you can raph, if they dont you keep getting 2 crystals + special each turn
@GhoulSRL 2 ай бұрын
A little bit - I do wonder if just fading a draw is bad enough that your opponent now has this dark card rotting in their hand. And at some point, 2 Crystals might as well be infinite right? So… I dunno honestly.
@Geoffickles 2 ай бұрын
Hien wouldnt let jed attack twice, he lets catergory 14 forwards attack twice
@GhoulSRL 2 ай бұрын
Ah you’re correct. Minor Mandela effect there haha. I suppose the same set also put out the standard unit 14 forward so I just am used to Hien attacking multiple times.
@herosofloveanddeath 2 ай бұрын
The only saving grace of the gau is you can search for any monster if you dont also play a gau since they both say up to 1, but it doesnt seem worth it imo
@GhoulSRL 2 ай бұрын
Yeah that’d make him a very expensive monster search. That said, most good monsters cost 2 anyway so I don’t think it’ll be a problem.
@AndrewRogue 2 ай бұрын
Well, I am glad I did not lose to Strago at prerelease as me and my opponent both missed the "only in your turn" part.
@Xaintrix 2 ай бұрын
Marlboro and Witch is good to stop the Hythlo Haste shenanigans at least.
@Paandaas Ай бұрын
It also lets you witch a warrior of light + kill an earth leo, for mono earth matchups.
@dkasod 2 ай бұрын
Cat X has plenty of monsters you would play in water wind, so wakka can easily be 10k plus
@l3m0ntea 2 ай бұрын
Strago: If not once per turn then it will just be, Leviathan into Leviathan? Rinse and repeat every turn to clear board up to 5 forwards for 5CP? Once per turn is definitely required.
@l3m0ntea 2 ай бұрын
Same reasoning for only on your turn. 2 Leviathan looping will make the card broken.
@l3m0ntea 2 ай бұрын
Summon searcher for 2 and below is not difficult in water as well.
@GhoulSRL 2 ай бұрын
Leviathan doesn’t put itself into damage. Leviathan draws a card, pulls a card from damage and then puts a card from hand to damage. The first leviathan cast is going to the break zone so you can’t loop them.
@tcgenjoyer1190 2 ай бұрын
Loving the set reviews!!