Hermitcraft Season 9 - TCG Endboss - #36

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[@chrisvids184]

I love when these episodes come out that are basically movies not many youtubers i could watch hour+ long content without deciding to save for later

[@blinking_dodo]

DOC... Do a Doc X Winchester collab! Wear that cosplay costume yourself and stream yourself in it! It would make your character complete, reaching 💯%...

[@lightning_11]

Doc uploading is the perfect antidote to exam stress...

[@rct3nut74]

Doc I can't speak for everyone else, but I would watch every TCG match in full. Well maybe not every single one, but I would enjoy watching more matches

[@SCwirlify]

Is it the *Ability* or the *Effect* that "cannot be used consecutively"? - You cannot "use" an *Effect.* - You can "use" an *Ability.* - And that *causes* the *Effect.* Words and Terms are very important in these kinds of games... Idk, man. I've rules-lawyered many-a MTG game. Seems sus

[@arlette3441]

Seeing one year’s worth of work from beef being enjoyed by the hermits makes me so happy

[@jasonlast7091]

You think this is good? Just wait until you see Decked out 2 in a couple years!

[@Trauma284]

Not just enjoyed. Obsessed over and instant addictions created. Beef created a monster

[@emryspaperart]

right, they're so earnestly enthusiastic about it, it made me so emotional

[@wizard0078]

@@jasonlast7091 😂

[@pratitghosh5973]

@@jasonlast7091 Man don't do Tango like that he's doing his best🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@phoenix1692]

Can we all just appreciate how Doc laughs in the face of the KZbin "meta" for shorts and short videos. Please never change. The long videos make my week.

[@lonelyrocketeer]

It's the same feeling when TV shows used to be 1h episodes once a week instead of 40min x 8 episode binge on Netflix or similar and you actually looked forward to each one :D

[@MuljoStpho]

"1h episodes once a week instead of 40min x 8 episode binge" TV had commercial breaks baked into that runtime. A 30 minute time slot (which as far as I recall was the typical show length, I wasn't aware of anything I watched as a kid in the 80s/90s having a 1 hour time slot) would have something like 21-22 minutes of actual show in it. So a 40-something minute production is actually consistent with what a TV network would have wanted the show to be to fit commercials into it in a 1 hour time slot. The only time something in a 1 hour time slot would actually properly be a full hour in length would be if you had cable and it was something on one of the premium channels like Cinemax, HBO, etc. But yeah, with TV the standard was a one episode per week release schedule (except they might skip a week around certain holidays) for something like 20-40 episodes, and things like Tivo / DVRs didn't exist yet so you had to either catch each one as it was airing or set up a VCR to record on a timer and hope that nothing interrupts it while you're away. And now Netflix and many of the other services available now like to just dump a (relatively short) complete season all at once, and viewers can binge the whole thing in one sitting whenever they feel like it. The binge experience isn't necessarily a "bad" thing but it's certainly a very different experience from the shows that took a significant chunk of a year to fill out a season.

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[@TheMhalpern]

Perun laughs even harder, he does hour long PowerPoints.

[@JediSentinal]

same. I may not have had time to watch this until now, but its worth it to wait! docs vids are amazing!

[@dovelyy]

watching doc's descend to the tcg rabbit hole on streams and twitter is so entertaining i can't wait to finally watch it unfold lmfao

[@kobifeldman9233]

where does he stream?

[@Awesomegamer556]

@@kobifeldman9233 they meant other people’s but when doc gets the time again on twitch as doc does have an account on there

[@psychopathetic5341]

Doc streams?

[@Awesomegamer556]

@@psychopathetic5341 used to season 7 before little docy but he has talked about streaming again in his videos

[@Zeldrake]

oh NO I just looked at doc's twitter that's, uh, quite something xD

[@SenorEscaso]

If I remember correctly, Beef has talked about wanting Hermits to build their own custom TCG arenas in the themes of their bases, so you might consider building an arena fit for the Perimeter.

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[@dannycaseylfc]

Final boss arena!

[@DidaMinecraft]

Was going to say this

[@sukus]

He's gonna dig another hole 😭😭

[@techsmechs2485]

Ohhh man, now I'm so hype for Doc to go full Yu gi oh season 2 with a flying-machine arena ascending from the floor of the perimeter 😅 Alas, the hoppers alone make that impossible with the redstone as it stands. 😌

[@slidingarchitecture]

So excited so many hermits are embracing TCG. It's one of the most unique and exciting things to have happened in MC. Beef has done a wonderful job.

[@dariathelazy]

omg, the moment I saw the runtime of the video, I KNEW that it was going to be 95% TCG, hahaha I love seeing how quickly and how passionate people became over Beef's game, the true Nerdcraft coming out right here 💚

[@ambrosianapier7545]

Wonder if we could get a the cards in the real world. I would collect em all😋

[@brittany1049]

I really hope they make an irl version- how great would it be to have hermits playing each other IRL for a charity stream or something?

[@cjpaulk1717]

It would be cool but I think copyright issues would prevent it from becoming reality. But when the world download drops it would be cool to get fan league going.

[@thenopequeen]

It may be unlikely, but i would buy the heck out of it if it did become a reality

[@davidfwooldridge3430]

@@cjpaulk1717 I don’t think there is. You can’t copyright a system of rules, that’s why “Words With Friends” can be identical to Scrabble, so it being a reskin of Pokémon isn’t an issue.

[@samszczepanski2281]

@@davidfwooldridge3430 I don't think it's the pokemon aspect, I think it's the minecraft part

[@thehotwheelsreviews]

@@cjpaulk1717 I don't think copyright with mojang is an issue cause the hermit cards are unique,but you'd have to replace item card and effect card icons and item card icons on hermit cards with something else because minecraft items are copyrighted

[@cineblazer]

I really love how Joe does voice lines for all of his cards. It's delightful.

[@olencone4005]

xB was at one of Pearl's matches, so she had him say "ohhhh yeaaahhhh" when she attacked with his card's "Ohh Yeaah" move ^_^ The TCG is gonna make a lot of fun videos with all the Hermits!

[@CheshireKyle]

I almost get brought to tears seeing the excitement from everyone with this TCG, and all the praise Beef has been getting! He missed out basically all season working away on this massive project and it’s playing out even better that I would have thought 😭 so strangely proud of him and his work

[@Aidan-zc8wx]

He spent most of the season as a man on a deserted island seeing only keralis and Xb rarely, and now is in every video as the master of the new addiction and one of the coolest games ever

[@techsmechs2485]

For sure. I had resigned myself that the game was taking so long, it was a non-starter... I couldn't reconcile the ambition, and the apparent payoff. but wow, are people showing the effort (and suspense) put in is appreciated! I guess it's not over til it's over.

[@julianemery718]

I love how quiet the hermits are while playing the game, they are focusing so hard and you can feel how intense the card battling is going.

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[@JazzTheLass]

focusing so hard that they won't be able to notice an anvil falling on them >:)

[@woomynation]

Doc is starting to produce movies for every Friday lmao

[@sethsmith2608]

he is giving movie production companies a run for their money

[@craigcampbell195]

FOR DECK BUILDING: The rare Beef card would be a good choice for versing a rare Etho. The rare Etho does Blue Fire which burns the active hermit for +20hp and it keeps burning until you are knocked out, even if you go AFK the effect continues. Vintage Beef’s rare card move Beefy Tunes removes the status effects from active and AFK hermits. So if you know someone is building a strong Etho deck, having a few VintageBeefs in your deck will be a big advantage to save you from that passive damage each turn, if you win the coin toss that is ;D

[@colinwest3660]

I think joe has rare etho

[@isometricspace4348]

Your tweets about the new tcg obsession have been making me so excited to see the content!! I love this game so so much, Beef has done amazingly.

[@docm77]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@steveglitter]

memento mori

[@TheKosstImogen]

Minor backseat gaming: Beef's special puts out the burning status effect and cures the poison one! I think Cleo is keeping a few Beefs (Beeves?) in place of water and milk bucket effect cards, so he's a pretty useful card depending on your play style!

[@BlahCraft1]

1:27:23 Beefy Tunes removes burning or poisoning. What you described is XB's rare card effect, "Noice!". Although not too useful right now, as time goes on, you'll probably see more decks strategize around using fire & poison to inflict heavy damage, which will be easily countered by Beef.

[@castlebeki]

noticed that too, status effect are downside effects that your own hermits are undergoing, so poisoning or burning. I wonder if it stops sleeping though (for bdubs for example) ?

[@BlahCraft1]

Hermits are all turning into card-goblins, and I love it... it brings me back to my card-goblin days.

[@lightning_11]

Doc should put a useable TCG board on the other side of the elevator from his strategy room to make it symmetrical.

[@NoodelkAnimations]

I like to imagine Doc at 2am over his desk trying to find new strategies to win at TCG

[@samszczepanski2281]

I mean, he has been doing that. Look at his Twitter lol

[@HalfInt]

Content for the next episode's thumbnail fanart?

[@davidfwooldridge3430]

Beef derailed so many projects with the TCG. I love how stuck in you guys have gotten, with Hermits hunched over their “trade binders” wheeling and dealing. Takes me back to when I played Magic.

[@BlahCraft1]

You might need to talk to Beef about the Joe card. He may (I don't know) have intended to make is to that after successfully using "Time Skip", the Joe card can only use the weaker "Grow Hills" attack next turn, not even using the "Time Skip" damage, but with no effect applied.

[@Wjanabdjd138]

Definitely, I’m sure Jev has been misinterpreting it

[@Inokiulus]

That, or if not then the time skip ability should do less damage or no damage if the skip is successful and can do full damage when it is not successful/on cooldown. Otherwise, it's just too much damage every turn with a powerful effect every other in a single card. It's fine that the card is powerful, but the damage factor breaks it. Also, making it so that it may be used again if the effect is unsuccessful makes the Joe card UBER broken, lol. I love how Jev even admits it's broken! Oof! 😅

[@SiberCatLP]

Yeah, that's how I'm interpreting the card as well. "You can't use Time Skip if it worked last turn".

[@mdccxxvii]

Yep, Jevin definitely shouldn't have been allowed to do 90 damage in the second of his consecutive turns.

[@mohidshahzad5439]

Beef has done such a phenomenal job with this game!

[@monatae9725]

Nothing like a bit of rain in your card shop to set the mood 😆 Thanks for posting another motion picture, I'm SO HYPE for the TCG!

[@docm77]

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[@Nyerguds]

Yea, the first scene with the card shop I was like, why is it raining inside? That's just bad architecture. Especially for a shop that sells cards...

[@monatae9725]

@@Nyerguds Apparently carpets don't block rain 😅 Not something I had realized before!

[@Mysterious7352]

I’ve been following beefs journey since the beginning and it just feels unreal. I’m so glad that everyone’s enjoying it

[@princeapoopoo5787]

It is always a good Doc video when he spends the first few minutes geeking out over fan creations.

[@chicagogr81]

2023 is the year of the games. Anvil wars have broken out, now we've got months of TCG madness ahead of us, and as soon as that new car smell starts to wear off, Decked Out will be ready.

[@bethanymcfarling]

The happy Doc noises when he was buying his starter pack OMGG - so sweet

[@julianemery718]

He sounded like he was going to explode from joy.

[@bethanymcfarling]

@@julianemery718 Yeee it was so cuteee

[@eliaskorf4747]

I got the honor of walking the cosplay catwalk with Larissa in her cosplay of you and gotta confirm that its amazing!! I also really appreciate that you appreciate cosplay on the same level as fanart! It often gets overlooked but imo deserves just as much praise :) so thanks Doc!

[@balab1236]

I'm in a discord with that cosplayer and she is freaking out over this recognition lol, the whole server is in fact. She deserves the recognition the cosplay is seriously insane, and I've seen it irl even!

[@miniciominiciominicio]

I am loving all the TCG madness and your matches/trash-talking has been a major contributor to my enjoyment of livestreams, especially this new ill-advised provoking of Cleo which led to the funniest livestream moment this morning where everyone was laughing so hard on Cleo’s chat as well of all the hermits present! The games allow for buckets of laughter; Beef really achieved something special here. I for one would love to watch unedited footage of all the matches! Do you have a second channel? Or you could upload them unlisted like Beef does. And I can’t wait for your return to livestreaming! Your streams were always fantastic. I’ve got my notifs on!

[@benjaminwalker9873]

Does it have the crocs? Couldn't see from the picture.

[@JediSentinal]

@@miniciominiciominicio you may want to post this as a main comment instead of a reply to a comment, higher chance doc will see it!

[@techsmechs2485]

@@benjaminwalker9873 asking the real questions!!

[@hydra553]

It's almost been a year since beef's started his Hermitcraft TCG. I'm so happy seeing beef and other hermits get together to play, and becoming really attached to their cards. His effort this whole season really paid off. I can't wait to see you play it again another episode or maybe on stream

[@6stringstorulethemall967]

No matter how many times I see it, the fact that doc is using diamond ore as building blocks cracks me up!

[@e.millustration1759]

the anvil kill on cleo was utter perfection

[@odinandapache]

8:16 when he throws away his diamonds to keep SALMON in his inventory

[@5pindin]

Beautifully executed (pun intended), but maybe not the best strategic decision for future TCG dominance, splatting the game master 😂

[@jinmasa3152]

Love how the doctor supports the server by sacrificing himself by delving into these typical rabbit holes every season

[@jsw973]

I hope this season, he goes deep into decked out too, just so Etho can have competition!

[@thenopequeen]

That would be a competition for the ages

[@bradleyebert7270]

That thumbnail is awsome

[@HeartGamer26]

OMG seeing Doc getting so excited over the TCG is honestly the cutest thing ever

[@st_bernie]

It's so cool to see Doc interacting with the community

[@Fyreflier]

What are you talking about? Dropping anvils on heads and firing a creeper railgun at Grian and planning to vaporise Scar and his armour with a death ray are _totally_ interactions with the community XD

[@Artsycosplayer]

OMG!! HII!! IT'S ME, THE DOCM COSPLAYER!! Dude, you're the absolute sweetest, thank you so much for the loving words!! ;-;

[@braydenanderson753]

That cosplay is insane I love it, I wonder how long it took to make

[@lolly2205able]

As a friend of the cosplayer and, coincidentally, also the photographer of those pics- Months. She poured her heart and soul into it! The recognition she's getting for it now is just downright amazing, and utterly deserved on top of that

[@braydenanderson753]

@@lolly2205able it seems like it would take months, she def deserves the recognition the whole thing was incredible

[@Artsycosplayer]

Aahh dude, this is all so sweet, thank you!!

[@Dilbet]

@@Artsycosplayer It looked great, the attention to detail was amazing, well done!

[@Artsycosplayer]

@@Dilbet thank you so much!!

[@noahpalmer6653]

Doc just taking a quick sidequest to collect every TCG card and crush all the hermits, before resuming his world domination is very wholesome

[@adam418g]

Only docm could say: "I love it, the dark creepy wibes" :D

[@robertmadden7427]

Thank you for not making your videos short and keeping in all the great content!

[@Milkythefawn]

You have no idea the glee I felt to see this video is an hour and a half. Keep up the good work! Us fans are really enjoying the content. Beef did a great job, and I'm excited to see where tcg leads the plot of this season

[@docm77]

Wow, thanks!

[@DearHRS]

Artists are going town on these beautiful thumbnails, keep up the good work fellow humans

[@thenopequeen]

Is that fellow humans as in fellow children? As in, you are most certainly not one?

[@_kaleido]

that thumbnail is sick, biblically accurate Doc! props to the artist!! will watch the full episode later :D

[@Jason-sm4oc]

I think that cosplay deserves more screentime!

[@thenopequeen]

Possibly a shrine

[@KevSB07]

I would love to see how it would look if Doc built a TCG arena in his base! I want to see the same layout of the “tabletop” in as many styles as possible, I think it would be really cool

[@ArthurAtlas]

I thought that was what he was going for with his tcg room, maybe he can put it on the opposite side or down in the perimiter.

[@vegboylokesh7778]

I really appreciate that today's thumbnail guy actually made it accurate. His face is mecha on left side while body is mecha on right side🙂 Not that i don't like others but it just made it more satisfying 🙃 Also i am so hyped for tcg games

[@pinkdeby5302]

I love when the Hermits interact with each other. It's been incredible to see TCG get everyone so excited! ❤️

[@LifeOfBrother5000]

1:21 "Before we get into all the craziness that happened this week..." *hermitcraft recap theme intensifies*

[@MQZON]

Just commenting to say that I skipped the first TCG match ONLY because I was *too excited to wait* and watched it on Cleo's VOD. So if there is a dip in retention just keep people like me in mind! Loving the TCG, all the work you are doing, and the awesome artwork from the community. It is all so exciting!

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[@christinesmith1827]

I can't speak for everyone, but I love watching the full TCG matches. On streams or separate videos, I have been really enjoying watching the whole matches individually!

[@TheEyesore]

Love the TCG room Doc - hope to see a corresponding Decked Out room on the opposite side of the elevator when the time comes!

[@j.s.2744]

That thumbnail is nuts! Amazing work from the artist.

[@sixiqgenjimain]

Hey doc. I’ve been playing card games for a while and one thing I learnt is that your opening hand and draw consistency is what wins you the game a lot of the time. So I’d recommend for you to experiment and figure out what cards are your win conditions in your deck and which ones serve to get you there. Having multiple copies of amazing cards like hypno would definitely work really well since it doubles your chances of drawing him in a game even though you might not play both.

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[@invictus50ssl]

The SKILL of that anvil drop on Cleo xD IMPRESSIVE! Loving watching you all enjoy Beef's game tbh! It has been so much fun watching you all play and cheese over the cards♥ It's been a blast watching and can't wait to see the different matches

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[@transmascaraa]

The way doc’s fans literally cosplay him lol invested is an understatement :)

[@bunyan4.20]

That Anvil kill by Doc on Cloe from Doc's pov makes it that much more awesome and great he set that up so good and just waited for it then that look up from Ren chefs kiss

[@mckrey]

A huge thank you to Beefers for creating such a cool game. The time and effort that this took is incredible. Also a thank you to the hermits for embracing Hermit TCG and sharing it with us too. 👏🏼👏🏼

[@oscarbesto]

What a wonderful episode, I haven't watched it yet but I know it's a banger

[@Shesstitchin]

Same

[@MagyarAdam15]

Joe’s timeskip ability is super strong. Skipping a whole turn where you can build your board and attacking twice is probably the best thing you can do.

[@TestSubjectEpsilon]

It would be more balanced if you couldn’t use it again the move after and instead had to use your weaker move

[@demonfreeman3018]

It would be fine if you were still allowed to attack.

[@cr4cker394]

@@etherealcarnival what do you mean? They read out the card loud and played it exactly how it was described

[@cr4cker394]

@@etherealcarnival oh, got it now. I misunderstood what you ment before

[@cody_the_rat]

@Ethereal Carnival this was what I was wondering! They definitely misunderstood the wording, although I think it was on purpose. If you've played any card game ever you'd know that stretching the rules happens all the time- and in this particular case, the person doc was going up against was on the defense, and hadn't been rolling any good cards. It's not that big a deal but I think cleo should've been able to catch it if she's going to ref these matches.

[@BlahCraft1]

Bundles: Have built in counting feature. Doc: Overcomplicated redstone contraption.

[@hoshxhosh]

You know it's doc getting addicted to something when it's almost a two-hour episode lmao.

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[@evaroovers4871]

Doc using moss to pillar up to drop anvils so it isn't so loud. That got me laughing way too hard

[@CaptainCookie04]

One of my favorite things is sitting down on Friday evenings, cooking a nice dinner and watching docs hermitcraft movies on the side, so relaxing!

[@rev_dude]

As soon as you pulled out the multiple bows against etho I realized just how powerful the attacking AFK hermits strat is. Opponents have to choose between leaving AFK hermits vulnerable and benching early having to spend the energy to power up another hermit. And you would also be exploiting your opponents inability to attack when switching out to effectively get two attacks sometimes.

[@RenatoJones]

is that how Doc won? if you knock out an AFK hermit you win? I'm totally confused how Doc won. i've never played card games before so i'm barely keeping up

[@liamengram6326]

@@RenatoJones The winning conditions are 1. Eliminate 3 opposing Hermits 2. Knock out an opponents Hermit when they don't have a Hermit in their hand to replace it, or 3. Opponent runs out of cards

[@RenatoJones]

@@liamengram6326 ohh, so Doc eliminated 3 of Jev's hermits...?

[@liamengram6326]

@@RenatoJones Yep. They just didn't bother resolving all of it because it was game over anyway.

[@Watashinomori]

Doc: Let's play TCG!!! Also Doc: It would be nice if we had a machine that helped us to play TCG!

[@Nob1ej0n]

That's freaking rad! You're a cosplay character! Congrats, you've made it. :-)

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[@benjaminwalker9873]

But did they have the crocs???

[@Mikealisious]

This weeks fan art is SOO cool!! more spooky doc!!

[@murphel]

Yeeees just what I needed right now. Thank you for doing what you do and letting us be a part of it :)

[@pm-5565]

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[@PungentSkillzNL]

NOSTALGIA! I used to watch you back in like 2014 or something and the algorithm just came up with this video. Will definitely check it out when I come home from work!! Much love.

[@julianemery718]

Oh boy oh boy oh boy, you've been missing out on the bonkers antics Doc has gotten up to, including but not limited to: a rail gun, a grenade launcher and very unusual pets.

[@PungentSkillzNL]

@@julianemery718 Looking forward to catch up!

[@kriptiq]

This would be too addictive for me. If I was a Hermit, this would end my season. All projects abandoned and I’d be obsessed. With the collecting to get them all and deck tweaking trying to improve. 😂

[@aidanroberjot7469]

always a good day when doc releases a new video, cant wait to see what trouble he gets up to this time

[@titanrage6601]

A proper endboss for the TCG should have their own arena. You should definitely build your own custom area with some crazy Hivemind stuff in the perimeter!

[@TheWaldleufer]

These matches were so intense! Please no matter what you do, upload them somewhere! Thanks for this magnificent blockbuster episode!

[@norus597]

hey doc, really love your videos. I would like to make a suggestion: i think it would be incredibly awesome if you had your own TCG battle room in the hall of goats where you could invite other players to for private matches because you are THE TCG Endboss. like a secret gamblin room.

[@meckcraftofficial]

docm77 never disappoint us

[@DaTimmeh]

I would love a Hermit TCG Channel, where all the games are uploaded! Makes it easy to find for those who want to watch, and keeps the streams of people who don’t clear. Personally, I love the game and would want to watch all matches, but I only watch a few hermits these days.

[@liamengram6326]

When Impulse uploads his VOD from today on ImpulseSV2 he has two matches on the stream and Jevin explaining deck building to him. He plays Joe first and then Gem.

[@Necr0MncR-YT]

Every match is just Heart Wrenching! Really really love the tension

[@kingbob820]

This was honestly one of the most fun streams I’ve ever watched. Shows how these guys are truly friends at heart and enjoy each other. Keep it up!

[@Shesstitchin]

The rain in the tcg shop is so funny, beef needs to file an insurance claim

[@XaviusNight]

I would need to see all the cards to give game-specific hints and tips, but some general-use concepts to throw at *any* competitive TCG are as follows: 1] Half the game is played between your mind and your opponent. Vocal tells, reactions to draws, etc. can all make or break a game if the opponent is savvy - and that goes just as much for them as for you. 2] Building the deck is fun, but always make sure you have your Win Condition clear - since there's only two win conditions (wipe the opponent's field or take out three Hermits), build heavily towards taking out targets as fast as possible - given the synergies and items system, this means that types that are good vs multiple others are better than ones which are only good vs one type. 3] Never hesitate to sacrifice a Hermit (other than your last one) if it will cost the opponent dearly - it's better to take a big hit on a near-death Hermit than it is to swap out and take it on a fresh one, unless this would lose you the game. 4] Memorize every single card you come across to the best of your ability - write them down off to the side if you have to, so you have a repository of information to weaponize at the drop of a hat, letting you react faster than your opponents, and come up with better strategies because you know your cards and yours opponents' interactions before they can come up with a plan for them. 5] Always thank your opponent after the match, because they are your friends and this is a game and everyone is meant to have fun. Connected to this, don't feel bad about throwing a game if you're destroying your opponent and they aren't having fun - calling it quits for both of you when they're only playing to satisfy your desire to play, it changes from a game to a chore.

[@chr1styn806]

Time skip definitely needs a nerf lol. Even having the downside of not being able to use it as an attack at all the turn after using it would help.

[@ethansample8512]

Why am I not surprised that Doc has the most natural understanding of what's meta out of the Hermits? Also mad props to beef for the amount of effort that went into this whole thing. So much more than a card game, and so worth making!

[@panher]

''You need to push the button 6 times'' Doc: presses button 7 times. rebel

[@JaqenHghar.]

I'm so glad Beefs time wasn't wasted and the other hermits really care about his game. For your future content, I personally, am super down to watch you guys play each other and build your decks and what not. I don't think you'll lose views. I've never even played a card game like this but I'm loving it

[@SemiHypercube]

Oh boy time for a feature-length film from the goat

[@BlatheringBlighter]

I can already see a 'fatigue' style deck being formed. A deck solely focused on stalling, healing and drawing cards, to outlast your opponents. Rare TFCs and Bdubs will be crucial part of it.

[@SakuraRyokoMusic]

Hey Doc, this is just an idea but perhaps you can build "special" decks for playing against particular hermits. Meaning like, card types versus their "typical" card types after you've played them before & have a general idea what they have. Maybe then, you can also surprise them with a totally different deck as well as a side benefit. You know, something like the "Mimic" of Rendog versus his Time Skip; to like ... Time Skip Jevin back, for example. Also; one thing I noticed with that game versus Jevin, is that he seemed to have a lot more "ITEM" cards available than you had versus your Single Use Items. There definitely is a balancing act between counts of how many of each you place in your deck so you can actually have the "stamina" of a long match. Perhaps the Hive Mind could crunch some statistics numbers for you for an optimal balanced deck.

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[@altriish6683]

I would love to see every hermit have their own badge (like in Pokemon) and everyone races to collect all the badges. And every hermit could have their own themed arena and maybe even a themed deck?

[@sammie3277]

I'm always extremely happy when we get a Doc episode that's over an hour long 😊 especially one that is nearly 2 hours long yay

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[@galactick3816]

As someone who used to play TCG games a fair bit I love this. When it comes to the presentation, it depends how much editing you want to do, replay mod capturing the whole board with everyone being invisible would be best just for the game itself (Can be sped up a bit too), but you would have to put your inventory somewhere on the screen as well (Once the viewers learn the cards it would be enough). The issue there is we would miss out on your interactions with the other hermits. So I think that what you did in this video is good enough. Also, general deck-building tip - don't use more than 7 hermits (Try to always pick 2-3 to be the main ones who will always be the first picks) in a deck, and leave a room for at least 20 item card (though 25 might be better) and try not to use more than Three hermit types (builder, miner, etc) in a single deck (depending on the hermits you have) because then you run higher risk of not having the energies you need in the moment. Depends on how many draw effects there are though. If draw is rare you want more hermits (10 roughly) and 20-25 item cards. the rest you can fill out with effect cards

[@gerobi1233]

1:19:01 I think Item Frame lag isn't actually too bad as long as the Item Frames are empty. So if you keep them empty while not actively deck building it should be fine.

[@1foxtrotfan907]

It's great to see how much your enjoying a work of art by Beef. Your card strategy room is a great addition to your base. I feel the cards that are making an impact are the cards that attach to the hermits that do additional damage but are not single use such as the poison that takes a milk bucket to counteract. Have a great day Doc

[@gunchbandit4422]

It would be nice to see footage of you opening the boosters. That's the best part.

[@lightningleopard]

I really enjoyed this episode it made me feel like watching some of my favorite shows were they reminisce about things then jump back to the present, or doing that with your friends and family. I love those and they always give me a feeling of nostalgia

[@TheHuktuk]

Great stuff my man, as usual !!! The hivemind should go at a comiccon one day all dress as the goat and form the council of docs xD

[@docm77]

Appreciate it!

[@Shesstitchin]

Council of docs. Ranging from farmer to evil genius lol. Love it 😊

[@lordforce5546]

I'm just your average mtg player who has competed in a few prereleases. But here are my thoughts on some of the cards Stress: Yolo costing 3 seems too high. It's only good if you are already ahead, which will be difficult to achieve consistently if you need to spend 4 of your cards on something that doesn't help you get ahead without the big attack. Joe: Skipping opponents turns is op even if they get to draw crads. TFC: That is my favorite card. 2 cost for 80 damage + 50/50 to draw a card. Seems really strong Cubfan: Let's go seems strong, but 260hp and only 40 basic attack is a bit unfortunate Iskall: OP if you know you'll play against builder types. Wouldn't play him if I know my opponents aren't playing builders Scar: Looks like an unreliable stall hermit. But I'd always play XB over him if my deck is the right type XB: If effect cards become popular I would definitely enjoy having him. Stats on the card look ok with a 70 attack that is really easy to get the items for TFC (not rare): solid stats, nothing wrong here. But I would use a hermit with a 2 cost 80 instead if all other stats were equal Splash potion of healing: Looks really bad when it heals less than the weakest attacks do as damage (I know it can heal multiple hermits, still a big no) Composter: You loose 3 cards to get 2 (2 from ability + the card itself), that's bad value. The baseline in mtg is 1 card lost for 1 card drawn. I would avoid using anything that costs more cards than it gives. That's just negative tempo Iron armor: staying there forever is good, looks really strong. It being there for 5 attacks is already like 100 extra max hp Bows and diamond swords: They look good. My guess is that bows are slightly better, but I could see myself being wrong here TNT: I like it a lot. It can often be used in the same situations as diamond swords without the downside being impactful + it has good synergy with iron armor Crossbow: Just a better diamond sword X: I like the 60 basic attack on a 300 HP hermit, but would still use a 2 cost 80 over a 3 cost 90 Beef: Good HP with a 2 cost 80 attack with an upside. Good card. Golden armor: Like Splash potion of healing, but works only on 1 Hermit. BAD Other XB: Normal stats. I like the 2 cost 80 Chorus fruit: Seems good, can save you in tricky situations, but requires you to already have a decent boardstate Rendog: A 3 cost that is random. No thanks when the other stats are not good Etho: I like my 2 cost 80 attacks with upsides Hypno: Attacking anything is good, and the basic attack dealing 60 is really nice since you can still do good damage after using the strong attack on an afk hermit. One of the stronger hermits Curse of vanishing: Needs opponent to use strong effect cards. Depends a lot on the opponents deck. So not a staple

[@LazyTurtle921]

Ah, the tcg addiction is real, and so fun. Also love the showing off of the fanart and the cosplay.

[@PWMaarten]

Best thumbnail art yet! I never got the happy/smiley doc interpretations. The dude has a creeper face!