ACEs Clash! Testing the new WarGreymon VS MetalGarurumon Start Decks! | Digimon Card Game ST-15/16

[@rustmarrow]

I am gonna need some time to get used to these ACE mechanics. They really give you more to think about when strategising your plays. Suddenly the best move to make in a situation can become less intuitive, yet at the same time, playing over-cautiously when your opponent doesn't have their ACE in hand can also disrupt your tempo and cost you the game. Overall though, I found this new risk juggling element both immersive and fun during testing and I'm looking forward to how the game state continues to develop with future ACEs. So far, I think it does add a new dimension of complexity to matchups and I foresee an interesting impact on players' minds once we get used to seeing (and losing to) ACE counter plays.

[@KiraC91]

Tell me about it a friend of mine actually helped me out smooth my deck out because my focus is Retaliation and Blocking

[@donovanbogard4353]

Metalgarurumon ACE is strong with that memory steal effect. Add in SkullMammmothmon constantly bring back the trashed blockers and it's really strong.

[@jamesblue41]

The new ace digimons and the inclusion of counter timing is just insane. Ive been on a break with digimon for a while but this is definitely whats getting back in the game!

[@Voltexfinal]

I like how the ACE mechanic works, to be honest

[@LordMbeju]

This new Skullmamothmon deck looks amazing

[@dj66800]

I'm so glad that trash-from-hand purple finally has a tool that seems like it could be actually viable

[@anthonythomas305]

Nice testing ground Rust. Power of ACE is very unique

[@Izanami_no_neko]

Whatever I just watched was awesome

[@joeleonwan408]

Man that was close, it's amazing that counter and ace can turn the tide of the battle. Will you do a modified deck rematch like you usually do with the other starter deck matches rust?

[@rustmarrow]

Yup! Planning to do a modified rematch between these 2 decks before moving on to my filler content between BT13 and BT14

[@joeleonwan408]

@@rustmarrow nice, will the modified decks uses cards that synergies more with the deck or will it just be a pure greymon vs pure garurumon deck match?

[@rustmarrow]

Hmm I'm focusing on the ACE cards more, so I think they'll end up quite tribal

[@0_0oweee4]

@@rustmarrow hmm by the looks of things these ace cards look like meta cards I mean wargurumon surprise me to most I honestly thinking of getting one btw do u have any deck list so far . With the modified version please 😢

[@AshBlossomWorshiper]

I cant wait for a Master Duel for digimon

[@RoyalBlue93]

Great duel! I would love to see how this would play out with decks that have access to the x-antibody lines and other support for past sets!

[@niklasfeldbusch318]

Amazing match like always. Because I don't want to always play the same digimon I decided to play Garurumon instead off Greymon and I am happy to see how good this deck works. Cant wait for these decks and bt14.

[@brunodias6120]

3:24 you can block koromon inherit give +1000 Dp

[@Glennguin]

I came here for the digimon world 2003 music!!! :D

[@justabunchoffloatingeyes3829]

Anyone know what's the name of the song that starts playing when MetalGarurumon ACE is summoned?

[@rustmarrow]

X-treme Fight from Digimon Adventure 2020

[@dinodude2597]

I was honestly against these kinda cards cuz i saw what hand traps did to Yugioh and i didn't want them in Digimon. But after this video i feel way better about how they'll affect the game.

[@Digiheart400]

You should add dialogue similar to tai and wargreymon vs matt and metalgarurumon

[@gabrielerusso326]

Can't wait to build a fanglongmon deck and a loogamon one

[@mykelclark5477]

What is the ost used in the video

[@amakaqueru33]

that was a good game for a box deck. you should do another with with a more "competitive" setup, but using those decks as base.

[@Digiheart400]

Cool break the chain

[@cardlivesmatter1566]

Lol Matt's partner digimon apparently wasn't metal garurumon but skullmammothmon

[@cardlivesmatter1566]

Man that card is solid

[@rustmarrow]

I K R

[@hgarcia9021]

great content as always

[@samuelcline4854]

Are you gonna solely use the old purple metal stuff or are you gonna branch out to all discard effects for the purple deck upgrade?

[@AlexMartinez-gv7hy]

We are entering a new era

[@BernBeyblades]

Great duel and great video! By the way, which program do you use to play this cardgame on PC?

[@rustmarrow]

Tabletop Simulator!

[@xbot02]

Are you going to make any upgrades to the 2 decks and showcase them, or just wait until bt14 is fully revealed?

[@rustmarrow]

Yup, plan to do 1 upgrade match!

[@danielj1990]

Purple/Blue Metalgaruru for the rematch?

[@Voltexfinal]

Will you be splashing in ACE cards in a few of your decks? Just curious.

[@KiraC91]

What program are youvusing i love it

[@rustmarrow]

Tabletop Simulator on Steam!

[@Hyodazo]

Oh, I thought you were supposed to pay the memory cost for the counter-evolution thing with ACEs. Not having to pay that makes them way better. That Lillymon is going to be kinda spicy in Bloom/Hydra then since you get so many Champions on the field.

[@amateurishauthor2202]

What table and site do you use to make/play these decks?

[@rustmarrow]

Tabletop Simulator on Steam

[@amateurishauthor2202]

What mod on TTS may I ask?

[@rustmarrow]

@@amateurishauthor2202 The mat is from an old mod by ajstephen, but everything else like the cards I import myself

[@amateurishauthor2202]

That is some serious talent, you import the cards yourself, then produce some really good games for us to watch. I'm a new player who doesn't own any physical cards, but I've been having fun with a friend on TTS. Given that everything is imported, I'm guessing you aren't using an external site to create the decks.

[@GoldenShadowKnight]

alright now do that again but with full power version of these decks cause the power of both of them was not fully showcased in this match, speaking from experience the skullmamothmon deck regularly gains 8 memory per turn and spams lv3 and lv4 digimon like there ants. and the wargreymon deck has some crazy powerful attacks and mechanics with the raid wargreymon line.

[@Shades14]

It's as I thought. On their own, the Garurumon deck is better. But if both decks had access to their previous support, I wonder if the outcome would have been different or not.

[@Megidramon]

Memory control is better than blockers. Whodda think

[@Did_No_Wrong]

Yeah its no contest but that Blast Garurumon is soooooo much stronger. Capable of activating and chaining multiple effects after trashing a card in hand and and combined with Mammoth being able to recycle trashed mons.

[@tbyhmes1184]

The counter wargrey felt very underwhelming. Just popping out to block essentially.

[@pug8714]

People compared ACE to hand traps in Yu GI oh when announced. The difference being knowledge. If you see your opponent is keeping a level 4 or 5 in play, you must respect a possible ace card. Or delete it since your attack triggers work before then

[@alexcaraballo3189]

One day black will be a good deck lol

[@Vansjoo7966]

I should be happy that Greymon lost but this was far from a fair matchup

[@SylviaMoonbeam1127]

Tbh, SkullMammothmon felt a lot more useful in this deck than MetalGarurumon Ace.

[@Mekaizer]

retalation is the counter of ace digimon xDDD but i like this, can give you a comeback

[@rustmarrow]

Yea WarGrey Ace is def a bit handicapped in this matchup

[@LordTyph]

Here's hoping that we don't see these cards dominating in the same way hand traps dominate Yugioh.

[@pug8714]

There is a huge difference. It's similar to mtg, you see the cards on field that can tell you they may have something up their sleeve. You can also kill their cards on the field before then

[@powerfulberry237]

Uh wrong song bro

[@jytan740]

metalgarurumon deck is superior, most of the cards have retaliation and can be brought back from the trash to the field

[@dp101]

That interaction to have an attack end your turn via metalgarurumon ace seems really annoying. Sure you can "play around it" in that you can pay attention to whether or not they have a level 5, but if you can't remove said level 5 it's kinda irrelevant - if you never attack you can't win, but if they have even a single matt and you're being kept to a max of the 3 memory from a setter, you just can't attack without passing turn. Hard to fully judge the mechanic ahead of time, but so far I can't see myself enjoying ace digimon, just too heavy a swing factor based on semi-hidden information.

[@rasukes3579]

the Tapirmon is broken haha

[@VFox27]

Why does Bandai keep giving Garurumon the most broken effects??

[@Muqriez]

Wow, this is probably the first time MetalGaruru actually won against a Greymon deck. Ngl, those timings are really confusing at times, but the way you presented it should clear up some misinformation. (Also I want that ST15 Tai for my Craniamon deck)