Bazleebub 109 Posted August 27 Honestly, I think the Phoenix deck is still the 'strongest' in the environment. The Crane and Scorpion decks that did so well at Krakow were the ones actively playing cards to stop the Forebearer's combo. So we see lots of cancels, we see a decent number of Peasant Advice to remove the bird before it's charged out, stuff like that. The eventual winner, Konstantios, had build his deck to meta against the decks metaing Phoenix. There are some great notes from him at the bottom of the article that really sum it up. Phoenix players might be able to adjust their strategy to move away from the 'raw power' style and add in more subtlety. I'm a little surprised the Master of Gisei Toshi isn't making the cut, as it would make their spells more reliable, but I'm not a Phoenix player so there might be some reason. They're already playing Ancestral Shrine to try deal with the Scorpion matchup, so there's definitely a meta back and forth happening. It'll be interesting to see how Nova goes. The difference between Gencon and Krakow might be regional, as suggested, with the US environment more focused on fine tuning the 'best deck' while the EU environment is more focused on working out the meta cards needed to 'beat the best deck'. Now all the EU decks are posted though, we might see the US meta shift? Or will US players mentally backflip and claim that the Forebearer's deck isn't the best deck anyway? 1 HirumaShigure reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kaito Kikaze 1,659 Posted August 28 Well from Aneil's perspective, the other clans just "figured out how to play against Echobird" so between that attitude and some comments I've seen from my fellow Phoenix, I think for NOVA we're likely to see a much higher percentage of Phoenix players on Seeker of Void decks instead of Keeper of Air. Especially since the Toronto GC was won by Seeker of Void Phoenix. Incidentally, and I'm sure this has little to do with perceived deck strengths or meta shifts, I think we'll likely see some bandwagon action with Dragon at NOVA, after seeing only 1 Dragon show up for Toronto (I'm still kicking myself a bit for not playing a random Dragon deck at Toronto to snag the easy promos). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ignithas 271 Posted August 28 I think that the Seeker Phoenix is actually better against the field, but Echo Bird dominates the mirror. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bazleebub 109 Posted October 2 Review for pack 4 here. A bunch of events also added along with tons of decklists. Youtube has our review of the Lion pack. We've also got a bit of a backlog of articles that we're working on, so keep an eye out for those. Baz 1 HirumaShigure reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ishi Tonu 2,844 Posted October 2 Yay! Content. Many thanks! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bazleebub 109 Posted October 3 Added a little more content. Another in my own pet project of Dragon articles: Dragon Strategy - This is not a Test Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bazleebub 109 Posted November 24 Episode 60! This time we consider how the Kotei season started, the improvements for this year, and we the changes announced for the upcoming year. 1 Matsu Kenshin reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
