Hard Inked Life

Greg and Nick dive into the early Archazia's Island metagame to talk about whether Blue Steel (and Blue Red) are "too good" -- spoiler: neither of us think blue decks have an insurmountable advantage despite the early success -- and then also discuss what other cards and other colors have been impressive in the first two weeks of playtesting and tournament results.

Nick and Greg share their thoughts on the most impactful cards from Set 7: Archazia's Island.

Nick recaps a set champs season that resulted in two top four performances and then the guys break down the metagame tiers at the end of Chapter 6.

Post-holiday season blues, wildfires, and technical difficulties tried but were unable to derail Nick and Greg from recording this week! Nick&Greg: 2 vs. Life: 0. Let's win some SCARS.

Nick and Greg discuss EU Continentals and some surprising metagame standouts.

Greg and Nick battle through an east coast internet outage and other technical difficulties to bring you their thought on the top cards for Set 6: Azurite Sea.

Greg and Nick dive deep into what makes Green Steel and Green Yellow popular choices in the Shimmering Skies metagame.

Greg and Nick catch up on the latest metagame developments following two DLCs in Vegas and Birmingham (note: not the one in Alabama), dive deep into what makes Steel Song tick, and catch up on some of the unique aspects of drafting Shimmering Skies.

Greg and Nick attempt to predict the pillars of the Shimmering Skies metagame (@ 2:08), dive into Draft 101 (@ 35:15), and finish by decoding some common TCG slang terms (@ 1:27:11).

Greg and Nick discuss their approach to Lorcana and its overall balance as we approach the game's one year anniversary and the release of Set 5: Shimmering Skies.