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Very cool!!! Its crazy how many versions of Warriors of the Crystals there are! Taivas Warriors as well! Cool deck.

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Does Lucio generate 2 crystals per turn or only trigger once when played?

My boy Gogo is missing :(

Seto is the one that really caught my attention, I would word it along the lines of "When Seto enters the field choose 1 forward on the field or in your opponents break zone. Remove it from the game and you opponent may not play a character of the same name as long as Seto is on the field."

Where's Leo LB

1st, 3rd, and 5th are coincidentally Refia's categories!

I figured Refia would win, but you did open my eyes to Opus 3 Zidane.

For Nektar, just say 'once per turn' - evrae stays un-banned

My "illua" is 2cp ice laswell. Omg that card

Keep it up guys! These are fun videos :)

Loving the conversation and the yshtola conversation was solid.

Baby's first Mist dragon 😂

One thing I dont like about setos effect is its no tradeoff to screw over certain decks in the game. While decks like refia control are really powerful, theres an expression of skill in piloting and pulling off what it needs to do, seto is pay 4 cp say no for the rest of the game. Decks like turbo chaos and refia control are also interesting in the deck building choices whereas seto is include to 'autowin'. Think the effect could exist in some form, maybe a timer or maybe while seto is on the field the effect takes place (along with some active abilities that protect seto) make it more of an interesting puzzle versus a screw those decks in particular card

Starter Deck Suggestion: Blitz Ball Final - Besaid Aurochs vs Luca Goers. How come we only have cards for 2 out of 11 participants 24 sets in? 😃

In Georgia, We're up. Dulth Store is getting it

I don't think I'd want many of these but they are interesting to think about I do think we need more graveyard interaction for certain, and summons NEED TO BE GOOD NOW. Summons forever have been card disadvantage for the benefit of instant speed, but the best summons in the game have been the best for a very long time for a reason. It's time to push them I would want a card similar to relic of progenitus, but on a monster. I could also see making 1cp 1k mana dorks in every element and it being mostly ok. I think a card like surgical extraction as a summon would be too strong, but I'd love a card like faerie macabre. I do like that you had some backup ideas, backups need buffed too. We need a reason to play backups, and we don't have many reasons except get our best forward or support our best forward. i'm curious of a card like urborg tomb of yawgmoth would be too good for FFTCG. Sweet video 👍

Alright, here we go. 1 - I'm not really a fan of Maze of Ith style effects conceptually. I think the general strength along with the easy ability to either turn off interaction in combat or attacking triggers - imagine how sad an Ifrit is with this in play for instance. I think this is *probably* fine although I also think making it Light is... off flavor, annoying and less restrictive. I think the search category is maybe too broad as well - finding monsters is a shockingly rare effect, as weird as it sounds. (your templating also needs work, as written, it only searches when the second dog comes in after Angelo) 2 - So... I hate almost everything about this card, even as a control player that would probably run it. Leylines are really poor game design in my opinion and Resonance getting banned in best of 1 shows that the design space is really, really bad in a best of 1 format. Like, think about the play pattern here - I know you're on a deck that gets hosed, I mulligan a fine hand to try to find my silver bullet leyline that shuts down your entire deck and win or lose based on that mullligan. And if I'm on the recieving end of that, I'm not going to feel outskilled or outsmarted. Yes, there's a deck level decision to not play a deck that loses to a leyline but losing a deck select sucks. That's Pokemon stuff and FF can be so much more than that. *ON TOP OF THAT*, returning any forward that dies to hand as some weird pendulum style nonsense is... horrifying. At least Refia has to work to cast Refia for 7 turns in a row. This would make it trivial. Hell, aggro decks would probably run it to keep the endless conga line of ***holes coming. And aggro can more afford a dead draw or two in the deck for an effect like this. 3 - Man, you love tacking EX Burst onto everything don't you lol. I think the playing Clive from deck is probably too much unless you templated it to where you didn't get it on a burst. I'd probably also remove it from the game after being cast and even maybe not let you cast it if you have one removed from game. I just don't want to see something like this looped over and over again, especially with how difficult it would be to interact. MTG has any number of counterspells to stop a TPro. There's almost nothing in FF that can stop this. 4 - This one's probably bad enough that I don't think it'd matter but again, you're putting a really annoying floodgate on one of the hardest card types to interact with which is my biggest issue with it. 5 - Yeah... absolutely not. There's cute ideas here and you're right in that it'd fundamentally shift how decks are built... but is that better? So first off... this is the best discard spell ever printed. Lots of the Magic equivalent at least draw when a card is ripped from the hand. If your opponent happens to open on a 3 of a kind and you scout the hand with Zidane... they'd get hand looped for 4. Also, ripping LBs completely hoses the mechanic in every way... I also don't like the templating all that much - one side effect of FF is that we have multiple cards in decks with the same name. And lots of people don't know set numbers so you might run into the Pithing Needle problem on crack. I could *maybe* see it as a Surgical Extraction, where the opponent does at least have the agency to resolve a copy of the card and you're mostly stopping them from looping the effect. That also gives counterplay beyond "Have Amat or die". Lastly... a 11k indestructible blocker is... really, really annoying. Sure, Ice and Water aren't going to care but... why? Like if he's indestructible, make him a 4k or something so that the counterplay isn't "sacrifice a forward or you can't attack this turn". Because when combined with his entry effect, Lightning and Fire and Wind do not have a way to deal with him, especially since, as written, he's self protecting. Call Vali/Y'sh and Garuda and I think he literally can't be removed by those elements at all. 6 - I think this one also needs some basic templating work - techically, you don't even need the bit about sacrificing himself. If you played him with fewer backups, you'd be forced to sacrifice him yourself. With how paying for cards works, this effect is significantly worse in FF than it is in Magic and I think 5 is actually way too expensive for what the card does. They'd need a more consistent way to figure out how they want a backup paying for multiple CP to work - we only have one in Sherlotta at the moment. It's really strong when in play obviously but sacrificing backups in FF is a lot worse than sacrificing lands in MTG. It's probably fine, I'd be worried that the only decks that used it are likely trying to do something stupid with it so I *probably* wouldn't print an effect like it but it doesn't break any fundamental rules of the game for me. 7 - This one just confuses me.... Like I get what your argument is that backups don't have ways to interact... but that's by design. It's flashy yeah. But your comparison in Armageddon is famously soft banned in casual commander. Hell, one of the only times a friend group of mine got salty was when the Thalia and the Gitrog Monster player cast a Ravages of War. If you did this in a commander pod, there's a good chance they'd ask you to switch decks because the effect is so taboo and specifically un-fun. I don't think this is broken by any means - far from it, you probably lose the game by casting it unless it's off a Rydia or an Eiko... but why tempt fate and print it? I dunno, I get that Timmys can love big flashy things (one of my friends thought Neo Exdeath was the coolest card of all time) but I'd want to direct them towards healthy outlets like Odin or Ravana or Behemoth K.

Ambrosia is much better than Teferi's Protection

I could only imagine how much fun I’d have chocoboing a seto over and over again to mill my opponent out haha #bringbackop1rikku

Sam: *plays Seito* Sam: "Cecil?" Brian: *cries in catIV*

It's sad how little they do to make something of the TCG, at it's core the game has interesting mechanics but the vitals are pretty much run on west coast/east coast interest in America and Collectors'. It's a shame because I think they could definitely make more money if they actually promoted it. I recall when they had their fanfest is Las Vegas for FFXIV, they had I believe 2 boosters in the "goodie bags" they gave out, yet all I can think is, you know this would be a perfect opportunity to give out Structure Decks and encourage people to play when they have nothing else going on, and to socialize with others. Plus the fact Vegas is hot to begin with if they had setup some spots for people to sit and play while listening to the events(since everything was pretty much in one room so you could legit play the FFTCG while listening to the events) it could have been a great way to boost interest in the TCG.

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Ok we do have lots of Clouds in the game. BUT WERE IS MY JOB DANCER CLOUD CARD???? 🔥😡😡😡

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Love this format. I'm waiting for more deck profiles like this.

Very cool!!! Please more videos like this!!!

Damn I miss starter decks 🥲 would love to get a Rebirth starter deck and a FFXVI starter.

I will say this set has been most fun for draft/sealed given the natural dominant/eikons synergies and good standard unit backups

So there's a lot of complicated responses I have to this... because there's a lot that I disagree with and a lot that I think is... outright wrong unfortunately? So first things first - Beyond Destiny was *not* a popular set. It is *to this day* very available. The push was for SOPFFO stuff which didn't make an impact on the meta and failed to impress casual players. Yes, GigaWoL and Rug almost effectively rotated the format but that did not result in the product moving or the prices of the cards reflecting the value of opening a box. In fact, I'd say that of all the sets released post Covid, it's the second worst for the health of the game behind exactly Rebellion's Call which was... a miserably bad set. Dawn of Heroes, the set before it? Sold out at Distro in less than 4 months. Hidden Hope I know less about but at least in AUS, it's completely gone. From Nightmares? Gone. Resurgence of Power? Very hard to find. If you see places that aren't FF heavy but have FF product, they all will have exactly Rebellion's Call and Beyond Destiny and that's not an accident. Second - this set is not struggling to move. Yes, it's probably underpowered but the 16 stuff... despite being low rarity, is extremely desirable. Clive I think is more expensive than the average legend, not necessarily because the set isn't being opened but a combination of playability, casual appeal and pairing with a readily available and strong box topper meaning the demand for the card *massively* outstrips the 1 in every 2 boxes you find the card. Like it or not, the data says that casual players and collectors love the set - check the poll I had for the end of the year if you want proof. Third - every set has bulk full arts. Yes, I think they should have considered making more 16 full arts but by their own full art rules, they don't technically qualify. I wish they'd made the SOPFFO ones not bulk since I love the art, but again... that happens every set. Cactite has a full art because it's a new illustration by Ryoma Ito, the character designer and artist for FFTA, FF12RW etc. Why he drew it etc? No idea. I will also say that I think that Cactite and Deadly Nightshade do have their fans and will not be the least desirable full arts of the set by a long shot. That would be the unplayable SOPFFO cards and the Noel with no text on it. But even excusing that, I'll go to Beyond Destiny and have a comparison. Beyond Destiny has Shadow, a bulk Legend Full Art. It has Monk, which is comparable to Noel. It has Kiros, completely unplayable Warp support atm. White Tiger L'Cie Quimni. Ceodore. Desch. The list goes on. Now, to the points I agree with - the set did not introduce any real new archetypes except for maybe giving mono-Ice the final push it needed to make top tier contention. Yes, that's likely because the game is currently in an extremely high power state and could use some removal of cards to try to push the format away from the best current decks. Hell, Mono-wind has existed in this incarnation since basically opus 17. All of the frustrations revolving around the set like Belgemine failing to massively change Mono-wind's current play style etc are pretty valid. But there are cards from the set having an impact beyond Clive/Torgal/Jill. Nono was teched in Hancox's mono-wind deck. Bhunivelze revitalized Leo and got it to top cut at worlds. Lightning... buffed a deck that didn't need it. Lucio has led to a brand new archetype that I would put money is Tier 1... just wasn't solved in time for the world championship. But moving further - I wouldn't be surprised to see Genesis do well with a DLC pack in Tears of the Planet or Gunslinger in the Abyss. Both standard unit backup cycles are *extremely* playable. Valigarmanda is arguably the best lightning summon in the game. But yes, Refia and Chaos are and remain the best decks, even adopting some of the new power cards themselves. TLDR; I think the issues you have are with the game as a whole and not necessarily the quality of the set. I have no idea why Chaos was printed one set after Raijin and Fujin or why Refia and 4WoL haven't seen anything addressed.

This is the problem in an evergreen format, you have to either continuously powercreep or ban outliers. The game is at the point where only a few cards in every set are competitive viable anymore so you have to either take a hard look at how you want to balance the competitive meta versus spinning off more curated formats outside of evergreen to be more mainstream (L3/L6, etc). If no bans come when the next set rolls around, the meta simply will not shift. Everyone will grab playsets from the reprint set next month and play Refia/Chaos/Knights ad nauseum.

What a handsome man opening cards

Design is okay, Playability is horrible. you cannot setup in this game anymore.

I love card games and Final Fantasy so much. I've always wanted to play this but never knew a way to or anyone who would also play. Luckily, Final Fantasy is coming to Magic The Gathering. So I'll be able to play with cards based off Final Fantasy in a game where it's easy to play and many to play with. If the FfTCG isn't dead yet, it might after the Mtg set releases.

We STAN Abe lessgooooo

Let's go FF9 Copium, Steiner card that cares about Master Vivi

Armand about to take over the cutest member of GC

Is Abe excited for opus 26 Bartz?

Other card ideas: Ghost Train (FFVI) Biggs and Wedge (FFVIII) Any Mystic Quest characters The Johnny club from FF7 remake

It's my Armandy-poo!

If we could somehow convince each other that an online client wouldn’t smother game shop participation and physical card sales, we could get something better to play on other than octgn. Honestly a client that was just F5 or something would be sweet.

As a player in NYC we don't do locals the way most do - it's just here's the night to come hang out and play FF. No pairings no prizing, no feels bad moments. We should probably just promote more of these because the game is great and there's a ton of cool decks. Kitchen table FF has never been better imo

I remember during opus 12ish, looping Althea and Locke to spend 6 turns decking my opponent out. Definitely tilting lol

Totally sharing the sentiment of how much fun the game currently is. The "My Decks" sections on ffdecks and materiahunter are overflowing. Granted, easily 2/3 of those ideas turn out to be kinda rubbish, but it is a diverse meta which allows for exploration with good results. I remeber when Marche/Ritz or WOFF dominated, how hard it was to find something fresh which even had the slightest chance. I feel the pool is balanced quite well at the moment and LB cards have been a great design success

regarding selling product... they need to make better products. full arts are half duds, who the hell is a fan of Deadly Nightshade? is there even a single person out there that's excited for a full art Deadly Nightshade from Hidden Legends? they dedicated 3 FAs to the strangers of paradise... a game that flopped and has no fanbase. collectors dont want this set, outside of the levi full art and clive chase, what does it offer? I dont even need to bring up the playability of the set, worlds already showed it brings nothing to the table except clive. so if collectors dont want this set and players dont want this set, its a brick set. compare that to opus 11, the greatest set of all time. it had three desirable full arts in it. one of them being tifa. how many full art tifas have been printed in a booster box after OP11? zero. I don't understand some of the decisions they make. why hasnt red XIII gotten a proper full art? why do we have DEADLY NIGHTSHADE OVER RED XIII??????? if they want to sell more products. make better products. make cards that are playable. make cards that are desirable for collectors. thats how you keep the game alive.

I live in the Bay Area and the game is definitely not dead. I love building decks and think the gameplay is way more fun than MTG, my problem is the locals are too competitive. If I'm forced to only play competitve cards (or cards that counter those competitive cards) then I don't get to play other cards that sound fun but have no place in a competition. Like Torrey Kelly said in a previous video "i want to play monsters in my monster deck". Yes i chose to play non-competetive cards and losing badly is a consequence, i just wish i could find a couple people who would get together (possibly with some drinks) and play some casual kitchen-table matches.

I stumbled on this TCG when I saw booster packs in Game Stop at the end of December. I’m a huge Final Fantasy fan and excited to see a TCG. Now the problem, my local stores don’t carry it. I’m excited to see it’s not dead and I’ve enjoyed playing with my wife at this point. Thank you for the video!

Hello from Spain, rigth now the state of the game in Spain is very crazy, the last 3 opus 22 to 24 was sold in 1 month,theres no spanish boxes to buy(only English), theres a lot of new players joining in my local(15 players), here in south of Spain (Andalucia), Malaga region in Estepona. This month we are going to do the second Liga Andaluza of FFTCG, and rigth now we have 5 tournaments, 1 every month on the regions on Andalucia, so in general the game on Spain is recovering from COVID , specially the Andalucia community ,its a good thing.

The game is not dead nor has it never been. The game is niche, so it operates as such and as it should. Yes, its made by the giant cooperation that is Square but the resources allocated to it are in the vain of of Indie game. The game can only get as big as Final Fantasy fan interest in a card game which is not many, unfortunately. Most TCGS audience have very little interest in a competitive scene which is a big part of what the game offers. Most people are not even fans of final fantasy as a fransise but a specific game. The fact that the game has been kicking around to close to ten years and still being supported is a big W. To expected it to be as big as the other games is farfectch. The small but dedicated community is keeping the game alive and that's okay.

30:30 You can't (feasibly) draft the Legacy collection, packs are only 5 cards