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appreciate it

Don't worry I am crying while playing it as well

yes this was a common problem throughout the match he forgot that it was a apart of the card.

Thanks for pointing this out. We've mentioned this to Daniel as he is still learning the deck. He could have played it that turn instead after Recollection, which would not have changed the game state. He'll have to be more careful next time when using the alt cost.

That's not a problem. Both players have released their decklist, which is now in the video description :)

@@TheIllusionofGreatness Thanks :3

Yeah literally skipped the best part of the card lol, also didnt use the on death effect of storm slime

​​​@@CaptainDawsStorm slimes on death effect couldn't activate as the card reads "you may banish 2 cards at random from your memory." As there was only 1 card in Daniel's memory, it could not activate.

@ianmacfarlane You hadn't missed anything. Daniel is still new to the deck and hasn't played much in the MRC meta, so he'll definitely have to remember the awesome part of that card. Thank you for pointing this out.

@@evakyoo ^^ correct. Thank you for pointing this out :)

Honestly just forgot but also the nico trigger is a may ability and there are alot of situations where possibly milling them into floating memory would be bad so sometimes it is better to just not mill.

we have looked into this and it may be a possibility in the future however at the moment we cant find any software that does this reliably without a huge price tag.

Card didn't exist when this video was released sadly.

yes any lv1 champion can lv up into a lineage break champion such as polkhawk this includes niko, mordred, allen, merlin and tristan(not the new one). the only time you can't lv from a lv1 champion into a lv2 is if the lv2 says a Lineage line on it such as Lorraine Lineage on lv2 lorraine. The only thing that your class affects is what class bonus affects get activated on cards that require a certain class.

I see i got it now. Thanks. A judge also informed me the exact answer you gave me. ​@@TheIllusionofGreatness

no it doesn't this was a misplay on my part I am afraid

@@mitchsnipesss ah okay. alright haha thought i was misunderstanding the cards again. so the first time would've been for 1 and the second time would've been for 2 (Fractal intrusion + 1)?

@@djimsd that is correct, ultimately it didn't affect the outcome of the game however it has meant I have changed a few cards in the deck.

umm idk how you are the first person to spot that lol. No the actual deck didn't have 5 but I am unsure what card is missing from the list

thanks for the comment, yes we are currently in the middle of a move to a new recording studio where we will have a mic arm to lift the mic off the table preventing all the banging

apologies it has now been added to the description. Thank you for watching

we will make this happen next time we do a recording night.

Apologies we were still considering playing these decks at a competition at the time and now that it has passed here is the decklist. shoutatyourdecks.com/decks/803f5523-4606-4c88-990e-e59fb796bc29

Hey Tony. After looking back and realising this (in timestamp 34:48 and 35:48), you raise a good point. On my part, it would've been due to resolving one thing after another between the Scry the Skies and forgetting to resolve the rest of it. I don't believe that would change this game too much, but it's something to definitely remind myself of when playing Water Arisanna again.

You are correct this is a classic example of both of us being asleep lol. Brodie does play water bauble in the deck so this didn't affect the outcome overall, as had he been awake he would have materialized the correct bauble.

Thank you for the feed back, we have a new layout coming in the next video and we apologies for not being as vocal as normal this was recorded late at night when we were both very tired.

Thanks for letting us know. I have updated it now. It should be good to go. Cheers

Thanks so much for the feedback. We really appreciate it.

I agree it is hard but we will find a way.

Thank you for the heads up, Mistake are things to learn from and learn we shall

I was gon comment the same

Thank you for the comment we have had similar comments so will be looking to update the overlay in the future just trying to find one that will work without compromising the details we want to have avalible to the viewer.

Completely Agree, Merlin will still be a problem but at least you have an extra turn to tied kill them. After all the best removal is player removal.

I agree that crux is still going to be super oppressive however crystal being banned will hurt the decks speed as alot of the time it was used to get the extra levels either for deer to stop their oponents in their tracks or fireball to allow them to kill that turn. Scepter is just being watched at the moment cause it is being played in every water deck similar to creative shock and dream fairy however I don't see scepter moving into catagory two but the other two have a chance to. Erupting being added is more to the fact that such a large number of decks Onterio where playing it. Yes it can be stopped by lantern, however most merlin decks had some form of removal for it in their side board. Again I don't see erupting going any higher than cat 1. Thank you for watching and thank you for the discusion you made very valid points.

I would not call crux an oppressive force in the current meta, ESPECIALLY after crystal is banned. Top 8 Ontario had 2 Crux decks. Those two decks placed 4th and 8th. There's technically a 3rd if you include Cabans list, but water allies is the focus with 3 pendragons as the entire crux package. There are a lot more Merlin decks in top 32, but just because a deck is most popular doesn't mean it's the best. If Merlin was the best, I would expect higher representation in top 8, especially since people have had 4 months to get good with it. Seeing essentially 7 different decks (5 if you want to combine the water allies lists) in top 8 points to a relatively healthy meta imo, except the obvious fact that wind needs a bit of help. The crystal nerf basically only hits Merlin, some agro lists, and Rai. Rai really doesn't need the nerf, true, but it does hurt Merlin a lot too. Being one turn slower on Majestic spirit against agro is often the difference between winning and losing. Kill turns losing 4+ damage and not reducing sudden steels cost is also very significant. It makes Merlin slower across the board, both defensivly and agressively. Erupting was only in 2 top 32 decks, the 1st place deck (where it's essentially the only win con), and 12th where it was in a hybrid crux list. I can't speak on how often it popped up outside of top 32 though.

Hello Danny, Jessey here. In regards to Mitchell's comment about Crux, when looking at the FTC season and looking ahead at the new meta (which is still not fully defined on a competitive level), Crux has had the highest representation since October. It is consistently in the top 8 in major tournaments, and Triple Threat was still a very popular deck, which has been the main choice of Merlin decks for numerous months. Mitchell is referring to this as the meta for ALC is still being sorted out. Another consideration is how metas are quite different per region. Mitchell may have been referring to our meta (NZ) and the popularity of how a Crux package is consistently in a top 8-32 (especially when observing the Tournament Reports via Luxera's Map). That said, ALC is still pretty new, and the meta is still shaping out as players continue to test their decks. With the Merlin lists in general, we can observe that in the Ascent Ontario Full Meta Breakdown, there are 49 decks out of 201 participants. That's just under a quarter of the meta, which previous results in tournaments have been about the same percentage, if not more. From a personal standpoint, Crystal does nothing to a Merlin deck. Majestic Spirit is quite easy to get rid of and if you're in a fast paced meta, you're always a turn short from playing Majestic (this is quite true in our meta, but this also differs from region to region). It's an interesting point you raised with Sudden Steel, but this assessment could be incorrect. Agressively, and if planned correctly by turn 5, Sudden Steel would cost 1 for a Merlin deck. In saying this, though, it depends on the build and the meta the Merlin player is playing in. We all agree that Wind definitely needs a boost, and from what Jessey has noticed, Wind hasn't got a lot of damage output compared to some builds. With this case, Gildas is typically favored, hence why Wind is mainly used for Ally builds. To sum everything up, Rai got hurt for no reason. If a Rai deck makes top 8, players know that it was piloted by an excellent player. It's not easy being Rai. Also since it is early days into the new meta, we are sure there will be a lot of different decks that will come out in top 8s that are new, so we hope to see even more diversity in the competitive meta.

​@@TheIllusionofGreatness I agree that Merlin was the best deck in FTC, I just disagree that it's still as dominant. With Ontario being so close to the release of ALC, I'm not surprised that many players were still on decks that closely resemble (or in some cases were exactly) their FTC versions. Obviously the crystal of empowerment ban hurts Rai way more than Merlin, I'm just mentioning that it is also technically a Merlin nerf. Banning another crux card right now would be an overreaction imo. They banned crystal because of it limiting design space, not necessarily because of it's impact in Rai or Merlin. Level 2+ or 3+ effects at level 1 from a 0 cost normal regalia is just very powerful (banner knight as the most obvious example). I do hope Rai gets a proxia or something to help him out, he likely needs something after this ban.

Thank you for your response, We understand where you are coming from and will look at what changes can be made in the future to increase the visability of the playing area.

It would also be more helpful if the last card played is displayed instead of the current Champion. Just a small suggestion!

Jack here thanks for the clarification was still unsure of rulings around guns thanks for the info!

Hey mate, thanks for the feedback. I had a look into the rules, and you are correct. As the damage is prevented in the damage step, it does use a durability counter. The only exception to this is when the damage step is skipped, i.e., using Song of Frost as it ends the combat step immediately. It's always good to refresh the memory on the rules, so thanks for the question.

Would you provide the deck list ?

Hey mate, thanks for the question. We use spin down life counters from Magic. They are very convenient items that work well for counting up life. Also, in regards to the deck list, we have them in the video description for you.

Jack here thanks for the clarification, have not had a chance to go over rulings about guns will help next time!

Hey mate, thanks for the feedback. You're correct. As the damage is prevented in the damage step, it does use a durability counter. The only exception to this is when the damage step is skipped, i.e., Using Song of Frost as it ends the combat step immediately. In regards to the play area being more visible, we will work on this for our upcoming videos. Cheers

Thanks Mitchell 🙂

Thanks for that 🙂

Thanks