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finished 2nd, made a mistake game 3 in finals. Played john and robin hood on turn 4, instead of ripping grab your sword out of my ops hand with ursula ;/. Long day was not thinking clearly.

I been more interested in wat a list without bucky would be.

Insanely helpful. Wish I had seen before set champs 💚🩶

As a Blue/Steel player, how can I win against this monstrosity?? 😭 Many people say it's a favourable matchup, but really don't agree... Any tips/insights? Also, one example I recently encountered and I still haven't found an answer for is: imagine I'm on the draw, opponent robins + bucky, on my turn 2, is it best to 1) baboom the robin, 2) play smee, or 3) pass. No idea, I'm scared of all scenarios 😅

Can you explain more in detail Prince John and Donald engine? Looks like giving the option to draw to the opponent when trying to empty their hand at the same time could be exhausting.

Can you explain more in detail Prince John and Donald engine? Looks like giving the option to draw to the opponent when trying to empty their hand at the same time could be exhausting.

Zan showing up with the gys tech for sure 🥹

Love this! Thank you.

I would argue that the most important card besides the nuts (Bucky Diablo Diablo) into red purple is The Cove. If you Diablo on 1 and see a Brawl or a Peter Pan shadow finder, your turn 2 play Cove move to Cove shift Diablo is better than Bucky shift Diablo.

I didn't hear you cover this but why no bruno especially when youre playing prince john?

How do you handle the blue Steel matchup?

How u mulligan, when u dont know the MU?

As always - amazing content. Here is my one take after seeing all these other guides about mulligans. There is still variance. A lot of it. I know Lorcana has a “friendly mulligan” but if you’re not stacking the deck then it’s silly to assume you just get the cards you need when you throw the ones back that you don’t. A lot of these “old school MTG players” are VERY good at always getting the cards they need. It’s just really sus and a known problem in MTG. I hope it doesn’t happen as widespread in this game. Your guide actually shows how you can make informed decisions to help push odds in your favor. The way it SHOULD be done. As you said perfectly - “the right mulligan is the right mulligan.” Thank you!!!

Appreciate the Mulligan guide at the end. Had the same mindset for the Mulligan so its nice to see i have the right idea. Best of luck with Dallas!

Would you always drop a second bucky on T3 if possible and delay a shift robin or Aladdin?

Thanks for the video, really appreciated. I feel after finally getting to play some games live that one of the biggest things skilled players do is mulliganing way more aggressively. And is a subject that clearly is not discussed enough. Just a thought I had on the tinkerbell/GYS comment you made: I feel like that choice could impact our win% on the draw as having an aoe as early as possible is one of the best ways to win the mirror when playing behind on tempo since both players will get the nuts an equal amount of time. Being able to kill bucky + diablo on turn 3 by going Robin shift line feels huge to me, and we are already a bit short on Diablo solutions IMO. I get that when they are bad, they are REALLY bad, but I am not sure that playing the "best, most streamlined deck" is the right call in a format where you have to 2-0 matches and would feel more comfortable playing this in a bo3 setting. GL on the event!

Love the video guide, great content as always! With Bucky being such an important piece for Green/Steel, whats your way of dealing with an opposing bucky in the mirror? Without Swords, avalanche, or Tinkerbell it seems like Bucky may cause some problems for the deck.

What is the thought process behind removing jafar - dreadnought?

Zan you a real one, really getting newer players like me to level up, appreciate you big dawg

Thank god this is going to be the last challenge with this deck!

Thanks Zan, great content as usual. Just a question, after Bucky errata, with the tools we have now and before knowing all the cards for next set, which deck you think performs better against ruby amethyst? Asking because at least here in my local community, we will have a flood of ruby amethyst decks

Thank you for this video, zan I gotta say you’re very bold for sharing your list before the event Love to see it 💪

You got it spot on. Bucky is essentially banned from competitive play, but is still available in a theme deck or character deck for fun play.

Very insightful 🙏 And nationals at Disney sounds crazy, time to start the grind

Do yall have a SWU podcast or discord-m

Nice pod.

why not run morph or the shift target for lady tremaine and then run bibbiddi bobbiddi boo to cause a double sacrafice

Heck of a match. Edit: "Sometimes it be like that." - Zan 😅😂 Heart u Zan! Haha.

Emerald went from worst, to best, back to worst with one flick of an errata. Horrible. Before the game released publicly they were already working on the 4th or 5th set, basically where we are today. That means they KNEW that Bucky would be strong, meaning they knew they were going to errata him before the game even released! It’s wrong in every sense of the word.

That’s how I won my Ursula .. dodged GS like a boss

I am hoping nationals is at Disneyland.

The Galactic Starcruiser hotel would be absolutely nuts for nationals hahahaha

Slick glasses

Why not have Lumiere in this deck? Not having him in it feels like a terrible idea especially when you have that Shang

Love this list. I cooked up something similar. Running snuggly and hidden cove it’s more location focused and aims to keep removal heavy decks on their toes.

I made this deck but a few cards different. If you want I can send you my list, and you can play test it, I haven't been able to test it out yet.

but Zan this isn't a new deck, the weird kid at my LGS has been playing this color combo for months!

I actually lost to this deck recently, but it was slightly different. It used Hidden Inkcaster to huge effect and it let the opponent play way more uninkables.

I built the same deck concept Monday but I focused on a lot more Floodborn with the Honest John and Bucky. That way my opponent loses lore while discarding.

I tried something very similar to this with Cri-Kee as a fun finisher. Any number of Li Shangs on board represents potential huge lore swings. Had 2 Shangs on board and 1 other unit that quests for 1. Was at 11 Lore. Dropped Cri-Kee, all units went to 3 lore and ended the game out of the blue. Even if you cant finish that turn, CriKee by himself threatening 3 lore after a huge Loreswing can sometimes just steal games after opponent commited to playing vs what they assume is a regular Discard build.

Hey Zan! We’ve got a TTS discord set up. You should join. Over 500 people so far and growing. Had our first tournament last weekend. Hoping to do them more often. We have a leaderboard built into the discord and stuff like that :) hit me up if you’re interested and I can shoot you the link

I think you should probably add either 2x Be Prepared, or 2x Sisu Empowered Sibling, or both. Shifting Sisu on 6 clears out Bucky & Diablo and gives you a powerful quester.

Like clockwork, I just made a E/R aggro budget deck that tries to abuse Li Shang. I may have missed it, but did you ever mess around with Training Grounds, Hidden Cove and/or Lumiere to gain Strength? I guess this variation is more focused on Floodborne for Bucky. I was trying to take advantage of the two Pete cards that synergize with strength boosting. Love seeing your new deck ideas!

For me, Emerald-Ruby is all about Muses, Lady Tremaine and A Pirate's Life xD

I tried this combo in Set 2 but the floodborns and removal options weren't as good. This has potential with Diablo to add to the draw power and brawl for removal. Fun to see this updated brew!

mulan package would be neat

I love that you are trying other ink combos. I myself dabbled a bit in blue emerald blucky variant. Was fun and felt strong. But due to limited testing opportunities I went back to ES for the dlc

I did something that was basically the same at the end of May and it’s a fun deck. Was pretty much just pushing how far I can go with Bucky and Diablo. I did run Pegasus line just for the free lore you get from the shift

What about the shift queen of heart?

No swords, No Tink, no way to deal with opposing buckys at all?