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Juha Saarnilampi 🔮 Whisper of the Oracle @bramblespark.bsky.social · 12d

Both. James has talked about some sets being more on top of the hype cycle than others (not with these words but I can't remember exactly) and I feel like this one is purposefully lower hype and power level. Suits me perfectly at this time

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Juha Saarnilampi 🔮 Whisper of the Oracle @bramblespark.bsky.social · 12d

Kayo's perceived meta position curve will be a very steep up and down with 11% day2 conversion 😬

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Juha Saarnilampi 🔮 Whisper of the Oracle @bramblespark.bsky.social · 16d

Lyath has no signature weapon? 😮

Fine, I'll design it myself

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Juha Saarnilampi 🔮 Whisper of the Oracle @bramblespark.bsky.social · Sep 8

The Reviled cards are calling me. Am I a liar, cheater and a horrible person? 😬

What worries me a bit about this set is that it's the opposite of forcing players to interact with Intimidate, Confidence and quite minimal on-hits

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Juha Saarnilampi 🔮 Whisper of the Oracle @bramblespark.bsky.social · Aug 25

23 players finished 9-3+ at Calling Copenhagen 🏆

Within these 23 there were 15 different decks and the most represented was Slippy with 3 copies 😮

If we went back through all the tier 3-4s, I'm not sure we'd find a more balanced spread ⚖️

I'm taking suggestions on making this image even uglier

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Juha Saarnilampi 🔮 Whisper of the Oracle @bramblespark.bsky.social · Aug 25

Finished Copenhagen at 9-3, 21st. Real happy, although could improve my play a lot in the lost games

Now it's time for speculation season! Here's my first take on Super Slam themes & mechanics as a heatmap. This 2-class, 2-talent, Rosetta style draft format shape is my favorite

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Juha Saarnilampi 🔮 Whisper of the Oracle @bramblespark.bsky.social · Aug 23

5-2 going into day2 on Mario at Calling Copenhagen. I lost to DIO and Slippy and beat two Gravys so it's an upside down world 🤷 now trying to sleep 12 hours straight, wish me luck

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Juha Saarnilampi 🔮 Whisper of the Oracle @bramblespark.bsky.social · Aug 23

Flying to Calling Copenhagen today for a true in and out as I'm flying out tomorrow night. Wish me luck with the flight being on time 🤞 woke up 3:20 today but a family man getting a night to sleep alone at the hotel will be a total rejuvenation 😴

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Juha Saarnilampi 🔮 Whisper of the Oracle @bramblespark.bsky.social · Jul 24

Something I'm missing with this PQ discourse. All posts I see seem to assume they and their carpooling friends are all winning PQs and late season events can't even fire. If your region is anything like Finland, then you'll have 4 PQs of 16-32 people each and missing 1-3 winners is irrelevant

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Juha Saarnilampi 🔮 Whisper of the Oracle @bramblespark.bsky.social · Jul 19

🇫🇷 stronk ngl

Romain Nicolas @romainn.bsky.social · Jul 19

Bonjour x3

Well... That happened.

The commitment and passion these 3 guys put into preparing for this event was impressive, and I'm glad they're rewarded!

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Juha Saarnilampi 🔮 Whisper of the Oracle @bramblespark.bsky.social · Jul 17

If you re-watch that part of the keynote, it's basically PB with that Iyslander silhouette turning into Silver Age with the fully colored version of the image. It is at least made to look like Silver Age is the fully developed PB. But I also see speculation that it's a supplemental set for PB

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Juha Saarnilampi 🔮 Whisper of the Oracle @bramblespark.bsky.social · Jul 11

Super Slam has my brain poking me all the time to start breaking the new heroes. Although they're not my fav classes, the abilities ask you to start brewing. Lyath especially... I'm thinking

Small attacks with on-hits (Vipox?)
Pumps (Nimblism? More expensive ones?)
Prevention instead of blocking

Flesh and Blood TCG @fabtcg.com · Jul 1

Get in the ring! 💥

Return to the Deathmatch Arena on September 26 for the nail-biting, gut-punching, death-defying show of a lifetime - SUPER SLAM!

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Juha Saarnilampi 🔮 Whisper of the Oracle @bramblespark.bsky.social · Jul 8

Well it was Blitz and I have no idea what the meta is like so 🤷 in CC Kayo is probably fine into Gravy but pretty horrible into assassins and many random decks so wouldn't play it there

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Juha Saarnilampi 🔮 Whisper of the Oracle @bramblespark.bsky.social · Jul 6

Well I won the WCQ with Kayo so that's pretty nice 😄 opened Courage of Bladehold

Juha Saarnilampi 🔮 Whisper of the Oracle @bramblespark.bsky.social · Jul 6

Missed Finnish Nationals top-8 for the first time, finished 13th. Doubled the attendance from before at 60 players. I really need to start playing faster even when sleep deprived 😩🥱 But there's always next year and the Finnish scene is growing 💪 Blitz WCQ next with a chance to show I'm not washed

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Juha Saarnilampi 🔮 Whisper of the Oracle @bramblespark.bsky.social · Jul 6

Missed Finnish Nationals top-8 for the first time, finished 13th. Doubled the attendance from before at 60 players. I really need to start playing faster even when sleep deprived 😩🥱 But there's always next year and the Finnish scene is growing 💪 Blitz WCQ next with a chance to show I'm not washed

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Juha Saarnilampi 🔮 Whisper of the Oracle @bramblespark.bsky.social · Jun 9

Swift Shot 👀 has at least shaken Azalea's hat meta

Juha Saarnilampi 🔮 Whisper of the Oracle @bramblespark.bsky.social · May 22

I've always been interested in limited set design and draft format "shapes"

Is all that done in design or are there cases where dev impacts the way a draft set is constructed in terms of the various dimensions players have to optimize for (class, talent, hybrid, generic, cross-hero mechanics,...)?

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Juha Saarnilampi 🔮 Whisper of the Oracle @bramblespark.bsky.social · May 22

12 of the 23 missing Ms are exp slot presumably so we're only really missing 11. And most of them according to my number crunching are Generics (kinda like the Diamond Amulet). But hopefully there's a lot of playable rares and commons missing

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Juha Saarnilampi 🔮 Whisper of the Oracle @bramblespark.bsky.social · May 16

Yeah having this much value on one card pays back for the risk. Having arsenaled the previous turn kinda sucks though as that's what you always want to do. So sounds like a Trench angle

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Juha Saarnilampi 🔮 Whisper of the Oracle @bramblespark.bsky.social · May 16

0-for-7 that doesnt cost an action point? Color me intrigued

Being a red block card can really screw your ratios, though, and especially your Ponder draws so you're paying a real price

Carolina Victoria @bitchyvelour.bsky.social · May 16

No one’s taking down my ship today! Return Fire!! #fabtcg

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Juha Saarnilampi 🔮 Whisper of the Oracle @bramblespark.bsky.social · May 16

You can just run an off-hand. Kayo could play a shield for example. And they've historically at least had equipment after weapons so there's no space if they keep that logic

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Juha Saarnilampi 🔮 Whisper of the Oracle @bramblespark.bsky.social · May 16

Yep, he's management. His crew can do the dirty work

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Juha Saarnilampi 🔮 Whisper of the Oracle @bramblespark.bsky.social · May 16

Very well could be or even in the armory deck. Or both. But we've never had a weaponless hero in limited before so that's interesting

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Juha Saarnilampi 🔮 Whisper of the Oracle @bramblespark.bsky.social · May 16

Ok so if there's no Necromancer weapon in the set (no space before the Compass or before Dead Threads), do you think we'll get a Pirate cutlass or pistol? Or will Gravy just go with bare hands for the better swimming & summoning feel?

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Juha Saarnilampi 🔮 Whisper of the Oracle @bramblespark.bsky.social · May 15

You did it again, you crazy mech 😲👏

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