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Origins is coming up with 4 Epic Card Game tournaments, one every day June 16, 2016 – June 19, 2016; I plan on competing in all of them. (I missed pre-registration though.)

So, until Origins, I am going to be focusing all of my posts on Epic, which means no board game reviews for the next 2 weeks. I am also going to try and play as much Epic as possible.

Since an App/Online version of Epic does not yet exist, I have been playing on Tabletop Simulator and Cockatrice. For an explanation of Cockatrice, you can check out Epic Insights’ post here. I try to stay in the discord channel so I can be reached. My steam name is RiotOfficer with a Sea Titan avatar, feel free to reach out if you would like to play. (Once an app/online version exists, assuming one will, I will be transferring over to that fully, and I will plan to stream at that point too.)

If you do play me, you will almost certainly play against one of my potential tournament decks. Not all of them have been posted yet.

In addition, I plan on posting at least some updates after each day at Origins. I hope to collect deck lists/limited pools, pictures of my opponents, and results from the tournaments (with their permission of course).

Finally, each day I plan on posting a picture of myself before heading out, so feel free to come up and say hi. As consistent readers know, I can and do discuss gaming generally and Epic specifically at great lengths.

Let me know if there are any requests Origins related.

I have just updated my ratings for Epic cards to include the Tyrants Good cards. In addition, I have actually tweaked a few of the base Good cards’ ratings as well. (The original ratings and explanations are still there, I just added a section for Tyrants updates.) The updated post can be found here. I will be updating Evil soon. In general, the Tyrants cards seem very strong.

I just finished adding a community forum to this blog. Feel free to talk about anything in there, and I can always add additional specific forums as needed.

So far I do not feel the need to include forum rules. I just ask everyone to be respectful, enjoy.

I have just updated my ratings for Epic cards to include the Tyrants Sage cards. In addition, I have actually tweaked a significant number of the base Sage cards’ ratings as well. (The original ratings and explanations are still there, I just added a section for Tyrants updates.) The updated post can be found here. I will be updating the rest of the factions in the coming weeks. In general, the Tyrants cards seem very strong.

Legion Supplies is going to be producing supplies for Epic including collection boxes, deck boxes, and sleeves. They are currently hosting a Facebook contest to give away some of these supplies for free. https://www.facebook.com/LegionSupplies/

Foreword

A friend recently got me back into Hearthstone (a Digital Collectible Card Game), and he thought this deck was interesting enough to post.

Explanation

The star of this deck is Explorer’s Hat. It works well with Zombie Chow and Steamwheedle Sniper to gain board position early. Cards like Wild Pyromancer, Violet Teacher, and Djinni of Zephyrs work well with multiple castings of the Hat. Overall, this deck does well when you draw a hat early since you can make favorable trades.

Combinations

Gahz’rilla can one shot players if you have a Wild Pyromancer and 2 or 3 spells (Hats) to cast. Wild Pyromancer with Hats is also solid AoE damage. Arch-Thief Rafaam works quite nice with Djinni of Zephyrs to get 2 +10/+10 buffs.

Cut Cards

I have been refining this deck for a couple days, and the cards that did not make it are explained below:

Webspinner: The 1/1 stats weren’t doing enough for early game tempo, and the random beast deathrattle wasn’t reliable.
Other Secrets: Mainly the secrets just weren’t reliable enough. Snake Trap and Bear Trap stay in because they are above the curve (3/3 worth of stats for 2 crystals).
Glaivezooka: This was decent, and I could potentially experiment with it more.
Desert Camel: This was frequently not beneficial enough for me because of the strength of my opponent’s class-specific 1 crystal minions.
Ball of Spiders: Same reasoning as the individual Webspinner. The spell aspect wasn’t enough, especially after I cut summoning Stone.
Fjola Lightbane: Didn’t do enough when I didn’t have Hat.
Summoning Stone: Occasionally did great things, but I think replacing it with a second Violet teacher has been slightly better.
Emperor Thaurissan: It just didn’t feel strong enough since my draw is lacking and I need my big minions to win me the game.

Potential Cards

I do not own these cards, but they could work: Feign Death, Lock and Load, Dreadscale, and Eydis Darkbane.

Now that I have built up a comfortable amount of posts, I am going to reduce the minimum number of posts per week to 3. While I will still produce 1+ game reviews and 1+ strategy articles a week, I am going to be focusing on searching for an entry level position in board gaming, making my own games, and beautifying the blog a bit more.

My Epic Card by Card Analysis (Drafting) article has just been updated to include analysis for all of the Wild faction cards. Click the article title in the previous sentence to be directed there.

My analysis of all of the factions against each other will be completed by end of day 2/22/16. I’ll explain why I like certain factions over others and my general drafting philosophy.

My Epic Card by Card Analysis (Drafting) article has just been updated to include analysis for all of the Sage faction cards. Click the article title in the previous sentence to be directed there.

My analysis of the Wild cards will be completed by end of day 2/15/16. The frequently referenced Lightning Storm will finally get its rating and explanation.

My Epic Card by Card Analysis (Drafting) article has just been updated to include analysis for all of the Good faction cards. Click the article title in the previous sentence to be directed there.

My analysis of the Sage cards will be completed by end of day 2/8/16. I will finally get to explain why I talk about Muse and Erase so much.