Don't Hate the Player... + GIVEAWAY DRAW!

Holy Cardstock...

Over 40 Cardhousians showed up for yugioh! That's like four tens! That is Awesome!

Sad that we don't all get together more often, I love you guys all comming in and pwning my paraplegic rump!

Of course we have our top-tier deck masters, national and regional champions. Although we may begrudge their 'win at all cost attitudes', we 'fun' players can use those opportunities to refine our decks so we can pwn each other like a Boss.

Take my Hazy Flames, for example. I am still toying with the "Staple Spells and Traps", trying to cram in extra anti-meta with the sheer fun value of being able to pull off ballsy plays like getting "Hazy Flame Basiltrice" out by turn 4 and burning my opponent's life-points like my RL attempts at cooking. If I end up getting roasted myself, it's always great to see how they do it.

Same with the Up and Coming badasses we have rising up in the ranks. Ashton used creature swap to steal my "Hazy-Flame Basiltrice", then charr me with one attack with my pet!

Shame I had to meet Fallon's 'boyfriend', I'd have liked to have done the Magic tourney, but such is life.

Anyway, the offer's out for new posters to post on here. Just send me a message on Facebook with an email address you can access; I'll send the invitation to post here in your own name, and then you can follow the prompts and be showered in the praise from your fellow Cardhousians!

That, and I'll reach into my bottomless black hole of moneys to buy you a booster pack of your choice. And you get to reap in the Cred of your peers!

Also, please subscribe to the Blog: There will be a draw on the third of the month for all followers here, where you will get 3 booster packs of your choice, on me.*

TLDR: Subscribe for prize draw on the 3rd of each month! Write an article for a pack.

* - If Kev has it in stock. It should go without saying, but I'd like to preempt some smart-Alec saying that they want 3 Alpha/Beta booster packs.

A Good Deed Never Goes Unpunished.

Seriously you guys? I try and do a nice thing for Troy's birthday, and it back-fired! All right, lemme back up and start from the beginning.

My birthday was October the 5th. Troy's was the 7th. So like a bro', I thought I'd buy him a cake.

Anyway, it turned out to be a bigger flop then "John Carter". If I learned anything from The Sims, it is that Birthday Cake = Age Up.

Therefore with this logic, because you all made me use the cake in Troy's place, he remains young and pretty, and I get older!

WTH guys? Are you trying to kill me with old-age?

Here's the photo of me more annoyed then when my Girl of the Now tries to talk about 'Us'.

Half-assed rant skirting on Poe's law aside, I want to wish Troy once again a Happy Birthday. Before discussing Halloween.

Costumes? What to wear? They say that Halloween is the one night of the year where women can dress down, and act like devils and no-one can call them out on it. I disagree, feminism means Friday and Saturday nights are this, especially if you hit the town with me.

So looking at it this way, what are you going to miss out on by going into the Card House this Halloween? Come in for the Cards, trick your opponent for victory, and then go hit the town to treat yourself to the  Candy! (If you are younger, then get a friend/brother/sister to carry a bag around for you when they go trick-or-treating, and then your own sweet tooth is satisfied as well.)

Seriously, I dunno what to dress up as TBH, so please post some suggestions?!

Epic Diem Photo Dump

As we know, Epic Diem was truely epic! I promised photo's, and I delivered!

Within the rabble of the geek hordes, great warriors pitted their combat skill in the arena, each vying for martial glory. The doors opened for the markets; joined by the theater showing some of the greatest anime known to man/furry/pony-kind, and a brawling ring where unarmed combatants tested their mettle.

Within the Market district, finest armorers and common traders sold their wares. The markets became a back-drop for a story yet to be told: The epic tale of Theros began...

I am no storyteller, and I spent too much time under the sandal of both the Gods' and Colossus of Akros to weave a tale that does them justice.

I am opening the floor, so if you are willing to recount your Epic saga of the day, I'll give you a booster pack of your choice.

Now I present to you the Epic Diem photo-dump: The photo's all done by Chelsea Manning...

Shame she left the lens cap on when taking the other photo's... Including myself heckling the Scientology stand in a Guy Fawkes Mask, me being beaten by the Infinity Wars demo, and Chelsea's knight in shining Armour...

Our own Aaron cosplaying as Cloud

Our own Aaron cosplaying as Cloud... again.

Heroes in pitched battle. Notice the Guy staring at chelsea's chest.

More of the Struggle. 1

The Greater Battleground.

Notice the ring in the background; the battle their pales in comparison to the epic of Theros!

Vegas Photo's and pre-EPIC DIEM!

Hi Every body.

(A hi Dr Chad would be appreciated.)

Good news for Yugioh! Kev finally sent me the pictures. Unfortunately I can only post a few here because, well "What happens in Vegas..." That and I didn't burn the Place Down with the Hazy flames! We still have a Venue to play at, so Huzzah for that.

Here's the photo's, with witty captions:

The Dueling Grounds, note the Statue of "Utopia Ray"

Here's Kev with Yuma Tsukumo. Obviously Yuma's ego is hugely Inflated.

It's SRS business Guys, check out their Game Faces!

Do they get those shirts there, or do they buy them somewhere?

The Photo's were taken, and a custom token made immortalizing them through the ages is made... Well until the card disintegrates...

Okay, there is no need to mention the regular and random hi-jinx that happened on Saturday: If you don't know what I mean, get in there and experience it firsthand! So now let's Move on to EPIC DIEM!

EPIC DIEM is on Saturday, so Troy's only running the Yugioh tournaments in the Morning at the Card-House. But Constructed Yugioh Tournaments are happening at Epic Diem at 10:30am, and again at 4:30pm. The Vanguard has a constructed tournaments at 1:00

Magic Planeswalkers who heeded my advice and booked in for the Theros Pre-Release already have a free ticket, with only paying to compete. For those who haven't (poor sod), you need to pay for admission and entry, and the tourney times are: 11:00am, 3:00pm and 6:00pm at the times 

A set based on Greek Mythology; details about the set, and the EPIC DIEM day are here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.637577969620801.1073741838.444143605630906&type=1


See ya there :-)

I totally had an awesome title, but I misplaced it like Kev misplaced the Vegas photo's :0D

What's going on?

Good News: I'm starting back to Yugioh! I finally finished ham-fisting a bunch of cards into a deck-box rebuilding my "Hazy Flame BBQ" deck. All going well, this saturday is the day I burn the Card-House Down (figure of speech). How do you want your loss, char grilled or served as raw perfection? Joking aside, I missed the Yugioh, and while the MTG guys are great, it's like comparing a banana to a dog-toy steak... So different.

2ndly I want to get your opinion on something: I'd like to get a mini-series up and running for a "Yugioh IRL" on youtube, and I want to get some idea of how many of you guys want in, who'd you want to play the Protagonist (apart from yourself, popular vote gets it), and any ideas for plot-lines.

Also what skills do you guys have? I mean apart from strategic insight in card-games, encyclopedic knowledge of Anime/Manga and the ability to talk more trash then a politician, without the state-changing fallout?

One things for certain: I'm too sexy asymmetrical for the lens...

Oh! before I forget: As a Planeswalker, you out to get a pass for Epic Diem! I've been cautioned from saying that you'll probably see more Ass there than an Unhinged Pre-Release, so I will just say that Theros is going to be Legendary, and the rest of the convention almost as Mythic!

Later Guys.

Epic Diem

Greetings fellow Cardhousians.

What's everyone been up to? Your Feedback on the new look for the blog would be greatly appreciated.

I was hoping to get back to Yu-Gi-Oh on Saturday, but apparently I need to do something called "Voting" for the "National Election". I Finally finished adapting the deck, So all going well, the Saturday after.

I must admit: There comes a time in every basement dweller's Geeky/Nerdy life where we have to consider facing our worst enemy:

The Sun!

But will I we face it? (I need to remember that despite the consensus in my head, the world does not revolve around me, but my arch nemesis the Sun...)

Anyway the Theros Pre-Release coincides with Epic Diem (Big Moment) Saturday 21st at 9 am. This means that we fellow Planeswalkers have no choice but to leave the Realms of the Basement/the Card House.

Consider it an adventure: Bustling Crowds, Scantily Clad Cosplay Girls vying for our attention, fight sequences with boffers, unique Shinies trinkets to buy, and maybe, just maybe Victory at the Pre-Release!

Get ready by buying tickets from Kev, our friendly neighbourhood spiderman Purveyor of Win, and Book now for Theros!

Chad, fearing Sun's wrath...

NB: Still reading through the Theros Spoilers, I will post more about it when I know more.

KONAMI Is the DOVAKIIN! (How they slew the Dragon Rulers with the September 1st banlist!)

Alright guys, are you all excited as I am right now?

I'll contain myself for a few minutes; and give you a rundown of the changes for the September ban-list.

Ban-List Changes Effective September 1st:

FORBIDDEN:

BURNER, DRAGON RULER OF SPARKS

ELEMENTAL HERO STRATOS
LIGHTNING, DRAGON RULER OF DRAFTS
REACTAN, DRAGON RULER OF PEBBLES
STREAM, DRAGON RULER OF DROPLETS
CARD DESTRUCTION
GATEWAY OF THE SIX
HEAVY STORM
MONSTER REBORN
POT OF AVARICE
SPELLBOOK OF JUDGMENT
SUPER REJUVENATION
SOLEMN JUDGMENT
ULTIMATE OFFERING

LIMITED

ATLANTEAN DRAGOONS
BROTHERHOOD OF THE FIRE FIST - SPIRIT
DEEP SEA DIVA
GENEX ALLY BIRDMAN
RESCUE RABBIT
THUNDER KING RAI-OH
EVIGISHKI MIND AUGUS
DEWLOREN, TIGER KING OF THE ICE BARRIER
DIMENSIONAL FISSURE
GOLD SARCOPHAGUS
ROYAL TRIBUTE
BOTTOMLESS TRAP HOLE
COMPULSORY EVACUATION DEVICE
ERADICATOR EPIDEMIC VIRUS
MAGICAL EXPLOSION
SOUL DRAIN
TORRENTIAL TRIBUTE

SEMI-LIMITED

MEZUKI
PLAGUESPREADER ZOMBIE
T.G. STRIKER
FIRE FORMATION - TENKI
DIMENSIONAL PRISON

UNRESTRICTED

THE AGENT OF MYSTERY -EARTH
TSUKUYOMI
A HERO LIVES
BLACK WHIRLWIND
E - EMERGENCY CALL
HIERATIC SEAL OF CONVOCATION
POT OF DUALITY
SCAPEGOAT

 "Alright Chad, How does this affect me?"

Well, for once, Konami defecated on every major player in the meta-game.

We have lost many former Staples, (CARD DESTRUCTION, HEAVY STORM, MONSTER REBORN,
SOLEMN JUDGEMENT are now Forbidden, THUNDER KING RAI-OH, GOLD SARCOPHAGUS, ROYAL TRIBUTE, BOTTOMLESS TRAP HOLE, COMPULSORY EVACUATION DEVICE limited, and DIMENSIONAL PRISON as semi-limited.) The reduction from 18-22 stap;es down to 12-15 Staples, not just allows us to build more varied and pro-active decks (instead of the March 13's Anti-Everything being the meta), We also have less chance of being shaken down by airport security for carrying our deck in hand-luggage!

Here are my staples? What are your thoughts? Anything I missed?

 3 x Mystical Space Typhoon
3 x Negate Attack
2 x Dimensional Prison
1 x Bottomless Trap Hole
1 x Compulsary Evacuation Device
1 x Mirror Force

Not everyone wins though, and with a mix of sympathy for Dave (he spent a ton of cash on his dragon-ruler deck) and sheer glee, I can say that konami killed Dragon Rulers, and drained the soul from the deck! (losing the lynch-pin BURNER, LIGHTNING, REACTAN, and STREAM renders the deck as impotent as I am without some 'magic pills'. Six samurai players have lost their Gateway. Mermail-atlantians have gone down to one Diva and Dragoon. Also, Macro-Rabbit decks (including evilswarm-Macro-Rabbit) have been killed off, Rescue Rabbit being limited to 1.

At least Blackwings get back their BLACK WHIRLWIND, Heiratic's get their HIERATIC SEAL OF CONVOCATION, and E-Heroes get their A HERO LIVES and E - EMERGENCY CALL (they lose stratos, but shit happens.)

All in all, my only cause to whine about the Ban-List is that LEGENDARY SIX SAMURAII - SHI EN has dodged the ban-list again!

Ahhh... C'est la vie