Kriptini

@yano_gamedev Tbh I was not a fan of the cave in Dokimon where taking the wrong path made you restart from the entrance.

Chat, I need you to be honest with me. Are caves in Pokémon games fun, why or why not? and if not, is there a game's caves that ARE fun? I'm currently making caves for the Dokimon DLC and could really use this information 🙏🙏

@WMBtog I miss your Kano/Poisoned Blade videos ♥️

🚨 Full week of testing in our Discord done, here’s our Week 1 Tier List 🚨 Early take: Set 3 feels far less fundamentals-driven. The games are heavily defined by who can execute the most powerful plan the fastest. Whether that’s Karthus lock with LeBlanc, Elder Dragon setups through Aurora/Rift Herald, or hard lockouts with Vex, raw power is mattering more than clean play. This is still early ofc so we’re confident there are misplacements, keen to hear where you think we’ve missed. 👀

@Junk_wax_fiend @jujunym Yep, it goes both ways lol

@jujunym So what you just explained is that you walked away from a deal over 2$

never goin 2 a card show again a vendor literally refused to go down $2 when i was gona to trade a $300 card for 80% he wanted another $52 cash LIKE $52??? when i asked to do $50 he was like NO SORRY I CANT. U CANT ? U CANT LOSE A TOONIE? while trading at 80% U CANT? A TOONIE ?

@MillThat Sorry, I mean to say every resource card is also a real card.

@Kriptini What does that even mean? We have lands that become threats, spells, abilities etc. our resource system is literally built onto real cards too

Bro non magic players don't know what the fuck is going on with their resource systems and all they want to do is point at magic and say "you have to admit it's flawed' Does your resource system turn into threats (Mutavault)? Enable splashes (fetches)? Do stupid shiii (bazaar)?

@clever_oi @leveIone There are normal games that do this...

@leveIone Unironically the best mana system in a tcg is the one from the furry age regression diaperfur card game which i shall not name, because it manages to simultaneously use the same resource for cards, abilities, resource gathering, and as a win condition

Lead Game Designer for one of if not the worst tcg in the market tweeting this is definitely... something.

Resource systems that create the potential for non-games shouldn't be ranked as better than resource systems that don't create the potential for non-games. Apparently that's a hot take!

@Jorge_Yarza1705 @SaffronOlive I think Iyslander vs. Prism was way more polarized. That matchup would make me auto-concede. 😅 I just wanted to point out that non-games don't inherently exist in FaB like they do in MtG. Assuming a properly balanced format, every game should be winnable.

@Kriptini @SaffronOlive There are instances, that are almost all rotated out of the main format (CC) where one hero can't do anything against another. You know you lost when both show their hero. Oldhim vs Old prism is the best example of that.

Every TCG is going to have non-games. Non-games are the result of variance which is something TCG's need. Some people feel like Magic's non-games are worse because the variance comes from the mana system, so a MTG non-game is "you don't play you cards." In reality this is no more of a non-game than some Hearthstone card doing something random to kill you out of nowhere, but Magic takes more heat for it because it feels worse. It's basically the same concept as how in Commander you can Doom Blade your opponent's commander and it's fine, but if you counter it they get salty. The result is the same, but the Doom Blade gives you the illusion that you were actually making progress and doing something. It tricks you into thinking your decisions mattered, but really they didn't. Non-games in other TCG's do a better job of giving you this illusion, to tricking you into thinking that they aren't really non-games because you are taking game actions and doing things. But really they are the same as getting mana screwed.

@CardGameNomad The players gave it plenty of love. The publisher does not.

One TCG that does not get enough love is the Final Fantasy TCG!

Why are people hating on this guy? This is what a store looks like when it's just starting out. My store had only a few more products starting out but in just a few short months it's grown tremendously.

@BannedChief @Cardsandcafe Cool. My LGS is below that. 😎

@Kriptini @Cardsandcafe $65 at the gamestop here.

GameStop can kick rocks with their ridiculous prices. I hope these sit here forever. I didn’t buy one thing 🙅

@jakeformayor A little late for the premodern train, isn't it? Spider-Man still has lots of room to go up!

@Kriptini I'm not holding any! 😂 EDH specs are broadly a waste of time since people need 1-3 copies max. Only reason I got in on Grancestral Recall was comp players were going to need a lot of playsets and fast. Putting all my $ in premodern/ABU right now

Keeping an eye on Gathering Stone. Colorless typal cost reducers have a strong history. Biggest challenge is if it can break ECL containment and gain adoption in other decks. Still, a popular uncommon with organic demand and a single printing is a recipe for a price spike lately.

@NarikoSai I promise you they know and they're cool with it

I work at a tcg shop and they don’t know I’m friends with other owners of other TCG shops it’s such a wild feeling 🧍‍♀️

@jakeformayor Good luck, Jake! Diamond hands!

@Kriptini Horn also is at $5 despite double digit reprints in 8 years. Might just become the budget alternative until it's not anymore.

@jakeformayor Sure but I think that makes it niche enough to prevent it from going too high like Incubator, Herald's Horn, and Semblance Anvil. Maybe it sees some movement once Eclipse goes out of print but I would really raise an eyebrow if it ever gets close to where Horn is.

@Kriptini On the flipside, it's functionally ramp (especially for colors that are light on it) while also reducing tax on future casts?

@jakeformayor I think it also depends on the cost of your commander, too. Higher cost commanders who are already moving slow probably don't want to wait longer

@Kriptini I actually like the positioning. A lot of ramp is on 2 now. Play this on 3 and position yourself as someone having a "slower" start, then dump hand with cost reduction. 3 is nice if you can ramp on 2 and play a 3 plus a 2 drop, though.

@MreMOEtional Rumble and Sivir

After more testing: - Draven sucks ass. I haven’t even bothered trying anything but midrange variants but they all looked horrible. - Irelia is not good. She’s not like unplayable or tier 9, but she’s def not good enough to be a tourney pick - Viktor still sucks and has always sucked