Sunday, August 25, 2019

Piercing Flames (4 Wide Blue Pierce)


4 Wide Pierce is one of the newest decks to hit the Meta scene with surprise success! Today I take a crack at it and see if it's possible to improve on a guaranteed hit!

Tuesday, August 20, 2019

Bot Talk: Secret Actions
After a long hiatus on the site, we start back up with the Transformers TCG as take a deep dive into Secret actions!

Wednesday, September 16, 2015

In the Lab-Jedah Dohma

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Does this S-Class Darkstalker have what it takes to fight in the S-Tier? 

Sunday, August 16, 2015

Void of Hagakure




The Blade Flashes Red
The Armor Demands More Blood
I am Bishamon


Greetings fellow Ring vets and rookies it's time for Rider Kick to toss out another deck to everyone. This time we look at the demon samurai Bishamon, who through the symbol of void I hope to convey Hagakure while playing him.  Hagakure is sometimes said to assert that bushido “The Way of the Samurai” is really the "Way of Dying" or living as though one was already dead.   

Friday, June 26, 2015

Road to Gencon Part one: Competitive deck building.


Today I start my first article on helping players prepare for Gencon.  The hope is that both new players showing up, and veterans of UFS and Gencon itself will be able to take away at least something from this article.

Alright, you've bought your badge, gotten your hotel room with your friends.  Now for the most important step, what do I play?!  There are many ways to approach this question and I'm going to go through them as best I can.

Wednesday, June 24, 2015

A deck I won't be playing for California and why


For the past two months I have been utterly demoralizing my local playgroup with the following stack of cards, and up until the banning of Mourning the Lost it was my go to deck for the Scotts Valley PTC:

Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Deck Don’t Matter #2

My next two segments of Deck Don’t Matter are focusing on the newly designed/reformatted extended format.  The removal of power errata in that format has cause quite a change up in the character selection for the format.  A character that wasn’t even on my radar for extended a few months ago is now back in the scene and I think she is ready to swing for the fences.