Game of Thrones

2 Champs and a Chump- Episode 65

Episode 65- Cast: Will, Nick and Taylor Topics: Valar Morghulis Chapter Pack review and a Meta Minute update from Nick as well as a first time insight from Taylor. Music: Josh Woodward, Celestial Aeon Project, and Manuel Gertrudix

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Forging the Chain - Being Competitive in Your Meta

Welcome back to another installment of Forging the Chain. This week I'm going to discuss a topic which is critical for newer players, fielding competitive decks for your meta. Depending on the group of players you play with, this can be accomplished in different ways. If you are playing with a few friends and you each have a core set and one house box, go ahead and build the best deck you can from that limited pool. I've taken this approach with a number of games and it has been quite fun. However, after a while the limited aspect of the game became rather boring and we moved on to other games. If you are playing with a group whose goal is to play the best decks you can and improve your skills, you are going to need access to all of the cards, and that's what the remainder of this column will focus on.

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Beheading Ned - The Brotherhood Without Banners

This week I am going to stray from my usual deck building and look at a particular chapter pack cycle; the Brotherhood Without Banners. This cycle resonates with me, as it was the first cycle to hit the shelves when I began playing, and is a great place to start for new players offering a tribal deck for each house built around a particular trait that you can use to accompany the Core Set. It also has a ton of thematic material to work with. I will be looking at the Baratheon, Stark, Lannister, and Neutral house-specific traits developed over the cycle and what I consider the best, or funnest, cards within them.

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First Tilt - Player Personality: Shagga

In this third, and final, installment of the Player Personality series, I'll be discussing the Shagga player personality. In the two previous installments, we talked about the Nedly player as a person who plays for flavor, and the Jaime player as a person who plays to control the board for the decisive win. The Shagga player is all about the "shinier" aspects of the game.

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Forgotten Plans - The Brotherhood Without Banners

The Brotherhood without Banners is a fun mechanic, and lays host to some powerful effects, but it has heavy weaknesses that keep it from becoming a truly competitive decktype.

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