Wednesday, February 7, 2024

Left field DBS Format: Double Trouble!

The Freddy Crew hosting of the Double Trouble event format!
WHEN: It will take place on Saturday, February 24th, 2024 with an aim to be settled in by noon!
WHERE: Battlegrounds Game Store - 605 Prospect Street Unit 407
ENTRY: Entry will be $20 per person.
LOOT: There will be prizes and promo kits available, as well as those sweet sweet bragging rights!

That said:

BEHOLD!

THE DBS DOUBLE TROUBLE FORMAT!


DECK CONSTRUCTION:

-Each participant selects any TWO leaders that DO NOT share any core character name on any side. (This means Son Goku cant pair up with Son Goku:GT even if that Son Goku: GT only appears on an awakened side along with Trunks and Pan.) IF a player selects a Multicolor Leader, the partner leader MUST cover one of those 2 colors as the multicolor will represent the other color for deckbuilding.

-Minimum Deck size is 60. Maximum deck size is 70.

-For each leader, your deck MUST contain at least 30 cards specified to that leader's color. This means if you select Pilaf and Raditz, you will need 30 red cards and 30 green cards. If you elect to go beyond 60 cards, the excess cards must still match one of your leaders.

-Any multicolor cards must match both printed leader colors. *Ex: if you have Pilaf (Red) and Raditz (Green) the only multicolor cards allowed to you are red/green.

-Multicolor cards may be counted towards one leader, but not both.

-No cards with a color not matching a leader are permitted. No black overrealms without a black leader, sorry! No off-color Z-Deck cards either!

-For this format, Decking out is NOT a win condition since, double the leaders, double the draw. Additionally, alternate win conditions such as Victory Strike or Beerus Reboot's pay 16, while legal for play, simply, will not resolve.

-All leader restrictions must be followed for your deck. for example: If you elect to use Prison Frieza, and King Vegeta starter, your deck may only include saiyans and cannot include battle cards with a cost less than 4. So choose Wisely!


    *LEGAL CARDPOOL*
-For the moment, we will honor the current banlist and erratas.

-ALL Limited cards are banned. (Including cards with the "Ultimate" Keyword) Only cards you may play a COMPLETE set of 4 are legal.
In addition to this the following cards are banned:

-Yellow U7 Goku is banned
-Yellow Life Frieza is banned
-Blue Absolute God Zamasu is banned
-Yellow Counter Counter cooler is banned

GAME SET-UP
    ZONES
-While there are TWO leader zones, there will NOT be a duplicate of any other zone. This means if you select two leaders that would normally instruct you to start with a field card in play, you may only select one. So plan accordingly. Additionaly there is only one Unison zone, and only one z-deck (although you may gear it to benefit from both leaders)

    LIFE
-Players will begin with 12 life, sorted into two piles of 6. Each Pile represents a leader. This is to accommodate traditional awakenings. When a life pile is reduced to its awakening prerequisite, the relevant leader for that pile may awaken. (This means leaders such as Chilled and Babidi will be able to awaken without taking any damage at all! while leaders such as Starter Baby will still need to get its specific life pile to 2 before awakening!)

-If any effect instructs a leader to begin the game with a diminished life total leader would start with a lower life total below 6, adjust your starting life for that leader.

GAMEPLAY

   DRAWING CARDS
-At the start of each turn players may elect to either draw until they have three cards in their hand, OR they may draw 1 card normally.

    TAKING DAMAGE
-Regardless of circumstance, a player may remove life from any life column they wish while resolving damage or effects.

-If any leaders life pile is ever completely expended, that leader is removed from the game. (This makes all players final 2 life the most important to protect!)

    MILLING OUT
-While you no longer lose from deck-out, if an effect would instruct you to draw or send card(s) from your deck to another zone, shuffle your Discard pile into your deck and continue. If you have no cards in your discard pile, carry on play until a winner is determined.



Friday, December 15, 2023

Remix Year-End THROWDOWN Decklists!

As we currently move into our top cut, here is a quick and easy place to get those sweet, sweet decklists! Congratulations to our top finishers!




The lists!

Andre Castillo - Maximum Syndicate

Cesar Rodil - 10,000 years of Gotham

James Cormier - Ultron

Aaron Mead - Guardians of Revenge

Norman Halimsetiawan - Location Frenzy

Wesley Nichol - Negate my Power-up or DIE

Alexander Hancock - Trinity

Darius Thatcher - GOGO Wombo Combo!


OH IT IS ON!


1 - Andre Castillo - Maximum Syndicate Rush

 CHARACTERS
4x Lizard, Predator With Capital P.H.D.
3x Vulture, Adrian Toomes, Sinister Six
2x Green Goblin, Insanity Unleashed
1x Finster, Subjugated Loyalty

3x Sandman, William Baker, Sinister Six
4x Electro, Shocking, Sinister Six
1x Chameleon, Impressionist

4x Mysterio, Quentin Beck,,Sinister Six
3x Scorpion, Sting Unleashed
1x Venom, New York's Anti-Hero

1x Dr. Octopus, Otto Octavius, Sinister Six
1x Kraven, The Hunter, Sinister Six

4x Carnage, Cletus Cassidy

PLOT TWISTS
3x Smoke And Mirrors
4x The Original Six
4x Easy Pickings
3x Flying Kick
3x Savage Beatdown
2x Relentless Assault

LOCATIONS
2x Octavius' Base
2x Stryker's Island
2x Earth Prime, Paradise Lost and Found
2x Birthing Chamber
1x Ravencroft Institute

 

Like to go fast? Remix Style? Then this list is for you! after all! the only thing better than ramming your fist down an opponent's throat, is also ramming another one, their own fist. that random lady's fist, your mom's fist. It's a fist fire sale and EVERYTHING must go!

2 - Cesar Rodil - 10,000 years of Gotham

 CHARACTERS
3x Alfred Pennyworth, Faithful Friend
2x Finster, Subjugated Loyalty
8x GCPD Officer, army

1x Commissioner Gordon, James Gordon
2x Goldar, Rita's Champion
7x Weaveworm, Army, Monster

4x Barbara Gordon - Batgirl, Babs
2x Rita Repulsa, Monster Mayhem

1x Lord Zedd, Insatiable Revenge

1x Batman, The Dark Knight
1x Rita repulsa - Mistress Vile, Power Awakened

PLOT TWISTS
4x Bat-Signal
3x Details Matter
4x Evil Beginnings
4x Goals Aligned, Team-Up
3x The Hook-Up, Team-Up
4x Unending Conquest

LOCATIONS
3x Dimensional Gate
2x GCPD Headquarters
2x Wasteland Battleground

EQUIPMENT
1x Utility Belt

 

Finster + weavewom + rita = a shocking power curve growing right before your eyes. Watch out for the deatails though. THEY MATTER. So don't come crying to me when your clutch search play gets negated and you get wormed to death on turn 6. Follow the sounds of "MAKE MY MONSTER GROWWW!" and you'll find Cesar.

 

3 - James Cormier - Ultron

 CHARACTERS
20x Ultron, Army - Droid

1x Loki, Prince of Lies

20x Ultron, Army, No Strings

2x Ultron, Ultron Unlimited

PLOT TWISTS

2x Hero's Fall
3x Mystic Summons
4x Earth-61112, non-unique
3x Age of Ultron
3x Reconstruction Protocol
2x Nasty Surprise

 

KO control under the unstringed puppet himself. Go wide asap and start riding the KO control to your dream of that empty opposing board for fun and profit. afterwards? Maybe get some ice cream.

4 - Aaron Mead - Guardians of Revenge

 CHARACTERS
4x Silver Banshee, Skreee

4x Iron Man, Model 45
2x Atomic Skull, Joe Martin

4x Rocket Raccoon, Big Guns
3x Ruin, Power Armor

4x Maxima, Empress of Almerac
2x Star Lord, Peter Quill

4x Doomsday, Unshackled

1x Rocket Raccoon, Friends in Low Places
1x Eradicator, Earth Assault

1x General Zod, Dru-Zod
1x Groot, We are Groot

PLOT TWISTS
4x Combined Arms
4x United in Hate, Team-up
1x Guardians, team-up
4x Battle for Metropolis
3x Death of Superman
3x Kneel Before Zod
3x Primal Power
1x Strangulate

EQUIPMENT

3x Xarthian Quantum Cannon
2x Power Armor
1x The Milano


This deck SLAPS.
KO control key 1 drops, swing upcurve with Maxima. Or slam Doomsday into a problem until it goes the hell away. Rocket likes to stun, and free Mxy likes to exhaust for some sweet, sweet death of superman action.
Delicious.

5 - Norman Halimsetiawan - Location Frenzy

 Characters
4x Krang, Otherworldly Ally

3x Bizarro, me am Bizarro

1x Rocket Raccoon, Big Guns
3x Shredder, Master Tactician

3x Jason Todd - Red Hood, Lethal Apprentice
1x Bronze Tiger, Benjamin Tucker
1x Karai, Turf War

1x Rahzar, Mama's Mostest Favorite
1x Red Shift, Rift Walker
1x Tohka, Mama's Most Favoritest

1x Old Hob, Foot Faithful
1x Krang, Brains of the Operation
1x Rocket Raccoon, Friends in Low Places

1x Groot, We are Groot
1x Shredder - Green Ranger, Manifest Destiny

Locations
2x Dimension X
1x Island M
4x Hellish Underworld, Non-Unique
4x Time Tunnels, Team-Up, Non-Unique
2x Throne of the Foot, Seat of Power
1x Slaughter Swamp
1x Earth Prime, Paradise Lost and Found
1x Satellite HQ
1x Stryker's Island
1x The Technodrome

Plot Twists

4x Straight to the Grave
4x Combined Arms
2x Total Anarchy
1x Strangulate
3x Meltdown

Equipment
2x Xarthian Quantum Cannon
2x B.P.R.D. Signal Device


The sky is blue. The grass is green. and Norman is GOING to build a combo deck.
Need a corner case answer for some crazy equip happy decklist loaded full of +1/+1 counters? Red Shift. Want to spread some pumps around? Krang 6. Want to exploit the craziest out of combat stunner in Remix? Rocket into Xarthian. While Bronze Tiger under Shredder can swing for some wild profit.