The First Brood FFTCG Blog

Hi all! Some of you may know me personally, but many of you also know me as “the GF” from Peter’s previous posts.  I’m a little private when it comes to things online, so I’ll henceforth go by my FFXIV character name, Athena.  Little background on me: FFTCG is my first card game, and going to any of these competitive events as a first timer is very intimidating.  However, the exposure to the environment is great (although my nerves and anxiety still do shake me up), I still have fun playing, and meeting people who also play the game and making new friends is the best part about the game for me. Since we are just getting back from a major tournament (following a long month of back to back to back weekends of FFTCG LQs or circuit tourneys), I figured I could write a bit on my own experiences at these events as well.  Since Peter started this blog, I’ve been meaning to write something and help contribute some content.  This is going to be a long one since it ...

So I’ll try to make this a semi-regular fluff piece. Top 3 could be cards that I think are the best, interesting, undervalued, or just my favorites. Bottom 3 could be underperformers, cards I hate, or just dumb cards. Top 3 1. Nidhogg It’s no secret that this is my favorite card. It has all the elements that I love: big dragon, cool art, great effect, and it’s Dark, and he costs nine. Nine happens to be my favorite number and it always feels like you sacrifice everything to play him. I am over the moon that this card is a huge player in the meta. (Bad for my collection purposes, good for playability though!) Pretty much every game where I have resolved him, I won. (So maybe I should keep playing decks with him!) I saw the box art for Opus VIII this morning and it had another cool-looking dragon so I’m super excited and hope they keep printing more dragon forwards for me to play with! 2. Celes Celes is one of my favorite characters from the Final Fantasy universe. ...

Hey guys, I haven’t updated in a while because this month has been super busy for me in terms of FFTCG. I basically had training/practice, locals, and then either LQs or Circuit events from Thursdays-Saturdays all month. I was going to write reports for each event, but I was dealing with a mix of mental health issues, burnout from the game, and some laziness. For those interested, I ended up Top 4 in a Circuit event with Mono Water Vikings. Then I basically ended up 9 th -ish(?) for the two LQs and the other circuit event. I went with Mono Water again for the first LQ, switched over to Turbo Discard for the next LQ, and then played Scions for the Circuit. I essentially either choked in the final rounds or got blown out by a Titan EX in the events. There were also some issues with my decks bricking. On to Seattle! The GF and I locked into Scions and practiced it for about 3 weeks. Personally, I was very happy with how the deck performs and the power level of it. We flew in on ...