The First Brood FFTCG Blog

Hey again everyone!  Been a while for me as well, but figured I'd write something now, what with the recent release of Opus 7 and the ever approaching start of our new local circuit this weekend.  I wanted to do something like an Opus 7 top 3/bottom 3 post, but it's actually pretty hard for me to do since I kind of have the same mentality as our teammate John, where I think every card has the potential to be good or playable (and some cards have the potential to be REALLY good).  But, I'll try my best to choose my Opus 7 top 3 (favorite, or cards I think are good or am looking forward to playing most) and bottom 3 (cards I'm not a fan of or that I don't think are that great), in no particular order. Top 3 1. Serah (7-035)  I'm sure this blip sounds similar to what Kageyama-san posted a while back for the spoilers, but it seems I'm a little partial to ice cards.  I think her effect is pretty...ahem... cool , though.  :^) Her enter-the-field effect al...

How It Started During the Opus 6 season, I was desperately trying to qualify for Nationals. This led me to bounce around from virtually every meta deck: Mono Water, Earth, Earth/Wind, Scions, Turbo Discard, and Ice/Water Vikings. Sadly, I was a win away from top cuts at the LCQ, but still ended my season on a high note. I came home with a bit of apathy with the game and found it very hard to be incentivized to go to locals on Fridays. It eventually came down to only going if I knew either of my teammates would go. I would ask John every Thursday night or Friday, “You going?” We would usually give each other the same answer, “Yeah, but I don’t have a deck ready.” “Me neither.” I was pretty burnt out on playing the meta decks and I expressed that to John. He, being a good friend and sensing what I needed, proposed an idea: “How about I build you a deck and you build me one, and we’ll roll with that?” I was very intrigued by the idea. I accepted it as a deckbuilding challenge....

Hey guys, it’s been a while since I’ve updated. Opus VII has come and it’s been very exciting trying out new builds. The first big piece of news I would like to share is to officially announce the birth of our team: Team “The First Brood.” Athena, John, and I are very excited to be together through our FFTCG journey. The goal of our team isn’t necessarily to be the greatest or most competitive. Nobody will ever be kicked because of performance, and our goal will never be Nats/Worlds-or-bust or “you must win this tournament.” Our main goal is to just have fun. Our secondary goal is to be good to others in the community and work on community building. For the most part, things haven’t changed much for us. We’ll always be a group of friends who came together mostly because our personalities clicked and we love to play and hang out with each other. So why have a team? Well, mainly because it’s fun! It’s great to always have someone in your corner, someone to bounce deck ideas off of ...