Dragon Week Day 2: Blue Sky Knights

For day 2, I'm  going to talk a for a bit about monsters from Buddyfight, more specifically, Dragon World.

The Blue Sky Knights (BSK) are an interesting subtype of Dragon World. Unlike regular Armordragons, their power and defense are surprisingly low. On the bright side, they cost very little gauge, so you can spend more gauge on spells, impacts and items. Their critical numbers are not spectacular, either.

However, their main gimmick is somewhat simple, but incredible useful. The BSK use all manner of ways to increase the player's life points. BSK Drum Bunker Dragon gets you one life when he attacks, Bonblade Dragon gives you one life when he enters the field and Crimson Arrow Dragon gives you two life when he enters the field when there are two or more BSK in the drop zone.

The Blue Sky Knights even have an equip card to go with them! It's called Dragonblade, Dragowing! It starts with a critical of two and costs one gauge to equip. It also gains a critical every time you gain life, to a maximum total of three critical.

As you can see, the BSK are not the most powerful subtype of Dragon World, but they play great as a sort of hybrid tank/rush type of deck. The Blue Sky Knights are a deck I would love to build, given the time and the money!

I hope you enjoyed my analysis!

Dragon Week Day 1: Salamence

To kick off Dragon Week, I thought I'd do a little throwback to Pokémon Week and talk about my Salamence-focused Pokémon TCG deck. Just a heads-up before I say any more about it, this deck does not fit in the Limited Format, I'm purely playing this deck for fun within a small group of friends.

                            

Ah, okay, so, in order to get Salamence to the field, we have to evolve him first from Bagon, then Shelgon. This means it needs to be easy to find one of Salamence's lower stage evolutions, which isn't hard because the deck is draw-heavy. I chose three Bagon, two Shelgon and one Salamence (I would have put another Salamence into the deck but I didn't have another one).

Next, let's see what types this deck is running, shall we? The Salamence deck is Fire and Normal-typed, focusing more on the Fire side of the deck. For Fire Pokémon, I like to run some Stage 1s like: Rapidash, Charmeleon and Macargo. For the Normal types, I like  Delcatty, Raticate and, of course, the Stage 2 Salamence.

Now, because of Salamence's unique attack, Dragon Finish, I need to put both Fire and Water type energy cards in my deck. I tend to run a ratio of about 1:1 for energy types. However, even though his attack costs 4 energies, 2 Fire, 2 Water, it is worth the cost. Th player I given a choice, they can discard 2 Fire energies to deal 100 damage to the defending Pokémon OR they can discard 2 Water energies to deal 100 damage to a Pokémon on your opponent's bench! This makes Salamence twice as useful, even though he has to have a steady stream of energies coming to him.

Now, as you might be able to tell, the Stage 1s are there only as backup and protection for Salamence. This is what makes the deck so risky and exciting! It's a constant race with my opponent rose if I can get Salamence out first or if they can defeat me before I get him powered up!

I hope you enjoyed the first day of Dragon Week! Check back tomorrow for Day 2!

The Week of Dragons Begins!

Hello, this week, we have another weeklong event on Creative Wargaming! Much like, Pokémon Week, there will be one post per day, each focusing on a different card, combo or miniature. 

Unlike Pokémon Week, however, the topic is a bit more broad. All dragons will be welcome in Dragon Week! 

Well, what are you waiting for? Let's start Dragron Week!

Perfect Pack 01: Golden Buddy Pack!

Today marks the release of Future Card Buddyfight's first Perfect Pack: Golden Buddy Pack! I'm super excited about this, even though I've only been a member of the Buddyfight community for a short time. How fortunate is it, then, that yugiohmint.com carries the new Pack! (Make sure you check them out and pick up a few packs or even a box!) Anyway, the cool thing about GBP is that every card in the set  is a RR card or higher and it has a ton of Buddyrare monsters! I'm stoked about this being released and for the new episode of Buddyfight on YouTube, tonight! As Buddyfight's main Magic World user, Tetsuya, would say, "Peace out, yo!"

Quick Sale!

Hurry and check out Yugioh Mint! Click the banner and order from them before it's too late! Seriously though, yugiohmint.com is having a sale for Creative Wargaming readers that use the coupon code war at checkout! You get 10% off your order and $5 off shipping! However, this deal will only last for a few days (until Valentine's day) so be quick about it!

New Sponsor

All right, if you haven't seen the new banner up at the top of this page, I have a new sponsor. The store is called Yugioh Mint and they really do have an impressive collection of cards. Check out their website at yugiohmint.com or click on the banner to be taken there directly! They focus on Yugioh and Cardfight: Vanguard cards, but they also carry a bit of the Pokemon TCG, Magic: the Gathering, Future Card Buddyfight and Weiss Schwarz, which makes me very happy because I play most of those games. Besides those, they carry some great gaming supplies, like card sleeves, dice and playmats.

I will be ordering from them soon and so should you!

XY Primal Clash!

Hey, everyone, since I've been playing an awful lot of the Pokemon TCG lately, I'm super excited for the release of Pokemon: XY Primal Clash! This set features the mighty Groudon and Kyogre and also the Primal Reversions of these awesome legendaries! They released today, so go check them out!

Almost Stolen

( I wrote this post a week and a half ago, but I'm going to keep it in the perspective of the day after it happened) Well, I had a bit of a scare yesterday morning. At around midnight, my family's van got "rummaged through" by what we think were a small group of teenagers. The bulk of what was taken was my Magic and Cardfight Vanguard decks. (They were in there because the main people I play with live a considerable distance away and that way I don't have to load them up every time.

Anyway, the scumbag theives took off with my cards, only to realize that nothing in there has any resale value. So, they ended up tossing the bag into my neighbor's driveway only half a block down the street. I ended up getting all of my cards back, undamaged, and even got to play a game of Cardfight Vanguard this afternoon, mostly thanks to my neighbor. I guess everything turned out all right! So, there's an interesting wargame story that just happened to me!

My Phone is Back!

I got my phone earlier this week, which is great, because I can write posts on the go, again! Unfortunately, I've been sick all week and have been able to make very little progress on anything wargaming-related. I'll post again when some wargaming-related fun happens!

Phone Down...

Hey, sorry for not posting recently! On the bright side, my sports season is over, on the not-so-bright side, my phone is in for water damage so I won't be able to post any pictures of my most recent tabletop wargame with my friends. We made it about 1/3 of the way through a Flipit: Paper Combat game with modified rules, but, until we had to quit, it was an amazingly fierce game!

In other, but gaming-related news, the friends who I taught to play Magic a month or so ago, have become incredibly good at it. We've managed to get one or two 2-vs-2 team games in, which have been awesome! The Pokemon TCG has also been a big part of my gaming life, lately.

Finally, I've been working hard on my 3D design skills and I'd like to start designing some miniatures on Shapeways. I'll probably post another blog update once I get my phone back. Goodbye for now!