This is going to be short and to the point. Let's talk about warming up before an event. Importance When I started woodworking, I read a post about cutting dovetails, and the author wrote about warming up. It's important in pretty much anything you need to do well on the first try. It's not only … Continue reading Warm Up Games

This past weekend I participated at the Dutch Grand Championship in Utrecht, 3 deck survival. This writeup will focus on the gameplay. From a personal perspective, I have a lot of mixed feelings about this event. There are also things that happened to other people that greatly affected my enjoyment of the event, and I … Continue reading Dutch Grand Championship

I haven't written much lately, mostly due to me going to the Grand Championship in Utrecht this weekend. Some stress has been getting to me as I am preparing for it. However, as I have been preparing for it, I found an additional method of collection curation which I'd like to share with you. This … Continue reading An addendum to collection curation

After six months of Age of Ascension still largely dominated by Call of the Archon decks, I want to ask a question that should have been asked long ago: Is Æmber Control essential to winning? What is Æmber control? Let's start by defining the concept we wish to investigate. Everyone knows KeyForge is a race, … Continue reading Is Æmber control necessary?

Back in April 2019 I decided to go to my first Vault Tour at UKGE. Making that decision I knew I wanted to improve my gameplay, and the very first thing I looked for is someone to help me understand holding or discarding cards in KeyForge. The article I found by Jake Frydman's (Co-host of … Continue reading Investigating Holding Cards

A recent game I played sparked a conversation between my SO and myself regarding holding back one Miasma while playing the other. While this scenario is fairly specific, the ideas portrayed here should be applicable to other situations. Gedanken Player A goes to check, player B is holding 2 Miasmas in hand and no other … Continue reading Staggering Miasmas

This is the third article in a series, if you have not read the first article, I strongly suggest you do so. The second article is First three decks, which isn't necessary to follow what is going on. In case you haven't and decide not to, the general premise is that I found 20 decks … Continue reading Deck Selection: Decks four through six

Here is day two. I did not transcribe the Challenger round to get into top 32, as the stream with commentary by Archon's Corner was late, and I don't enjoy watching streams without commentary. Furthermore listening to Erich and Grant's commentary greatly helps with any analysis I may do. So thanks to them for providing commentary. … Continue reading Madrid Vault Tour day 2: Stream Report

I thought it would be cool to have a text overview of the games played on stream for those that prefer the written word, or don't have time to watch the full stream. This is not a full play by play, and this being the first time I do anything like this, I'd love feedback. … Continue reading Madrid Vault Tour day 1: Stream Report

This is the second article in a series, if you have not read the previous article, I strongly suggest you do so. In case you haven't and decide not to, the general premise is that I found 20 decks in a ~150 deck collection I feel are worthy of testing for competitive play, I ranked … Continue reading Deck Selection: First three decks