Elaina | Fraux main | That card game addict

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[Elaina | Fraux main | That card game addict @EMTElaina]

I’m Elaina, a card gamer
Old enough to be called an old hag
Currently competing in Shadowverse: Worlds Beyond
Me irl looks just like my park avatar
I like beautiful women on my cards
I just topped 8 a tourney with ~670 players a month ago
Founded and owns a team
Nice to meet you

[Elaina | Fraux main | That card game addict @EMTElaina]

The last few paragraphs were messy as I just couldn't hold back my tears anymore

[Elaina | Fraux main | That card game addict @EMTElaina]

My thoughts as someone who has followed and enjoyed the journey of "The card evaluating trio" (Rarran, CGB, Cimo) since the very start.
(Small note: I only write 1 "o" in his name for this post, I know there are 8)
I am by no means a diehard Cimo watcher or anything and I don't want to pretend I am, in fact I don't even consume that much YGO contents on YouTube, but I've watched every single episodes of the trio so many times that I can't count.
I can't really explain why I keep listening/watching their card evaluating videos, maybe because of my general interest in multiple card games, maybe because they are funny, maybe because of the interesting (card gaming) history lessons that I learn, or maybe all of the above. They just "click".
Out of the 3 games (YGO, MtG, HS), I have the most experience with YGO, so naturally I'm a lot more judging when I watch his videos. I've voiced my concerns with how wrong he is in some videos, and at some points, I consider Cimo the weakest link in the trio. But then I realized, it has to be these 3 people, and there's no suitable replacement for any of them.
Cimo and his weirdly placed competitive spirits in these videos really made them much more interesting, and have much more "stakes" even though there's no real winning here. He did such a good job as an entertainer: keep the audience entertained. Is it the experience from doing YouTube for so long? I went back to watch some episodes Rarran did with other YGO creators before Cimo, and they just aren't the same.
That's how the voices of these 3 people have always been a part of my life for the last 2 years. I bought Premium so I can listen to them uninterrupted. I subscribed to a mobile data plan with unlimited YouTube data (yes we have something like that here) so I can always listen to them on the go. My YouTube main screen always have a video of them as a suggestion. I just tune into a random episode and listen when I commute to work. When I go on vacation, I download a few of them to listen to when I'm on the plane. And most of the times I listen to them before I sleep.
Now back to the present. I've noticed the absence of their videos recently, and I knew this day would eventually come. To be clear, I wish the best for Cimo and I WANT HIM TO WIN HIS BATTLE, but I also know it's not as easy as saying. The worst thing could happen at any time, and that time just happened to be... today.
At the time, I didn't know it. But his last collab video is him, CGB, Rarran and Voxy playing a commander game, and having a blast. I'm sad that he's gone, but a small part of me is happy that he was able to be there, at the table with his card games friends, and just having a great time. And in the spirit of commander format, as long as you all had fun, that's all that matters.
Farewell, Cimoooooooo... We will all miss you, as you are truly irreplaceable.

[Elaina | Fraux main | That card game addict @EMTElaina]

@Histouche I’m testing with the Branded stuffs rn plus experimenting the Centurion line that someone suggested to make the new Three Swordsouls synchro without spending a normal summon so I can either search Selettrice or Ecclesia
The problem is the deck slots, I don’t think I can fit in 40

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I’ve gathered my thoughts on his sudden departure from this world, but before I write them down, I want to make absolutely clear that despite this damn blue mark thing, I’m not getting any money from my tweets, and I never plan to.
I only paid for the ability to write longer tweets.
I don’t want anyone to think I’m profiting off his death or anything like that. I’m just here to write down my thoughts.

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[Elaina | Fraux main | That card game addict @EMTElaina]

@PartisanZoilist @perilicioux Field send 1 from hand to GY place Primera, Primera ss add Wake Up, that's the line for it right?

[Elaina | Fraux main | That card game addict @EMTElaina]

If they actually give us this card in MD in the next update, I'll have to rebuild Vaalmonica again since this would be a good way to search Selettrice

[Elaina | Fraux main | That card game addict @EMTElaina]

@PartisanZoilist @perilicioux Need to exactly use the field spell for it right?

[Elaina | Fraux main | That card game addict @EMTElaina]

UPDATE: WE ACTUALLY HAVE THEM IN MD NOW

[Elaina | Fraux main | That card game addict @EMTElaina]

If they actually give us this card in MD in the next update, I'll have to rebuild Vaalmonica again since this would be a good way to search Selettrice

[Elaina | Fraux main | That card game addict @EMTElaina]

Good news: Extended arts in MD now
Bad news: Another Branded celebration

[Elaina | Fraux main | That card game addict @EMTElaina]

Time to throw this at the Branded player

[Elaina | Fraux main | That card game addict @EMTElaina]

@perilicioux I’m not too sure how would I summon this without spending a normal summon yet but I’ll try some options when it comes to MD

[Elaina | Fraux main | That card game addict @EMTElaina]

@DarckorYt Need to make this without spending a normal summon to get Selettrice and normal summon her though
Magistus needs a normal summon, at least for the available cards in MD

[Elaina | Fraux main | That card game addict @EMTElaina]

@Ozzy30 That’s the problem right? I don’t have the side deck in my format of choice

[Elaina | Fraux main | That card game addict @EMTElaina]

I haven't tried it.
I think my approach for Vaalmonica has always been fixing the consistency instead of pushing its ceiling. A factor is I'm playing MD mainly so I don't want to play into C or Charmies too much, and also have some amount of high impact handtraps for going 2nd.
But yes I will try it out.

[Elaina | Fraux main | That card game addict @EMTElaina]

Based on the usual flow of Vaalmonica development moves, you can’t really make Arion to search Adra before pendulum summoning so you’ll need to hard draw Adra, limited spell/trap zones, both sides take many deck slots, etc.
I mean if you really want to you can try to make it work but they don’t have many synergies

[Elaina | Fraux main | That card game addict @EMTElaina]

I guess I’ll do a guide for ARG☆S next

[Elaina | Fraux main | That card game addict @EMTElaina]

@pig9182 I’ll save this idea

[Elaina | Fraux main | That card game addict @EMTElaina]

@FlunschlikGott I also think there’s no reason to postpone it but since it’s apparently a promo in OCG, it might be postponed (but still unlikely)