Sam

assassin by mind, arakni by heart.

Decklist fumbler, puffin enjoyer, and a depressed engineer.

[Sam @ThesisSam]

joined my first ever skirmish and won xd

Azir bdif

[TSS housesarebig 🗡️👓 🔜 RQ Hartford @housesarebig]

By the way, @MarkDizon and I will be doing Best-Of Filipino 🇵🇭 at #RQHartford. The highest ranking Filipino in the Main Event will receive a $100 gift card to Jollibee. Stay tuned, applications will be coming up

[Sam @ThesisSam]

Just met the toughest riftbound player in my area and this bastard managed to stare at me while playing his X-0 ivern deck

[Sam @ThesisSam]

@itsartperson @playriftbound Now we need sprite tokens

[Tony Chau @SaskioLoL]

I met someone in the League of Legend space years ago online

never met in person

Jubes

she flies into Vancouver for the riftbound event

cosplaying yuumi

carrying a spellbook that is MASSIVE

then hosts a korean bbq for 40 people that same night

she walks in

I stick my hand out to introduce myself

she declines the handshake

goes straight for the hug

before i can react

and i realized

this woman doesn't just play yuumi

she IS yuumi

she's the actual champion

she spent the whole night bouncing between tables

ordering soju for tables

flagging the staff for refills before anyone asked

remembering names of people who met 4 minutes ago

translating between two friend groups that didn't know each other yet

every table she touched got 2 levels stronger

we stood up to talk

she's standing 0.4 meters from me

the average comfortable distance between two strangers is 1.2 meters

but it doesn't feel weird

she's just running on a completely different operating system

tilts her head sideways to the left every time you say something interesting

like a cat actually trying to process the sound

when she's recalling a memory her eyes drift up and right for exactly half a second

then snap back to yours

i could tell every story was real because of where her eyes went

she looks up and to the right

at the actual memory like it's on a shelf above your head

she'd pause mid sentence to wave at someone across the room

then pick the sentence back up at the exact word she left off

never lost the thread

never said "wait what was i saying"

this isn't social skill

this is something deeper

this is a woman who has never played a single carry champion in her life

this is someone whose entire nervous system is wired to peel for other people

she didn't pick yuumi

yuumi picked her

Study the Saskio way

[elly bird! @blossomingthing]

#fabtcg

[Sam @ThesisSam]

MUs:

R1 vs Azir - ⭕️❌⭕️
R2 vs Voli (rora) - ⭕️⭕️
R3 vs Teemo - ⭕️❌❌ (guy played existential dread while attacking and my deadass brain said yeah so I lost)
R4 vs Yi - ⭕️⭕️
R5 vs Viktor - ⭕️❌⭕️

T8:
R6 vs K6 - ⭕️❌⭕️
R7 vs Leb - ⭕️⭕️
R8 vs Lillia - ⭕️⭕️

[Sam @ThesisSam]

So I did a thing and won NG Riftmasters, an event that has 76 players 11 hours 8 rounds of BO3 Riftbound games with LeBlanc.

ALSO couldn't have done it without the reps of team V1xDBH!!!

MUs in comments. FUCK IT WE BALL 😎

[Sam @ThesisSam]

Also thank you for staying all throughout the game @tineeloise 🥹 you deserve an all day hai di lao. I love you!

[Sam @ThesisSam]

Also congratulations on the successful day 1 event @KKaimo_ and Neutral Grounds! Wishing everybody luck for tomorrow!

[Sam @ThesisSam]

why does it have to be you 🫪

[Dave Guskin @davetron]

Hey Riftbounders! We've seen and heard your frustrations re: too many Legends in packs (and to a lesser extent, Battlefields). Hang in there - we've got some changes coming in a future set, and we'll share that plan with you within the next few months. Thanks for your patience!

[Sam @ThesisSam]

@SquirrelForge1 Where can I buy one?

[Sam @ThesisSam]

@BananaCocoPH riftboun deez nuts

[Sam @ThesisSam]

you can't convince me that leblanc isnt fun

[Sam @ThesisSam]

@BananaCocoPH I'd remove him if I have to. I'm just being nice this way

[Sam @ThesisSam]

Unleashed tier list

After careful discussion with some Team MSB players and some playtesting. We have concluded that this is the current spot in UNL meta.

Don't hesitate to give your opinion about the list if you think some of these are off.

[Sam @ThesisSam]

Still, play any legend you want. Tier lists shouldn't matter if you're having fun anyway :)

[Sam @ThesisSam]

@powyzs holy. that's a sick looking mat!

[Sam @ThesisSam]

@riftdecks @LaNsLyDe @BananaCocoPH @popcomstore would love to help you publish the list! I've sent you a DM!

[Sam @ThesisSam]

managed to win riftbound 15k tournament with reksai (unleashed legal) yipee

deck is fun af and will definitely play again xd

MU:

r1 Leona 2-0
r2 Irelia 1-2
r3 Ez 2-0
r4 Lee 2-0
r5 Rumble 2-0
r6 Jax 2-0
r7 Irelia 2-0

ty for advanced celebratory drink @BananaCocoPH u da goat

[Sam @ThesisSam]

@riftdecks @BananaCocoPH Thank you! It was @LaNsLyDe who organized the event :D