Niguel (Best of Nasus)

Riftbound Noob
RQ LA Best Of Nasus
Ex Lorcana Pro
DLC Vegas Main Event 3rd
DLC Seattle Sunday Comp Constructed 3rd
Red Saber Games $3k 1st

[Niguel (Best of Nasus) @ShuffleUpCrispy]

I took home Best Of Nasus at #RQLA! So proud of this achievement, I played 6 Skirmishes leading up to the event and made it to 4 finals iterating the final build. Thank you to my local testing group who let me test my horrifically bad day 1 builds. Ask me anything!

[Niguel (Best of Nasus) @ShuffleUpCrispy]

@avpan @fervidexx These are foils as well 😅

[Niguel (Best of Nasus) @ShuffleUpCrispy]

way too cheap 👀

[Niguel (Best of Nasus) @ShuffleUpCrispy]

@sylarel These are foils

[Niguel (Best of Nasus) @ShuffleUpCrispy]

@SadkielGaming @LotharHS It’s not power equivalent to recycling a rune. It’s a power restricted to “initially” playing a unit or gear whereas these units were worded as an ability of a unit.

[Snapquester Mage ✨ @cfusionpm]

Excited to share this awesome interview with @ShuffleUpCrispy as he blindly evaluates @Cyberpunk_TCG cards for the first time! A very fun episode!!

[Niguel (Best of Nasus) @ShuffleUpCrispy]

Tickets secured, who am I seeing there?

[Niguel (Best of Nasus) @ShuffleUpCrispy]

@caro_irl @ZoGumby This has been happening for a while. I will not name drop them out of respect, but many pro MTG and YGO players moved to OP, Lorcana, and RB purely because the EV/competitive circuit of MTG (and especially YGO) has fallen off. No judgment on them, this economy sucks.

[Niguel (Best of Nasus) @ShuffleUpCrispy]

This prizing update announcement is Riot Games saying we want RC+ level competition to be the cream of the crop Legends duking it out. And that's OK, it's just different (for better or worse).

[Niguel (Best of Nasus) @ShuffleUpCrispy]

I would categorize them as:
* Truly bad, will likely not Day 2 an RQ and average a 5-3 record (Rumble, Garen, etc)
* Mid, can/will Day 2, average record of 9-4 or 10-3 (Nasus, Ambessa, etc.)
* Cream of the crop, can/will top cut, average record of 11-1-1 (Irelia, Kennen, etc.)

[Niguel (Best of Nasus) @ShuffleUpCrispy]

Also lets not delude ourselves. Let's put aside the anecdotes of this insane Fiora player who wins your local Skirmishes. Just purely statistically, some decks are better than others in a way you cannot skill diff due to differences in card quality.

[Niguel (Best of Nasus) @ShuffleUpCrispy]

For people who don't play Riftbound, we're not all EV chasers. You have a Legend and Chosen Champion within the confines of a domain pair which dramatically changes gameplay. It's not comparable to MTG 1-5 colors. Here you start with a Legend first, not the land base.

[Niguel (Best of Nasus) @ShuffleUpCrispy]

Isn't it just as compelling of a narrative to say I am taking a lower tier deck and pushing the limits of what it can do? I think that's why I am so appalled at people from other TCGs criticizing players like @GYATarina who put in the time and effort.

[Niguel (Best of Nasus) @ShuffleUpCrispy]

The RC Best Of Discussion discourse is interesting. For context, I was less so chasing the EV and moreso chasing the title and memories of being a teenage top laner.

To me, this was the perfect intersection of a fun journey and pushing my competitive limits.

[Niguel (Best of Nasus) @ShuffleUpCrispy]

@TelfenTCG @TeeCGGaming Power costs (self Land Destruction to play a more powerful card) offer comparable levels of depth. And who’s not to say Riftbound gets Runes with card text on them later? It is only a year old.

[Luis Scott-Vargas @lsv]

The way Riftbound utilizes power costs has changed my ranking - it really makes the resource system work well. I have their system as #2 now, with lands still ahead ⛰️

[Niguel (Best of Nasus) @ShuffleUpCrispy]

Would love to hear everyone's thoughts. I was planning on publishing a Metafy, but I have been busy preparing for my PhD thesis defense this Fall Quarter and don't feel comfortable doing so until I find "the" Nasus build.

[Niguel (Best of Nasus) @ShuffleUpCrispy]

Hey folks, my mind is currently stuck on this web on how to build #Nasus in #Radiance. Does anyone else think of their pet decks in the same chaotic way? This is what I love about #Riftbound, building and piloting Nasus for a Best Of meant I got to experiment with weird cards.

[Niguel (Best of Nasus) @ShuffleUpCrispy]

Discussion on Breach: I may be giving too much away, but Breach now becomes an incredible card with Empyrean. Previously the only payoffs were Rockfall Path and holding with Watcher. This may mean Heron makes the cut again!