Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts from March, 2023

Deck Profile: Manipulative Hero Android 18

When you build a deck, what's the first thing you think of? A big appeal  of a franchise game like DBZ is the concept of playing as a character from such an iconic series. Many players approach deckbuilding by starting with their favorite character, and trying to build a strategy around them. Pic unrelated.     But how do you come up with a new  deck idea? The most common advice is to begin with an MP and Mastery, as it informs the other 60 cards, but choosing one of the many possible combinations can be daunting. Do you pick a strategy first, like stage beats, and then a combination to suit it? Or do you ask further questions before even beginning, like "What is the meta?" and "What counters that?" For me, I found inspiration from doing the unthinkable: I read a card.      Black Confident Shot is an oft-forgotten attack that I loved dearly upon its release. It doubled the modifiers gained from Black Devious Mastery and was one of the few c...