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Unsung Villain: My Favorite Underrated Set 1 Deck
Today’s article is a little fluffier than usual- after yesterday’s articles, our major overhaul of our Tier List and a deep dive into the first two months of stats, I want to talk a little bit about what can get a little lost in the sauce sometimes. Namely, the deck I’ve been playing that’s the… Read more
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Relaunching the Garbage Rollers Tier List
Welcome to the Meta Snapshot! Today, we here at the Garbage Rollers are re-launching our tier list to better reflect the state of the meta and provide more clarity about what is competitively viable. There are several reasons we’re doing this: To this end, we’re switching from a traditional tier list to what we’re calling… Read more
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Tournament Data Meta Analysis
What two months of SWU data can teach us about the meta… Since release, we at the Garbage Rollers have been accumulating tournament data for our Meta Monday reports. Today, it’s time to bring it together and see what we can learn about the meta roughly two months into the Spark of Rebellion season. About… Read more
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Meta Monday (May 20th, 2024)
Let’s check out this week’s tournament reports! If you have decklists, results, or other information, please reach out to me at @DJStormtrooper on Discord. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 32-person Chicago Store Champ Pastimes in Niles, IL had 31 players competing for a chance at a Store Championship. Top 4 was all Boba: Double Yellow took 1st, 2nd and… Read more
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Community Spotlight – Outmaneuver (May 17th, 2024)
We’re finally back with another community spotlight. Our friends from Outmaneuver finally got a chance to sit down and talk through who they are! Outmaneuver Tell us about yourselves! What are your hobbies outside of card games? Jrod: I coach and play basketball most nights in which I am not at a store slinging cards.… Read more
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72 player 1k Winner Tournament Report
Good morning! In case you weren’t around and missed our Meta Monday recap, we played in a $1K this past weekend in Burleson, TX (DFW) where I was able to take the win with Boba Command! The following is a discussion of the list, why I chose it, and a recap of each round as… Read more
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Experimental Card Reveals
Thanks to our friends at Fantasy Flight Games for sending us some spoilers for Shadows of the Galaxy to share with the community! For those who enjoy video reveals, feel free to click on the video below and get our blind first reactions to the 2 cards! For those who prefer the written format, just… Read more
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Meta Monday (May 12th, 2024)
Welcome to our weekly update of the Gauntlet (Meta Tier List)! Tier list changes No changes to our tier list this week. Although… we have some changes coming later this week that we’re very excited about! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On to our tournament reports! If you have decklists, results, or other information, please reach out to me… Read more
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Shadows of the Galaxy – Spoiler Review
Welcome back to some more spoiler review & first impressions! It’s been a few weeks and given the speedy nature of this spoiler season, we’re about 45 cards behind! We’re going to tackle about 20 of them, and come back next week to catch up hopefully fairly quickly. Justin – Well, it looks like the… Read more
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A Surprise, To Be Sure: The Three Biggest Unexpected Hits Of SWU’s First Set
Players can often be overly dismissive. This is no surprise to those that have played card games for a while, but in SWU it’s particularly interesting to observe. Even in this first set, the overall balance of the game is in a really good spot, and a far wider selection of the cardpool than many… Read more
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