Back from Santa Clara, Dan and Taylor discuss the successful weekend after Maindeck Mitch took the event with Water Mill Arisanna! How does the visibility of this deck affect the metagame? Also - hear about Dan's wacky adventures missing Day 2 due to a reporting error and winning a round with a score of 2-0-1!

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0:00 Intro

3:47 The Santa Clara Trip

18:00 How to Support Maindeck

19:08 Maindeck Ascending

32:14 The Clerical Errors - Missing Day 2

43:15 Scrub Out Event & The Mechanical Draw

56:25 Impact on the Meta & Next Steps

1:19:10 Outro

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Level 3s are super exciting and powerful - and sometimes lead new players into a trap, leaving them with a cool champion but no cards to play with! Why do we enjoy Level 3s, and how do you get to Level 3 without hamstringing yourself every game? Let's talk about this crucial core mechanic of the game in this episode of Recollection Step!

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0:00 Intro

2:40 What's Cool About Level 3 Champs?

5:25 "Ludonarrative"

11:35 The Power of Level 3s

28:35 How to Support Maindeck

31:50 The Math of Going to Level 3

40:53 The Dungeon Guide Discussion

51:28 Floating Memory, Card Advantage, and Survival

1:05:30 Outro & Taylor Rambling

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Taylor returned from Ascent Toronto and now we know...nothing? Let's talk about Vanitas, Razorgale Calling, and the state of the meta following Toronto!

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Ascent Toronto Livestream Day 1: https://www.youtube.com/live/Te9LaC43keo?si=0_bXV_5ZVd1p9R6C

Ascent Toronto Livestream Day 2: https://www.youtube.com/live/q4bhTUBpDpI?si=IvH4cpelebxE0Jdw

Ascent Toronto Livestream Top 8 + Finals: https://www.youtube.com/live/-nfzZa3aUGM?si=suukBrUz9SMkB84g

Fractal of In.site for Ascent Toronto: https://fractalofin.site/AMB/13122.html

0:00 Intro

2:30 How to Support Maindeck

3:40 Taylor's Ascent Experience & The Razorgale Deck

19:40 The Errata & Banlist Update

27:30 Abyssal Heaven News

30:07 How did Kongming and Jin do?

37:55 What we Do/Don't Know about the Meta Now

49:05 Outro

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We are deep in testing Jin and Kongming lists, so let's kick off the AMB season of podcasting by talking about some older strategies and game elements that had a HUGE Glow Up from Mortal Ambition - possibly the best Grand Archive expansion yet!

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0:00 Intro & Genshin's Impact on Taylor

1:29 Mortal Ambition First Thoughts

12:50 AMB Reprints & Foils

22:50 How To Support Maindeck

25:25 Merlin's Glow Up

42:01 Removal's Glow Up

49:33 Allies' Glow Up

1:03:59 Regalia's Glow Up

1:13:55 Final Thoughts - So Many Options!

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Returning from Ascent Singapore, Dan and Taylor reflect on the MRC Metagame with some potentially hot takes and provide the data to back them up! It's up for discussion whether Singapore was an aberration in the data set or indicative of a trend, but taking it at face value, the result is...the best metagame Grand Archive has had?

Let's get down and dirty with numbers as we say goodbye to Azoth and welcome the exciting new Mortal Ambition meta!

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Singapore dataset: https://www.fractalofin.site/MRC/11018.html

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0:00 Intro & Kaya Toast: A Treat for your Mouth

6:50 Dan's Biggest Takeaway from SG

10:10 Caban, "Caban?", and the SG Gauntlet

17:35 Singapore Data - Is Slime Silvie Slipping Away?

35:45 "The Best Deck in the Format"

47:00 The OTHER Best Decks in the Format

52:54 How To Support Maindeck

57:40 The Best Deck for YOU

1:03:19 Mortal Ambition Standouts

1:23:38 The Benefit of Re:Collection Decks

1:27:08 Final Thoughts - MRC Was Actually Pretty Great

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Nearly every major event in Grand Archive shows off some new tech, or even entirely new decks, that enterprising players are performing well with. In today's Rec Step, Dan and Taylor take a look at the newest Arisanna list to actually top cut a regional, and then dive into a handful of cards that are potentially being overlooked and underused from Alchemical Revolution and Mercurial Heart before we move on to the exciting release of Set 5, Mortal Ambition!

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0:00 Intro

5:47 DragonJG's Water Arisanna List

18:03 How to Support Maindeck

20:48 Empowering Prayer

29:46 Retold Fortune

41:37 Temporal Spectrometer

50:30 Neos Cards

56:20 Geldus, Terror of Dorumegia

1:03:50 Bertha, Spry Howitzer

1:10:59 Lena, Dorumegia's Herald

1:15:30 Swooping Talons

1:17:44 Final Thoughts - Brewing & The Meta

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The latest Ban List has hit, and we have a new banning, some category movement, and a new Proxia's Vault card! Dan and Taylor discuss the metagame implications of these changes as we head towards the next ascent - Singapore!

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0:00 Intro, Other Games, and OP Software

11:23 How to Support Maindeck

13:18 Banlist Discussion

28:05 Winners & Losers in the Metagame

1:04:44 Polaris, Twinkling Cauldron #SaveCam

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We are closing out our Element Breakdown series this week with an easy-breezy discussion about Wind! What are wind's strengths and weaknesses? How does it play compared to Fire and Water? Let us re-gale you with the answers!

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0:00 Intro

0:37 The Banish Zone Regional on Sept 21

10:56 AMB Spoiler Chat

22:43 How to Support Maindeck

23:31 Element Breakdown: Wind

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This week, we have ztrgod - Maindeck's own Mitch Janowiec - here to talk about Ascent Chicago after his 3rd place finish! It was the most slime-filled Ascent yet!

Check out decklists and the meta below:

https://luxerasmap.com/tournaments/ascent-chicago-2024/

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Water you waiting for? Quench your thirst for Grand Archive knowledge by listening to the latest episode of Rec Step, where Dan and Taylor dive into undoubtedly the wettest of the three basic elements in GA - Water!

0:00 Intro & Store Champs Discussion

7:37 How you can support Maindeck

9:07 Element Breakdown: Water

1:00:07 Outro

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