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May 18, 2023Episode 25: TCG Con & New Tournament Prep
Welcome to episode 25 of the TCCG Roundtable!
We’re your hosts dragonrider + RonMexico

Term of the Week

News
[Hearthstone] BG Season 4 coming May 9th https://hearthstone.blizzard.com/en-us/news/23935321/announcing-battlegrounds-season-4

[General] TCG Con Denver happening in 2 weeks May 20-21

[Flesh and Blood] Dusk till Dawn booster set announced, special milestone being the 10th booster set released since Flesh and Blood hit gaming tables in October 2019. https://fabtcg.com/articles/DTD/
First time bringing back a Living Legend hero, Prism (varying versions like Planeswalkers or Ragnoros)

Card preview season (EST) Friday June 30 - Sunday July 2

War of the Monarch pre-release events in stores worldwide July 7 - 9 (Friday - Sunday)
Release date Friday July 14, 2023
[Legends of Runeterra] Celebrating 3 year anniversary!

Competitive & Organized Play
[Magic]
May 5-7, 2023 is MagicCon: Minneapolis- BitBeaker is there!

Pro Tour Machine happening this weekend

[Yu-Gi-Oh!]
announced that the next Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series event will take place in Cancun, Mexico on Sept 16-17, 2023! https://www.yugioh-card.com/en/events-item/2023-ycs-cancun/
2023 Latin America Yu-Gi-Oh! WCQ - National events are happening this weekend! Top finishers will earn invites to the Central or South America Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship Qualifier based on their country of residence.https://www.yugioh-card.com/en/events-item/national-qualifier-2023/

Roundtable Topic of the Week

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1 hr 12 min
May 18, 2023Episode 24: Big Hearthstone Changes
Welcome to episode 24 of the TCCG Roundtable!
We’re your hosts dragonrider + RonMexico

News
[Hearthstone] Patch 26.0.4 https://hearthstone.blizzard.com/en-us/news/23935323/26-0-4-patch-notes
[BSS] Game officially releasing April 28th - TODAY

Competitive & Organized Play
[Hearthstone] Masters Tour Spring, 16 players, $50k prize pool on April 22nd/23rd https://hearthstone.blizzard.com/en-us/news/23935245/the-masters-tour-spring-championship-is-here
[Magic] May 5-7, 2023 is MagicCon: Minneapolis
[Yu-Gi-Oh!] announced that the next Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series event will take place in Cancun, Mexico on Sept 16-17, 2023! https://www.yugioh-card.com/en/events-item/2023-ycs-cancun/
[Flesh and Blood] - The FIRST of the two Pro Tour events is happening with Pro Tour Baltimore April 27th-30th (big event) - THIS WEEKEND

Roundtable Topic of the Week - Big Hearthstone Changes
Impact of changes - big impact, little impact
Why do changes like these not have as much impact, especially at first as what we feel like we should see?

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1 hr 11 min
May 04, 2023Episode 23: Disney Lorcana Rules & How to Play!!
Welcome to episode 23 of the TCCG Roundtable!
We’re your hosts dragonrider + RonMexico

News
[Marvel Snap] April 18th the latest Snap patch released https://www.marvelsnap.com/newsdetail?id=7219191755156019973

[MTGA] March of the Machine releases today, April 21st

[BSS] Game officially releasing April 28th

Competitive & Organized Play
[Hearthstone] Masters Tour Spring, 16 players, $50k prize pool on April 22nd/23rd

[Magic] May 5-7, 2023 is MagicCon: Minneapolis

[Yu-Gi-Oh!] announced that the next Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series event will take place in Cancun, Mexico on Sept 16-17, 2023! https://www.yugioh-card.com/en/events-item/2023-ycs-cancun/

[Legends of Runeterra] Published an article with feedback and future changes following last weekend’s first Runeterra Open https://playruneterra.com/en-us/news/competitive/the-first-runeterra-open/

[Flesh and Blood] The FIRST of the two Pro Tour events is happening with Pro Tour Baltimore April 27th-30th (big event)

Roundtable Topic of the Week - How to Play Disney Lorcana
https://www.disneylorcana.com/en-US/how-to-play

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1 hr
April 15, 2023 Episode 22: Hearthstone Festival of Legends & Metas
Welcome to episode 22 of the TCCG Roundtable!
We’re your hosts dragonrider + RonMexico

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1 hr 2 min
April 10, 2023Episode 21: Hearthstone TOP 5 Lists
Welcome to episode 21 of the TCCG Roundtable!
We’re your hosts dragonrider + RonMexico

News
[Hearthstone] Festival of Legends set launches April 11th
[Marvel Snap] Variant Rush from Mar 22nd through April 4th, every Collector's Reserve you open has a chance for special and unique Steampunk Variants or Titles! https://www.marvelsnap.com/newsdetail?id=7209915388501515014

[Pokemon] Scarlet & Violet expansion releases March 31st https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-news/a-first-look-at-klefki-gardevoir-ex-and-more-in-pokemon-tcg-scarlet-violet?cid=&utm_source=tw&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=tcg&utm_term=sv01previewcards
[BSS] Game officially releasing April 28th
[Eternal] Eternal: The Devouring 24 card set coming April 5th https://news.direwolfdigital.com/eternal-the-devouring/
[Legends of Runeterra] Glory In Navori expansion released on March 29. Along with FIRST time rotation, creating Standard and Eternal formats

Competitive & Organized Play
[BSS] Posted event schedule for 2023, showing 4 sets to come over the next 12 months, but also a tournament flow chart, with many tournaments that lead into bigger tournaments and ultimately a world championship. https://www.battlespirits-saga.com/events/schedule/2023/
[Legends of Runeterra] Competitive season with first set of the year, Glory in Navori has begun! https://playruneterra.com/en-us/news/competitive/competitive-2-0/

[Flesh and Blood]
April Events: Battle Hardened Richmond April 15-16th, plus the FIRST of the two Pro Tour events is happening with Pro Tour Baltimore April 27th-30th (big event)

Roundtable Topic of the Week - Top 5s
Top 5 bgs minions/heroes

Standard cards

Hero portraits

Top 5 decks of all time

Top 3 Favorite Card Backs

Top 2 Non-HS card games

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1 hr 21 min
April 04, 2023Episode 20: SolForge Fusion OPENINGS!
Welcome to episode 20 of the TCCG Roundtable!
We’re your hosts dragonrider + RonMexico

News
[Hearthstone] all Festival of Legends cards revealed - officially announced the set launches April 11th
[Marvel Snap] Variant Rush from Mar 22nd through April 4th, every Collector's Reserve you open has a chance for special and unique Steampunk Variants or Titles! https://www.marvelsnap.com/newsdetail?id=7209915388501515014

[Pokemon] Scarlet & Violet expansion releases March 31st https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-news/a-first-look-at-klefki-gardevoir-ex-and-more-in-pokemon-tcg-scarlet-violet?cid=&utm_source=tw&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=tcg&utm_term=sv01previewcards
[BSS] Game officially releasing April 28th
[Eternal] Eternal: The Devouring 24 card set coming April 5th https://news.direwolfdigital.com/eternal-the-devouring/

[Legends of Runeterra] Glory In Navori expansion released on March 29. Along with FIRST time rotation, creating Standard and Eternal formats
[SolForge Fusion] SolForge Fusion's first expansion, Battle for White Fang Pass launched Mar 23rd, featuring new Forgeborn abilities and over 10,000 new cards, including new card types like Exalts and Solbind https://solforgefusion.com/post/battle-for-white-fang-pass

Competitive & Organized Play
[Pokemon] Pokemon Charlotte Regional Championships happened March 24-26th (TCG, VGC, Go)

[BSS] Battle Spirits Saga Launch events happened last weekend March 24-26, the official BSS twitter also posted images of the top 8 decks from the Americas event, including their side decks. https://twitter.com/BSS_TCG/status/1641623357526519808?s=20 https://twitter.com/BSS_TCG/status/1641623503022718976?s=20
[Yu-Gi-Oh!] 250th Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series (YCS) events will be taking place in April 2023 in three different locations. The YCS events will feature the best Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME (TCG) players from across the globe, Dueling for a chance to be named a champion at these historic events. Three YCS events will be taking place simultaneously on the same weekend of April 1-2, 2023. https://www.yugioh-card.com/en/events-item/250th_ycs-losangeles/

[Legends of Runeterra] Competitive season with first set of the year, Glory in Navori has begun! https://playruneterra.com/en-us/news/competitive/competitive-2-0/

[Flesh and Blood]
Announced mid-year competitive events with Calling: Singapore starting the mid-year season off June 9th-11th, followed by SIX Battle Hardened events running June-Sept https://fabtcg.com/articles/premier-play-announcement-mid-2023/

Tournament Rules and Policies updated, BIG post https://fabtcg.com/articles/tournament-rules-and-policy-update/

April Events: Battle Hardened Richmond April 15-16th, FIRST of the two Pro Tour events is happening with Pro Tour Baltimore April 27th-30th

Roundtable Topic of the Week - SolForge Fusion
If you want to play, scan any decks, or use any decks in any a tournament, please use the referral code here to help support!
https://solforgefusion.com/?referral=dragonrider

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1 hr 1 min
March 28, 2023Episode 19: Disney Lorcana with Jared from Citizens of Lorcana!
Welcome to episode 19 of the TCCG Roundtable!
We’re your hosts dragonrider + RonMexico - joined this week by our special guest(s): Jared from Citizens of Lorcana!

Guest Mini-Interview
News
[Hearthstone] card reveals happening for next set, Festival of Legends. Announced that 2023 will be Year of the Wolf and the coming Core Set changes. Released battlegrounds mid-season patch with patch 25.6.2 https://hearthstone.blizzard.com/en-us/news/23921495/year-of-the-wolf-core-set-update https://hearthstone.blizzard.com/en-us/news/23921500/25-6-2-patch-notes
[Marvel Snap] March 21st patch dropped that included giving more players tokens, shop changes, 5 cards dropping from Series 5 to Series 4, 3 cards dropping from Series 4 to 3, and tons of balance changes. Variant Rush from Mar 22nd through April 4th, every Collector's Reserve you open has a chance for special and unique Steampunk Variants or Titles! https://www.marvelsnap.com/newsdetail?id=7209915388501515014

[Pokemon] Scarlet & Violet expansion releases March 31st https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-news/a-first-look-at-klefki-gardevoir-ex-and-more-in-pokemon-tcg-scarlet-violet?cid=&utm_source=tw&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=tcg&utm_term=sv01previewcards
[Eternal] Eternal: The Devouring 24 card set coming April 5th https://news.direwolfdigital.com/eternal-the-devouring/

[Legends of Runeterra] Glory In Navori, the latest expansion, releasing on March 29
[SolForge Fusion] SolForge Fusion's first expansion, Battle for White Fang Pass launched Mar 23rd, featuring new Forgeborn abilities and over 10,000 new cards, including new card types like Exalts and Solbind https://solforgefusion.com/post/battle-for-white-fang-pass

Competitive & Organized Play
[Pokemon] Pokemon Charlotte Regional Championships happening March 24-26th (TCG, VGC, Go)

[BSS] Battle Spirits Saga Launch events March 24-26 in Las Vegas, London, Melbourne Australia, and Latin America with $350k prize pools, and on-site pickup for product https://www.battlespirits-saga.com/events/organized-play/launch-event/2023/
[Yu-Gi-Oh!] 250th Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series (YCS) events will be taking place in April 2023 in three different locations. The YCS events will feature the best Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME (TCG) players from across the globe, Dueling for a chance to be named a champion at these historic events. Three YCS events will be taking place simultaneously on the same weekend of April 1-2, 2023. https://www.yugioh-card.com/en/events-item/250th_ycs-losangeles/
[Legends of Runeterra] Competitive 2.0 article published Mar 17th stating “Competitive seasons will begin at the start of each expansion and last three months, lining up with our Quarterly Release Cycles. Each season will be full of ways to compete, including Daily and (New!) Ruthless Rumbles lasting the entirety of the season, and a Runeterra Open each month. Plus, this Season will be the first opportunity for players to earn Runeterra Points, our brand new yearly point system used to qualify players for the World Championship.” Starting with first set of the year https://playruneterra.com/en-us/news/competitive/competitive-2-0/

Roundtable Topic of the Week - LORCANA
Lightning Round Questions
You can find Jared in these places:
Twitter https://twitter.com/coflorcana
PODCAST https://tinyurl.com/s3vjcnsx

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1 hr 18 min
March 23, 2023Episode 18: What to Expect When Starting with Tournaments!
Welcome to episode 18 of the TCCG Roundtable!
We’re your hosts dragonrider + RonMexico

News
[Hearthstone] announced Festival of Legends, next expansion and released patch 25.6 https://hearthstone.blizzard.com/en-us/news/23921497 https://hearthstone.blizzard.com/en-us/news/23921496/25-6-patch-notes

[General] Hearthstone removed from Hangzhou Asian Games after negotiations between Blizzard and NetEase could not come to an agreement and Hearthstone servers in China have been shut down. https://esports.gg/news/hearthstone/hearthstone-gets-removed-from-hangzhou-asian-games/

[Flesh and Blood] next set Outsiders releasing March 24th

[Marvel Snap] March series drop coming with next patch https://twitter.com/MARVELSNAP/status/1635357908694368257?s=20

[Pokemon] Scarlet & Violet expansion releases March 31st https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-news/a-first-look-at-klefki-gardevoir-ex-and-more-in-pokemon-tcg-scarlet-violet?cid=&utm_source=tw&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=tcg&utm_term=sv01previewcards

[MTGA] - Shadows over Innistrad and Eldritch Moon coming March 21st

[Magic] Magic Universes Beyond set - Lord of the Rings Tales of Middle Earth announced
[Infinity Wars Classic] Revelations, next set, launching March 23rd

Competitive & Organized Play
[Pokemon] Pokemon Charlotte Regional Championships happening March 24-26th (TCG, VGC, Go)

[BSS] Battle Spirits Saga announced Launch events March 24-26 in Las Vegas, London, Melbourne Australia, and Latin America with $350k prize pools, and on-site pickup for product https://www.battlespirits-saga.com/events/organized-play/launch-event/2023/

[Magic] March 18 & 19 is the Arena Championship 2 event, 32 players face off for $200k and Magic World Champhionship XXIX Invitations. twitch.tv/magic 9am Pacific https://magic.gg/events/arena-championship-2

[Yu-Gi-Oh!] 250th Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series (YCS) events will be taking place in April 2023 in three different locations. The YCS events will feature the best Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME (TCG) players from across the globe, Dueling for a chance to be named a champion at these historic events. Three YCS events will be taking place simultaneously on the same weekend of April 1-2, 2023. https://www.yugioh-card.com/en/events-item/250th_ycs-losangeles/
[Yu-Gi-Oh!] WCQ Regional Qualifiers for Photon Hypernova are happening this weekend!https://www.yugioh-card.com/en/events/regional-locations/#PHHY

Roundtable Topic of the Week - Getting into Tournaments

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1 hr 3 min
March 14, 2023Episode 17: Learning New Decks/Archetypes/Card Games
Welcome to episode 17 of the TCCG Roundtable!
We’re your hosts dragonrider + RonMexico
News
Hearthstone announced patch 25.6 coming with lots of changes to Battlegrounds for the mid-season patch, will also bring info about next expansion.

Flesh and Blood next set Outsiders releasing March 24th

Marvel Snap making changes to Featured/Hot locations https://twitter.com/MARVELSNAP/status/1633256668317515776?s=20

Pokemon Scarlet & Violet expansion releases March 31st https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-news/a-first-look-at-klefki-gardevoir-ex-and-more-in-pokemon-tcg-scarlet-violet?cid=&utm_source=tw&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=tcg&utm_term=sv01previewcards
Competitive & Organized Play
Pokemon Vancouver Regional Championships happening this weekend, March 11th and 12th

Battle Spirits Saga announced Launch events March 24-26 in Las Vegas, London, Melbourne Australia, and Latin America with $350k prize pools, and on-site pickup for product https://www.battlespirits-saga.com/events/organized-play/launch-event/2023/
Roundtable Topic of the Week - Learning Various Aspects Within Card Games
Approaches to learning a new deck or archetype

Approaches to learning a new card game

What differences in the games make things a challenge that we have to learn for each game?
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1 hr 12 min
March 05, 2023Episode 16: Some Changes but Same Great Analysis
Welcome to episode 16 of the TCCG Roundtable!
We’re your hosts dragonrider + RonMexico
Host Mini-Interview
News
Hearthstone released newest patch with changes to multiple modes

Marvel Snap new season coming
Competitive & Organized Play
Pokemon Knoxville Regionals this past weekend (Justin Tang winner + AFG’s own Nails top 4)

Battle Spirits Saga announced Launch events March 24-26 in Las Vegas, London, Melbourne Australia, and a TBD location in Latin America with $350k prize pools, and on-site pickup for product, with more details still to come https://www.battlespirits-saga.com/events/organized-play/launch-event/2023/

SCG CON Charlotte this weekend - March 3-5, with MtG, Flesh and Blood and SolForge Fusion learn to play events
Roundtable Topic of the Week
Lightning Round Questions
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54 min

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