The Jankyard

Killercactus is back! KC and The Treatment catchup on Phoenix League Pod 1, AshCon4 and their joint deck, before assessing and solving the new meta.

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Ever wondered about how Red Rains, the Ashes Reborn cooperative mode, came to be? Curious about how new cards and expansions are designed and tested?

Schmendrix and Treatment discuss thoughts after first week with new Corpse of Viros cards, turbo mill, and non-linear synergies with Phoenixborn. Then they finally cover the JankTank Vicky submissions in a game of Marry, Fork, Killercactus!

0:00:00 Welcome to Episode 11 of the Jankyard!

0:01:30 Waves Open Results and Upcoming Tournaments

0:07:45 Capturing Attention

0:08:40 New Card Thoughts

0:22:20 Does The Meta Change?

0:38:28 Making Mill Magic

0:55:23 Linear and Non-Linear Synergies

1:19:55 Marry, Fork, Killercactus

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The last Red Rains Corpse of Viros mono-deck cards have been revealed! We cover those, and decide which is the best before diving into what the floor and ceiling of a deck means, and what's most important.   

And Vicky? We promise we'll get to Vicky...next time.  

0:00:00 Welcome to Episode 10 of the Jankyard! 

0:02:45 New Cards 

0:44:07 Floors and Ceilings 

1:34:03 Spinning the Wheel of Jank  

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New uniques for Brennen, Noah, Jessa, and Coal revealed! Listen to find out which ones excite us and where the meta might evolve. Then, using Tuxedo's list as a reference, we use our big brains to solve the Hope Creeper problem once and for all.

And Vicky? Yeah, we forgot about her again. 

0:00:00 Welcome to Episode 9 of the Jankyard!

0:02:17 Waves Open

0:13:05 New Uniques

0:37:20 Hope Creepers

1:08:57 Wrap-Up

1:11:04 Thank you to our editor!

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We're back at it in 2023, starting with a review of Secret Santa, Jankfest, the Waves Open, and Phoenix League.  

Then we dive into some analysis on JK's unbeatable Brennen list and brainstorm the obvious counters nobody's built yet.

0:00:00 Welcome to Episode 8 of the Jankyard!  

0:02:47 Secret Santa 

0:18:05 Deluxe + Master sets 

0:20:35 Ashes Wiki 

0:26:47 Phoenix League, Waves' Open, and new player growth 

0:36:50 JK's Brennen 

1:16:50 Wrap-Up

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The boys cover the new Red Rains spoilers, all the tournaments especially Shufflebus Worlds, refining a deck build, and the Jank Tank submissions for chants.  

**This episode was recorded before the news of Shufflebus leaving the scene, and therefore the intro mentions this as episode 6. We decided to release the other episode first as it was time sensitive** 

0:00:00 Welcome to Episode 7 of the Jankyard!  

0:03:30 Red Rains card spoilers 

0:27:11 Shufflebus Worlds 2022 

0:54:55 Deck-building pt4: deck testing, refining, card # refining  

1:20:28 The Jank Tank submissions: 

1:22:25 Shadowfire https://ashes.live/decks/share/2f0a7fa5-2225-4d9a-93f1-fb1da7d00476/

1:26:11 Redking https://ashes.live/decks/share/ff5391a0-87f3-4595-a8b1-ce3bb97fe330/

1:35:51 killercactus https://ashes.live/decks/share/f408e944-1569-41a6-9d74-47da3e519d84/

1:41:16 Treatment https://ashes.live/decks/share/0e3eef43-43d0-4f27-b8e0-11859ca7f1c9/

1:49:14 Schmendrix https://ashes.live/decks/share/9a8d2cf7-b660-4cf7-a8b1-b0f16ec5f1cb/

1:55:33 - Top Deck Picks

1:56:52 - Spinning the Wheel of Jank  

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A couple of special guests join us to discuss the end of The Shufflebus, what the future holds for the competitive scene of Ashes, and the greatest event of the year: Jankfest 2023! 

Deckbuilder of the year finalists are announced by one of our guests and let's just say they are all incredibly deserving.  

0:00:00 Welcome to Episode 6 of the Jankyard!  

00:04:57 Coal-Off and Secret Santa 

00:08:35 The End of The Shufflebus 

01:26:50 Phoenix League 

01:47:35 Jankfest - Deckbuilder of the Year Finalists

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Silver bullets, meta counters, and support cards oh my! 

We discuss considerations for rounding out the remaining 20 cards of  your deck, design space for future Hope solutions, the announcement of  PvE, and of course The Jank Tank submissions for Blood Transfer. That  spicy wheel spins again!  

The Jank Tank submissions: 

Neil's Odette 

Treatment's Rowan

Schmendrix's Rowan

Shadowfire's Leo

Redking's Jessa

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The Jankyard Boys discuss the wrap-up of the Team Slam Jam and their (sometimes not so janky) decks.  Then everyone talks First Fives and how to get the most out of them before we get into the Empower Cannon deck submissions.  Empower's Focus Effect looks like it could be so good - how do you get that sweet value? We discuss while covering The Jank Tank submissions for last episode's challenge, the ""Empower Cannon"", and spin that spicy wheel again!

The Jank Tank submissions:

Schmendrix's Jericho    

killercactus's Rimea

Treatment's Koji

waves' Harold

Redking's Fiona 

Shadowfire's Aradel

CharlotteM's Namine

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