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Competitive Corner 1: Paradigm Shift, and a History Lesson |
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Written by vikramas1109
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Tuesday, 11 September 2007 |
 Hello all, this is going to be my first of a (hopefully) semi-regular column that explores that major deck archetypes, and their thematic threads/overall strategy, in today's UFS metagame. The sands of time are constantly shifting and with it, change is always in the air. The earliest days of serious UFS play was almost competely dominated by Void control, in various forms. The 5 most egregious offenders were **Cassandra**, ***Zasalamel***, **Ken**, *Dhalsim*, and to a lesser extent, Tycho. Nearly all of these characters had extremely degenerate card interactions, and Cassie especially prevented the game from being played at all about 90% of the time. Her denial abilities were too powerful with a minimal-to-negligible cost, and very few characters even stood a chance against her. Zasalamel was pretty much the UFS version of Solitaire, as his poor wording and draw ability usually resulted in automatic victories with no thought or effort. It's not surprising that both of these characters were banned, only that it took so long in Cassie's case. Ken and Dhalsim, while still fairly popular, have in recent sets had their effectiveness mitigated somewhat by cards intentionally designed to neuter their strengths (Armored Defense specifically for Ken and the various anti-discard cards out there for Dhalsim). Tycho has become less popular than he was, as the game becomes faster, but off any of his three symbols he remains a force to be reckoned with. Even he has seen cards to combat his free block - Trade Your Passion For Glory is one way of turning him off on your turn, leaving you free to annihilate him in the method you feel most comfortable with! Still, I'm sure there are some players thankful that he will definitely be rotating out in February of next year.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 18 September 2007 )
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Brawl for All 8 - Wish List |
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Written by CeeJayBee
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Monday, 10 September 2007 |
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Hello everyone and welcome to the
post-worlds edition of Brawl for All. A lot has happened since the last time I
typed a word for this series, and it's about time I get started on covering it.
First of all, UFS worlds has come and gone and we have a new world champion.
Congratulations to Andrew Olexa, our new champ, playing ultra rare Vega.
Reviewing the entrants and their decks revealed that something around 25
different characters were registered for worlds, which is really quite
impressive. The top 16, however, proved to be a who's who in UFS, featuring the
usual suspects, and some familiar faces to boot. Congratulations are in order
to everyone who placed in this most exclusive of groups. For an entire year,
you can say you are one of the top 16 UFS players in the world!
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Last Updated ( Monday, 10 September 2007 )
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Brawl For All 7 - The Big Question |
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Written by CeeJayBee
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Monday, 27 August 2007 |
 Hello again, everyone. I hope your week has been as full of exciting UFS matches as mine has been. It turns out a bunch of you had some really great stories to send me, and some of them were nothing short of awesome. Apparently some stores have been running their Talisman events as brawls, which seems really awesome to me, as it is a format I might just be pretty good at. I definitely don't feel at a loss, however, as my experience was pretty cool in itself, regardless of the final standings.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 27 August 2007 )
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