Universus Shigaraki 3 Standard Deck Tech

The new year brought the first of many changes to the Universus ccg, namely that decks in every constructed format have a minimum of 60 cards plus character. The next change doesn’t take place until the release of the Dark Tournament set, which takes the base My Hero Academia out of rotation for Standard. While there is still time to use the older cards, many players are already starting to build without those cards. That was my thought process when I converted my Order based deck to a new, standard-legal Evil deck. You can find the deck list on UVS Ultra.

Cards for Universus that effect or require control checks.
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Introducing the BCW 6 Drawer Card Catalog

This new product is available for pre-sale. The first wave of inventory is anticipated to ship to customers in May, 2024. Inventory from the first wave of Card Catalogs is available while quantities last.

Cardboard boxes have been the standard for storing cards for decades. They do the job, but are not an elegant storage solution. We introduced the 3200 and 1600 Collectible Card Bins for those seeking more sophisticated card storage. With that in mind, BCW introduces the 6 Drawer Card Catalog for collectors wanting a great looking storage solution that allows easy access to cards.

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Free Shipping on BCW Wholesale Orders to Manitoba and Ontario

Summary: Businesses in urban areas of Manitoba and Ontario can now get Free Shipping on their BCW wholesale orders of $1,000 USD or more, or if the orders includes $500 USD or more of the products with the designated Green Key symbol.*

BCW offers wholesale accounts to businesses reselling our products. Additionally, wholesale accounts achieve Free Shipping when their BCW order is $1,000 USD or more, or if the order includes $500 USD or more worth of products with the designated Green Key symbol (with a few restrictions*).

Urban Areas Map of Manitoba and Ontario

Previously, this Free Shipping offer was only available to businesses in the 48 contiguous United States and Washington DC. BCW is now extending this offer to businesses in the urban areas of Manitoba and Ontario. Canadian wholesale orders will include a Tax Line item on their invoice indicating the total tax rate, made up of GST/PST or HST depending on your location. You can submit this information on your taxes.

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Cardfight Vanguard Deck Tech – Orfist

By Serena L.

Stand Up! Vanguard!

Serena here! It’s finally time to talk about the final Nation we have yet to discuss, Brandt Gate. It’s only taken me a little over a year to get through all 6! This time we’re covering Orfist, specifically a more budget take on the D Special Series 08: Stand Up Deckset “Orfist”. It was one of three preconstructed decks designed for more competitive play. Orfist is a deck that revolves around calling Shadow Army Tokens as well as the main gimmick of Brandt Gate, revolving around set orders. There are a few forms of Orfist himself, but this time we’re specifically covering Cardinal Dominus, Orfist Regis, as that is the main vanguard from the deck. In fact, most of the stuff in this is going to come from the precon. You can find the deck list from before the rules updates on the Deck Log.

Cardinal Dominus, Orfist Regis card for Cardfight Vanguard
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Overview of the Cardfight Vanguard Rules Changes

By Serena L.

Stand Up! Vanguard!

Serena here! I was planning on finally writing about the last Nation I mentioned last time, but Bushiroad made some massive announcements for the Overdress/Standard/D format. I thought I should cover them, since they’re pretty impactful, not just to the Japanese side of things, but to the English side of the game as well.

Slide detailing changes to determining the first player in a game of Cardfight Vanguard
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Using Bounce for Fun and Profit – Lorcana Deck Tech

Rise of the Floodborn adds welcome variety to the card pool, opening new deck building options and themes. While most attention is (as of this writing) placed on the card drawing engine of Hiram Flaversham and Pawpsicle, all colors have new options. The one that caught my eye is Amethyst’s bounce subtheme, and not just because Sword in the Stone is in my top 5 Disney movies. By using abilities to return characters to your hand, you can use enter play effects over and over. I have a basic frame using Amethyst only, which you can see at Dreamborn.

Merlin, Arthur, and Madam Mim cards for Lorcana
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Cardfight Vanguard Deck Tech – Minerva

By Serena L.

Stand Up! Vanguard!

It’s Serena! And this time I brought you a blast from the past: it’s time for a deck tech on one of the Encounter decks and fan favorite unit, Minerva. Like the Chronojet Stride Deck we’ve talked about previously, Minerva and her support cards are from older versions of Vanguard that were all given Overdress facelifts for the standard format. This deck centers around the Clans of older Cardfight Vanguard formats, specifically around the Clan Genesis. Genesis is one of the Clans that formed Keter Sanctuary but many of the cards specifically look for things with just Genesis as it’s Clan, so I’ll be referring to those as ‘Genesis units’. You can play any Keter Sanctuary card in a Overdress Genesis based deck like this, but they might complicate things if they aren’t also a Genesis unit.

Minerva card for Cardfight Vanguard
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Great Holiday Gift Ideas for Gamers

In some ways, buying gifts for board or card gamers is easy – just buy them more cards or games! However, this runs the risk of giving duplicate gifts, or perhaps something they just don’t like. Accessories to store, organize, and display a collection always make great gifts. In fact, the larger the collection, the more these are needed.

12-Pocket Z-Folio with Magic Cards
12-Pocket Z-Folio Pink with Magic the Gathering Cards

BCW Z-Folios are an attractive way to store and display collectible cards. These premium albums have side-loading pages and a zipper closure. Available in both 9 and 12 pocket varieties, these are great for showing playsets of a TCG set.

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