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Is your starter Pokémon alright?
October 25, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Hei Bai's unique selling point is that they get stronger when you sacrifice creatures, so try to include lots of small creatures that can pump the panda up like Siege Veteran, Luminarch Aspirant, and Tempered Veteran.

Good luck. :)
October 20, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Since Hei Bai doesn't have any evasive key words, I recommend cards that can grant it flying, trample, or menace like Wing It, Angelic Destiny, or Demonic Embrace. All That Glitters is also great in Voltron deck because of how well it scales when you've got lots of auras and equipment in play.(2/3)
October 20, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Hey Patrick, glad you liked the article. :)

A Voltron deck is one that makes the commander massive using auras, equipment, counters etc.

In Hei Bai's case you'll want cards that grant them +1/+1 counters to take advantage of the fact that their counters move onto another creature if they die.(1/3)
October 20, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Strong recommend Gnosia.

It's a single player social deduction game that tells a pretty great story about being trapped in a time loop.

It's also wonderfully and unreservedly gay.

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September 30, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Oh my goodness, I loved Darren Shan's books when I was growing up! They made a film adaptation of Cirque du Freak and I was so excited, but then it was absolutely terrible. 😅
September 6, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I'm a Cube guy. You get to design your own Limited format with all of your favourite cards, what's not to love? :)
September 3, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Theros. I was a massive Greek mythology kid growing up and seeing Magic do its take on all of those tropes and characters was great. Heliod was such a jerk, but then Zeus was no saint either.

The gameplay of building up big Voltron creatures with Heroic was also great fun. :)
August 28, 2025 at 7:52 AM
There needs to be more Vorthos content out there, thanks for this. :)
August 6, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Are you reffering to a specific game here?
July 31, 2025 at 7:37 AM
It was great playing against you Josh, and being a part of this.

We'll have to get another game in some time. 🙂
July 25, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Yeah she's pretty great, hope you crack her in a pack. :)
July 7, 2025 at 12:29 AM