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kotarou, the barefoot wizard @kotarou-c.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I sure do love me some more expansion slot majestics, they fight right in with the shadow runeblade I want to build. @fabtcg.com please, never print another set with as many expansion slot Ms as in-set, this makes buying sealed product feel so shit.
6 flesh and blood trading cards, split across two piles. On the left are two in-set cards. On the right are four expansion-slot cards.
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kotarou, the barefoot wizard @kotarou-c.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This being said, in pre-releases I actually didn't mind that I pulled 2 more expansion Ms, because majestics have no place in that environment (yes, I did die to the 11 power levia M, how'd you know?)
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kotarou, the barefoot wizard @kotarou-c.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
At #fabtcg WP seoul we went through 6 boxes in draft, and ended up with a 3:1 ratio of expansion slot majestics to in-set. Its such a feels bad to open a majestic thats not relevant when you're interested in a set. Especially if they're not meta relevant: I don't want three chains of consecration!
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kotarou, the barefoot wizard @kotarou-c.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Never a scapel whan a sledgehammer is possible, huh LSS. Most sga changes are interesting, but triple wizard ban is a lot, especially with kayo back and shadow buffed. RIP marvel emeitus playset, you were expensive last weekend...
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kotarou, the barefoot wizard @kotarou-c.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Shoutout LSS for hosting two china callings this year, both while I happen to be teaching over there :D
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kotarou, the barefoot wizard @kotarou-c.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Can't stop thinking about use cases for this aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
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kotarou, the barefoot wizard @kotarou-c.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Multiple pages of notes, and a hell spreadsheet later, I've established that a #fabtcg LL kano deck can deterministically stack, worst case, a 30 card perfect kill combo in 118 turns. It'll be less if I allow the blues to be interchangeable, but then it gets way more complex.
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kotarou, the barefoot wizard @kotarou-c.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Fooling around with #fabtcg vis2 ideas, and all I can really say is RIP soul reaping.
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kotarou, the barefoot wizard @kotarou-c.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
LSS are never beating bias accusations after deciding assassin (260 LL points in OMN season) needs yet more support instead of brute (0 LL points this season). I like uzuri getting support but this feels like a bad joke.
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kotarou, the barefoot wizard @kotarou-c.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I need it to pay for these tickets
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kotarou, the barefoot wizard @kotarou-c.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
The intersection of differing nats sizes + LL multipliers still looks so jarring: katsu with 1 win gains as many points as gravy with 3!
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kotarou, the barefoot wizard @kotarou-c.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Coming back to this, it really does make me wonder what the point of the new Legendary headpiece really is. Afterthought to an afterthought?
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kotarou, the barefoot wizard @kotarou-c.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Every katsu player watching prism LL, victor reaching the brink: "this time it really definitely actually is a katsu meta, no I'm not coping"
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kotarou, the barefoot wizard @kotarou-c.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
From @thethreadedren.bsky.social's amazing donation incentive earlier this month, mail day! Happy pride month ya'll.
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kotarou, the barefoot wizard @kotarou-c.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
At what point do we give up and realize the real game was flesh and board state all along?
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kotarou, the barefoot wizard @kotarou-c.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
I don't think I've ever seen a company as willing to have their new cards/heros lose in promotional videos than LSS. Its weirdly endearing.
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Phillip [FaBrary] @fabrary.net · 02/06/2026
🌈 It's PRIDE month and we have a lot to fight for! The first 10 people to donate $30 or more to a charity supporting LGBTQIA+ will also get a playset of Drinking Buddys! Send me a pic of the receipt here or Discord and I'll ship you your cards anywhere in the world 🌍 #fabtcg
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thethreadedren @thethreadedren.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Hijacking this!! Happy Pride!!! I am doing the same!! “The first 10 people to donate $30 or more to a charity supporting LGBTQIA+ will also get a playset of Drinking Buddys! Send me a pic of the receipt here or Discord and I'll ship you your cards anywhere in the world 🌍”
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kotarou, the barefoot wizard @kotarou-c.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Oscilio 2 in sealed is the most wizard-like anything in #fabtcg has felt since kano hit LL. Well done LSS, I did not expect to get so much joy out of sealed!
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kotarou, the barefoot wizard @kotarou-c.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
I wish I was watching #eurovision this week, but not when they keep including reprehensible regimes in as they do. Its a real pity, I've discovered so much incredible music through that event, but when such cowardice and double standards prevail in an organization, its just not worth supporting.
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kotarou, the barefoot wizard @kotarou-c.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Shoutout LSS for having the players backs! Was only offered a partial refund for my earlybird ticket to prague (can't make it due to war). One email to LSS and its fixed! great company, now if only they'd hurry up and print viserai 2.
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💜winry🖤 @w1nry.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
my wild baseless speculation is we get two marvel Zyggys
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Kiki, Solana's Forsaken @kikibird.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
NON BINARY ILLUSIONIST @fabtcg.com I feel so seen T.T #fabtcg
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Rhea Adams | OnHitEffect @onhiteffect.ascent-gaming.com · 04/03/2026
close enough, welcome back waning moon
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kotarou, the barefoot wizard @kotarou-c.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
I feel like #fabtcg SAGE would be a far better format if they printed an ice wizard weapon, maybe a once per turn instant that costs 2, but can only be activated if you've played a NAA this turn. Hell, it could even do 2 or 3 damage. Not often I'm pro ice, but I think it'd address a lot of issues.
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kotarou, the barefoot wizard @kotarou-c.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Its interesting how new spellvoid, landmark destruction, and graveyard interactions imply #fabtcg PEN is trying to address polarizing matchups, except for wizard's weak matchups, which look worse and worse. I think its the first time a fab spoiler season had made me actively want to buy less. :(
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kotarou, the barefoot wizard @kotarou-c.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Content so good bluesky can't even show it to you! The only thing graphic here is what helping @kikibird.bsky.social film did to my jandals.
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kotarou, the barefoot wizard @kotarou-c.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Me, waiting for my opponent to... destroy their AB? I gotta hope iys is about to get some equipment destruction cause this feels inexplicable
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kotarou, the barefoot wizard @kotarou-c.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
The removal of elo as a system has made #fabtcg R2N so much more fun to attend: no-one has to worry about arbitrary numbers, so all the irksome stress is gone.
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kotarou, the barefoot wizard @kotarou-c.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Its a pity that #eurovision decided keeping a genocide state in was more important than morals, guess I'm not watching next year. For shame.
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kotarou, the barefoot wizard @kotarou-c.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
"[Oscilio] players often had one incredibly powerful “Greaves + specialization” turn, but the rest of their games became awkward and inconsistent." Kinda still sums up a lot about the hero, I feel.
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kotarou, the barefoot wizard @kotarou-c.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Aside from all the moral reasons to not go to the USA right now, its really nice to not have to stress about Kano being on 980 LL points with a relevant meta position going into worlds.
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kotarou, the barefoot wizard @kotarou-c.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
WTB Marvel Rosetta thorn $5, I know what you got
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kotarou, the barefoot wizard @kotarou-c.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Aside from the frustration of having my decks for PQ bonked, I think this is making it pretty clear that LSS probably should switching to hitting classes with one ban/unban at a time for a format like LL.
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kotarou, the barefoot wizard @kotarou-c.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Missed top cut for the first time this season as Kano, after GEM decided to face me into every prism in the room. Also, DTD Herald of Judgement text is wrong it turns out, and this was a bad fact to learn when I had a winning state with a kano'd photon splicing targeting a followup angel attack.
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kotarou, the barefoot wizard @kotarou-c.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Made top4, top4, top4, and top4 with Kano this #fabtcg PQ + store champs season. When he reaches 992, I'd like everyone to know the reason kano didn't LL this season is because of wellington.
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kotarou, the barefoot wizard @kotarou-c.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Opening 12 packs of #fabtcg MPG for 4 rainbow foil commons, lets go. EV through the roof. (Got smash palace from a closing down sale, thought I'd pre-crack to get my shines)
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kotarou, the barefoot wizard @kotarou-c.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
The arbitrary scaling of #fabtcg LL points looks ridiculous here: the hero who gained the most LL points in the week is #6 for wins (kano), two warriors on the same number of wins see a ~3x difference in LL points (fang 3 to dori 8), and riptide with 1 win gains more LL points than arakni with 2!
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kotarou, the barefoot wizard @kotarou-c.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Since Oscilio has fewer LL points than every other ROS hero, every HNT hero, and Gravy bones of the unfortunate name, surely hes actually weak enough that we can get Tome of Aetherwind back, right? Right?
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kotarou, the barefoot wizard @kotarou-c.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Maybe they'll do something about the school shootings if we replace all the children with podcasters in their 30s
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Kiki, Solana's Forsaken @kikibird.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Pleiades has a Te Reo Māori alt!!! #fabtcg
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kotarou, the barefoot wizard @kotarou-c.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
The illusionist lobby successfully gets declared legally "not mages" after funding james white his fourteenth lamborghini.
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kotarou, the barefoot wizard @kotarou-c.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Its wonderful to see one of NZ's most deserving #fabtcg players & content creators seeing the recognition she deserves, with a solid grade to boot.
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kotarou, the barefoot wizard @kotarou-c.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Can't help but notice, apart from levia, every #fabtcg female brute card appears to be a white-haired elf of some sort. Approaching anime levels of sexual dimorphism here.
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kotarou, the barefoot wizard @kotarou-c.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
HE CAN'T BE STOPPED (except by illusionists)
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kotarou, the barefoot wizard @kotarou-c.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Every now and again I have these moments where I think to myself "am I really flying to singapore on 2 weeks notice to play card games with friends" and yes actually, @fabtcg.com has made me the sort of person to do that. Its got a beach party! How could I not? ty LSS for making cool things.
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kotarou, the barefoot wizard @kotarou-c.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Its basically the locked tomb, huh. Rainbow community here for the gals and the undead.
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kotarou, the barefoot wizard @kotarou-c.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
#fabtcg te reo localization!!?? LETS FUCKING GOOOOO
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kotarou, the barefoot wizard @kotarou-c.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
@fablazingdata.com Please put country name before tournament type, otherwise we can't actually tell which is which. (also, where is best to send feedback?)
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kotarou, the barefoot wizard @kotarou-c.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Top 8 last week, then top 2 this week in #fabtcg project blue testing events on Azalea. Deck is wildly fun, and honing hood isn't problematic at all (makes diceroll variance really nasty though) fabrary.net/decks/01JSXW... (two versions)
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