TCCG Roundtable Ep 48: Balance Changes & Bans

Welcome to episode 48 of the TCCG Roundtable! We’re your hosts dragonrider, RonMexico, and DankestDad News [General] PAX East last weekend - any news? [Hearthstone] Whizbang’s Workshop first set of balance changes [Flesh and Blood] Part the Mistveil set announced, launches May 31st 2024 first set to launch in Japanese language alongside English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish! [Disney Lorcana] Ursula’s Return the 4th set was announced and it will include characters from Encanto for the very first time. The set arrives at local retailers as expected on May 17, with a wider retail release on May 31 The 3rd set of the year will launch Aug 9th 4th set will launch Nov 15th brand-new cooperative game called Illumineer’s Quest - Deep Trouble, comes with two new decks filled with new cards Will be $59.99 can be played solo, with up to two players using the included preconstructed decks, or as many as four players, if fans use decks that are already in their collection four difficulty levels, and players will be able to customize their decks to increase their chances https://www.polygon.com/24106896/disney-lorcana-ursulas-return-encanto-illumineers-quest [Pokemon] Temporal Forces set released last week https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-news/an-early-look-at-cards-from-the-pokemon-tcg-scarlet-violet-temporal-forces-expansion?cid=&utm_source=tw&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=tcg&utm_term=sv05preview1 [SWU] Even better and more successful launch than FFG anticipated, will be releasing consistent waves of set 1 product over the next several months to ensure players have access to cards and to help keep costs for players in a reasonable spot https://x.com/UnlimitedFFG/status/1770451166779822488?s=20 Competitive & Organized Play [Pokemon] Standard format will be rotating April 5th for in-person events, and March 22nd for TCG Live. Cards with the “E” regulation mark will no longer be legal for play in the 2024 Standard format. Cards with “F,” “G,” and “H” regulation marks will be legal to use (as will any future regulation marks that may be released). https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-news/2024-pokemon-tcg-standard-format-rotation-announcement [Flesh and Blood] Pro Tour Los Angeles happening this weekend World Premiere of Part the Mistveil in Tokyo, Japan huge event but there will be simultaneous Japanese and English World Premiere events running side by side https://fabtcg.com/articles/mst/ May 17th: World Premiere May 18th-19th: Calling May 19th: Battle Hardened [Disney Lorcana] new in-store organized play events will begin to roll out in April May will be the launch of the game’s competitive circuit, dubbed Disney Lorcana Challenge. first world championship is slated for early 2025 https://www.polygon.com/24040657/disney-lorcana-challenge-world-championship-gateway-boxed-set Comprehensive rules were released [SWU] Still waiting for official events for the competitive system Roundtable Topic of the Week - Balance Changes/Bans & Restricted Lists Email us at [e-mail] Follow us on twitter https://twitter.com/TCCGRoundtable Use our top pinned tweet for a link to our discord or use the link in the description/shownotes Discord: https://discord.gg/fm4fCCGhwy Check out the video version at youtube.com/c/dragonriderTCCG Everywhere you can find audio podcasts! Inked Gaming Affiliate (help support us directly while also getting sweet merch like playmats and other card game accessories) link https://bit.ly/3uSR44z Find us individually Ron https://twitter.com/ron_hs dragonrider https://twitter.com/dawniedk DankestDad https://twitter.com/DadDankest

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