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    Between a Rock and Hard Place

    By Daidoji Ryushi, on September 4th, 2010%

    Sorry for the hiatus everyone! GenCon has come and gone, and what has been traditionally been a lull for the competitive L5R scene has seen new life with the announcement of the Jeweled Championships, the Solving the Riddle Charity Tournaments, and a whole slew of Winner’s Choice events. But where do Crane decks fall . . . → Read More: Between a Rock and Hard Place

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    The Stat is Quo

    By Daidoji Ryushi, on June 24th, 2010%

    There’s been a lot of talk about dueling since the release of TPW, mostly due to Seawatch (Candy) Castle, Shadow’s Talon and Impetuous Challenge. Between these three cards, it is once again exciting to challenge, focus, and strike. That said, the mechanics of dueling haven’t changed, if you can out focus your opponent, you . . . → Read More: The Stat is Quo

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    Focused Effect

    By ObsidianCrane, on June 19th, 2010%

    With the advent of Seawatch Castle the words “Focus Effect” have suddenly taken on a whole new importance for Crane players. An importance that I think some folks are putting above and beyond deck consistency and winning games.

    As I mentioned in the “Everyone Duels” entry in older environments, most notably LE, it was . . . → Read More: Focused Effect

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    Don’t Pick on Me!

    By Daidoji Ryushi, on June 16th, 2010%

    Meta. The word often strikes fear in to the heart of Joe Average Player around the globe, often followed by rants of how Design hates whatever deck type is hampered by the meta. Honor meta in particular is very easy to identify and with the release of The Plague War, two new, powerful cards . . . → Read More: Don’t Pick on Me!

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    Everyone Duels

    By ObsidianCrane, on June 12th, 2010%

    Seawatch Castle (aka Candy) has changed the dueling game for Crane in several ways. The most obvious is always having a duel available. This availability of duels leads to people including both more duelists and more cards with focus effects. Now while legitimate choices they are not always the best choice even with Candy.

    . . . → Read More: Everyone Duels

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    To Dishonor Or Not to Dishonor?

    By ObsidianCrane, on June 5th, 2010%

    Well it is a question, maybe not the question, but as of TPW it is becoming a more meaningful question for Crane players.

    Win Condition

    When looking at dishonor post TPW the first thing you have to decide is how you are expecting to win most of your games. A deck using dishonor (from . . . → Read More: To Dishonor Or Not to Dishonor?

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