Help for New Players with recognizing Black or White Borders

By Boremac, in CoC General Discussion

Cribbed this from Marius and wanted to repost it for others. The italics sets are all black border so know what you are getting before you do as I have done and get black borders because you are too excited about new cards. :P No complaints, however, cause I do love the Guardian Dogs from Denizens of Dunwitch. :) Are they reprinting these older series cards or are we just wanting them to be allowed in Tournament play in the future. Seems a waste of some great material to not use these Black Borders in Tournament play of some kind.

First there was Arkham Block (Large set: Arkham Edition, small sets: Unspeakable Tales and Forbidden Relics)

Then came Eldritch Block (Large set: Eldritch Edition, small sets: Masks of Nyarlathothep and Forgotten Cities)

These where followed by 4 AP's:

Spawn of Madness, Kingsport Dreams, Conspiracies of Chaos, Dunwitch Denizens.

After that, the game moved to the new white border LCG format:

Mountains of Madness AP, Ancient Horrors AP.

Then Core, then the new cycle of AP's.

Two AP cards did get reprinted to core. But that's it. For LCG play, the Canine Guardian stays in the kennel. That AP in particular got hosed. It was legal for 3 days, 7 hours, and 42 minutes. Otherwise, to determine if you want to play any card, the following equation must apply:

CCC + white border = 1 over LCG + black border

Basically, if Cthulhu travels at the speed of light, it's the same as if the necronomicon fell in the woods.

johnny shoes said:

Otherwise, to determine if you want to play any card, the following equation must apply:

CCC + white border = 1 over LCG + black border

Basically, if Cthulhu travels at the speed of light, it's the same as if the necronomicon fell in the woods.

Thanks for making me think today. Now my brain hurts.