Maybe cards with the most potential but I don't know about strongest....

Thanks for the analysis and videos

I expect they'll always be the first three cards my opponent plays. ?

The 3 most powerfull rare cards... you might never play with/against.

That's what I like about this game. Not having to worry what deck everybody will be playing the moment the next set gets spoiled.

Didnt watch the Video (and would love if you write it down also instead of youtube clickbait)

But i hope its dust pixie, natures call , and bait and switch.

Out of 64 players at the prerelease tournament in Essen, Top 4 had a good share of those cards.

1st had all 3, 2nd had dust pixie and natures call, 3rd had all 3, and 4th had bait and switch (me)

The dust pixie combo in turn 1 almost always gives you a key. So fast...

And bait and switch wins games by itself, i had it on top table in round 4 swing for a total of 18 (-9 for him, +9 for me), giving me the win against an overall better deck. He just couldnt handle this card.

On 10/22/2018 at 3:16 PM, Rangor said:

And bait and switch wins games by itself, i had it on top table in round 4 swing for a total of 18 (-9 for him, +9 for me), giving me the win against an overall better deck. He just couldnt handle this card.

He had 18 Aember? That seems kinda ridiculous (and especially against a deck with Shadow).

But like... why are people over-earning so much to go to 18 key money? If you are playing against Shadow and don't know whether they have bait and switch, surely you aim to end turns on like 8ish to enable forging, but safeguard against horrifying swings?

He had 17 aember. Two turns of his "The Sting" active.

Look it up at youtube its fourth game of the prerelease in Essen

I watched it streamed live and like the commentators I could not believe he kept "The Sting" as long as he did. Against a shadows deck "The Sting" is a gamble. Once you know the other deck has "Bait and Switch" you probably should just discard "The Sting". I could not believe he also played it, then "Control the Weak" and chose of all things Shadows when you had already played "Bait and Switch" in the previous game. I had the feeling he had not run into that card before and did not adapt quickly to playing against it.

If i am not mistaken in the comment section of the video the player stated that he didn't know any of the cards and everything was new to him

On 10/23/2018 at 4:02 PM, Facilier said:

But like... why are people over-earning so much to go to 18 key money? If you are playing against Shadow and don't know whether they have bait and switch, surely you aim to end turns on like 8ish to enable forging, but safeguard against horrifying swings?

Typically either a massive income in one turn (e.g. Total Recall or the Sanctum one that gets 1 per enemy in excess of you, or just a big Brobnar fite) or repeated forge delaying or unforging.

Against Shadows you need to pace yourself, alternate between rolling in key money and building up a board state. If you choose to go to 20 key money or whatever, that has to be a calculated risk on your part that they don't have Bait and Switch or Too Much To Protect, in which case just accept the result.

since you cannot customize your decks, claims of most powerful cards, etc is meaningless.

I would be really surprised if the top decks at major non limited events won't feature Bait and Switch.

On 10/28/2018 at 3:18 PM, Ignithas said:

I would be really surprised if the top decks at major non limited events won't feature Bait and Switch.

Huh? What? They haven't even announced league or tournament formats.

I can see, if top decks all have cards x, y, and sometimes z; then decks with those cards regardless of play history will get chains to balance out the match.