Greg & Nick

Hard Inked Life

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A Coast-to-Coast Lorcana Pod

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Greg & Nick

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E10: Archazia's Island Metagame Early Movers and Shakers 19.03.2025 1:16:27

Greg and Nick dive into the early Archazia's Island metagame to talk about whether Blue Steel (and Blue Red) are "too good" -- spoiler: neither of us think blue decks have an insurmountable advantage despite the early success -- and then also discuss what other cards and other colors have been impressive in the first two weeks of playtesting and tournament results.

E9: Archazia's Island Set Review - Top 5 Cards 04.03.2025 1:37:41

Nick and Greg share their thoughts on the most impactful cards from Set 7: Archazia's Island.

E8: Azurite Sea Set Champs Recap and Metagame Tier Breakdown 10.02.2025 1:29:53

Nick recaps a set champs season that resulted in two top four performances and then the guys break down the metagame tiers at the end of Chapter 6.

E7: North American Continental Chaos! Part II and Set Champs Preview 24.01.2025 1:01:38

Post-holiday season blues, wildfires, and technical difficulties tried but were unable to derail Nick and Greg from recording this week! Nick&Greg: 2 vs. Life: 0. Let's win some SCARS.

E6: Continental Chaos! and Surprise Metagame Standouts 23.12.2024 1:00:15

Nick and Greg discuss EU Continentals and some surprising metagame standouts.

E5: Azurite Sea Set Review -- Top 5 Cards for Constructed 15.11.2024 1:23:17

Greg and Nick battle through an east coast internet outage and other technical difficulties to bring you their thought on the top cards for Set 6: Azurite Sea.

E4: Metagame Deep Dive (Green Steel and Green Yellow) 03.10.2024 1:06:07

Greg and Nick dive deep into what makes Green Steel and Green Yellow popular choices in the Shimmering Skies metagame.

E3: Post-DLC Metagame Discussion, Steel Song Deep Dive, and Draft Catchup 27.09.2024 1:13:20

Greg and Nick catch up on the latest metagame developments following two DLCs in Vegas and Birmingham (note: not the one in Alabama), dive deep into what makes Steel Song tick, and catch up on some of the unique aspects of drafting Shimmering Skies.

E2: Predicting Pillars of the Metagame & Draft 101 20.08.2024 1:36:10

Greg and Nick attempt to predict the pillars of the Shimmering Skies metagame (@ 2:08), dive into Draft 101 (@ 35:15), and finish by decoding some common TCG slang terms (@ 1:27:11).

E1: Lorcana Balance and Shimmering Skies Release 11.08.2024 1:37:02

Greg and Nick discuss their approach to Lorcana and its overall balance as we approach the game's one year anniversary and the release of Set 5: Shimmering Skies.