Help From Future Self: A Conversational KeyForge Podcast

This week we bring on a special guest, Sydnie Steele from the Grey Riders, and we talk all about Key Cheats! Evolution, favs, current state in the game, and the future. Plus Blake and Sydnie talk about their KFPL experience from this past weekend. Hope you enjoy! // If you wish to donate to HFFS here is our Patreon link: https://www.patreon.com/hffspodcast • Please subscribe if you enjoyed this ep...

This week we take a look at card art and how it communicates to us both effectively and ineffectively. Let us know your thoughts on the communication of card art! // If you wish to donate to HFFS here is our Patreon link: https://www.patreon.com/hffspodcast • Please subscribe if you enjoyed this episode, and share it on your social channels. We appreciate any and all support. // If you wish to con...

This week we take a look at what makes creatures good, what makes them bad, and what makes them vanilla! What is the value of an enhancement when a creature does nothing on board? Tune in and find out more about this meaty topic! Let us know your thoughts; reach out on twitter. Hope you enjoy this episode! // If you wish to donate to HFFS here is our Patreon link: https://www.patreon.com/hffspodca...

This week we finish our series looking at aspects that a deck can contain and how to roll with it. We go into ratios that a deck has and what that means for how to play that particular deck, as well as what to be aware of and how to mitigate certain match ups. Let us know your thoughts on this topic and hit up up on twitter. Hope you enjoy! // If you wish to donate to HFFS here is our Patreon li...

In this week's episode, we have a discussion about how to deal with a deck that has two great houses and one not so great/dud house. It feels bad when one house doesn't fit with the other two, or is lacking in some way. Tune in to hear our thoughts on this subject, and check back next week for the last installment of this series! // If you wish to donate to HFFS here is our Patreon link: https://w...

So this episode is the start of a series we are going to be doing looking at various metrics that represent a lack of something in a KeyForge deck. This first week kicks of by looking at the stats the represent the most important part of what your KeyForge deck can do, æmber control, board control, æmber generation, and artifact control. We discuss what this means, how to mitigate these issues, an...

This week all the KeyHomies come together to discuss what we are excited about for this new year! Reach out to us and tell us what you are most excited for in 2021 with KeyForge! // If you wish to donate to HFFS here is our Patreon link: https://www.patreon.com/hffspodcast • Please subscribe if you enjoyed this episode, and share it on your social channels. We appreciate any and all support. // If...

This week we review the wild year of KeyForge we have had. The evolution of the game in uncertain times and all great things we did as a community to come together. Hope you enjoy! // If you wish to donate to HFFS here is our Patreon link: https://www.patreon.com/hffspodcast • Please subscribe if you enjoyed this episode, and share it on your social channels. We appreciate any and all support. //...

This week we take a look at all the great people and communities that have been given to us to keep this great game going through a really trying time in history. We are truly grateful to be apart of this community and wanted to take some time to acknowledge all those who contribute to make this game what it is each and every week. Happy Holidays everyone! // If you wish to donate to HFFS here is...

This week we have a discussion about the coveted 2mins before you start a game looking at your opponents decklist. With a lack of IRL play, has the art of the 2min read become a thing of the past in our current KeyForge game state? We talk about this and why getting back to that skill is so important. Hope you enjoy! // If you wish to donate to HFFS here is our Patreon link: https://www.patreon.co...

This week we dive into the process of how we look at decks right out of the box and how Decks of KeyForge and the SAS rating system come into play with the evaluation process. Hit us up on twitter and let us know the process you have when you open up a deck and try to figure out what makes it tick, the strengths and weaknesses, etc. Do you head straight to DoK? Or do you have a more elaborate proc...

This week we decided to follow up last week's episode of CotA classics and do AoA classics looking at them with an Over/Under perspective and how they stack up in the new meta now that Mass Mutation is in the mix. If you have any classics from AoA that you would like to weigh in on, hit us up on Twitter @HFFSpodcast // If you wish to donate to HFFS here is our Patreon link: https://www.patreon.com...

This week we decided to do a kind of Over/Under looking at the classics from CotA and how they stack up in the new meta now that Mass Mutation is in the mix. If you have any classics from CotA that you would like to weigh in on, hit us up on Twitter @HFFSpodcast // If you wish to donate to HFFS here is our Patreon link: https://www.patreon.com/hffspodcast • Please subscribe if you enjoyed this epi...

After a conversation with Skyjedi, we wanted to dive into the hypothetical world of what it would be like to have an official online client for KeyForge and what that would be like for OP and other aspects of playing this great game we all love. Hope you enjoy this one, please reach out on twitter and let us know your thoughts on this topic. // If you wish to donate to HFFS here is our Patreon lin...

This week we discuss playing to the strength of a deck. How to get the most out of a deck and setup those big turns that make a deck sing. // If you wish to donate to HFFS here is our Patreon link: https://www.patreon.com/hffspodcast • Please subscribe if you enjoyed this episode, and share it on your social channels. We appreciate any and all support. // If you wish to connect with us throug...

This week we did a variety show! We discuss the value of a deck and what that entails in regards to buying displays versus looking to buy or sell on the secondary market. This follows some previous discussions we have had on recent episodes. We also hit up a bunch of our classic segments that we haven't done in awhile. Hope you enjoy! // If you wish to donate to HFFS here is our Patreon link: http...

This week we bring on the illustrious Dave C of Team Reapout to talk about online organized play which has been picking up since the pandemic halted the prospects or this in IRL form. We also have a chat about the diversity of sets now represented on TCO and the reasons behind this as time has gone on. Hope you enjoy! // If you wish to donate to HFFS here is our Patreon link: https://www.patreon.c...

This week we have a discussion about the plight of a growing KeyForge collection with each set release and the existential crisis of what to do with all of these decks! Tune into this week's discussion and reach out to us on twitter to let us know your thoughts on the subject.  // If you wish to donate to HFFS here is our Patreon link: https://www.patreon.com/hffspodcast • Please subscribe if...

We've really enjoyed taking a closer look at certain cards lately, and this week is no different! Essence Scale and DAV provide interesting changes to game play once they hit the table, and we decided to talk about that this week. We hope you enjoy! // If you wish to donate to HFFS here is our Patreon link: https://www.patreon.com/hffspodcast • Please subscribe if you enjoyed this episode, and sha...

This week Jupiter joins us to tell us all about the KPL which kicked off this week! For more info about the KeyForge Premier League go to https://keyforgepremierleague.com/ // If you wish to donate to HFFS here is our Patreon link: https://www.patreon.com/hffspodcast • Please subscribe if you enjoyed this episode, and share it on your social channels. We appreciate any and all support. // If you w...

This week Scuzzy & Coach focus on the game changing artifact, Quixxle Stone! Scuzzy has spent a ton of time researching, understanding, as well as playing this deck archetype, and shares his experience and love for this card, as well as some tips for handling the Stone. Hope you enjoy!// If you wish to donate to HFFS here is our Patreon link: https://www.patreon.com/hffspodcast • Please subscr...

Familiarity. That's right, the natural progression is getting familiar with the ins and outs of your deck. Not just what exists, but how these discoveries can exist and what leads to maximum success or failure with what you have discovered. This was a fun conversation, and we hope you enjoy it as well. // If you wish to donate to HFFS here is our Patreon link: https://www.patreon.com/hffspodcast •...

All three KeyHomies are together for this one! We decided to have a chat about a couple MM combos we enjoy through our KeyForge travels. This is not an exhaustive list, but just a few each of us have chosen to discuss. Hope you enjoy this one! // If you wish to donate to HFFS here is our Patreon link: https://www.patreon.com/hffspodcast • Please subscribe if you enjoyed this episode, and share it...

This week Scuzzy & Coach talk about the single card they think is the best common in Mass Mutations. The gents spent the week leading up to this episode testing this card in action! Here is a link to Blake's YouTube vid going over the DEEP DIVE mentioned in this episode: https://youtu.be/_IWgVH7d76c // If you wish to donate to HFFS here is our Patreon link: https://www.patreon.com/hffspodcast...

This week we have a discussion about the chase cards in Mass Mutation. Those cards you want to see in your decks and have a special icon next to them. We look at some of those cards in this most recent set, and the impact they have had. Hope you enjoy the conversation. // If you wish to donate to HFFS here is our Patreon link: https://www.patreon.com/hffspodcast • Please subscribe if you enjoyed t...