Andrew Vandever

Take That, Smartypants!

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Take That, Smartypants! is all about KeyForge. You can find deck reviews, news, set analysis, how-to's, play sessions, and more. Let's dive into the Crucible together!

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Andrew Vandever

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Sep 26, 2024

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Episodes

A GREAT Legacy, but does it fit in the deck? 04.04.2020

My wishlist for a WC deck with Legacy Arise!: Infurnace Infurnace Infurnace Infurnace Decklist: https://www.keyforgegame.com/deck-details/fbdbca1f-79d9-4c81-8649-691c5a83a568

Your aember went down and mine went up? No Relation! 01.04.2020

This is quite a lot of steal for a deck with no Shadows, plus two key cheats! Decklist: https://www.keyforgegame.com/deck-details/faf4cece-bf46-41a5-ba2c-8cb55775c96e

Five Ronnies? Not quite... 31.03.2020

This deck could conceivable play its single Ronnie Wristclocks five times during a single run...Just how likely is that, though? Decklist: https://www.keyforgegame.com/deck-details/3f7661a1-0d9d-4589-b955-5e2083752813

Adaptive Prime Success and Failure 23.03.2020

I won a Prime, just in time for Worlds to be postponed. I hope you all are staying safe out there! In this episode, I walk through the Prime swag, then take a look at 3 different Adaptive strategies, one of which helped me win!

Logos in Worlds Collide! 20.03.2020

Stuart and I talk through all the Logos cards in Worlds Collide! Read along at https://bit.ly/2xbUuVq

The WC version of "nope" 14.03.2020

This deck has aember control in all three houses, and enough race to press out some wins. "Fun" for all! Decklist: https://www.keyforgegame.com/deck-details/93967ea3-3469-450f-ac82-3210d40b9ca8

My "loot" from the Fresno Prime! 11.03.2020

Sometimes you win, sometimes you meet really nice folks who treat you like family. :) Shout out to Crazy Squirrel Games! Decklist: keyforgegame.com/deck-details/f50c68c3-2c04-48f2-929e-1592297eeb44

My Alt-art Unsuspecting Prey Deck! 07.03.2020

This one has some cool tools! Two Spike Traps with - sort of - two Brends. Mimicry, Unnatural Selection, and 3 (three!) Wild Spirits. Decklist: https://www.keyforgegame.com/deck-details/6d717bd3-63dc-457d-b4a5-e9d5c47a34d0

I've been duped! 04.03.2020

Holy Xerox, Batman! This deck has 2 triples, and 5 doubles. And...it's a little control-y, without having a whole lot of board presence itself. Seems cool. Decklist: https://www.keyforgegame.com/deck-details/b7e987e0-75ea-439a-8c1e-c3fb5d803687

Another alt-art Hock! 29.02.2020

This one came as a reward for participating in KeyforgeEvents's December league. It has soem nice aember racing features in Shadows, plus good deck accelaration and synergy in Logos and Alliance. And Fetchdrones + Automatonff is one of my favorite combos. :) Decklist: keyforgegame.com/deck-details/3c28f84b-6408-40d5-8a7f-f9ed0a8563ba KFE: https://kfe.challonge.com/

This is a fun set of rares! 26.02.2020

This deck has some solid aember control in Dis and Star Alliance, with good racing options and a lot of ways to turn the opponent's good cards against them. Decklist: https://www.keyforgegame.com/deck-details/3b1d7f87-b4a9-452e-90d2-8bee8ad7dd0e

Careful with your timing... 22.02.2020

This has some nice aember control options, but they're mostly a bit too slow, and the wrong cards ended up together. *maybe* a little archiving and extra hand size will help. Decklist: https://www.keyforgegame.com/deck-details/35468875-b5d7-4a61-8ba5-93318b43039b

My alt-art Axiom Deck! 19.02.2020

Two Golden Spirals make this Dino speed deck. Logos adds to that, with an Interdimensional Graft *maybe* providing a way to recovery from losing aember-laden lizards. And even the Brobnar has some speed to it, although it's not the BrobSaur combo dream. Decklist: https://www.keyforgegame.com/deck-details/0b5ff3cd-568d-46e7-807c-b7f373e0eec1

My alt-art Hock Deck! 15.02.2020

This is my reward for staying up on the leaderboard at my local store for November. It has potential! I wish I'd addressed Imperial Road targets a bit more when recording - I think most of the Saurian creature are actually pretty good targets for it, especially Rhetor if it's the right time. Decklist: https://www.keyforgegame.com/deck-details/83e143f0-99ac-4dee-8ac8-105f36838b78

A study in meh... 12.02.2020

This deck has some individually good cards, but they don't really fit together to tell much of a story. Sometimes you have to do the best you can with what you've got! Decklist: https://www.keyforgegame.com/deck-details/f71b22bd-d6a1-4149-9652-db8021965616

Another crazy CotA pull! 08.02.2020

The particular box this came from must've had 3 double-CTW decks in it. This deck also sports insane key control, plus a Shatter Storm to really wreck the opponent's day. https://www.keyforgegame.com/deck-details/cdab0c6e-7267-46f2-a80d-aa88ebc7a2b3

Without board wipes, this deck wins 05.02.2020

Strong board control in Brobnar and Saurian, plus 2 effects that capture upon fighting, plus 3 effects that spend capture aember, is how you convert board control into a win. It can even Philophosaurus 3 times per turn if you let it. Decklist: https://www.keyforgegame.com/deck-details/14aa478b-5765-4136-aba1-83e7fe06079e

Found an Infomancer! 01.02.2020

Infomancer is a fun anomaly, and this deck has lots of options for Actions to attach to it. Decklist: https://www.keyforgegame.com/deck-details/5dfee4a7-d6a5-4b29-95e1-45e57529077d

Your aember is "Unavailable" :D 29.01.2020

That pun is terrible, but E'e on the Fringes is great! This deck is a good example of how not to care about board state. Decklist: https://www.keyforgegame.com/deck-details/c57f8203-93f6-4aef-b5e6-3f9a584fa45e

Great decks lurk around every corner! 25.01.2020

This is the beast that I took to top 4 at a recent Prime Championship. It has potential to do better than that, too. And, I opened it randomly out of a display I acquired to play casually with family. Fun stuff! Decklist: https://www.keyforgegame.com/deck-details/5a8f9b1d-1cd6-4424-8b62-a87a6c088aab

Sealed Survival Store Champs! 22.01.2020

On vacation, I went to a 2-Deck Sealed Survival Store Championship with some friends, and came home with the win! I had to win twice in a row at the end. Let's take a look at my decks and some swag. :) Deck 1: https://www.keyforgegame.com/deck-details/784b4fbe-28da-4e96-bfd5-85a3c8f58306 Deck 2: https://www.keyforgegame.com/deck-details/9269af80-b0cc-4631-a9f4-d0fd36c7dff4

Is this FINALLY too much capture mitigation? 23.12.2019

I think I may have finally hit a Saurian build that has so many capture mitigation cards that it crowded out other stuff. But with Logos and two Ghosthawks, it still might be ok. Decklist: https://www.keyforgegame.com/deck-details/63fc3987-b56e-4c83-a797-5ab4016900cb

Reap in peace 22.12.2019

Ouch, the amount of domination we can achieve if this deck has board control (which is pretty likely, actually) is insane. I think Brobnar is sort of the new Mars, in that the combos are less obvious, but this is brutal. BTW, last I checked FFG had confirmed that Jargogle's Destroyed effect will play all the cards from under it. Decklist: https://www.keyforgegame.com/deck-details/f71a4b45-2df5-47a...

Not quite Reversal-worthy? 21.12.2019

After I recorded this, I looked up the SAS of the deck, which is very low (50 at the time, 51 now), but actually there are some features in the deck (Murmooks, Regrowths, Evil Eye, Collar) that would make me really scared to use it as such. Testing is in order. Decklist: https://www.keyforgegame.com/deck-details/21d988d0-9253-41a7-ad18-0ea3eb7ffe03

Capture, Delete, Repeat 20.12.2019

This purge-crazy deck will also capture and spend the opponent's aember without remorse. And that's not even touching on the crazy Star Alliance synergy machine. Decklist: https://www.keyforgegame.com/deck-details/6b08f40f-fc9b-4e3f-ae3c-f3aba2101e6a

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