killercactus, Schmendrix, The Treatment

The Jankyard

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A podcast for Ashes Reborn, the extendable card game by Plaid Hat Games. We're here to talk about all things Ashes: news, events, the meta, and in particular what we like to call open-minded deck-building.

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killercactus, Schmendrix, The Treatment

Episodes

Ep8: New Year, New Ashes, and some Brennen talk 25.01.2023 1:24:54

We're back at it in 2023, starting with a review of Secret Santa, Jankfest, the Waves Open, and Phoenix League.   Then we dive into some analysis on JK's unbeatable Brennen list and brainstorm the obvious counters nobody's built yet. 0:00:00 Welcome to Episode 8 of the Jankyard!   0:02:47 Secret Santa  0:18:05 Deluxe + Master sets  0:20:35 Ashes Wiki  0:26:47 Phoenix Leagu...

Ep7: Tournaments Galore, New Card Previews, Refining, and Chants 23.12.2022 1:58:37

The boys cover the new Red Rains spoilers, all the tournaments especially Shufflebus Worlds, refining a deck build, and the Jank Tank submissions for chants.   **This episode was recorded before the news of Shufflebus leaving the scene, and therefore the intro mentions this as episode 6. We decided to release the other episode first as it was time sensitive**  0:00:00 Welcome to Episode...

Ep6: SB Era's End, A Phoenix Rises From The Ashes, and The Greatest Event of The Year 17.12.2022 2:20:35

A couple of special guests join us to discuss the end of The Shufflebus, what the future holds for the competitive scene of Ashes, and the greatest event of the year: Jankfest 2023!  Deckbuilder of the year finalists are announced by one of our guests and let's just say they are all incredibly deserving.   0:00:00 Welcome to Episode 6 of the Jankyard!   00:04:57 Coal-Off and Secret...

Ep5: Rounding Out a Deck Build, PvE, and a Lotta Blood 29.11.2022 1:31:16

Silver bullets, meta counters, and support cards oh my!  We discuss considerations for rounding out the remaining 20 cards of  your deck, design space for future Hope solutions, the announcement of  PvE, and of course The Jank Tank submissions for Blood Transfer. That  spicy wheel spins again!   The Jank Tank submissions:  Neil's Odette  Treatment's Rowan Schmend...

Ep4: Slam-Jam Wrap-Up, First Fives and the Empower Cannon 14.11.2022 1:49:14

The Jankyard Boys discuss the wrap-up of the Team Slam Jam and their (sometimes not so janky) decks.  Then everyone talks First Fives and how to get the most out of them before we get into the Empower Cannon deck submissions.  Empower's Focus Effect looks like it could be so good - how do you get that sweet value? We discuss while covering The Jank Tank submissions for last episode's cha...

Ep1: The Strange (Copy) Pilot! 07.11.2022 1:17:52

Welcome to the Jankyard!  We've got janky decks!   killercactus, TheTreatment and Schmendrix come together to discuss Ashes  Reborn news, hot discord topics, ShuffleBus Pod Qualifier, AshCon 3 and  deckbuilding!  See which of our decks we choose to invest our knowledge  in The Jank Tank, and find out what our deck-building challenge is for  next week from  T...

Ep2: AshCon 3, Team Tourney, and Living Dolls 07.11.2022 1:05:37

In this episode of the Jankyard, we talk AshCon 3, Team Tourney, Dread  Wraiths, hating on Xander, an awesome Living Doll deck in the Jank Tank,  and pick a new deck-building challenge for next time, all while  learning the difficulties of podcasting!    The Jank Tank submissions:   shadowfire's Odette (pick of the week) Schmendrix' Xander YouTube channel: https://www...

Ep3: Slam-Jam Wins and Deck-Building First Steps 01.11.2022 1:18:20

Schmendrix and killercactus talk about finally getting wins in the team slam-jam tournament against some cool decks, and we dive into the first steps of deck-building. Are Drain Vitality and Sun Sister undervalued? We discuss while covering The Jank Tank submissions for last episode's challenge on "healing units", and spin that spicy wheel again! The Jank Tank submissions:  clu's Xander (pick...