User blog:Skardae/Starting Out

The other week, me and a friend of mine decided to have a go at playing Buddyfight. Having played lots of Vanguard, Weiss Schwarz and MtG, we'd heard people talking about how Buddyfight was a better game than Vanguard and so forth. So, we bought a trial deck each, and had a go.

My friend went with Star Dragons, while I went with Hundred Demons. We played a few games, though they all seemed to end on turn 3-4, often due to me drawing Hundred Demons General, Gokumengaiou and wrecking everything. So I was wondering if Buddyfight games are generally short, or if it was just the particular matchup or decks used.

I also felt like there was a bit too little interaction between players, but that's smoothed out now that we know about a few things to consider, like removal, and high defence cards forcing link attacks. Our last game was really down to the wire, with both of us on 3 life and just throwing down monsters and hoping for a trump card, until I drew Judgement and got all of his effects off, then later got another turn with The World, and then another full Judgement off. Having removal in this game is killer! It reminds me a bit more of MtG than Vanguard, where removal can clear the way for a decisive attack, rather than just annoying the hell out of the other player.

I also got interested in building a Tarot based deck, after seeing the idea, thouh it seems hard to find decklists online. I'm interested in the Gleipnir and Actor Knights Judgement deck, though I'm also looking at Darkness Dragon stuff for their "Destruction" cards. And trying to find nulls. So what are some things/cards I should look for if I want to run Tarot with Legend or Darkness Dragon? Or any other tips for getting into the game.