u/DaiChi6ken

IBO is my favorite, and I'd love to main a deck with any Barbatos as the boss unit. I've been testing out this list and having some trouble. Am I supposed to be an aggro deck? Or more mid-range? Because I seem to get out aggro'd when my opp swarms the board, and on more than one occasion I'll settle into a groove only to get got by that one Blue Unit (Freedom, I think, the one who draws when it kills stuff and sends my units back). Then sometimes blockers just ruin my day. It just feels kinda off. Sometimes Barbatos comes down and can pick off several units and I can feel the momentum shift, other times the deck just feels slow and clunky, and I don't know if that's me, the current build, or what.

I play mostly MSA as I'm still working on a physical deck, but I wanna get reps in for when I can go play irl. I wanna stay mono purple for prive and simplicity, barring the white for OA since I already have a set. I'd appreciate just some insight as to how to generally play this type of deck.

Like the title says, how do Minerva decks usually play? Kinda window shopping atm and thought Destiny Gundam looked sick as hell and love it as like a boss unit. Been trying a lot of decks and builds on MSA, and so far really liked an aggro purple/green list, but MAN Barbatos(s) and Zaku2 rack up the price of a deck real quick. Could Minerva be built aggro? Or would it be more midrange/control? Any input would be appreciated

Also, I'm sure the GD05 Destiny is like a one off at most, but AGAIN dude that art is clean af.

I love the Fight/Bite mechanic in MtG and was pleasantly surprised when I saw this dude. Are there anymore units or maybe even a deck based around beginning a battle? Or is this just for the single card?

I've played about 20-ish games on MSA, and legitimately I don't think I've won a single one. It feels like every deck i go against is faster or bigger than me, and when/if i ever actually feel like i have momentum, down comes a 5 or 6 defense base, or multiple removal commands, or something that resets me back to zero while my opp then pulls ahead. I wanna start going to weekly gundam nights, and just wanted some practice but BROTHER this is just sad lol. I know I need a set of Barbatos Adept and another pair of 1st, but still. This is my current build. I have two IBO starters (so sets of With Iron and Blood, the 4/3 Hyakuren, Akihiro with the 4/3 Gusion Rebake, and a set of Barbatos 2nd Form), Chad Chadon, and a set of the new 4/6 Barbatos Lupus Rex (the re-stand one). Is the deck just bad off rip? Since I am kinda new i will say knowing when to attack the base/life and the rested Gundams still gives me trouble, so I'm sure that factors in as well. Generally I try and break the basic 3 defense shield ASAP and then try to start being aggressive, but I usually start to flounder. Idk feelsbadman.

Might be going to a tournament this weekend. I have two of the IBO starters and a pair of Barbatos 1st form and the Big One, how does this look? Obv not expecting to win the night, but i don't wanna get stomped every round.

Figured I'd try to be aggressive, and Rex could restand 4th Form so Suppression could be used a bit more.

Been having some fun in Bo1 unranked/ranked with a list similar to this (the only difference being i haven't crafted the 2Mox or two additional Vals yet) and was wanting to get some opinions on how this list looks. I go back and forth on the Moxes because if I can open Mox + Thoughtseize + Reanimate, that's sick as hell, but Mox kinds does nothing if i open up Life//Death as my reanimation spell. Rex is my baby and not up for debate, SoI I'll admit is a meme but I already had a set, Val seems p good every time I've hit it, BoC is p good as long as it gets going T1 and not against token decks, and Demon of Loathing is there just to have another big target incase I open nothing else. Also could pitch to a mox lol. I was wanting to grind and didn't wanna be at TOO much of a disadvantage (I would imagine not running blue/counters is a gimp) and wasn't expecting to win every game, ya know? SB rn is 4 enchantment/artifact removal (that G costing one that hits 3cmc and lower) and 4 Feed the Swarm. I'll admit i don't really know what I SB for this kinda deck would look like. As it stands, I have 4mythic WCs, and a single Rare WC. Any advice or thoughts would be appreciated.

What would be the best deck/shell for dropping this absolute BEAST as early as possible? Was thinking maybe like an Indomitable Creativity type deck, right? Been playing just normal ramp and while that's fun, I wanna go faster.

Haven't played since Tarkir Dragonstorm, and wanted to hop back in. Is something like this still viable on ladder? I'm not looking to go pro or expecting to win every game, but I do just like stompy. Only have some R/MR wildcards atm.

I think SE has some of the coolest art/design in the game, and wanted to make a SE deck because of it. My problem is that I think it's such a waste to use all these cool cards to just climb into generic link summons. Different strokes and all that, I know. Could I build it and the extra deck as like "pure", no generic package, just SEs/Sinful Spoils/Diabellstar and a ton of board breakers/hand traps? I would imagine it could still be pretty disruptive, but I've never really played SEs before to justify feeling that way.

Are there any cool looking mech type decks? i know Zeus and Ty-Phon aren't archetypes, but is there something that can scratch that itch? Even on the horizon. Been playing Kash and Sharks, and was finding for more.

Bought 2 IBO decks and a set of Barbatos 1st Form, and have been playing this against my brother for funsies, but I wanna get a bit more competitive now. I really like Barbatos 4th Form and the purple cards in general, I'm more eh on the white cards (mainly McGillis and his Gundam) BUT I know white has Overflowing Affection, which is p good. I thought Wing Gundam and Breach was really cool, but from what I saw green doesn't really have any card draw, and purple seems to end at Barbatos 1st Form. So I guess I'm just looking for decks, cuts + replacements, or ideas of where to go from here. And as much as I like aggro in most card games, I don't have an interest in the blue/purple deck that constantly pops up when I wanna look for Barbatos decks, I know that lol

Brother and I are getting into the game, and i just bought two of the Iron Bloom decks so I could have full sets of them. What's the best deck I could make by jamming them together? And if anyone has advice to playing the deck, or game in general, I'd love to hear it!

ALSO side rant, holy crap the art in this game is beautiful.

Color scheme/name inspired by the Dawnbreakers. Primer black -> dry brush Gal Vorbak Red -> dry brush Khorne Red -> dry brush Retributor Armor for trim -> dry brish Leadbelcher for trim. Eyes are just white -> Doomfire Magenta.

Came out okaaaaay imo. I thought dry brushing would give it a more gritty kinda feel, but it all ends up looking unfinished. Maybe a heavier dry brushing? Or just some touch ups after the fact. Also, learned that the helmet is best painted separately, holy crap.

Anyways, C+C welcome and appreciated!

Got excited building my Chapter Master last night, but once everything was all glued down it left me feeling kinda "eh" about it. I plan on shaving down the skull on the back of the jump pack for some BA doodad I have on the upgrade sprue, and eventually ordering a halo thing, but does anyone have any suggestions on what could be done to give it more of that BAM factor? I thought a BA helmet and Dante Shoulder Guard would do a lot more heavy lifting lol