TCCG Roundtable Ep 47: Big News, Big Competitive Events, and New Cards!
2Welcome to episode 47 of the TCCG Roundtable!\n\nWe’re your hosts dragonrider, RonMexico, and DankestDad\n\nStar Wars First Impressions\n\nNews\n[General] \nPAX East happening this weekend, many TCGs and CCGs have booths at the event\n[Hearthstone] [Ron]\nWhizbang’s Workshop launched \n[Flesh and Blood]\nPart the Mistveil set announced, launches May 31st 2024\nfirst set to launch in Japanese language alongside English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish!\n[Disney Lorcana]\nUrsula’s Return the 4th set was announced and it will include characters from Encanto for the very first time. The set arrives at local retailers as expected on May 17, with a wider retail release on May 31\nThe 3rd set of the year will launch Aug 9th\n4th set will launch Nov 15th\nnew boxed set arriving this summer called Disney Lorcana Gateway. The “progressive learn-to-play experience” walks players through building a deck of their own, with two decks waiting to be created inside each box. The $24.99 product will be released in the United States on Aug. 9, 2024.\nbrand-new cooperative game called Illumineer’s Quest - Deep Trouble, comes with two new decks filled with new cards Will be $59.99 can be played solo, with up to two players using the included preconstructed decks, or as many as four players, if fans use decks that are already in their collection. four difficulty levels, and players will be able to customize their decks to increase their chances\nhttps://www.polygon.com/24106896/disney-lorcana-ursulas-return-encanto-illumineers-quest \n[Pokemon] \nTemporal Forces set announced, will release March 22nd with over 160 cards https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-news/an-early-look-at-cards-from-the-pokemon-tcg-scarlet-violet-temporal-forces-expansion?cid=&utm_source=tw&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=tcg&utm_term=sv05preview1 \n[SWU]\nEven better and more successful launch than FFG anticipated, will be releasing consistent waves of set 1 product over the next several months to ensure players have access to cards and to help keep costs for players in a reasonable spot https://x.com/UnlimitedFFG/status/1770451166779822488?s=20 \n[Universus]\nCritical Role Challenger decks released yesterday\n\nCompetitive & Organized Play\n[Pokemon] \nStandard format will be rotating April 5th for in-person events, and March 22nd for TCG Live. Cards with the “E” regulation mark will no longer be legal for play in the 2024 Standard format. Cards with “F,” “G,” and “H” regulation marks will be legal to use (as will any future regulation marks that may be released). https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-news/2024-pokemon-tcg-standard-format-rotation-announcement\n[Legends of Runeterra\n[Flesh and Blood] \nPro Tour Los Angeles happening this weekend \nWorld Premiere of Part the Mistveil in Tokyo, Japan huge event but there will be simultaneous Japanese and English World Premiere events running side by side https://fabtcg.com/articles/mst/ \nAlong with a selection of event-exclusive merchandise, special guests, featured cosplayers, and weekend-long schedule packed full of competitive, casual, and social gaming, this is an event you just simply can't miss!\nMay 17th: World Premiere (Part the Mistveil Sealed Deck)\nMay 18th-19th: Calling (Day 1 - Part the Mistveil Sealed Deck / Day 2 - Part the Mistveil Booster Draft)\nMay 19th: Battle Hardened (Part the Mistveil Sealed Deck)\n[Disney Lorcana]\nnew in-store organized play events will begin to roll out in April\nWinners will have the chance to earn unique playmats as well as a special version of Stitch, Rock Star — a one-time promo card that will only be made available to the winners of these select local events\nMay will be the launch of the game’s competitive circuit, dubbed Disney Lorcana Challenge. An unknown number of regional events will give fans the ability to qualify for the North American and European Championships\nfirst world championship is slated for early 2025\nhttps://www.polygon.com/24040657/disney-lorcana-challenge-world-championship-gateway-boxed-set \n[SWU]\nPoland hosted the first major event, Star Wars Showdown with 90 competitors\n\nHearthstone New Cards/Decks\n\nThank you for joining us this week\nEmail us at TCCGroundtable@protonmail.com \nFollow us on twitter https://twitter.com/TCCGRoundtable \nDiscord: https://discord.gg/fm4fCCGhwy \nCheck out the video version at youtube.com/c/dragonriderTCCG\nEverywhere you can find audio podcasts!\nInked Gaming Affiliate (help support us directly while also getting sweet merch like playmats and other card game accessories) link https://bit.ly/3uSR44z\n\nRon https://twitter.com/ron_hs\ndragonrider https://twitter.com/dawniedk\nDankestDad https://twitter.com/DadDankest\n\nThank you and we’ll see YOU at the roundtable!\n\nWant to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/6063049546137600