2 Turns Ahead A Fiveshards Podcast On Hextcg Strategy, Hex News, And Tcg Theorycrafting

Topics Flavor Text Friday Update New Champions Draft Pack New Champions All the new champions here! Pack Draft Robotic Rapture (1- ne0) Underfoot Commander Keeper of the Wounded Petal (3- ne0) Brood Missionary Murmers of the Void Wreckasaurus (2- ne0, 2- GPrime) Thorntongue Snapdragon SPAM Bot Crackling Sprout Ridge Raider Construction Plans: Crank Rocket (3- DeckOfManyThings) Construct Foreman (3- GPrime) (2- DeckOfManyThings) Reactor Bot (1- DeckOfManyThings) Vanguard of Gawaine (1- GPrime) Wretched Wrangler

Topics VIP Spoilers Pack Draft JJ's VIP Decklist Champion: Tetzot 13 Sapphire 10 Ruby 4 Shard of Innovation 3 Yesterday 4 Time Ripple 4 Crackling Bolt 4 Crackling Wit 3 Fissuresmith 4 Reese the Crustcrawler 2 Lord Alexander, the Courageous 4 Azurefate Sorceress (Direct damage, speed) 4 Heroic Outlaw (Flight, Card draw gem) 1 Zeedu Reserves: 4 Heat Wave 4 Countermagic 2 Verdict of the Ancient Kings 2 Zakiir 3 Mesmeric Hypnoscientist Spoilers Augur of Sirion Ghost Feather Spirit Eagle Parriphagy Dreamsmoke Mystic Grim Assimilation Merciless Culler Rhythmic Spiritualist Time's Offering Indigo Dreamwalker Mistlord Druidic Exoshaper Draft Pack Tome of Knowledge Shard of Purpose - JadiimJedi (3) Wazikashi Ambusher - Penta/Zubrin (1) Jadiim Jedi (1) Shard of LIfe Mecha T-Hex Lethal Weapons Trick of the Light Chimera Guard Officer Mazat Spearman Brutal Bonecracker Augmented Awakening Boulder Toss - Penta/Zubrin (2) Jadiim Jedi (2) Wretched Wrangler Construction Plans Hornet Bot - Penta/Zubrin (3)

There are 2 AA Buccaneer Sleeves up for grabs this week. Listen to the end to figure out how to enter into a random drawing for them! Topics Set 3 Spoilers Market Fluctuations Pack Draft Set 3 Spoilers Army of Myth Duplicitous Duke Brown Fox Scout Lanupaw, Prophet of Fate Periwinkle Phenteo the Brood Priest Windsinger, Master of the Hunt Eternal Sage Valiant Escort Carnasaurus Links Friday Update Topic 3: Drafted Pack Bucktooth Roshi - Pentachills (1), Zubrin (2), Kroan (3) Paladin of the Necropolis - Kroan (2), Pentachills (3) Royal Diplomat - Kroan (1), Pentachills (2), Zubrin (1) Cockatwice - Zubrin (3) Careful Rummaging Meek Starling Starwatcher Wounded War Hero Ambling Bluff Kog’Teptl’s Thirst Feeding the Young Ones Battle Hardened Pa Crackling Wit Construction Plans: Crank Rocket Rotting Buffalo Congrats to Loopholist and Strife on winning AA Buccaneer sleeves!

Topics New Cards Market Stuff Pack Draft Links Hex Update MMORPG spoilers Topic 3: Drafted Pack- Cerebral Domination Cannon Volley - Pentachills (2), Zubrin (1), DomT(1) Callous Awakener Moonmonk- DOMT (3) Illjuni Mirthkin Cunning Skullcaster Construction Plans: Crank Rocket Mesmeric Hypnoscientist Sterling Starwatcher Excavation Hulk Vanguard of Cerulea Rune Ear Burrower Crackling Rot - Pentachills (1), Zubrin (2), DoMT (2) Construct Foreman - Pentachills (3), Zubrin (3) Recovery Specialist

Topics Set 3 Spoilers Fate Cup Pack Draft Fate Cup Decklists Pack Draft Darkspire Tyrant - (2) JuzamJedi, (1) Pentachills, (3) Zubrin Mimeobot Mentor of the grave Necrophage Construction Plans: Hornet Bot Killblade of the milky eye Royal Herald Boulder Toss - (1) JuzamJedi, (2) Pentachills, (1) Zubrin Trick of the LIght Prophet of Wren Grave NIbbler Vanguard of Cerulea - (3) JuzamJedi Spirit Oracle Launchpad Specialist (3) Pentachills, (2) Zubrin Cerulean MIrror Magi

Topics Set 3 Spoilers Fate Cup and Fantasy Pack Draft Links Hex Update Pack Draft Arborean Rootfather - 1st pick all Spirit Hound Underfoot Commander - Pentachills (2) Lumbering Sparklespore Adrenaline Rush - Zubrin (3), Pentachills (3) Ebony Pawn Underground Overdriver -InfamousNeo (2), Zubrin (2) Careful Rummaging Meek - InfamousNeo (3) Wounded War Hero Compost Burrow Bunny Dragon Guard Stalwart Fish Hands Ambling Bluff

Topics Community News Fate Cup Archetypes Archetypes Archetype Player Average Optimal Dwarves Pentachills 6 8.5 Dwarves JuzamJedi 8 8 Humans JuzamJedi 7 9 Humans Pentachills 5 9.3 Shin’hare Pentachills 2 7 Shin’hare JuzamJedi 5 8 Blood/Wild JuzamJedi 5 5 Blood/Wild Pentachills 5.5 6 Ruby/Wild Pentachills 5 8.75 Ruby/Wild JuzamJedi 3 3 Bury Infam0usNe0 5 7.75 Bury DeckOfManyThings 3.75 6 MonoB DeckofManyThings 3 6 MonoB Infam0usNe0 4 9 MonoW Infam0usNe0 6.5 8 MonoW DeckOfManyThings 6 7 BR Orcs JuzamJedi 5.5 5.5 DeckOfManyThings 6 6.5 sd Fliers DeckOfManyThings 2 6.583 JuzamJedi 4 5 Mono Ruby DeckOfManyThings 3 6 Pentachills 4 6.5 dw pump beast DeckOfManyThings 4 7.5 Pentachills 5 8 sw monsters DeckOfManyThings 4 8 Pentachills 2 8 Jank Bot DeckOfManyThings 1 4 Pentachills 1 6 Drafted Pack Storm Cloud - Pentachills, Zubrin, DoMT (1) Mentor of Oakhenge - Zubrin (3), Pentachills (3) Typhoon Galleon Gem Snatchers Firesoul Wizard Shield Bot Compost Surprise Runt Gang Fish Hands Burrow Bunny Crackli

Topics Community News VIP Cup of Fate Wild Cup Pack Draft Links WIld Cup Data Breakdown Wild Cup Top 4 Fate Cup VIP Archetype Breakdown VIP Archetypes Mono S 10 GoreFeast 5 BD 4 Dwarves 2 Mono B 2 RSW 1 5-shard 1 RS Burn/control 1 DS 1 BS 1 Pack Draft Fissuresmith - Pentachills (1), JuzamJedi (1), Zubrin (1) Mentor of the song - JJ (2) Shard of Instinct Battlecry Warlord Sly Huntress Verdict of the Ancient Kings Adrenaline Rush Giant Mosquito Iljuni Mithkin Cunning Skullcaster Wretched Wrangler Bastion of Adamanth JJ (3), Zubrin (2) Wreckasaurus - Zubrin (3), Pentachills (3) Murmurs from the Void - Pentachills (2) Darkspire Punisher

Topics That's ****in Teamwork! 2-2-1 Draft Archetypes Continued Drafted Pack Archetypes Archetype Player Average Optimal Dwarves Pentachills 6 8.5 Dwarves JuzamJedi 8 8 Humans JuzamJedi 7 9 Humans Pentachills 5 9.3 Shin’hare Pentachills 2 7 Shin’hare JuzamJedi 5 8 Blood/Wild JuzamJedi 5 5 Blood/Wild Pentachills 5.5 6 Ruby/Wild Pentachills 5 8.75 Ruby/Wild JuzamJedi 3 3 Bury Infam0usNe0 5 7.75 Bury DeckOfManyThings 3.75 6 MonoB DeckofManyThings 3 6 MonoB Infam0usNe0 4 9 MonoW Infam0usNe0 6.5 8 MonoW DeckOfManyThings 6 7 BR Orcs JuzamJedi 5.5 5.5 BR Orcs DeckOfManyThings 6 6.5 SD Fliers DeckOfManyThings 2 6.583 SD Fliers JuzamJedi 4 5 Draft Pack Stonetusk - Pentachills (1) Withering Touch Mentor of the Wind Careful Rummaging Meek -JuzamJedi (1) Wounded War Hero - DOMT (1), JuzamJedi (3) Ambling Bluff Kog'tepetl's Thirst - JuzamJedi (2), Pentachills (2) DOMT (3) Mazat Spearman - DOMT (1) Cerulean Mirror Magi Compost Burrow Bunny Light of Hope To the Skies Born to Die - Pentachills (3)

Topics News inside the game Draft Archetypes Pack Draft Archetypes Ranking Archetype Player Average Optimal Dwarves Pentachills 6 8.5 Dwarves JuzamJedi 8 8 Humans JuzamJedi 7 9 Humans Pentachills 5 9.3 Shin’hare Pentachills 2 7 Shin’hare JuzamJedi 5 8 Blood/Wild JuzamJedi 5 5 Blood/Wild Pentachills 5.5 6 Ruby/Wild Pentachills 5 8.75 Ruby/Wild JuzamJedi 3 3 Bury Infam0usNe0 5 7.75 Bury DeckOfManyThings 3.75 6 MonoB DeckofManyThings 3 6 MonoB Infam0usNe0 4 9 MonoW Infam0usNe0 6.5 8 MonoW DeckOfManyThings 6 7 Drafted Pack Ruinforge Reinventor (Pentachills - 1) Mentor of the Song (Pentachills - 3) Necrophage Sensei Child of Rust Ebony Pawn Subterranean Spy (InfamousNeo-1) Killblade of the Milky Eye (Domt - 2) Giant Mosquito (Domt -3) (Pentachills - 2) (InfamousNeo - 3) Grand Squirrel Titan Kog’Tepetl’s Thrist Burrow Bunny Light Of Hope Overtime Bot Shatter Shield Meek (Domt -1) (Infamousneo - 2)

Topics Hextechs Nulzann Results and the Constructed Meta Draft Archetypes Pack Draft Links Nulzann top 8 Rankings Archetype Player Average Optimal Dwarves Pentachills 6 8.5 Dwarves JuzamJedi 8 8 Humans JuzamJedi 7 9 Humans Pentachills 5 9.3 Shin’hare Pentachills 2 7 Shin’hare JuzamJedi 5 8 Blood/Wild JuzamJedi 5 5 Blood/Wild Pentachills 5.5 6 Ruby/Wild Pentachills 5 8.75 Ruby/Wild JuzamJedi 3 3 Draft Pack Archon of Nulzann -JJ, Pentachills, Zubrin. Starfire Totemist Mentor of the Flames -Pentachills (3), Zubrin (2) Withering Touch Rotting Buffalo Adrenaline Rush Crackling Wit Ebony Pawn Careful Rummaging Meek Cottontail Scout Reactor Bot - JuzamJedi (3) Crackling Rot - JuzamJedi (2), Pentachills (2), Zubrin (3) Rune Ear Burrower Light of Hope

Topics Community News Sapphire Cup recap Sealed Deck Building Pack Draft Links Top 8 Sapphire Cup Sealed Pool Gront the Infinite Noble Heart Scheme Highlands Magus Immortality Dream Dance Wind of Change Bucktooth Commander Rot caster Bone Warrior Elite Battle Tech Spawn of Othuyeg Callous Awakener Scraptech Brawler Lumbering Sparklespore Gobbleglade Witch Royal Valkyr Withering Touch Cockatwice x2 Town Crier Pulse Reactor Shard of Savagery Shard of Cunning Adrenaline Rush Shatter Shield x2 Mesmeric Hypnoscientist Molten Slaggard Arena Regular x2 Ridge Raider Ruby Aura Sniper of Gawaine Wrathseeker Crackling Sprout Thorntongue Snapdragon Spirit Oracle x2 Wreckasaurus x2 Rune Ear Burrower Cottontail Scout Sterling Starwatcher Nature Reigns Evolve Runts of the Litter Feral Ogre Howling Brave Meek x2 Crackling Boon Bastion of Adamanth x2 Ambling Bluff Kraken Guard Seapriest Inner Conflict Noble Citizenry Wind Whisperer Guard Dog Crackling Rot Neophyte of Xarlox Brutal Bonecracker Wretched Wrangler x2 Darkspire

Topics Arena Release and PVE decks HexEnt Major Tournament Sealed on Luck v. Skill Pack Draft Drafted Pack Prince Talysen Fierce Warlord Wazakashi Ambusher - Tecnophi (1), Gprime (1), Pentachills (1) Exalted Victory - Pentachills (2), Tecnophi (3) Dragon Guard Stalwart To the Skies! Rune Ear Burrower Compost Burrow Bunny Firesoul Wizard Vanguard of Cerulea - Gprime (3) Charge Hulk - Tecnophi (2) Flak Scrapper - Gprime (2) Grave Nibbler - Pentachills(3) Adrenaline Rush

Topics Announcements -Sapphire Cup -Sounds of Shards (Link: http://fiveshards.com/sounds-of-shards-set-1-complete/) Interview -Light Questions -Development -PVE and wrapup Pack Draft Drafted Pack Teapot of Prosperity - Zubrin (3) Underfoot Commander - Pentachills (2) Mentor of the Song -Cory (1) Lumbering Sparklespore Mesmeric Hypnoscientist - Zubrin (2) Immortal Tears Manti Ranger - Pentachills (1) Verdict of the Ancient Kings Rotting Buffalo Adrenaline Rush Darkspire Punisher Charge Hulk - Cory (2), Zubrin (1) Crackling Wit Feeding the Young ones - Cory (3) Prophet of Wren - Pentachills

Topics HTO Briggadon Postmortem JuzamJedi's Combo Deck Drafted Pack Links Top 8 from the HTO Decklists JJ's Decklist 11 Ruby Shard 10 Wild Shard 4 Shard of savagery 2 Wrathwood colossus 2 Eternal guardian 4 Chlorophylia 3 Crazed squirrel titan 4 Eye of creation 4 Howling brave 2 Filk ape 4 Scraptech brawler 2 Zakiir 4 Arborean Rootfather (Direct Damage and Speed) 4 Wrathwood Master Moss Reserves: 3 Thorntongue Snapdragon 3 Gobbleglade Witch 4 Heat Wave 3 Argus, Herald of Doom 2 Succulent Cluckodon Penta's Decklist Champion: Bertram 27x Sapphire 21x Ruby 4x Shards of Fate 4x Shards of Innovation 4x Burn 4x Cerulean Mirror Knight 4x Lord Benjamin, The Wise 4x Time Ripple 4x Crackling Bolt 4x Highlands Magus 4x Storm Cloud 4x Verdict of the Ancient Kings 4x Lord Alexander, The Courageous 4x Buccaneer 4x Cerulean Mentalist 4x Countermagic 4x Jags, The Blademaster 4x Scraptech Brawler 4x Gore Feast of Kog’Tepetl 4x Royal Falconer 4x Azurefate Sorceress (Minor Ruby of Ferocity / Minor Ruby of Flames) 4x Legionn

Topics Ruby Cup and Matt Miller Ruby Cup Top 8 HexTechs open Pack Draft Links Ruby Cup Top 8 Pack Subtle Striker - Penta (1), Matt (3). Zubrin (3) Queensguard - Zubrin (1), Matt (2) Shard of Savagery Born to Die Overtime Bot Crackling Boon Cottontail Scout Molten Slaggard Cerulean Mirror Magi Manti Ranger - penta (3) Construct Foreman Feeding the Young Ones - Penta (2) Construction Plans: Crank Rocket - Matt (1), Zubrin (2) Royal Herald Ridge Raider

Topics Doctor Citadel Decks that have Yet to be Drafted Pack Links Ruby Cup Doctor Citadel Decklist Champion: Rutherford Banks Ruby Shard 10 Diamond Shard 11 Shard of Conquest 4 Soul Marble 3 Solitary Exile 4 Crackling Bolt 4 Meek 3 Citadel of Adamanth 3 Scraptech Brawler 4 Living Totem 4 Hopeheart Unicorn 3 Angel of Dawn 4 Zakiir 3 Reserves Frost Wizard 4 Burn 2 Heat Wave 4 Soul Marble 1 Meek 1 Ash Harpy 2 Hopeheart Unicorn 1 Dwarf Deck (initial) Sapphire Shard 6 Ruby Shard 6 Shard of Innovation 4 Crackling Vortex 4 Forge of Cadoc 4 Pterobot 1 Sapper's Charge 3 Gearsmith 4 Peek 3 Time Ripple 2 Construction Plans: Crank Rocket 1 Crackling Bolt 2 Careful Rummaging 3 Recovery Specialist 1 Verdict of the Ancient Kings 3 Secret Laboratory 1 Volcannon 1 Construction Plans: Bot Shop 1 Chaos Key 1 Droo's Colossal Walker 1 Construction Plans: Tower Hulk 1 Robotic Rapture 2 Argus, Herald of Doom 1 Eternal Guardian 1 Reese the Crustcrawler 1

Topics Arena Outside-of-the-pack Draft Strategies Draft Pack Deck Lists Matt's BS Deck 10 Sapphire Shards 11 Blood Shards 4 Shard of Cunning 4 Buccaneer [Sworddancer’s Limp] 4 Time Ripple 2 Countermagic {Flex spot, can replace with Verdict or other card} 4 Cerulean Mirror Knight [Mirrorplate Chestguard] 4 Life Siphon [Eye of the Soul Leecher] 4 Eldritch Dreamer (Gravedigger) 3 Xentoth’s Inquisitor (-Atk) [Siphoning Boots] 4 Darkspire Priestess [Darkspire Longblade] 3 Darkspire Punisher 1 Darkspire Tyrant 3 Rise Again [Flesh Reave Gauntlets] Penta's Newcomer Deck Champion: Betram 12 Sapphire Shards 8 Ruby Shards 4 Shard of Innovation 3 Charge Bot 4 Gearsmith 2 Construction Plans: Ingenuity Engine 4 Research Librarian [Feet] 2 Technical Genius [Trinket and Head] 4 Construction Plans: Tower Hulk 3 Boulder Toss [Good Ol' Boulder- Weapon] 4 Ingenious Engineer 4 Droo's Colossal Walker [Body] 4 Pterobot Pack Jank Bot - Matt Miller (1) Royal Valkyr - Zubrin (1) Inductocopter Bot -PentaChills (1), Zubrin (3)

Topics Community News VIP Tournament Burying your opponents deck in Draft Crack Pack Links Ruby Cup Hexprice FiveShards Youtube Test Server/Free Tournament/New AAs Brynhildr's "The Trials of Entrath" Hex Techs Briggadon VIP lists Pack Born of the Flame - Gprime (2), Zubrin (1) Keeper of the Wounded Petal - Gprime (1), Penta (2), Zubrin (3) Shard of Savagery Born to Die Molten Slaggard Cavern Guard Construction Plans: Hornet Bot - Penta (1), Zubrin (2) Light of Hope Firesoul Wizard Ridge Raider Murmurs from the Void Arena Regular Crackling Sprout Augmented Awakening - Penta(3), Gprime (#3) Burrow Bunny

Topics HexTechs Oberon Postmortem VIP Tournament Weekend Shifting Gears in Draft Pack Draft Links VIP 4-0 List (See Hapsons Jank Bot list) Pack Hired Horn Sellsword - Penta (3) Pulse Reactor Shard of Purpose Sentinel of Nulzann - Matt (1), Meek Kraken Guard Seapriest - Zubrin (2), Construction Plans: Crank Rocket - Pentachills (2), Matt (2), Zubrin(3) Recovery Specialist Crackling Bolt - Pentachills (1), Zubrin (1), Matt (3) Battle Hardened Pa Thorntongue Snapdragon Shield Bot Maniacal Entrepreneur Cavern Guard Neophyte of Xarlox