Pretty dam excited about this. keeping this all community driven. Discussing local scenes and big event successes. We are good mates and really enjoy talking lorcana so hopefully you can all join us on the fun. ❤️
20 Lore Pro is excited to announce that
@HarlanSweete
@Artabax_Lorcana
and
@Lorcanadecks
will be joining us as content creators with the "20 Lore Cast". They'll be doing coverage over the latest happening in the European Lorcana Scene. Check out their first podcast episode
Not sure if these are a thing in other countries but in the UK we have carboot sales (basically big yard sales). Managed to find a tragic beast for 50p (60 US cents).
1k views in just over a week. Again I don't know much about youtube but I think that is alright? Like I am happy with it atleast haha. Also a comment from my friend and one of the Lorcana GOAT's!
Made a BS list as I got pretty excited with the core win conditions of the deck in set 4. Nice to be enjoying a deck right now with the two boogeyman of the meta watching over. I think u have a nice matchup vs GS and RB feels a tiny bit better than set 3. Could be the move.
Current list. Brooms felt good. I think OJA and tala give a much higher ceiling and winrate so that will be the next update. But for anyone new to BS I think this list is perfect entry. Turn 1 pawp, turn 2 2d, turn 3 ramp. You now have a easy to follow mulligan and 3 turns.
Stores please don't gatekeep store champs only for people in the league. I don't know if you realise how toxic that can become. Pokemon have a good thing with league cups and challenges. Make all store champs public, if you wanna win then practice, don't gatekeep.
Took BS through the paces today! It is a deck I hold close to my heart. Like the improved draw with 4 more 1d items. It has always been a meta choice with that side comment of "wheel decks sometimes brick". But the matchups feel a lot better! Store champs choice possibly.
Played at my locals with some of my scrimmers. This felt very comfortable once I got working with it. Feeling much more confident on the draw vs RP. Still some tweaking to do, I think 4x Ariel is required. For sure will do a video on the deck soon.
Tip for ya. You are just going to lose sometimes. The lose can be linked to deckbuilding or a missplay. But sometimes you just aren't going to draw the cards you need. A big skill in TCGs is not to get upset over that. Admit that today isn't your day and get um next time.
Got a mat and a card after my first store champs with. Taking on 1st place with one of my friends.
@jericholorcana
making top 4. And
@jamielbarter191
trying out
@TowelManPurple
location deck. Really good start to the set champs. Was on blue steel for this one.
Got my Blue Steel notes together and finished my primer guide. If anyone wants access to it then please let me know! It will have a paywall of £7, just to be fair to other people who have already paid for similar info through coaching fee's. shared as a Google Doc.
I didn't expect this response from me just rambling on about blue steel but the channel has got it's upgrades. Determined to give this content creator stuff a real shot and upload daily. Hopefully people can learn from me as much as I learn from everyone in the community.
As I am pretty invested in Lorcana and Disney now, I think its a good time to watch the movies! I haven't seen any, expect I watched Treasure Planet in a good spirited effort to start! What are the top recommendations? Feeling Lilo and Stitch is a must see I should check out.
No benefit in hiding my list and happy to share if anyone wants to try it out! After 2 store champs and a stitch promo earned this is what my 🔵⚪️looks like. Happy to pick it apart for anyone who is interested. Just ask in DM's or comments. 😊
Writing a primer guide for decks seems all the rage right now. I will try my best to do one for my Blue Steel deck. If people are after that sorta content.
listened to podcana mention my performance in Poland. Beaming with gratitude. All my life I've struggled with addiction & depression. Since getting my act together I've achieved so much, I'm so proud of my life today. If u r struggling with mental health. Please do reach out. 🙏
Starting my journey to Lille. If you see me do say hi! On day 1 I'll be in my 20lore. Everyone try their best to not let the nerves hit and just enjoy the day! This is gonna be something special. Take it in and stop to smell the flowers between rounds!
Thank you to everyone who has been helping me and everyone who has watched my content. I am still finding my way but really loving this journey I am on. So grateful to be in this position as well. You are all top notch geezers, innit. (this is analytics of the last week).
anyone wanting a last minute Chiacgo choice then here is my offer. I learned in Lille that regionals are unpredictable and if your list is refined for just the top meta choices you can have some issues. I change cards lots but if I was at Chicago this would be my final choice.
I first met this lovely man
@PavelKolev7
in London during ROTF. I'm grateful to call him a friend. He is a special kinda lovely. One in a million. Every turn, he only did what was right. Big news today but I am sure the community can come together on this one and grow.
We broke 1k views on my blue steel list. Thank you very much! For someone with such low confidence in their deckbuilding and lorcana skills, this has been a nice little boost!
My top 8 list from Thea's event. Going to keep it the same. Only consideration is 3x kit due to green popularity going into Lille. Also item destruction isn't needed so benja can be swapped for a better 2 quester. But love the hood line and big up Tiana! Locked a RP even! Lol
I have been asked if I could do guides on entry level for competitive Lorcana. what to ink, going 2nd means for you. I think its a great idea for newcomers. But do you also think people would benefit from help with events? How to do decksheets and tourney etiquette.
Try be nice and help people as much as you can, the universe tends to return the favour. () a player reached out and offered to make thumbnails for my video's and banners for the channel. Check out his stuff if you like. Very grateful for the help!
Two main things I'd improve for lorcana:
-get rid of best of 2, it sucks. To point where I'm upset in a best of 3 game if I don't get a 2-0 win for regional practice
-print cards that help going 2nd.
Besides that the game is proper solid bruv, innit
Grateful for coaching requests. I have taken a step back from it due to my guides on youtube. It just hasn't felt right for me to take payments for coaching while I also hand out the teaching for free in video's. Not doing this for money, the money just funds all this for me. 🩷
I don't know much about content creating but one of my vids is closing in on 1k views. () That like sorta feels good? Seeing as my account is also only less than a week old lol. Maybe I should put some more effort into my vids and give this stuff a shot.
we took 1st on
@RealPlayNetwork
with a 7-0 winstreak with my blue steel list. I will just sit on this until someone takes it from me. Some fun games! That last one was so sweet. The fella had just watched my BS guides and then we got paired! Made my night.
Finished 141 at the first ever lorcana regional. I was happy with my performance. Only criticism is maybe more practice on the mirror but they are always die roll pains. Really great time! People asking me "are you Harlan" in broken English has made my little heart so happy ❤️
Blue steel popularity is on the rise. The deck is a tier 0 contender imo. Its great for the deck but having to play lots of mirrors(if you have experienced the BS mirror it's a very unrewarding match) so I don't know how that makes me feel on the deck choice.
🙏 big PSA tip for everyone. If you play a deck and you play it well, you wanna play it for store champs. Don't let a few bad games on Pixelborn ruin that for you. Seeing lots of deck swaps and made last minute changes. Stay strong lads!
Started a new idea that I think is a great way to manage my channel. It is called the BS round up. Each Sunday I will try make a video on the latest advances in the deck, what works and what doesn't work. if anyone is trying anything new. Excited!
Looking to make some more diverse content, talking about the game and all its aspects. Wanna keep making blue steel guides as I improve with the deck. But maybe chat about prepping for events? Predictions? State of the meta? If that sounds interesting.
Thanks for people who watched. I now just have to stream 5 more times and I get affiliated. I am grateful but also so confused by streaming. Fumbles had to explain raiding to me. 😅 if anyone can help me with the basics please hit me up! I want those cute followers notifications.
We had some fun playing this morning. We put the cards in we needed and saw them when we needed. By no means is BS the saviour of set 4 but its fun and I bet will win you some Ursula's at store champs.
had lots of people ask me about my opinions on Tiana and Robin Hood in my deck, after comparing with the rats. At this point I have no more answers so this is my response.
For anyone who has seen my email address now, yes my name isn't Harlan. It is Adam. 😅but either will do fine if you wanna say hello to me at a store champs or regional!
By the end of the month I should have a new apartment and a new setup. Streaming is something I'm gonna give a try. At best you will see superb lorcana gameplay. At worst you can listen to British slang. Innit bruv.
Traded in the 9am beers life for some lorcana packs and an appletesier in the morning. 💪 excited to crack on with the top 16 later. Have a lovely Sunday guys!
Didn't manage to make cut today. Was real tight and top 16 to top 4 left no room for errors. Still great fun and got to play
@ThatMollerz
on to tomorrow and we go back onto the wheel.
Got to meet the GOAT
@Artabax_Lorcana
and my partnet with the 20lore podcast. Truly amazing experience and I'm so excited to see everyone at all the events! Love hearing about your rounds and those nail bitting 2:0 wins. Truly I am grateful for lorcana and this community.
Dam I love Lorcana and community! In my days of addiction I would wake up in some gutter or squat and spend the weekend trying to piece myself together. This weekend we have Theas event & local league. Truly blessed, thanks for everyone making it so amazing🙏 have a good weekend!
Played some hours of no wheel blue steel and it has been really great. Instead of setting up combo pieces and singing I just get to play on curve and use any value I find in my hand. Going to get a big scrim session with it today at my locals. Will probably be next video I upload
Only noticed today that Pixelborn was doing a highlight on us misfits over at 20lore. Really appreciate that and being recognised in this community I hold dear <3 Amazing to look back on the journey of 20lore over these past months.
torn right now. Blue Steel is a great deck, I love it to bits but it bricks and has issues just enough to say I am not confident for it at an event (although you can have a good run). Green Steel is just strong but dull and I don't enjoy bucky. What is the store champs pick!?
Got some final in person practice with a lovely group tonight. Managed to scratch the RP itch and found out I don't wanna take it at all to store champs. BS is still solid, it even felt like it bricked less than RP! Bring on the weekend.
I'd like to do some more blue steel videos. I was going to cover matchups (BS vs RP sounds a good start). Then possibly some open hand games. Anyone got any ideas let me know!
Currently 5-0 with BS on
@RealPlayNetwork
. I wish I could grind out for longer but the webcam battles do take ot out of me. 😅Detemimend to go for 1st!
Back to the set 4 grind. Hopefully we can get a new podcast episode out for you guys with me and
@Artabax_Lorcana
experience at Lille. Also get a special guest on from a top 64+ finish!
I will keep my guide updated. I have already added some updates in for the RP matchup and these will appear highlighted green until the next updates. Lorcana is always growing and changing like any TCG and we learn lots everyday.
Whatever happens today. Just have fun! Celebrate your wins with your friends. Don't be too hard on yourself if it doesn't go go plan. Been a really good vibe here in Lille so far. Spirit of competition has arrived but also a fond sense of community and friendship. ❤️
Tried a few versions of blue steel now and I've found I like high rolling decks. So the wheel feels nice. Looking back at my tcg history I always thought I liked aggro but high rolling was always a element. Wanna try fasa and steelsongs soon. Feel they fit that criteria as well.
learned anything from this weekend, of course everyone learned lorcana is dope and you should tell all your friends. But also play what you like. The top cut brackets was so diverse and atlanta's winner really shakes things up! Find a deck/colour combo you like and stick with it!
Just did the Lorcana After Dark podcast with
@YbreezyS
and the LAB guys. I like to watch it, gives me Eric Andre show vibes and that always makes me laugh. 😅 check it out. Talked BS with one of the OGs
@r_m_bx
and then tried to do an american accent.
No matter how I do at events Im so blessed for Lorcana and tcgs. For a while, my life was going down a dark path that would have ended with death or prison. Win or lose, I'm just grateful to be here. 🙏 thank you to everyone who is in the community! Truly are rockstars!
Great day at Alpha games out in the sticks somewhere. Came 2nd and couldn't have lost to a nicer player
@nachomod3
. Last store champs tomorrow. Really feeling like a 🟣🟡 fun pick.
Got the list to top 8! Doubt I will change it for Lille. All the answers are there just sometimes it isn't your day. Congrats Artabax and bring it home for us! 🔥See u all in Lille!
As we end a chapter in Lorcana. Bless everyone who played me on ladder. My finishes on leaderboarders and pack events got my name out there even more. Truly will be missed. But it's the community that makes this game so great. Let's see you all in webcam battles. Let's Ave it🔥💪
The top 4 meta decks for sure are RP, GS, BS and RB
So if you are new to deck building then plan for these matchups. If you wanna pick one then I would say this is my ranking
1. RB (played well has no bad matchups).
2. The other three can be justified in any order imo.
If the BS mirror was slightly enjoyable then I wouldn't even think about other decks. But it is just so coinflip and dull. Rooms are filling up blue here in ol England and I don't wanna keep playing into it. Might try something different this weekend.
Thank you for everyone reaching out about the guide! It is honestly amazing. The profits go straight into the channel and Lorcana. If I haven't responded to you and you would like access I am sorry, heading to sleep now but please do hit me up again if it has been awhile!
I sometimes wish I was a RP or steelsong player that went through the meta waves thick and thin since set 1. I think set 4 I'm gonna try stick with a list. I really like steelsong as that option.
@lorcanabro
videos are getting me hyped!
Crept back into the hardcore leaderboard at 14th, lovely to say I am snuggled between zefa and LD. Really preferring hardcore mode. Feels less time restraining and good practice for events! 💪
Managed to cringe and watch the podcast for a little(cringing at myself, don't like my own voice). For our first time without any real training on this I'm pretty proud of it. Hope we can keep growing and make something worth listening for you guy!
Moving to a new flat hopefully this year. I am really excited to pay for the deposit using the money I've earned through Lorcana. Thats just a cool thing to think imo.
Need a upload and stream schedule. Really grateful for all the support but I have just been trying to hit this stuff pretty hard. Not burned out just yet but I need to manage this in a healthy way if I wanna keep going. Haven't watched the boys season 3, I really wanna. 😅
retract my last post about finding something to play. Will go for a no wheel list. I think it will help me learn more about BS and focus in on other aspects and cards I have.
Going to venture into learning no wheel BS. Possibly be something I play at a store champs if I feel ready for it.
if you want to track my deck progress here is the dreamborn link:
As my content grows I just want to mention that all the stuff on there is opinion based. ! I state nothing as matter of fact. It is purely just my takes on the game.(also I really want excuses to talk about AP hyper aggro, my fave deck so I might do something on that).
One of my best interactions at Lille. Someone said "are you the beast noy who got one cheap at a carboot sale". That tweet is my most liked post and lives in infamous.
Store Champs have been great! I will mention the one criticism I keep hearing. Top 8 not getting a promo has been deflating for them. Making cut and then losing one knockout game and missing out on a promo can hit hard, especially for people new to competitive TCG's (1/2)
Positive about lorcana that should be mentioned more. The price tag of 🔴🟣 isn't particularly high in terms of TCG's and that deck appears to be the biggest winner at store champs. Great to see you can jump into top level competitive play for around $100. (My list cost $137).
thinking bout it. Chatting with a friend from locals and some online. I slept on it and I think it might be the best decision to swap off 🔵⚪️. The deck is amazing but the horrible match into 🔴🔵 has cost me big at some events, two instant lose in Poland. The future looks.
🔴🟣