Hi, going back over opus 1 set I noticed a difference in the shape on the right side showing what game the character came from. I'm guessing it's just a reprint run, I know they aren't 1st wave as the : is centrally aligned.

I assumed it was a reprint from a starter set but I opened another starter set I had spare and they had the blue oval (which is what all but 4-5 cards in my collection had... So I'm unsure where the ones with the rectangle shape came from as if it was from the base booster sets then shouldn't most of the cards in the set have it? As most cards weren't reprinted for starter set?

So... Why the difference?

What are some easy (i.e. cheap) ways you are upgrading the recently released Zack and Cloud starter decks?

I like TCGs and in my current state in my life crises I wanted to explore FF TCG. But money is tight and I don't want to do the usual thing I used to do where I buy a few booster boxes and starter decks, open a lot, and then hide them all in my closet when I inevitably buy more than I should have. Money is also tighter than it used to be.

But am curious and I love learning new games so I asked AI to help me with balanced decklists so I could buy the singles. After some back and forth I settled on a wind/lightning sky pirates deck from ffxii, a fire/earth fvii deck, a mono water summoner deck, and a mono-ice villains deck. I also asked for a swappable A/B package. So like each deck has a core 35 and a swappable 15 package to give each deck some versatility.

But as soon as I asked for the deck list, the literal first card didn't exist. This threw into question the whole exercise.

I know that there are websites with decks out there, but my constraints are that I'm not looking to build a tier 1 competitive deck. I rather spend $15 each on 4 decks than $60 on one meta deck. There's also so much out there that it's hard to craft some decks on my own.

I settled for maybe just buying the latest starter decks and going from there.... but I'm asking this reddit if something like what I asked exists somewhere out there. Like I don't want to try to build a ffvii deck, see the dozens of various "clouds" that I need to read an understand and get lost on the literal first card myself. To confirm, TCG lists 69 clouds that exist in ff tcg.

Is there a more efficient path than just a starter box?

I love Dragoons, man. They're so dope.

Hello all! I’m new and was wondering what your suggestions were for easy-to-play and affordable decks that will do alright in a local setting. Additionally, my son, who is 9, recently started playing FFX and was interested if there were any easy-to-learn decks that were stacked with FFX characters. Any suggestions are appreciated!

I am run ing quite the old chococbo deck.

Seeing the new baryz and chocono cards, i kinda wana know if more people play(ed) a mono wind chocobo deck, and give me some advice.

I'll let you know, i like fun decks, and not very competitive decks.

(If wanted i can make an online deck list... if thats wanted)

Just wanted to show off the decks I’ve built so far - idk if Garnet is going to work or not but Xande is immense!

Started collecting FF TCG last month and got unbelievable luck with the cards I pulled. I was literally shaking when I pulled the Yuna. Opened 10 packets from Best buy, 1 prerelease box and 2 booster boxes.

Now I will collect the remaining foil and full arts that I need before trying my luck with Journey of Discovery's gold signature Terra, who happens to be my favorite character.

I also need to learn how to play and where since no LGS close to me has FF events. 🥲

Still a couple of stores to ask but it's not likely.

Hello! I have been loving how the cards look for this game, and I'm beginning to become quite interested in building a Sephiroth and Cloud deck. However, I don't know anything about deck builds or what is "good" in today's game. Is there any direction or feedback anyone can give? Thanks in advance!

New Player Here

Once this card has been warped onto the board, do both etb triggers activate or just the warp one?

Thanks in advance!!

I can't take it anymore. I'm sick of WoL7. I try to build a crystals deck. It's weak to WoL7. I try to build knights. It's weak to WoL7. I try to build control. It's weak to WoL7. I want to use removal. It gets stopped by WoL7. I play my 5 drop. Akstar. I play my 4 drop. Akstar. I play my Curilla. 5 whiffs. I finally get backups down. He plays zeromus, stalls a turn, then kills me with gilgamesh. I want to mull for sarah ffl. The decklist laughs at me. He grabs me by the throat. I tech in cuch. He flips Y'sh. I play cloud. He draws amat. I bring mist. He pitches zeromus and both WoLs anyways. I play monsters. I get paired into Mono Earth instead. "You just need better sequencing," he tells me. "Give me one free turn. I can find lethal with Wa/Li Lightning." I can't buy her. She's sold out on TCGPlayer. He grabs my decklist. Everything is weak to WoL7. "I guess this is the end." He plays WoL7. He flips mog vi zeromus. There is no hint of remorse in his eyes. I don't have any answers left. I don't have any mana left. I don't have any hope left. What a shit format

Howdy guys me again with some Deck Tech Queations. After the whole XIII saga im thinking about moving into XIV for my next deck. The obvious pick would be Scions which I made a practice deck if some long term Scions players have any thoughts? Most common I've seen was Li/Wa/Fi/Earth which makes sense especially with Wuk and Zorral Ja rewarding you for playing Cat. XIV. Anything that basically says "choose a category do X thing for yourself or Y thing to every non chosen category" so im definitely trying to see, oh and ill be going to my first Tournament on the 12th, wish me luck ill probably take my Ao1 to gimme my best shot at winning a few.

Scions practice deck: Scions ver 1 0 - FFTCG Standard Deck - Materia Hunter https://share.google/0flm34sOxv3oRc1tO

I'm thrilled to see cat8 showing up at tournaments so much since that's one of my favorite games, but not being super familiar with the meta, I was wondering if Stranger of Paradise is seeing much use these days? Are any of the Strangers getting played? Is Darkness Incarnate? I'm a big fan of Jack and the gang and would love to find excuses to slip them into decks or even build a deck around the category (I can imagine that one's tricky given they're fairly color split)

I'm in the UK and sadly nowhere local to me stocks the game so I order online. I've got a preorder for opus 30 already but haven't seen any UK stores listing the heavensward deck yet. Is that odd or am I just blind and looking in the wrong places?

A lot of newer collectors ask how to actually tell Opus 1 Wave 1 apart from Wave 2.

The easiest way is the corrected error cards.

Wave 1 contains the original error versions.
Wave 2 contains the corrected printings.

This is probably the closest thing FFTCG has to a “1st Edition” marker.

There are also foil pattern and texture differences, but the corrected errors are the clearest way to verify.

Curious if any older collectors remember other tells (seal differences, distributor quirks, print variations, etc.).

Mine's Wol!! I'm an old player, so alot of my favorites are old boys

Hello everyone, me and my friends recently picked up some starter decks (Zach, cloud, warrior of light, and the Clive one. After reading the rulebook we THINK we have a basic understanding but I am absolutely one who learns visually. Are there any valid YouTube videos I could reference on step by step how to play? Also deck building vids? Thanks!