3v3 Digimon TCG Format Details

Digimon 3v3 is coming to the TCG! Regardless of historically being a 1 on 1 affair, followers of TCG anime might be no stranger to a staff based mostly format. Groups of three face off in a collection of consecutive or concurrent 1v1s, every match including in the direction of an general greatest of three (BO3) rating.

Not like its anime counterparts, the place matches are sometimes BO1, the Digimon 3v3 official format has all concerned events enjoying BO3s. Their collection outcomes will give them some extent in the direction of their staff. Groups should win no less than 2 video games to be the general winner.

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Digimon 3v3 – technically not a brand new format

Digimon 3v3 just isn’t new within the wider sense of TCG codecs, and in addition isn’t new to its personal ecosystem. Again with the sport’s launch in 2020, the second official occasion was touted to be a 3v3 occasion, which debuted the official ruleset and a few expensive prize cards.

Sadly, on account of COVID-19, the Digimon 3v3, in addition to most in particular person occasions had been cancelled and pushed again. The sport largely shifted towards online play, till it was secure to begin holding in particular person occasions. Since then, a handful of jap and western hosts have sometimes held groups occasions. The Official Digimon Card Sport Channel [JP] and AVAULT have held 3v3 present matches to point out off new decks and improve channel selection.

Snippets of the Meta

Protection of retailer stage occasions is considerably restricted, however there may be some knowledge to be gleaned from present matches. Persistently robust groups are inclined to include an offensive core, management deck, after which a flex spot. Older metas comparable to BT8-9 would usually see Mastemon or Safety Management. It was ofen paired up with Imperialdramon or Alphamon. The third slot would doubtless find yourself as Yellow Hybrid, leaning extra into management, or Blue Hybrid, which might play each offence and defence excellently.

The present meta within the east (BT14) on the time of writing has been largely performed round ShineGreymon.

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Shine Vivid

ShineGreymon is the spine of many robust groups duo because it’s a really robust deck able to enjoying offence and defence. Leaning in the direction of blanket board management within the type of Damage Mode permits for extra defensive groups. Burst Mode permits for robust management whereas maintaining hyper offence. That is very true within the east, the place the “Coaching” collection of playing cards are broadly out there.

These 2 value possibility playing cards assist you to search the highest 2 playing cards of your deck. Add a card of the identical colour to your hand, and ship it to the battle space. The delay impact means that you can cut back the price of digivolution by 2, successfully making the cardboard free.

These unimaginable staples are absent from the west’s BT13 meta. They’re hotly awaited in BT14, boasting new ACE cards, the place they are going to be current as field toppers.

Proper now, Shine’s place within the meta appears promising. Nonetheless, its peak gained’t be seen till these staple consistency items are added. Crimson Hybrid stays a stable offensive slot to pair with this swiss military knife deck.

Alternate guidelines make Rogue decks a menace

Hyper offence + ShineGreymon + Management deck is a properly established core on account of its steadiness. Triple offensive groups can nonetheless work fairly properly. Sadly, or quite ingeniously, Digimon 3v3 provides an extra ruleset to the worldwide ban record. Whereas gamers can converse throughout matches to strategize, playing cards can’t be shared between staff mates in lists. This implies if 1 copy of a card is in your deck, neither of your teammates can use even 1 copy of it. As a consequence of this, fringe picks and rogue decisions that don’t use frequent playing cards helps construct groups round meta staples.