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Altered TCG News Roundup March-April 2025 - Card Gamer What's going on in the world of Altered TCG? A new set announced, a patch and watchlist update, tournaments, and more!

There's been so many @alteredtcg.bsky.social announcements the past month that I had to take the time to talk about all of it in my latest @cardgamer.com article. Set 3, the watchlist, and Tumult Championships are all a step in the right direction! cardgamer.com/games/tcgs/a...

Converting up a #squarebased 2-headed Dragon for my Chaos Lord in The Old World out of the Karkadrak kit.

Lyra Starter Deck Review and Upgrade Path - Altered TCG - Card Gamer Let's look at the Lyra Starter Deck for Altered TCG. How do you play the deck, and how should you upgrade it?

The last of my @alteredtcg.bsky.social starter deck articles for @cardgamer.com and its finally Lyra's turn! This one was pretty tough to find a reasonable upgrade path with what was given in the starter deck, so it needs more rares than my other upgrade recommendations
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Axiom Starter Deck Review and Upgrade Path - Altered TCG - Card Gamer Let's take a look at the Axiom starter deck from Altered TCG. How does it work, and how should you upgrade it? Find out here.

Back to reviewing and upgrading the @alteredtcg.bsky.social starter decks for @cardgamer.com . Now up to Axiom, a faction that’s really been growing on me in recent months. cardgamer.com/games/tcgs/a...

Thought a long time about what I felt about The Bookwalker as a game and while its ideas and story are strong, the actual gameplay feels lacking. It’s strange because of how vastly different each world is but it ends up feeling slightly hollow and repetitive sadly. #adventuregames #pointandclick

Played through the @kathyrain2.bsky.social demo during Nextfest, extremely impressed by the leaps and bounds from KR1, both in pixel art, and what little puzzles were shown (typing answers in was 🔥). Hoping that Whispers of the Machine might also get a sequel too! #adventuregames #pointandclick

Got the Q at the City Qualifier RCQ with my EDH deck.

Finished through The Roottrees are Dead. Really enjoyable experience, fully voice-acted, and combined elements of two games I really liked (Hypnospace Outlaw and Obra Dinn) while still doing its own thing. I just wished Mania wasn't so Periodical reliant at times, though I get why. #pointandclick

I guess I'm French now

2-1 at the #alteredtcg weekly at the LGS with a first draft of Fen Valuetown. The churn when it got going was insane but really wanted more 1-drops.
Akesha 2-0
Sigismar 0-2
Sigismar 2-0

Altered TCG Suspended and Banned Updates - Card Gamer With the release of Trial by Frost and the new Suspended and Banned list, big things are happening in Altered.

The Season Patch for @alteredtcg.bsky.social was a crazy announcement to drop amidst Trial by Frost’s release, my latest article for @cardgamer.com goes over why this is good for the health of the game, and the biggest winners and losers of Trial by Frost! cardgamer.com/games/tcgs/a...

Finished A New Beginning by Daedalic Ent. I questioned the anti-nuclear energy stance the story took in the beginning and really disliked the "hold click to pull up interaction wheel" UI but felt the multiple perspectives worked very well for the gameplay + story. #pointandclick #adventuregames

Trial by Frost: First Impressions of Altered's Second Set - Card Gamer Trial by Frost releases today! So what are our first impressions of the new Altered TCG expansion set? Find out here.

I’m so excited for @alteredtcg.bsky.social ‘s newest expansion Trial by Frost ❄️ ! In my latest article for @cardgamer.com I go over the new mechanics, themes, and some of the support for those under-represented heroes. Can’t wait to try out a whole bunch of new decks
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First Cancon for Old World in the books! Finished 2-2-2 with Warriors of Chaos. Really felt the inexperience in deployment punish me HARD.
R1: Orcs & Goblins 3-17 L
R2: Wood Elves 16-4 W
R3: Bretonnia 10-10 D
R4: Ogres 10-10 D
R5: High Elves 11-9 W
R6: Wood Elves 9-11 L

Went 0-3 at the #alteredtcg locals with a Rin Festival brew right before Set 2 drops. Made up for it with the unique I pulled in the pity pack.

Lost playing for the slot and time for the 2.5 hr train ride home paper magic is so back. There was also somehow a SPAR in this town.
R1: RW Tokens WW
R2: UW Enchantress WW
R3: Omniscience LL
R4: GB WW
R5: RW Aggro WW
QF: Esper Pixie WLW
SF: Esper Pixie WLL

Got to play some more #alteredtcg while on holiday in Hong Kong. I don’t really like sealed for this game but opening an unplayable unique is always funny. 2-1.

this restores the feeling

Back on those Warhammer streets coming 2nd with the Warriors of Chaos
R1: Orcs & Goblins Troll Horde W
R2: Ogre Kingdoms W
R3: Chaos Dwarfs L

I V E G O T Q U O T A S T O M E E T

Dwarven Ruins from Fallen Empires

Came 3rd with an untested brew of Akesha Control at the weekly #alteredtcg local. Freed up space for another rare and will definitely add an Ordis Carrier if not 2. Deck felt really fun but impossibly bad into Sigismar.
R1: Subhash 2-0
R2: Sigismar 0-2
R3: Teija 2-

I based this off Trickster’s list that won the Arizona event but having an extra 1 drop to pass priority feels nice especially when you sometimes sleep the Frog Prince. The reserve action to generate an extra body to help Teamwork Training or Charge also comes up a non-zero amount of times.

High recommend Ravenous Meataxe in Commoner Levia, 5 is awkward to block and also fuelling the yard is so invaluable. Also try Time Skippers if you’re feeling spicy or Beaten Trackers for that Wild Ride synergy :)

3-0 again at the #alteredtcg weekly with post-Robin Hood errata Waru Bureaucrats. Issitoq was an ok replacement but didn’t pair into decks where it would’ve been good.
R1: Subhash 2-0
R2: Akesha 2-1
R3: Sigismar 2-1