Category: Editorial
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Louisville SELLS OUT!
If you want to make it to a regional, you’ll have to make those plans early. UVS Games has been making upgrades to their Organized Play events for years now. The prize wall is being loaded up. Championship belts are awarded to nationals winners. There are cosplay competitions and scavenger hunts. Going to a regional…
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Preview!
Universus fans have been clammoring for this one for a long time. Every time a conversation pops up about “What should be the next UVS IP?,” someone always mentions TMNT. Well now the dream has become a reality and we’ve gotten one step closer. The sell sheets and initial trailer have been released on the…
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How the heck do I get My Invite?
The Denver regional is less than 2 weeks away, kicking off Organized Play for 2025. We know there’s a huge changes this year, and at the center of it all is the Path to the World Championships. So what’s different? I’ve gone through most of the changes in my previous article that you can read…
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UVS Games GETS IT! – LC Update
Local Championships have been an awkward topic for the last year. Before they were announced in 2024, they were expected to be the top event for competitive LGS action! Well, decisions were made. The prizing was controversial at times with the Tekken 8 promos, and nearly non-existent other times with this last run of tournaments…
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Report Card: Solo Leveling’s Card Grades
The Solo leveling deck has been on store shelves less than a week, so you know what that means. Time to hand out the definitive grades and optimal play patterns for each card in UVS’s newest Challenger Series. note: These grades will be about how the cards interact with the entire card pool of Standard…
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Becket Mariner Revealed! – Part 1
If you’re not familiar with Star Trek: Lower Decks, allow me to introduce you to my favorite character in the show, Beckett Mariner. Confident and Sassy with the lineage to be a shoe-in for Captain of the Fleet. The problem? She’d much rather get her hands dirty slumming it on the lower decks of the…
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UVS did the RIGHT thing!!
Last week UVS Games announced that the world championships in Orlando, Florida will be closed to the public. Only invitees, press, and staff will be allowed in the venue. Many players were stunned at this announcement, asking UVS games to allow the player base at the apex tournament of the year, calling it the Celebration…
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Outwit: The Future of UVS?
I’m not a knee-jerk reaction kind of guy. When news breaks, I honestly drive people crazy with how little I have to say, but the future is never certain right? Like the story of The Zen Master and The Little Boy, you never know what something could become. Outwit – As an additional cost to…
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What’s Real – UVS RoadMap (2025)
Yesterday, UVS released an insane trailer for the upcoming year. There’s a lot there and a lot still to come. Let’s jump in beat by beat and see what to expect from the coming year. Challenger Series – Solo Leveling (January 10th) Arguably the most anticipated anime release of the upcoming winter season (and my…
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Secret Rare Grades!
We’re only about half-way through the reveals for this massive set, but we have all 14 Secret Rares revealed! So which ones will break the Meta and which ones will pack the bulk box at your neighborhood card shop? Let’s dive in! If you’re on mobile, please turn your screen sideways! Thanks! Starting with one…
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A Side Event for Whales
Let’s be honest. The UVS side event scene coming into this year has been has been a ghost town. On-Demand events are slow to fire. Prizing has been… less than exciting. Even fun ideas like Legendary Wolf’s Cavalry Battle saw too few players interested. So, what do we do? We need more than just the…
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State of the Game
Change is a scary thing. UVS has seen plenty of it over the years. I couldn’t imagine what went through players minds when some FB post announced this thing called “Reversal” that would melt players minds. Since the MHA era began in 2021, the game and everything around it has gone through a metamorphosis. The…
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Is draft the enemy?
If you’ve been in the Universus social channels over the last couple days, you’ve likely been overwhelmed with the conversation about the changes to Organized Play this year. If you haven’t, I’ll catch you up really quickly. At Major Regionals this year, Swiss rounds will be split into rounds for Standard to start the tournament…
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2023 Nationals Photo Dump
Hey guys. This past weekend was an absolute BLAST! I’ll be writing up some articles on what happened, but in the mean time here’s a few sights you missed if you weren’t there. Deck lists posts and Rankings for all top players for all Nationals coming tomorrow! 460+ In Attendance! The Demo team were teaching…
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2024 Formats Announcement
Even with all the announcements we’ve gotten over the past few months, the next year of UVS is still shrouded in mystery. Here’s what we know so far: That leaves a lot of questions. What will the format look like now that the newest cards aren’t from the My Hero Academia IP? What is the…
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The Nightmare – Happy Birthday to Mirio
I have this recurring dream. I’m back in high school and there’s a test to take in my worst subject, but that doesn’t phase me. I walk into school with swag in my step. My friends look to me with envy wishing they had my confidence. I studied for days. I’m more than ready for…
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The Spirit of the Game – A Judge Tale
It’s really easy to talk about the AMAZING weekend that was in terms of 2 things: Mirio’s effect on the format, and Jose Norono’s dominant win. When I think about this RLE, there’s several things I CAN NOT wait to talk about… but 1 things has to come first. Something happened on Saturday that I’ve…
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Mirio Togata Kit Preview
Welcome to the first of many previews of Set 5: Undaunted Raid. Over the next 3 weeks leading up to the release, I’ll be previewing all the cards in Set 5 by Character & Kit. Today, we start with Lemillion himself, Mirio Togata. Simple. Tough. Relentless. Mirio has FINALLY arrived on the tables and he’s…
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Recovery Girl Format?!
I’ve had a lot of conversations over the last month about what the Ojiro 2 errata actually means. The popular opinion was “Clearly Tokoyami and Jiro are OP now! Ojiro was the only thing holding them back! They need to hit those decks IMMEDIATELY or we’re all dying Turn 2! Ban Indiscriminate Shock TODAY!” Then…
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RLE Sheffield Wrap-up Thoughts
“WHAT IN THE…” I had the first response that most people had when seeing this breakdown. What in the F— is ENDEAVOR 2 DOING HERE??? Well, I watched a few matches and I guess I get it… Earth… people believe. That’s the main problem with Earth imo. People believe that it’s just better than other…
My Hero Meta 