What if? Afghanistan

In the Marvel Universe there is a new show called What if? It features the Watcher, Uatu, narrating about certain changes done in the multiverse that would change how history would play out. The show has three episodes but the comic book has been going on for decades with such scenarios such as Spidey joining...

The Difference Between Iran and North Korea

As some of you may know one of my pet peeves with the Trump administration is that while they do the right thing they rarely take the time to explain why they do the things that they do. The result is that the left gains control of the narrative which leads to public distrust. These...

Letter to the Lion Clan

Greetings brothers and sisters in arms! I have the honor to be Isawa Tsuke, despite the differences between our families I have taken up the Lion to be my adopted clan since the start of the LCG. I have recently embarked upon a four-month journey away from Rokugan and return to find a clan in...

Understanding Trump: The Dinesh Pardon

Hey everyone. I'm finally back from a long sabbatical and ready to untangle all the tricky issues of the day. To get me back into the swing of things I figured I would start with an easy topic. Today President Trump has pardoned Dinesh D'Souza. As everyone knows Dinesh was prosecuted for making 20000 dollars...

Card in Focus: Asako Diplomat

For our third card and our first non-lion card we have the Asako Diplomat. This has been one of my favorite cards in Phoenix and enables potentially devastating combos. When the card first came out it was misunderstood by Phoenix players and some continue to do leading them to undervalue the card. Stats Asako Diplomat...

Card In Focus: A Legion of One

For the second card in our spotlight we have Legion of One. To all of my non-Lion clan readers I swear I will do cards from other clans as well. It just so happens that I played the recent discord cup season 2 with Lion and some of the nuances are still fresh on my...

Lion MasterClass Part 3

Welcome fellow Lions. As promised this is part 3 of the Lion Masterclass series. This will be the last part of the series and we will be focusing on clan splashes. I know a lot of you have been asking for decklists and they are included. Here are decklists for Lion/Dragon, Lion/Crane, Lion/Scorpion, and Lion/Unicorn....

State of the Game: Post 6×6

Happy New Year samurai and samurai-ko of Rokugan! I hope you have had a great time during the holidays! Tsuke had a fun time as well which is why I have been quite lax with all the writing. It is sometimes difficult to find topics to write about so if you want more articles feel...

MasterClass Phoenix Part 2

I originally planned to just make one article discussing both paths I originally planned to just make one article discussing both paths but the length of the initial article made me decide to split it into two. As always the article assumes that you have some understanding of Phoenix already and want to improve your performance with the clan. Way...

Meditations on the Ephemeral Review

Last set is finally out and most of us have had a week or so to test it Jigoku. Congratulations to the Jigoku team for finally getting all the kinks worked out. Looks like the next batch of cards will be released late January or early February so this will be the last review for...