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Flat Argaia’er Theory June 15, 2022 Hard 30 – Beyond the First Five – part I It’s Not a Curve Using a bell curve to optimize resources for card games has been around for over 30 years. The concept helps you play the greatest number of cards...

A picture is worth a thousand words. How do you deal with Silver Snake? What's ImpossibleGerman's winning strategy? What's the one thing stronger than Victoria Glassfire's Copycat? Who is the MVP of Ashes Reborn? What does Nick Conley do when he's...

By Timothy Cathcart When deckbuilding for Ashes Reborn you may find yourself putting together a deck with an awesome new idea, with card combos that work really nicely together. Then when you play the deck it simply underperforms, unable to pull out ahead. D...

Unusual First Five Considerations: Different Ways of Counting to Ten. By Timothy Cathcart. In this article I will be writing about Ashes Reborn and deckbuilding. These are perhaps quite basic concepts and ideas so this article is for beginner players and i...

Important Caveat Ashes is a deeply strategic and dynamic game. As a result of Phoenixborn matchups, deck-building, and meta changes (from expansions or changes to chain rules) it is nigh possible to give any absolute advice that will apply in every situation....

Selecting Your First Five Playing Round One

Abilities and Text Any text in a card’s text box that has the format of “X = ...” is not considered an ability. Only bold named text on a unit is considered an ability, such as Unit Guard. Abilities and other effect text still exist on cards that are exhaust...

Here is a list of First Fives for each of the preconstructed Ashes decks. Note that these are just recommendations to start from, and feel free to modify your First Five to suit your preferences and unique matchups against different opponents. These also may d...

Accelerate Q: If I use Copycat on Accelerate, can I take side actions on my opponent’s turn?A: No. Per the Rules Clarifications, players can only take main or side actions on their turn. Ash Spirit Q: If I am the only player with no cards in my draw pile at...

Rules Clarifications In a 2 player game of Red Rains, the Chimera takes a turn against each opponent, starting with a turn against the first player (or the player the first player token is pointing to when the Chimera is the first player). Red Rains tokens a...

MistaRau Gaming Live stream introduction and playthrough of Corpse of Viros: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kL2ig8SfQw One Stop Co-op Shop Ashes Reborn: Red Rains | Play and Mini-Review | With Mike : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEkzthUe6UI

Abominable Adventure: The Red Rains Campaign Guide for Ashes: Reborn

Below are decks in killercactus' Dual Duel series. These decks are designed for newer players to get into deckbuilding and understand how more competitive Ashes decks work while sticking to just 2 colors and straightforward lines of play. Each deck will be ...

Intro Get me to the interesting stuff! Tempo is a frequently used term in card gaming and, I think, one of the most important and intuitive concepts in strategy, with application far outside card games. However, often, when we look into it further its meanin...

Chimera The Chimera is a shared opponent of the players and can be standard or heroic difficulty. Within that difficulty they range from levels 1 to 3, which are played against consecutively in a campaign. Standard difficulty Chimera are a good place to start...

To resolve a Chimera turn, first resolve any status (green box) abilities on aspects on its battlefield, from left to right. Then, the Chimera does one of the following, based on the game state: Roll: If there are one or more face down aspects, the Chimera wi...

Phoenixborn Uniques This expansion introduces new Phoenixborn unique cards for previously existing Phoenixborn. When constructing a deck, players may mix and match their Phoenixborn’s unique cards, but cannot exceed three total. In addition, no more than one ...

When playing Ashes: Red Rains cooperatively with two players, add in the following rules and adjustments. Winning and Losing The Chimera is a shared opponent of both players, and they win together if the Chimera is defeated. If either player’s Phoenixborn re...

Tell the story of Argaia by choosing Phoenixborn to play through a three-encounter campaign against an increasingly difficult Chimera. Each player starts by choosing a preconstructed deck. You may customize it by (a) mixing and matching your Phoenixborn’s uniq...