2026 Topdeck Invi Stories

thing that a lot of people talk about and that is mentioned in CEDH is, hey, more than deck choice, pilot skill matters more than anything.

And you keep hearing people talk about the pilots behind the decks and the people that brew this.

And I feel like that actually shining a spotlight and showing the people, you know, how do you play CEDH? But not mechanically speaking.

Yes, you play Zerda, but how do you approach someone going, hey, Are you going to win on your turn? How do you approach those political questions? How do you politic yourself? And how do you approach playing against new players or experienced players? How do you know what line to go for in your list beyond just goldfishing it 10 billion times?

Well, goldfishing 10 million times is pretty good.

Like that's good practice to a certain extent for sure.

But then getting around with other people.

But yeah, and also just like the journey and like the different types of people that are coming into the Envy.

And I kind of imagine it as like all the different paths leading to Rome, you know what I mean? And getting some spotlights onto some of these lesser traveled paths other than like, I thought Blue Farm was the best deck.

So I picked up Blue Farmer Kennen and I just went to a bunch of tournaments and then that's it.

You know what I mean? I got there.

And I'm a good pilot.

And getting into the weeds, I like the idea of it being...

I mean, we talk about it all the time.

It's about the gathering.

It's about the people we meet along the way.

So let's at least...

It seems like the series of articles you're coming out with is we're putting a spotlight on the people for a

hot

shot.

Yes.

And more

than just a second, because I also want to say there's a lot of...

I don't know, like choices that have been made for certain metas.

For example, one of the players that I talk with, Justin, he plays Oswald, and he plays exclusively in Portland.