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News | Updates | InformationPantheon is Coming!
With the upcoming release of the new Epic expansion, Pantheon, and the newly showcased art in the card gallery (type pantheon in the search box), I wanted to provide an overview of the set. If you are interested, I have also written my initial review with...
Scara’s Will & Lashnok’s Will
This is a guest blogpost by Josiah Fiscus. Josiah Fiscus is a 32-year-old gamer from Pittsburgh, PA who has been playing CCGs and designer board games for over two decades. When he’s not at the game table, you’ll find him playing drums and serving as a deacon in...
Announcing: Epic Card Game Pantheon Expansion!
The next Epic set, Pantheon, will be released in three waves, each consisting of two 15-card packs. Each pack will contain 12 game cards, 2 deity/token cards, and 1 double sided token card. December 2017 - 2 Pantheon “Elder God” packs Pantheon: Furios vs Maligus...
Epic Championship 2017 Update
The 2017 Epic Card Game $50,000 Championship is fast approaching. While the actual tournament runs on Sunday November 19th and Monday November 20th, we ask that all Qualified Players arrive by Saturday evening for check-in. If you are not yet qualified, there will be...
Pantheon Preview – Angeline’s Will
This preview comes from guest blogger Brad Minnigh. Oh boy, my first spoiled card of the new set, Pantheon. I am very excited to bring everyone a new card to talk about, and boy is it a fun one. Despite the dominance of Good in the past year, thanks to some card bans...
Pantheon Spoilers
Gareth vs Lashnok pack Fairy Entrancer Sage Fairy Champion 2/1 Airborne - Blitz Loyalty 2 and/or when this card attacks → Put a +1 +1 counter on this card. Remove two counters from this card: Gain control of target champion. Gareth’s Juggernaut Sage Construct...
Epic Card Game Organized Play Announcement: Introducing the Epic Championship Series!
Rob Dougherty, Wise Wizard Games CEO, shares an announcement about our upcoming plans for the Epic World Championship and the newly-created Epic Championship Series. This year’s $100,000 Epic World Championship is being split into two events: physical and digital,...
Constructed Qualifier deck tech
GenCon 2017 was awesome, and the Epic decks were Wild! In this blogpost, I will discuss the winning deck, which was created by Nick Blandin. At the constructed qualifier, we saw a lot of wild decks. In fact, more than 80% of all decks in the qualifier were majority...
Epic Card Game World Championship Invitations Update
We are getting closer and closer to our Second Epic World Championships, and we have an update about invitations. Last year, Wise Wizard Games invited several well-known players from other card games to offer them the chance to compete with the best Epic players in...
Epic Gen Con 2017 Qualifier decklists
Hello all, This is the first event we ran after the constructed banned list was announced. We had 17 players for the tournament, and they brought a field of decks that was somewhat varied, but shared a few core cards with a very aggressive theme. Here are the...
Summer Smackdown Livestream!
The Summer Smackdown Livestream is kicking off this week, Wednesday evening, at 7 pm EST! These showcase events are about fun, getting to know our community, seeing different decks and learning new strategies. On Wednesdays at 7pm and Sundays at 2pm EST, we will be...
Full Constructed Ban List Announced
The Epic Rules Team announces the creation of a Banned List for the Full Constructed format. Everyone who works on Epic’s design and rules teams comes from a history of TCG tournaments. We understand that banning cards should not be done lightly. However, we are able...
Breaking the Rules! Part 2: Hand Size
We designed Epic Card Game with a basic framework of...
Breaking the Rules! Part 1: Ambush
This is the first in a series of articles written by Darwin Kastle, Founder, Creative Director and Game Designer at Wise Wizard Games. Breaking the Rules! Part 1: Ambush We designed Epic Card Game with a basic framework of mechanical rules: You draw one card on your...
Epic Card Game Summer Smackdown
EPIC SUMMER SMACKDOWN Summer is almost here, and you know what that means? Sun, fun, and gorillas punching dinosaurs in the face! To kick off the start of Summer (in the US, your seasons may vary), we're announcing the Epic Summer Smackdown. Simply have your local...
Epic Advice – Constructed
QUESTIONS WE ASKED TOP EPIC PLAYERS I reached out to several participants in the 2016 Epic World Championships, all of whom are leaders in the Epic online community, and I asked them all the same series of questions. There was a lot of similar answers, and quite a bit...
The Basics of Epic Constructed
THE BASICS OF EPIC CONSTRUCTED One of the strangest and best things about Epic as a card game is that people usually start with Limited. Pack Draft, Dark Draft, and Limited 60 are all good starting points. However, Epic Constructed takes the game to another level....
Epic Grand Qualifier Report – Cambridge MA
EPIC GRAND QUALIFIER TOURNAMENT REPORT Last weekend, Wise Wizard Games ran our very first Epic Grand Qualifier. Pandemonium Books and Games in sunny Cambridge MA was the chosen site. What's a Grand Qualifier you ask? Well...a normal WCQ, players smash face...