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From the Vaults of the Kaijudo Masters
Reddish With the extensive use of social media, the landscape of the Kaijudo social world has already differentiated itself from that of Duel Masters by leaps and bounds. During the days of Duel Masters the anonymous writer behind the computer screen, pounding out words in hope that someone, anyone cared to read them was the norm. Now with the likes of Twitter, Facebook and the ungodly behemoth known as Youtube, players of all sorts have found an outlet to more fully express their support for the game they love. In the few short months of Kaijudo’s existence, more words have been spoken and written regarding Kaijudo than Duel Masters had during its entire existence. It is from that understanding which “From the Vaults of the Kaijudo Masters” is born as a series of articles. These articles are intended to present a series that may function as a primer of sorts. With this I hope that we might more quickly introduce new players to some of the great and passionate content out there. In addition, for those already familiar with said content I hope that I can help bring us a bit closer as a community with new perspectives and understanding regarding those content providers. Being from the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex I figure I must first pay tribute to a friend of mine known as Tony…er…sorry “Carl Reddish” aka Thundersultan. Sorry, I’ll always know him as Tony – his own fault.
Anyhow, Thundersultan has been is an avid gamer and has always put his best foot forward into whatever endeavor he was crass enough to embellish in. From Pokemon to Duel Masters to Dreamblade and now Kaijudo (sorry, we lost touch during his MTG days so I can’t vouch for them ;) ), Reddish has been one of the greatest and most passionate supporters and cheerleaders. He has devoted more time, resources and passion than anyone might imagine and it’s never been on the big budget some seem to imagine (wish I had the “Thundersultan Bling, Bling” photo to put right about here). With all of this drive I was not really surprised to hear him jump into the idea of creating his own YouTube channel supporting Kaijudo. Since his first videos Reddish has come a long way. In fact, if you start with his earliest videos, give Reddish a chance. In the earliest of videos it is rather evident that his passion is there, however he feels a bit out of his element. That diminishes rapidly and currently the Thundersultan is chatting up the bandwidth of 232 subscribers, over 16000 views for an average pushing over 200 each video (with one video topping out at nearly 1300!). Stats: Thundersultan Subscribers: 232 Views: 16,126 Type of Videos: Matches, Cases Openings and News & Commentary. Web Address: http://www.youtube.com/user/thundersultan/videos?view=0 Interview with Carl Reddish aka Thundersultan JMatthew: So, who are you in real life?
T:
The mechanics of the
game and the friends I
have made playing Duel
Masters/Kaijudo is why I
play Kaijudo. Years ago
I fell in love with the
mechanics of Duel
Masters because they
were fun, balanced and
the game could be played
casually or
competitively. This lead
to me meeting so many
great people and players
all over Texas and
traveling to small and
big events like the
Tournament of the Five
Civ's and the
Continental
Championships in Los
Angeles and South
Carolina. Many of the
friends I made playing
Duel Masters have
continued to be my
friend years after Duel
Masters lost it's
support from WotC.
Kaijudo has shown to
produce the same amazing
mechanics and I have
starting meeting people
like EarthP0w3R (Carl
Miciotto) that I know I
will be friends with for
life.
T: Splinterclaw Wasp is
my favorite card. I am
partial to this card
because the
communications manager
for Kaijudo, Andrea Cole
gave me the card to
preview right before The
Dojo Edition set
released. I collect that
card and many of my
Youtube subscribers have
mailed or traded me
multiple copies of the
card. I have a personal
collection of over 150
Splinterclaw Wasps.
T: In general I am a
control player but in a
high level event I will
usually always play the
best deck of the format
no matter what style it
is. My favorite deck to
play in Kaijudo League
right now is Fire/Nature
Hyperspeed Dragons. It
is fun but not
overpowered. Reap and
Sow and Evo Fury
Tatsurion have made the
deck a lot better.
T: I had the opportunity
to speak with the lead
designer of Kaijudo Ryan
Miller, at Gen Con 2012
and he said that Kaijudo
is not 100% designed
with the sealed and
draft format in mind.
From a set design
perspective I would like
to see the sealed and
draft format for Kaijudo
be explored 100% before
it is printed. A perfect
example of this would
have been making Helios
Rings an Uncommon or a
Rare because of Evo Fury
sealed and draft. It's
too power at common.
Carl Reddish - May all your shields be triggers!
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