Set.2 News ~New System Info from Japan~

Summary: In this blog entry, I have translated the latest Set.2 information from Gamespot Japan 2/29/2008 article & the latest update in official Japanese EOJ website.  Almost all the information provided in these original sources were already revealed at some point by either SCEA or SCEE (See previous Set 2 News blog entries).  In fact, [...]

Sample Deck ~Ninja Deck~

Summary: In this blog entry, I will talk about Ninja Deck. The original article is from EOJ Connection (a.k.a EOJ Tsuushin).
Ninja deck, as it is appropriately named, includes 4 elemental Ninjas in the deck. When you can successfully cast all four Ninjas on a board at the same time, each of four will [...]

Set.2 Q&A Summary from SCEA Marketing Manager’s Blog

Summary: Over the last weekend SCEA Marketing manager has posted on his blog a great amount of new info about the Set.2. Even more valuable from the blog were the answers that he made to many questions that people asked on the blog’s comment section. This blog entry is created so that they [...]

Sample Deck ~Champion’s Deck~

Summary: There was the first official EOJ tournament hosted by Gamespot Japan last month. In this blog entry, I will show you the tournament champion’s deck, and analyze it briefly.
The Gamespot Japan hosted tournament last month, however, it was a rather unique style of tournament.  Each competitors submitted his/her deck via Email to the [...]

Wishlist ~Counter spell~

Summary: In this “Wishlist” series, I will be discussing a features/concepts/mechanics that I feel like EOJ should have or want it to have in the future to make the game even more exciting, and eventually make the EOJ to be the best CCG that exist.  Although I often try to use some facts to backup [...]

EOJ Basic Strategy

Summary: This tutorial will give you the basic guidelines that many of competitive EOJ players generally follows either consciously or subconsciously.  This article is translated from EOJ Connection at Japanese official EOJ site.  The article target include beginners to semi-experts.
Italics will be my own comment.  I.e) Not from the source.
Rule #1: Decision of when to [...]

Sample Deck ~Biolith Deck~

Summary: In this blog entry, I will talk about “Biolith Deck” and how to play against it. The source of this article is from EOJ Connection & Gamespot Japan.
According to the writer of EOJ Connection, this is the best type of deck out there at the moment. The main theme of this deck revolves somewhat [...]

It’s official Japan will have the official EOJ Guidebook

Not too long ago, there was a talk about possibility of having EOJ Strategy guide here in U.S., but it’s still just a talk and no official announcement has been made.
Surprisingly, Japan was also on the same boat as U.S. until a few days ago that they did not have any guidebook for the best [...]

Set.2 12 more cards has been revealed

More than just new cards, there are tons of new info as well.
Check both EU playstation blog and U.S. playstation blog since some information is available only in one.

Source:
EU Playstation Blog
U.S. Playstation Blog

EOJ Battle Video ~ Gamespot Japan Tournament Champion vs. EOJ Creator ~

The first officially sony approved EOJ tournament was held by Gamespot Japan. The tournament format was rather unique that it used CPU vs. CPU mode. Therefore, this was more of the competition based on the deck construction than actual playing ability.
The following video clip from Gamespot Japan contains Gamespot Japan Tournament winner “Kageto’s Deck (by [...]