Deck-Building for Beginners (Episode 1: Basic Principles)

DISCLAIMER: This article is meant to serve as a beginner’s guide to deck-building principles. If you’re new to the game, or new to building your own decks from scratch as opposed to using lists you’ve found online, these are some of the guidelines that I’ve found helpful when it comes to creating a new deck. […]

In praise of (aggressive) mediocrity…

This is an article that I’ve been meaning to write for a while, but then I got sidetracked by heading to Origins, then by moving into a new place with my fiancée. With GenCon coming up as an opportunity to play in what might be the largest Transformers TCG event to date, I felt it […]

Rogue Squadron (Jetfire/Arcee/Silverbolt/Fireflight)

“I’m a scientist, not an executioner!” -Skyfire, “Fire in the Sky” Back in Wave 1, one of the ideas that really intrigued me was running a 10 star character, backed up by three cheaper characters. For a while, I theorized on the possibility of an orange-based deck with Grimlock, Arcee, Flamewar, and Kickback. Clearly, in […]

Flight of the ThunderBee

In Wave 1, one of my favorite “for funsies” decks to take to a tournament was Cliffjumper/Mirage/Thundercracker. I struggled to come up with a good name for it, but one of our viewers suggested “Thundercars” and it seemed as good an idea as any. It’s no secret that Thundercracker is one of my favorite characters […]

Brian’s First Devastator Deck

Devastator drops TOMORROW, so I figured I might as well share my initial deck build that I’ll be trying out. To be honest, before Devastator was announced, I was actually hoping that Bruticus would be the standalone box product that coincided for the Wave. Obviously, Devastator is probably the Combiner that stands out the most […]

Vroom vroom.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Frenchie wrote this article before our weekly Wednesday night casual tournament. Without any collaboration, Joe played the same line-up against me earlier in the week (different deck, though). In this article, Frenchie explores his thinking behind the deck prior to the event, and then his thoughts about it afterward.————————————————————————– To the new players […]

“That was some of the best flying I’ve seen to date — right up to the part where you got killed.”

Let’s be honest; the Aerialbots got some of the coolest episodes in the G1 cartoon. In “War Dawn,” they’re sent back to the Golden Age of Cybertron, right before the war between the Autobots and Decepticons kicks off. They also have the chance to meet Orion Pax, who goes on to become our beloved Optimus […]

Predaking, the Red-Headed Step-Combiner

I, am, by nature a contrarian. As the Combiner line-up for Wave 2 was being revealed and/or speculated upon, Predaking was probably the one that intrigued me the LEAST. Don’t get me wrong, he’s cool and his toys (both the original G1 version and the newer Power of the Primes version) are impressive. At the […]

Wave 2 Janky Early Deck Ideas

With Wave 2 dropping tomorrow, we wanted to ensure you guys had some janky lists to take to your constructed events next week. As always, the goal here at Wreck ‘n Rule is to have your opponent look at you as if you’re crazy when you plop your team down on the table across from […]

I tank, you tank, we tank!

While there are cards like Hunker Down and Crushing Treads pushing the tank archetype, the tank decks have not seen much love in the meta of wave 1. The Transformers TCG’s beginning was heavily oriented toward aggro orange deck (Dinobots and Insecticons) which did not leave much place for blue cards, with a few exceptions […]