Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-9488559-20130524000230/@comment-9519540-20130525002448

Finishing Rank: 823

Finishing Points: 9M-ish.

Deck Strength: 10.3k prior to the event, 13.4k during, 11k after.

Cash Spent: $20.

Space Bridge highlights: R4 Elite Soundwave (r), R4 Elite Jazz (a), R4 Elite Grimlock (r)

Pros: I was able to reliably one-cube thru Jetfire level 2. Episode Cyclonus was a worthy addition to my deck. Thursday was a convenient final day for me. I liked the idea behind the introduction of shields. Good character selection, nice "space theme" to the episode.

Cons: No hope at top 100 unless you're prepared to spend big bucks and fill out your deck with x5s. Cosmos, Sky Lynx, and Scourge aren't strong enough for my main deck. Shield mechanic would have been more interesting as a choice if they weren't the signature weapons for Scourge & Cyclonus...it was an easy call to just give them a shield & forget it.

Overall gripe: Elite R4s are barely worth having in my deck now. MTM Elite Megatron is hanging on by a thread without his signature weapon, and would still be among my weaker cards with it. I have a MTM Elite Bumblebee, and now half of R4 Optimus, Soundwave, Grimlock, and Elite Jazz. What's the point in finishing any of them now, other than filling Cyberdex slots? If the trend is going to be making fan favorites the top reward cards (as I suspect it will be), only the top 100 in each event will get these characters. Meanwhile, everyone else has to settle for an R4 Prime that is weaker than Episode Chromia, and ten times harder to get.