We are both pleasantly surprised and thrilled by the overwhelming reception for Grand Archive TCG in LGSs globally. Your support as buyers, sellers, stores, players, and collectors has made us one of the best-selling indie TCGs this year, according to ICv2 and TCGplayer, and we hope to continue improving upon each set and iteration of Grand Archive TCG. With Fractured Crown, releasing on August 25, we aimed to fine-tune a few core aspects of the game, both from a gameplay and product design aspect to improve the overall player and collector experience.
Increased Interactions
Our first goal with designing Fractured Crown was to include a sufficient number of generic interaction cards for promoting interactive decision-making and strategic plays. Losing to a deck, pulling up the Grand Archive Index to search for a card that could aid your deck in that particular matchup, and not finding any is disheartening for constructed formats and competitive players.
There might always be unfavorable matchups between various decks in a meta, but having access to more generic answers that interact with a broader range of strategies will reduce the advantages of certain decks with proper preparation and sideboarding.
CSRs have been exceptionally well-received by our player and collector base, and the excitement and reactions from opening one are second to none. However, we’re also conscious that they represent a significant portion of the Expected Value (EV) in a given box of Grand Archive TCG. To better balance box EVs for Fractured Crown, we’ve adjusted the average pull rate for a CSR to be 1 in 15 boxes and modified the case configuration to include 18 boxes compared to the 6 per case configuration in Dawn of Ashes.
What does this mean practically? In every case of Fractured Crown, you can expect to pull at least 1 CSR, with a chance of pulling more! We hope this change will incentive stores and players to crack product for singles as the EV for Fractured Crown per case will be more stable compared to Dawn of Ashes Alter Edition. The increased availability of singles should lead to higher liquidity and easier accessibility for the player base and community, in-store and online.
In addition to the CSR and case configuration changes, we’re introducing a new subset and foil rarity named Fractured Crown: Armaments! FTCA is a 26-card subset consisting of common and uncommon regalia from Dawn of Ashes, elevated with a brand new and unique foiling treatment (texture, metallic foil, and spot UV printing). Dubbed as Quicksilver Foils, they can be found in 1 out of every 3 boxes, adding a middle chase rarity for collectors and providing another option for players to enhance the appearance of their material deck.
We believe that all of these design improvements will make Fractured Crown an exciting product to open and introduce a refreshing shift to the Grand Archive TCG meta-game. Keep your eyes out for the upcoming competitive season of Fractured Crown and beyond!
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