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Hello realm runners and welcome! It’s been a hot minute since I did any competitive-based articles; since before the last GT actually, so thought it was about time to revisit them. As Achroma’s card-pool expands we start to see palettes across every realm that have similar playstyles or gameplans in how they are going to hit 30 shards or drain their opponents down to 0. For anyone already involved in the competitive scene of card gaming this topic is already a known thing; Archetypes . Generally speaking, when it comes to most card games, there are three main branches of  Archetypes; Aggro , Combo  &  Control . So let's give a general idea of what each one is for those not so familiar with them. Aggro  - Arguably the most simplistic Archetype  and very newbie-friendly; put out a lot of threats quickly so you're opponent is unlikely to be able to deal with everything and win through sheer force. Combo  - Using your cards in a way that they all synergise ...

 Hello guys and welcome to a something just a little bit different; Custom Heroes Palette reviews! With the guys at Five Realms now rotating the theme every Achroma Thursday, I thought I'd start to dive into the secondary format in the game now that it has a more regular home; Heroes format. I previously wrote a brief introduction to the format  here . To begin with I'll highlight my chosen Hero for the palette and what their ability is, as this is will, obviously, very much impact why I chose certain cards; the overall strategy of the palette; etc. So starting off with quite a simple concept, similar to one of my recent Canvas palettes I put up, is a Drake-based list with the Hero being Umbra Aqueous . As it currently stands, for a palette focused on Drakes, Umbra Aqueous ' ability is pretty much the strongest one for it, reducing the cost to deploy all of your Drakes without hurting their trade value incase that's needed. There is also the option of making a palette f...