Shout Out and a Question

[dam]

Howdy!

First off, a little tale. I'd known that a wwe ccg existed for a while, but wasn't really planning on getting into it. However, about a week back I was surfing the website for the local game store chain and noticed Raw Deal stuff in the "on sale" section (actually, it was in the "getting rid of" section, but you get the idea). Thought about it for a day or two, but finally ordered 4 starters and 2 rumble packs (they only had GAB, NWO and Rumble Packs), figuring those would be enough for 2 decks that would be competitive against one another.

A couple of days go by, I finally get an email confirmation that my package is on its way, with some extras added for free. I'm pretty happy at this point. It arrives and I go to pick it up. Seeing the box, I'm thinking: "There's definately more than 4 boosters + 2 RPs in there". I get home, open it up, find a note saying they'd sent everything they still had in stock (for no extra cost). Quick count shows what's what: 4 Rumble Packs and 19 Starters. Sure, I got duplicates, but did I care? Hell no ;D ! Since it was only starters, short on Finishers, but oh well. Very few Backlash deck cards as well, but at least that's less stuff to learn.


Rules seemed at first complicated (guess I should be glad I only had stuff from GAB + NWO, nothing of later sets). Getting a hang of things after 3-4 days of reading + testing decks. Main things seems to be Chain, Volley and RMS, especially the last one. Slowly (but surely ?) getting there.

Anyway, since I put together a Rhyno deck among others, wanted to ask about Extreme Warfare vs RMS-marked Reversals.

#505/643 Extreme Warfare (I) (RUMBLE PACK FOIL – Rhyno logo)
Pre-match Stipulation
When the first card played during each player’s turn is a maneuver, it can only be reversed from their opponent’s Arsenal.
SmackDown! logo
Unique
Permanent
F: 0 D: 0

Can you (opponent or Rhyno player) play an RMS Reversal from Hand to Reverse if the 1st card played is a Maneuver?

Cheers!

[whitedragon]

nope, you can't. since extreme warfare only affects maneuvers, having a reversal with the RMS will not help change anything. however you can reverse the maneuver if it had the RMS logo thus preventing it from getting the effect of Extreme Warfare.

the only reason reversals are printed with the RMS logo is to counter cards like Grab The Mic (tb) or Get Crowd Support which will increase the fortitude of the reversals. however due to the RMS logo, you can still play those reversals as per normal.

hope this helps.

[dam]

It sure does, esp. the 2nd paragraph.

Thanks!

[dam]

Okay, instead of starting a new thread, figured might as well just bump my earlier one (hopefully this gets read).

Why are Velocity set Starters so frickin' rare???

Haven't seen any online stores that have those (well, one had Velocity Kane, Big Freakin' Machine), yet most have even earlier sets aplenty. Even those that sell Starter boxes only have Velocity Booster boxes.

[whitedragon]

maybe because many other players have the same mindset as you, they all want Velocity starters. you can try getting Rumble Packs of the particular superstar you want. it's a good buy as it includes starter cards and PRs or that superstar.

[dam]

Could be. Sadly, RPs don't have any of the starter foils for Brock or Goldust.