[{"text":"Date Updated: 10 August 2020 Next Scheduled Update: 9 November 2020"},{"header":"MAIN DECK updates"},{"text":"The following cards are banned:"},{"sql":"SELECT quantityInCube as value1, name as value3, setFrom as value2 FROM dcdbdb WHERE `type` NOT LIKE 'supervillain' AND `type` NOT LIKE 'character' AND `setFrom` NOT LIKE 'Dark Nights: Metal' AND bannedInGroup = 17 ORDER BY name ASC"},{"text":"Total non-DNM:"},{"sql":"SELECT SUM(quantityInCube) as value1 FROM dcdbdb WHERE `type` NOT LIKE 'supervillain' AND `type` NOT LIKE 'character' AND bannedInGroup = 17 AND `setFrom` NOT LIKE 'Dark Nights: Metal'"},{"sql":"SELECT quantityInCube as value1, name as value3, setFrom as value2 FROM dcdbdb WHERE `type` NOT LIKE 'supervillain' AND `type` NOT LIKE 'character' AND `setFrom` = 'Dark Nights: Metal' AND bannedInGroup = 17 ORDER BY name ASC"},{"text":"Total DNM:"},{"sql":"SELECT SUM(quantityInCube) as value1 FROM dcdbdb WHERE `type` NOT LIKE 'supervillain' AND `type` NOT LIKE 'character' AND bannedInGroup = 17 AND `setFrom` = 'Dark Nights: Metal'"},{"text":"The following cards are legal:"},{"sql":"SELECT quantityInCube as value1, name as value3, setFrom as value2 FROM dcdbdb WHERE `type` NOT LIKE 'supervillain' AND `type` NOT LIKE 'character' AND `setFrom` NOT LIKE 'Dark Nights: Metal' AND `unbannedInGroup` = 17 ORDER BY name ASC"},{"text":"Total non-DNM:"},{"sql":"SELECT SUM(quantityInCube) as value1 FROM dcdbdb WHERE `type` NOT LIKE 'supervillain' AND `type` NOT LIKE 'character' AND `setFrom` NOT LIKE 'Dark Nights: Metal' AND unbannedInGroup = 17"},{"sql":"SELECT quantityInCube as value1, name as value3, setFrom as value2 FROM dcdbdb WHERE `type` NOT LIKE 'supervillain' AND `type` NOT LIKE 'character' AND `setFrom` = 'Dark Nights: Metal' AND unbannedInGroup = 17 ORDER BY name ASC"},{"text":"Total DNM:"},{"sql":"SELECT SUM(quantityInCube) as value1 FROM dcdbdb WHERE `type` NOT LIKE 'supervillain' AND `type` NOT LIKE 'character' AND `setFrom` = 'Dark Nights: Metal' AND unbannedInGroup = 17 ORDER BY setFrom ASC, name ASC"},{"header":"SUPER VILLAIN CHANGES"},{"text":"The following Super Villains are banned: "},{"sql":"SELECT quantityInCube as value1, name as value3, setFrom as value2 FROM `dcdbdb` WHERE `type` LIKE 'supervillain' AND `setFrom` NOT LIKE 'Dark Nights: Metal' AND `bannedInGroup` = 17 ORDER BY `dcdbdb`.`name` ASC"},{"text":"Total non-DNM:"},{"sql":"SELECT SUM(quantityInCube) as value1 FROM dcdbdb WHERE bannedInGroup = 17 AND type LIKE 'SuperVillain' AND `setFrom` NOT LIKE 'Dark Nights: Metal'"},{"sql":"SELECT quantityInCube as value1, name as value3, setFrom as value2 FROM `dcdbdb` WHERE `type` LIKE 'supervillain' AND `setFrom` = 'Dark Nights: Metal' AND `bannedInGroup` = 17 ORDER BY `dcdbdb`.`name` ASC"},{"text":"Total DNM:"},{"sql":"SELECT SUM(quantityInCube) as value1 FROM dcdbdb WHERE bannedInGroup = 17 AND type LIKE 'SuperVillain' AND `setFrom` = 'Dark Nights: Metal'"},{"header":"MAIN CHARACTER updates"},{"text":"With the release of Dark Nights: Metal, players around the world had the opportunity to team up to help rescue the Super Heroes that were held captive (you can find out more about that here: https:\/\/www.dcdeckbuilding.com\/supportTheRescueEffort\/).&nbsp; With everyone scurrying about frantically, and an overall lack of coordination, some Super Heroes were not saved despite our best efforts.&nbsp; The Super Heroes that were rescued and will be joining the cube from DNM are: Aquaman (Dark Nights Metal) - &gt; Tier 3 Doctor Fate (Dark Nights Metal) - &gt; Tier 3 Mister Terrific (Dark Nights Metal) - &gt; Tier 5 Plastic Man (Dark Nights Metal) - &gt; Tier 5 The Flash (Dark Nights Metal) - &gt; Tier 2 Wonder Woman (Dark Nights Metal) - &gt; Tier 3 Furthermore, amidst the rescue efforts, a fan favorite strolled into town and is rumored to be looking for some games: Deathstroke (Dark Nights Metal) - &gt; Tier 3"},{"text":"The following Main Characters' tiers have increased: Beast Boy (Teen Titans) -&gt; Now Tier 3 Captain Boomerang (Crisis 3) -&gt; Now Tier 3 Chameleon Boy (Crossover 3) -&gt; Now Tier 3 Gorilla Grodd (Promo) -&gt; Now Tier 3 Kalibak (Crossover 7) -&gt; Now Tier 4 Nightwing (Crisis 4) -&gt; Now Tier 2 Phantom Girl (Crossover 3) -&gt; Now Tier 2 Power Girl (Crossover 1) -&gt; Now Tier 3 Simon Baz (Rebirth) -&gt; Now Tier 3 Starfire (Promo) -&gt; Now Tier 3 Superboy (Teen Titans) -&gt; Now Tier 3 The Flash (Crisis 4) -&gt; Now Tier 3"},{"text":"The following Main Characters' tiers have decreased: Golden Glider (Crossover 5) -&gt; Now Tier 4 Weather Wizard (Crossover 5) -&gt; Now Tier 3"},{"text":"The following Main Characters' were not rescued despite our best efforts: Batman (Dark Nights Metal) Cyborg (Dark Nights Metal) Hal Jordan (Dark Nights Metal) Kendra Saunders (Dark Nights Metal) Superman (Dark Nights Metal)"},{"text":"The following Main Characters' are banned: Deadshot (Crisis 3) The Joker (Promo) Wonder Woman (Rebirth)"},{"header":"rules updates"},{"text":"1.) An additional stack of Weaknesses is being added to the game.&nbsp; This stack, consisting of forty Weaknesses, resides in &#34;The Reserve Weakness Stack&#34; (or simply &#34;The Reserve&#34;).&nbsp; The reserve stack is to be used only for Weaknesses gained from Super Villain First Appearance Attacks (SV FAAs), and only when the regular Weakness stack is empty. In essence, if any effect that is not a Super Villain First Appearance Attack gives a player a Weakness while the traditional Weakness stack is empty, they will not receive one.&nbsp; Likewise, if any SV FAA gives a player a Weakness while the traditional Weakness stack is empty, they receive one from the reserve stack.&nbsp; Ex. 1: A player should gain a Weakness from Laughing Gas while 10 Weaknesses remain in the traditional Weakness stack and 40 are in the reserve stack.&nbsp; The player gains a Weakness from the traditional Weakness stack. Ex. 2: A player should gain a Weakness from Laughing Gas while no Weaknesses remain in the traditional Weakness stack and 35 are in the reserve stack. The player will not gain a Weakness because the traditional Weakness stack is depleted. Ex. 3: A player should gain three Weaknesses from a SV FAA while 5 Weaknesses remain in the traditional Weakness stack and 40 are in the reserve stack. The player gains three Weaknesses from the traditional Weakness stack. Ex. 4: A player should gain three Weakness from a SV FAA while only one Weaknesses remain in the traditional Weakness stack and 40 are in the reserve stack. The player gains the last one from the traditional Weakness stack and two more from the reserve Weakness stack. Ex. 5: A player should gain three Weakness from a SV FAA while no Weaknesses remain in the traditional Weakness stack and 24 are in the reserve stack. The player gains three Weaknesses from the reserve Weakness stack. [Note: For tournament cubes these Weaknesses are preferably comprised of three (or fewer) groups of twenty taken from the larger sets, in an effort to minimize the different artworks in the game.&nbsp; The traditional Weakness stack should have all the same artwork.] Regarding Bizarro [MC] and effects that interact with the Weakness stack, any Weaknesses that enter the game from the reserve stack are assumed to have originated from the traditional Weakness stack.&nbsp; This means that if a Bizarro player happen to gain all twenty Weaknesses from the traditional stack, and then another four from the reserve stack (24 in total) the player could return those 24 to the traditional Weakness stack using Bizarro's ability (and draw a bunch of cards!) 2.)&nbsp;With the unbanning of Pots [Super Power], the Block mechanic is now a keyword in the game.&nbsp; This keyword has no effect, but can be interacted with by effects that look for the Block keyword (similar to how Krypto [Hero] can look for cards with the Assist keyword, although Assist has no effect).&nbsp; For instance: you can use Hermes [Confrontations] to put Pots on top of your deck, but you cannot use Pots to defend an Attack. 3.) With the unbanning of Shields Up [Super Power] enters the concept of choosing Characters within Range: X.&nbsp; To allow this template to function in the Cube environment, we consider players to be at unlimited Range from one another.&nbsp; Therefore a player can only choose to Defend themselves from an Attack with this card, and when doing so they will draw a card."},{"header":"weakness reminder"},{"text":"Dark Nights: Metal is heavily centered around Weaknesses.&nbsp; As a reminder, we consider Weakness to be both a card name and a card type. When an effect refers to the word Weakness, it means a card named &#34;Weakness&#34; (so Shapeshift applies if you own it).&nbsp; When an effect checks for card types, it will find the type Weakness as long as one of the cards is a real Weakness since that means it has the type Weakness (i.e. it originated from the Weakness stack). Ex. 1: The Attack from Kryptonite [Equipment] instructs players to discard a Weakness.&nbsp; You may discard a Weakness, or a Shapeshift, when confronted with this attack. Ex. 2: You play a Weakness and then Animal Man [Hero]; you will receive +2 Power for Animal Man because his effect finds the types Hero &amp; Weakness."},{"header":"updated dcdb database"},{"text":"We have updated the database (https:\/\/www.dcdeckbuilding.info\/) to allow for more complex searches that players have requested access to. Ex. 1: Suppose you wanted to find cards that interacted with Defenses.&nbsp; Previously you might have searched for &#34;defense&#34; in the card text, which would return all the cards you were looking for (along with every card that is a Defense, which is not what you were trying to find).&nbsp; This search returns 102 unique cards when searching among all cards. With the updated features, you have the ability to search for cards that &#34;Pertains To:&#34; Defense which is what you looking for.&nbsp; This search returns 9 unique cards when searching amongst all cards, bringing you what you were looking for quickly and efficiently. Complex searches containing multiple keywords, text and sets are now possible, along with the ability to better sort the results.&nbsp; Along with the page overhaul, we made it easier to implement new search features going forward, so if there is other search criteria you are interested in make sure and let us know in the discord group (https:\/\/discord.gg\/E7ZNeZP)! *The updated site makes extensive use of some Javascript commands not supported by all browsers for advanced searches.&nbsp; Users will have a better experience there using Google Chrome, etc but can still search for card names using Internet Explorer, etc."},{"header":"player choices"},{"text":"After multiple high place finishes in tournaments during season 16, CallmeAwe led a successful rescue mission that resulted in freeing Batman-12 (Rivals 1), who enters as a Tier 4 MC. For multiple high place finishes in tournaments during season 16, Johan Liebert led a successful rescue mission that resulted in freeing Ocean Master-9 (Confrontations), who enters as a Tier 2 MC. After participating in the most games during season 15, Sanguinus led a successful rescue mission that resulted in freeing Sinestro (Crisis 3), who enters as a Tier 2 MC. For surpassing all others in Power Rings (more about that here: https:\/\/www.dcdeckbuilding.com\/article.php?id=10833), Tap has elected to ban Transmutation [Super Power]."},{"header":"players challenge invitations"},{"text":"As the first Players Challenge approaches we have quite an assortment of players who have received invitations for the event.&nbsp; If the is the first your hearing of this there is still plenty of time to pick up an invitation to participate in the event; you can read more about the event itself here (https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/714043445788904). To make accessing the invited players list easier we have added it to the Player Ratings page.&nbsp; Invitations are added to the list as they are awarded, so check back regularly to see who you'll be up against! https:\/\/www.dcdeckbuilding.com\/ratings\/"},{"header":"Update Overview"},{"text":"A member of the community (xJohhnnyBusket in the Discord group) took time to put together a video recap of the update, as well as to conduct an interview regarding the new season.&nbsp; Note: At the time the video was recorded the site layout was ready but not the functionality, hence the reason for the error in the video! Both can be found here:"},{"video":[{"src":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wBuKgIamoXU"},{"caption":"Season 17 Overview"}]},{"video":[{"src":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qa6ohR2ozxQ"},{"caption":"Season 17 Interview"}]},{"header":"closing remarks"},{"text":"As we hope you're aware, the newest DC Deckbuilding set has just been released!&nbsp; If you haven't purchased it yet you can purchase it from your local game store, or directly from Cryptozoic here (https:\/\/store.cryptozoic.com\/DC-Deck-Building-Game-Dark-Nights-Metal-p\/814552028647.htm).&nbsp; A preview of the set from GenCon 2020 can be seen here:"},{"video":[{"src":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pKoVlEhEGTs"},{"caption":"Dark Nights: Metal with Amanda Barker from Cryptozoic"}]},{"text":"Cryptozoic has reprinted Bane, Martian Manhunter and The Joker and they are available as a set here: https:\/\/store.cryptozoic.com\/DC-Comics-Deck-Building-Game-The-Joker-MM-Bane-p\/jmmbpromo.htm"},{"image":[{"src":"jmm883204jmmbprom.jpg"},{"caption":""}]},{"text":"Cryptozoic is having a virtual launch party for Dark Nights: Metal as well, you can catch that at 10am PST on Tuesday, 11 August here: https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/j\/81668616102"},{"header":"upcoming events"},{"text":"Saturday, 29 August, is the date of our next tournament, details can be found here: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/325760608583742\/ You can see our full events calendar here: https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1t-PIDxIHCc2Fl82NoqKb4cDzTejicjAHKWgRdj9GVn4\/edit?usp=sharing"}]