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Terra Luck, Cleat Fails, & Windows 11 Breakthroughs

What a week! I finally found a sliver of free time to actually play some Final Fantasy TCG instead of just sorting it. I packed up my Moogle Bounty Mayhem deck and headed over to Game Knight in Summit to check out the setup my buddy Leo has going on.

Most of the usual FFTCG crew was there, and honestly, it was an absolute blast. As for how I actually did? Let’s just say my Moogle Bounty Mayhem didn’t quite break the meta this time, and I walked away with a few losses. But hey, I’ve never claimed to be a world-champion player, and I don’t get to play nearly as much as I’d like to—so I’m strictly blaming it on rust!

The Golden Touch 🃏✨

The real highlight of the night came after the games. I grabbed my Journey of Discovery consolation pack and handed it right over to my daughter, who came along for the ride. She has notorious good luck, so I told Leo right then and there: “She’s pulling the Terra.”

Sure enough, she rips open the pack, and right there on top is Terra! It wasn’t the massive Gold Signature version, but pulling the clean Foil version right on cue gave us a great laugh. We jammed one more casual game and headed home happy.

🚨 Countdown to Midnight: Blissful Eternity Prerelease!

The countdown is officially on! We are just 25 days away from the Blissful Eternity Midnight Prerelease on Friday, July 31st.

We will be dropping a dedicated blog post with every single detail tomorrow, but here is the quick rundown of what you need to know:

  • 9:00 PM: Doors open for casual games, trading, or just hanging out.

  • Midnight (12:00 AM): Pre-release kits hit the tables and the tournament kicks off!

  • The Prizing: Winner takes home a full kit, and absolutely nobody walks away empty-handed.

Hanging Up the Cleats (That I Never Had) ⚽🤕

Outside of the card shop, soccer season is officially spinning up—and I’m coaching the little ones this year!

I took the kids down to the local field down the street for practice, and in a momentary lapse of reason, I decided to show off a bit. I tried to pull off a slick Rabona kick, completely miscalculated, kicked the heel of my own standing foot, and went down hard. Naturally, because I never learn my lesson, I got right back up to try it one more time and promptly tripped right over the ball.

I guess it’s finally time to admit I’m not young anymore and hang up my cleats… which is easy, considering I never actually owned soccer cleats in the first place. And, that means that I can’t hang them up. I’ll be still out there playing.

In Other News… 🖥️

I am slowly but surely making peace with Windows 11. There are definitely still some features that drive me crazy, but I’ve managed to find a few solid workarounds for my documents and layouts. If you’re struggling with the update too, hang in there—there is light at the end of the tunnel!

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Dreamlike Oceans Midnight Pre-Release

Midnight Madness: The Dreamlike Oceans Prerelease Guide!

We are officially less than two weeks away from the Dreamlike Oceans (Opus XXVIII) Midnight Prerelease! It’s time to stop wondering and start preparing. Are you ready to try your luck and chase that ultra-rare Yuna Gold Stamped Signature card?

Here is everything you need to know to join the Kardboard Korner crew for our favorite tradition.

📍 Where are we meeting?

While we primarily operate as an online shop, we love bringing the local community together. We’ll be hosting after-hours at our usual haunt:

Mr. Gyros 9229 S. Cicero Ave

Oak Lawn, IL 60453

⏰ When is the kickoff?

Friday, March 20th, 2026 The main event starts at Midnight, but the doors open at 10:00 PM.

  • Early Birds: Come hang out for some casual play or trading.

  • New Players: If you’ve never played FFTCG, show up early! We’ll be running demos and teaching the basics before the tournament starts.

🏆 How do I win?

We’ve been hosting these since Opus XIV, and we like to make sure everyone leaves happy.

  • The Grand Prize: Come in 1st place and you’ll walk away with an extra Prerelease Kit! * Top 4: We’ve got prize support locked in for our top finishers.

  • The “Everyone Wins” Rule: Even if the packs aren’t in your favor, everyone who participates walks away with at least one free booster pack.

💰 Entry & Kits

  • Tournament Entry: $50 (Includes your first Prerelease Kit).

  • Additional Kits: $45 each for those looking to stock up.

Why attend?

Aside from being the first to crack open Dreamlike Oceans, it’s about the atmosphere. There’s something special about grinding through a tournament until 3:00 AM with a group of people who love the game as much as you do.

Are you planning on coming out? Drop a comment below so we can get a head count, or let us know which card you’re hunting for most in this set!

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11/09/2025

What a Prerelease we had!

Midnight Prerelease to be exact, we had an 8 element deck come in in second. Which is surprising. If they had gotten that Gra’ha Tia, he might have pulled the ability to end all games.

No Terra was pulled that night, so that means that there still is a chance that she is in one of the remaining Pre-Release Kits that we have. It’s a slim chance, but it’s there.

I also noticed that there were some Full Arts that had double copies in each case of twelve. If anyone is interested in that information, well now you have it.

Finally finished the MTG Bulk that we had gotten. All that is left is to build lots of 1000 cards. We’re doing no duplicate lots. with no basic lands. Some lands like Barren Moor might still be in there.

We’ll have the new sleeves up by tonight, and look out for Journey of Discovery Booster Boxes going up sometime this week.

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11/04/2025

Just got off the phone with my distributor, and the Kits should be arriving tomorrow. Or the day after. That means, we’ll be doing an unboxing video like we always do. We should get more consistent on videos, but then we think how many times do people want to see us opening the same product?

We just got an invite to Oak Lawn Public Library’s Fan Fest once again. We got to see if we can make it though, due to Soccer in the spring. I’ll need to check on the dates ASAP.

We’ll also be getting the missing sleeves from our order, along with some Warrior of Light Promos, that we will be giving out at Midnight Prerelease, so if you needed another reason to make it, you got one now.

We’ll have the Prerelease Kits up for sale, right after our Midnight Prerelease, we just need to make sure we have enough for our players first.

Still going through all the MTG bulk, hoping to get it all done by this Friday.

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10/29/2025

Worked through most of 2017 MTG Bulk. Getting closer to the end, but I know all the 2018 cards are about half of the bulk cards that we bought. That one is going to be fun going through.

Also spent a good hour looking for a card that we sold, and was misplaced. That’s always great. That is another fun project that we’ll be undertaking soon. We got to organize all the cards. Most of it is organized, but there’s maybe 20k-30k cards that aren’t listed that need to be grouped together.

We also officially anounced Midnight Pre-Release for Journey of Discovery, that will be next Friday.

The kids didn’t want to play 99 Nights in the Forest, but they found a similar game called 99 Nights in the Arctic. It’s pretty much the same game where you have to survive. There’s more weapons to use, and we just had a fun time, no strategy, just run around find weapons, save the kids and keep on going.

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