November Update

Have just finished writing and published the Ramp Dragon Guide for Set 4, so please check that out if you are interested!

Regarding future plans on this Patreon, my current intention is to publish one major piece of content per expansion, which will generally be the deck that I am playing the most.

In addition, instead of doing a raffle for coaching, members with a subscription above $5 should just contact me directly to organise a session. Too many people were banking their sessions, when in truth, it was something I wanted to use as a form of regular content for users. If I receive too many applications, I will implement a raffle system again.

As for why I've made these changes, please see below:

Over time, it's become increasingly clear to myself that although I enjoy Shadowverse: Worlds Beyond quite a lot, it is also, ultimately, a casual game for me. At first, I legitimately considered pushing out very regular, high-quality content for competitive players in a similar fashion to what you might see in OP TCG, but the difference is very apparent.

For example, this week, I purchased an Imu guide from a respected player, as I don't have the time to grind and gain all the matchup specific information with Fusion World Nationals coming up. Although it was a fairly costly guide, I also believe it's worth the money. Not only because of the time and effort that the author invested into it, but also because it's likely to, on average, make back the money in terms of a performance improvement (aka better prizing).

In Worlds Beyond, it's quite a different ecosystem. At its core, it's a free-to-play game, and although the prizing is good at the top end (1 million dollaridoos for winning worlds), let's be real, the odds are extremely low. What's left is maybe you can make a few hundred to maybe a few thousand dollars for a good performance in SVO if you make top 8 and above.

However, Shadowverse is not supposed to be a Bo1 game. There's far too much variance involved to the point where although there is a pretty high skill component to the game, it can also just not matter at all, on a somewhat frequent basis, at that. So I imagine to many players, the value proposition in receiving coaching or purchasing guides is just not that high, which in turn, reduces the incentive for content creators to push out this type of content.

In other words, if we consider the amount of people willing to pay for this type of content vs the amount of time and effort I have to put in to create it, then it's obvious that it's not worth my time (on a $ to effort ratio). To put it another way, the reason for me to create this content is literally just because I have a passion for the game and am willing to take a loss.

And even then, I would generate more value putting all the info I consolidated into the Ramp Dragon guide into a literally free video on Youtube. I could probably get like +50 subs a pop on something like this, and that would be worth more than the value I generate from running the Patreon.

With that in mind, I've decided to make the changes above to avoid burnout so I can continue providing value to users. I think it will be a different consideration if, at some point, there is nobody that continues to support this Patreon, at which point I will consider closing it altogether or adjusting the strategy.

I also note that there may be some subscribers here who are simply subscribed to support Shadowverse Master as a whole. Please rest assured that to date, that out of all the revenue we've generated via this Patreon, that I have not taken a single cent for myself. It's all gone back into the company so we can continue maintaining the website and delivering content for the community.

On a final note, I also welcome feedback from users, both those that were previously or currently subscribed. If there are certain things you really liked seeing in the past or things you wished I would deliver moving into the future (or things that you didn't like), let me know as well. Thanks all!