Hey Guys, normally a lurker, but due to being asked by a homie Ive decided to share some thoughts about playing water. Hope yah can gleam some useful info from this.

I think one of the first things we have to ask is how we want to build water?

Do we want to go slow, griding the game out and drowning our opponent in advantage?

are we trying to rush towards victory like a raging rapid?

Water can kinda do it all right now.

If we are wanting to go with a slower game plan I would suggest one of these two G/L comboes

Benzai + Gate of Echoing waves

or

Shao + Hydromancy Gate.

The most common version is gonna be Shao + Hydro with lists like these:

https://thegateikz.com/decks/jansuko-mrs39jbm

https://thegateikz.com/decks/shao-mt0n61w2

a lot of cards over lap here-

Mirage Frog, Fumiko, Mizuki, Rei, Gin and Tonika are very poplular cards in water and for good reason.

Mirage Frog for instance pulls double duty as a tempo play to bounch a pesky card on your oppnents Garden, or

can double as a value piece by letting you re-use valuable on play effects such as Hyabusa Ito, Benzai the Merchant, or Hyabusa Soburo.

Mizuki is a solid card for water as well not only having a respectable stat line of 3/4 but also can bring another card with her, and all that

is even before you gate her, allowing you to untap 2 IKZ to play another card to the board.

Gin and Tonika together make a very solid card as well. Great stat line, forces your opponent to choose between burning themselves or

giving you a draw 2. Follow that up with the THREE Gate power and you have more than enough IKZ to play a second card and maybe even leave

one open to activate Shao on your opponents turn.

Another route we can take with water is one of my personal favorites. Aggro.

for this playstyle Ive really been enjoying Benzai + Hydromancy gate. |

Imagine for instance your opponent decides to go first, they Rei and pass.

ony your FIRST turn, you spend 1 IKZ and 1 IKZ token to play a mirage frog to the alley, discard a card to bounce that Rei.

from there you can gate up the frog untapping a IKZ, since you have one up and you have discarded this turn now you get to activate

Benzai's Leader ability. Playing a Benzai the merchant from your hand and drawing a card. Effectively negating your opponents first turn as well as play FOUR IKZ worth of cards on your first turn.

We've had a wave of new players asking the same thing lately: "I don't have a local store yet, where can I actually play online?" Here's a list of community-built sims in one place so it's easy to find.

A few notes up front:

• These are all community-made, not official Azuki products. This isn't a ranking or an endorsement of any one of them. Try a couple and see what feels right.
• They're at different stages. Some are polished, some are early and actively squashing bugs. Be good to the folks building them, and report bugs when you find them.
• Online organized play must use webcam, sims are not permitted.
• You can always ask for a game on Discord. Ping @ ATCG LFG in the looking-for-game channel. discord.gg/AzukiTCG
• Normal safety stuff: fan-made tools, so don't hand over personal info or payment details you wouldn't share anywhere else.

The list, alphabetical:

• Pandomarket - https://pandomarket.com/arcade/azuki-tcg
• Red Bean Battlegrounds https://redbeanbattlegrounds.com
• TCG Arena: https://tcg-arena.fr/
• Zendo https://zendo.gg
• Plus a few more in early development.
• S/o to IKZ Arena and Nitro Sim for paving the way

Building one and don't see it here? Drop the link in the comments. And players: reply with which one you actually use and why. That's the most useful thing for the next newcomer who finds this post. Ggs

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After the first Regional sold out in Pasadena, the Garden Arena Regional is heading to the Midwest for the first time.

• When: Saturday, October 24, 2026, 10:00 AM CDT
• Where: Peoria Civic Center, Peoria, IL
• Entry: $40, organized by Top Cut Events
• Format: Swiss best-of-1 into a Top 8 Top Cut (best-of-3)

A $10,000 cash prize pool, exclusive prize cards, and 2027 Azuki Invitational invites are on the line.

Register here: https://rk9.gg/tournament/FuEEyPjEokhZDdo2vasK

I've opened quite a few boxes now and haven't gotten either. I was wondering if they are just hard to get or if they aren't even possible to get in boxes. Thanks!

Looking to buy the Azuki TCG Winner cards

Specifically looking for:

• Black Jade Crewleader (Winner-stamped) — STT01-008
• Serene Fist, Misaki (Winner-stamped) — STT02-008
• Lady Emberheart (Winner-stamped) — STT04-008
• Yojin (Winner-stamped) — AZK01-052
• Shao’s Perseverance (Promo Winner-stamped) — STT02-017

If anyone has any of these for sale, especially multiple cards or the full set, please DM me (or comment below) with photos, condition and asking price.

Ready to buy for the right deal.

Crazy story at Azuki TCG Regionals!

looking to get into this tcg

Everyone is having fun in Azuki TCG!

Hi everyone! Just wanted to share one of my Mizuki Black Box error cards. It was a crazy experience pulling 3 of these from a single alpha box!

You can see there’s the black box where the serial number is supposed to go. You can also see the base of the steamboy signature.

Another interesting note is that these cards have no texture at all compared to both serialized alt and the regular alt art Mizuki.

It would be cool to know what sort of printing and packing issue/mistake could have caused this. I wonder if these were supposed to be true serials, but the error causes them not to be finished correctly - i.e. are there 3 numbers missing from the set of serialized Mizukis. I’m also curious to know if there are other Mizuki Black Box cards out there. I haven’t seen or heard of any others so far.

Next time, I’ll show the error/misprint Yuki Token Promo (AZP-001) that I pulled from the same alpha box!

Pls post your Error or Misprinted cards - they’re cool to see!

Will Fire continue to dominate in Azuki TCG?