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#funaday2026 Day 20 - Quick Energy/Fighting remodel of "A New Kind of Ring," "The Last Blade of Hattori Hanzō" feels like a natural choice to EMPOWER characters fit for fighting.

Gotta figure out the Strength and Intellect ones next, but not sure where I'll land with those quite yet. Chime in if you've got any suggestions, ya nerds!

Two things:

1) I'm thinking of reworking how EMPOWER works already by lowering the value of the card you can pull, which I think would allow me to do one or both of the following: a) let the card be a duplicate and b) let the card be placed directly to the Artifact itself, freeing up the Character's own placing slot for bigger PCs.

2) Wow, I hate Quentin Tarantino as a person but I really love Kill Bill!

#killbill #hattorihanzo #beatrixkiddo #overpower #overpowerccg #overpowercustoms #deadtcgs #thereddiamondunderground

#funaday2026 Day 19: spent a lazy day rewatching three movies I've been meaning to get back to for a while: Boogie Nights and Kill Bill 1 & 2, and while Dirk Diggler's massive... weapon doesn't seem a great fit for OP, the Bride certainly does.

Jeeny pushed me to cook her up and here we are! One of the most dogged and deadly assassins, Beatrix Kiddo's revenge tour left a trail of bodies across the globe.

I've got a few ideas for the rest of her kit, but the plan is to make her fast, combo heavy, and hard to kill.

#thebride #beatrixkiddo #killbill #overpower #OverPowerCCG #OverPowerCustoms #thereddiamondunderground #deadccgs

#funaday2026 Day 18: Kneel puny humans, for the Blood Devil Fiend treads before you.

I gave Denji and Aki some love, but it was finally time to get to my favorite Chainsaw Man character, the impetuous, irreverent, dangerous cat-loving Power!

Maybe I've said this before, but I'm really trying to establish "color identity" in this game and her IA feel fitting for the grid she's been given and the life she's livin'. Soak up damage and revel in violence, ya know?

I'm excited to iron out this trio and slowly but surely put together a deep dive into the entire series!

#power #theblooddevil #chainsawman #overpower #overpowerccg #OverPowerCustoms #thereddiamondunderground #deadccgs

#funaday2026 Day 17 - Jo's a lot of things: a former cop (resigned in disgrace for doing the right thing, so we'll cut her some slack), a Green Lantern, a futzin' weeb, and one gets the feeling from all her dalliances she's maybe read the Ethical Slut a couple times, but above all else, she's "She's Just A Girl From Brooklyn."

A scrapper and a survivor with the Will to carry out the Oath, say it with me now, True Believers: "In Brightest Day..."

I needed to give her something to compensate a bit for her Inherent Ability. Yes, it can impact her offensive and defensive capabilities, but she perseveres despite it all, and I think this reflects that. Paired with "A New Kind of Ring," I think this will keep the pressure on even while she's "recharging."

This is the last Jo card for now, but I've got a couple more to brew before I can officially call her kit complete!

#jomullein #greenlantern #overpower #OverPowerCCG #OverPowerCustoms #deadccgs #thereddiamondunderground

#funaday2026 Day 16 - Jo's a pretty complex character, which is more or less the noir-soaked milieu "Cops, Crooks, a Dog, and the Man From Hell" hopes to play in, and this card pulls from that complexity. A former solider and beat cop, she's repeatedly found herself in hot water for prioritizing justice over the wretched and corrupt herd mentality being a guy or gal in blue requires.

A rogue Guardian recognized this quality within her, to protect the innocent at all costs, she was gifted the experimental ring, and this same quality is what inspired the card "Because Someone Has To."

#jomullein #greenlantern #overpower #OverPowerCCG #OverPowerCustoms #thereddiamondunderground #deadccgs

#funaday2026 Day 15 - I HAVE been working on these in the background, just between physical therapy and the hell that is waking life, it has been hard to post up. Let's get back to it, shall we?

A little more from Jo Mullein's kit, Deep Space Detective helps iron out the INTEL keyword I've been ruminating on for a minute. With the addition of either OPP or SELF, the keyword has a little more functionality, allowing you to "scry" one or the other player's Draw Pile to help set you up for victory.

#jomullein #greenlantern #overpower #OverPowerCCG #OverPowerCustoms #overpowertcg #thereddiamondunderground

#funaday2026 Day 13: and now, her first special! A powerful one per deck inspired by Jo's commitment to protecting the innocent. I don't have more to say right now, as I'm feeling a little under the weather, but I'll expand on these thoughts this week!

#overpower #OverPowerCCG #overpowertcg #sojournermullein #jomullein #greenlantern #OverPowerCustoms #thereddiamondunderground

A custom Special card, compatible with the OverPower CCG, featuring an illustration of a Black woman, with a tall hairdo and stylish green glasses, clad in the uniform of intergalactic police force, the Green Lanterns.

#funaday2026 Day 12:

Here's the woman in question, times twice.

I gave one version the "digi-zine" treatment I've been givin' the Chainsaw Man character, and another got a more noir influenced variant, since Jo's one of the characters I've earmarked for the "Cops, Crooks, A Dog, and the Man From Hell" set alongside Columbo, Dale Cooper, and Veronica Mars. I just couldn't resist after finding this stellar art from Its Albir.

The ring Jo was gifted by the Guardians is experimental, allowing a user to explore and serve in the deepest reaches of space (to wit, the Far Sector), without requiring a Power Battery to recharge. As a result, it's use requires downtime to recharge.

Jo makes great use of it, but even without, Jo is smart, intuitive, and resourceful. It might seem like a bummer for her Energy actions to take a hit, but I think you'll all dig the kit I'm brewing for her and see why she's one of my favorite Lanterns.

#overpower #overpowerccg #overpowercustoms #deadccgs #deadtcgs #thereddiamondunderground #greenlantern #jomullein #sojournermullein

An illustration of the superhero Jo Mullein adorns a custom Character card, compatible with the OverPower CCG. She is Black woman with a tall hairdo, and stylish green glasses, posing with her Power ring above her head.

An illustration of the superhero Jo Mullein adorns a custom Character card, compatible with the OverPower CCG.

A Black woman with a tall hairdo and big green sunglasses is clad in a stylish, noir inspired green overcoat. The background is a photocopied image of a New York City street.

#funaday2026 Day 11:

Playing catch up.

This one has been lingering in the recesses of mind for a minute, I think I told @thecisco about this almost a year ago now. Recursion doesn't pop up too much in this game, so I cooked up a keyword for it (I just love doing that!)

Jo Mullein is a new type of Lantern, with a ring that doesn't require a power battery to recharge, but it's output isn't quite as strong as the standard ring. I felt this was a perfect fit for an Artifact that keeps her locked and loaded with mid-range Power Cards!

NK Jemisin and Jamal Campbell really killed it on her origin series, Far Sector, crafting a perfect space-bound, murder mystery, set in a repressed society on the brink of revolution. Highly recommended!

#FarSector #GreenLantern #nkjemisin #jamalcampbell #overpower #OverPowerCCG #OverPowerCustoms #deadccgs #deadtcgs #thereddiamondunderground

Custom Artifact card, compatible with the OverPower CCG.

A Black woman in the garb of the intergalactic police force known as the Green Lanterns readies her ring for combat.

#funaday2026 Day 10: this one took less time to cook up than the frigging teamwork, and I even freestyled it with Sweet Jeen K by my side as hype man.

Not sure if the TDB value is necessary, and if it is, maybe the cost is too extreme, (only testing will tell!), but I feel like this is an extremely powerful effect. Hitting both sides of the field is pretty rare, aspects are harder to defend, and if you're packing it, you packed accordingly.

Definitely would favor an offense heavy build that intends to win through KOs over Mission advancement. I'd love to see this one in action.

Killer art by Dora Ingrid, give them a follow wherever ya can (and I gotta say, I killed the layout, someone hire me (or otherwise give me money to make games)).

#overpower #OverPowerCCG #OverPowerCustoms #deadtcgs #deadccgs #CustomTCG #thereddiamondunderground

Custom Any Homebase Special, compatible with the OverPower CCG.

The art portrays a young god named Zagreus, with spikey brown hair, red clothing, and flaming feet, floating in the air, accepting a boon from the being known as Primordial Chaos, whose visage looms large in the background. The boon itself is a purple, five armed crest, which rests in a translucent sphere.

Ornate Grecian pillars float and crumble on either side of the frame.

The card "dressing" is comprised of chaotic, green and white brushstrokes.

Along the lefthand side, from bottom to top, is the following information.

TDB icon, with the number 2 inside. This communicates how many Tournament Deck Building points are required to include this card in your deck, an experimental and optional rule being explored by the RDU with competitive play in mind.

Meta code: FD1

Card type: Any Homebase

Card name: Embrace Chaos

Across the top of the card, the effect reads:

"For Remainder of Game, Any Power counts towards Spectrum KO, and no longer counts towards Venture."

The letters "OPD" rest beneath Zagreus' feet, which means One Per Deck.

Beneath that designation, is the artist's signature, Dora Ingrid.

This card is the same as the previous card, without the Tournament Deck Building information.

#funaday2026 Day 9: I've been making stuff behind the scenes, but got a little behind on posting about them. Should be back on a track now hopefully.

This is a kind of rare example of me coming up with an effect first, and finding an appropriate home for it after. The scene: me standing bare assed in the shower for inspiration, and, boy, did it come.

OverPower is not a game that wants you to turtle up. You have a card in hand that attack? It must attack! No saving Power Cards for a later defense. You can't even pass with one in hand, if you don't wanna attack anymore, maybe you can't win the venture anyway and it wouldn't be worth a character taking damage (or worse, getting KOd) to continue, you're conceding, bucko.

Enter: the IA. A powerful ability that allows you to pass initiative mid battle (shout out Altered's "After You" mechanic) and keep attacking.

I didn't know where it would land, but after the aforementioned nudy meditation, Aki Hayakawa, what with his Future Devil contract, seemed an appropriate candidate. You may think seeing a mere 2 seconds into the future wouldn't be much help, but Aki didn't become one of the most lethal weapons in Tokyo Special Division 4's Public Safety Devil Hunter aresenal without it.

#overpower #OverPowerCCG #OverPowerCustoms #chainsawman #akihayakawa #deadtcgs #deadccgs #thereddiamondunderground

Custom Character card, designed for compatibility with the 90s CCG OverPower.

The image is in landscape orientation, and portrays Aki Hayakawa from the anime and manga Chainsaw Man. He appears on the left side of the card, with shaggy black hair pulled into pony tail on the top of his head. He wears a black suit with white button down and black tie, and he has a katana strapped to his back.

The color scheme is stark and consists of just a few colors: black, yellow, green, blue, and white

He has one eye closed and he has formed his fingers into the shape of a Fox while uttering the term "Kon," which summons the Fox Devil per the terms of their contract.

The right side, from top to bottom, contains his name, his Power Grid state (4 Energy, 7 Fighting, 4 Strength, 6 Intellect). His inherent ability sits just to the left of his Grid and reads: "Once per battle, Aki Hayakawa may pass without attacking. Below sits the artist credits, mmmiaa and Tatsuki Fujimoto.

#funaday2026 Day 5: Chainsaw Man. (Reposted to unbreak the chain).

Kinda went crazy on this one, pulled colors from the first volume's cover and just went wild. It's chaotic, but so is the series.

I wish some of the mechanics laid out by the new "official" shepherds of OP would be more widely accepted by the Underground community, because I struggled with Denji's grid a bit. I think his Energy and Strength stats are a little higher than they should be, but for what I plan on giving him in his kit, he shouldn't be too easy to slot in.

As referenced, LRG did a good thing by replacing the old TDB method (add all characters' grids together and go no higher than 76) with the Threat Level totals (even if there's no damn reason to have stuck with 76!) While often but not always equaling the grid total, the Threat Level now more appropriately takes into consideration the character's specials and inherent ability. I think many customs players would flip if I considered using some of their infrastructure, but I'm nothing if not an ICONOCLAST, so we'll see what bits and bops I start pulling together moving forward.

Anyways, the vision: I want Chainsaw Man to be violent and KO-avoidant. This Character is Step One.

Til tomorrow

#overpower #OverPowerCCG #OverPowerCustoms #deadtcgs #deadccgs #thereddiamondunderground #chainsawman

Chainsaw Man custom character card, for the dead CCG OverPower.

A shirtless man with chainsaws for a head and arms hovers in the center of the card. His black and white rendering is in stark contrast to the chaotic flashes of orange, yellow, and green surrounding him. Comic panels sink into the colors, demonstrating Chainsaw Man's bloody and violent combat prowess.

"Chainsaw Man" is written in a mix of old English and typewriter font in the top right corner, and the Character's Power Grid rests below that. From top to bottom, it equals: Energy - 5, Fighting - 8, Strength - 7, Intellect - 2.

On the bottom left, his grid total, 22, rests in a silver diamond, and his Inherent Ability reads: When KO'd, Chainsaw Man may continue to fight and is not discarded until end of battle.

Artist credits: Tatsuki Fujimoto

It's been a while but we are back! Card of the Day: Green Lantern Character Card, DC JLA Expansion, 1997. Rarity: UC. Kyle Rayner held it down as the GL during the 90s, an artist who went on to become one of the most powerful Lanterns. #overpower #tcg #greenlantern #dccomics #ccg #comics

#funaday2026 Day 4: neck deep through a rewatch of Veronia Mars, and I knew she had to be next to get the OP treatment.

She was surprisingly hard to find art for. Despite being a cult favorite in a similar milieu as Buffy, most fan made visuals seem to be constrained to screen caps and gifs.

Shout out to Pinterest user "mothballarchive," whose collage served as the basis for this card.

Making a max 6 character is always a bit of a challenge, as you'll have to justify why you'd run one over a more powerful max 7 or 8. With a measly 15 TDB total, the diminutive Mars can slot into a lot of front lines, and I'm hoping to build her specials to ping off her Inherent Ability, leaning into the teen detective's uncanny knack for cracking the case.

I think she'll fit nicely into the more noir themed set we're working on, "Cops, Crooks, Dogs, and the Man From Hell," which will feature characters from Twin Peaks, Columbo, and more!

#veronicamars #overpower #OverPowerCCG #deadccgs #deadtcgs #thereddiamondunderground #tcgs #CustomTCG #OverPowerCustoms #FunADay

#funaday2026 Day 3! (I think it might be easier for me to just post about the day prior, but who knows, maybe I'll find my flow!)

There's this lingering Chrono Trigger set I've been "actively" "working" "on" for a few years now, which I conceived a new keyword for: TECH, based on that game's magic/skill system. It enables powerful secondary effects on Specials, unlocked by discarding a Special belonging to the Teammate named immediately after the keyword.

Another community member kinda grumbled that it felt too specific (and that the keyword evoked "technology," which is fair enough but it is literally short for "technique"), so I made it my goal to create a couple specials for established characters and hopefully get folks to fuck with the vision, and landed on a pair with roots in the very first set: the X-Men's Colossus and Wolverine.

I'm pretty proud of the layouts on these, aesthetically speaking, though I might go back and center the effect text a bit.

Mechanically, I tried my best to adapt the duo's classic team-up attack, the " Fastball Special," into two distinct but useful abilities. Colossus on his own can deal some heavy damage, but paired with the Canucklehead, he can hit anyone on the field. Fatally, one hopes. And on Wolvie's side, he can get to the enemy even if they're trying to skedaddle.

#overpower #OverPowerCustoms #OverPowerCCG #wolverine #colossus #xmen #deadccgs #deadtcgs

Custom Special (Colossus - Russian Muscles) for the Dead CCG, OverPower.

There's a tall and imposing, but heroic man approaching the viewer through the flames behind him, the metallic mutant Colossus.

There's a yellow and green border, and the card's effect text reads: "Acts as a level 6 Any-Power attack. TECH Wolverine: Acts as a level 6 MultiPower attack while in Hits to Current Battle. May be used against Reserve."

Art by Alex Horley.

Custom Special (Wolverine - Canadian Fury) for the Dead CCG, OverPower.

There's a short and muscular man looking down from a cliff at the viewer. Clad in a brown and yellow costume, with a winged mask, the intense but honorable mutant hero Wolverine surveys his surroundings.

There's a yellow and green border, and the card's effect text reads: "Acts as a level 4 Energy or Fighting attack. TECH Colossus: May be used after Opponent has Conceded the Battle."

Art by Esad Ribic.

Hey y'all, I know we've been a little quiet, but we're BACK (on a hopefully more consistent basis), and bringing #FunADay with us!

While last year I spent the month cooking up cards based on whatever was right in front of my face, my hope this go round is to explore and extrapolate concepts and mechanics that I've been ruminatin' on, better fleshing them out and flexing my game design muscles.

Keep an eye on this thread for all of our activities, and if anything piques your interest, ask to dig a little deeper into the Red Diamond Underground!

#funaday #thereddiamondunderground #overpower #OverPowerCCG #OverPowerCustoms

Promo "card" announcing the Red Diamond Underground's participation in the Mastodon "Fun-A-Day" initiative.

From top to bottom, the text reads:

"CALLING ALL HEINOIDS!

fUn-A-Day is BACK!

one (or so) new custom OP card(s) a day for all of february '26!

(GOOBLE GOBBLE) join us!"

A scratchy, comic book style speech bubble contains the words "fUn-A-Day is BACK!" and is being spoken by a young boy. The picture appears photocopied, and the boy bears the mark of the Underground, a bold Red Diamond.

The background is an abstract black and blue texture.

A QR code sits in the bottom right corner, which will take you to this mastodon account upon scanning.

First issue of the Red Diamond Dispatch is available!

6pgs of opinions, decklists, resources, and more!

DM me if yer interested.

#overpower #overpowerccg #thereddiamondunderground #zines #newsletter

These are mostly the brainchild of my partner in life and crime, who's mostly let me take the wheel in terms of which franchises we've explored during our tenure riding the RDU.

This Halloween, I pushed her to make one based upon her all time favorite video game, Silent Hill 2, and hot dang, did she do a good job!

Our friends at the custom card foundry known as the Atlanta Federation had already cooked up a version of the putrid Pyramid Head for one of their Horror Sets and while normally we aim to make our stuff compatible with existing renditions, this character was ultimately too close to her heart to not be its own unique take.

We pulled at the lore a bit of course, divorcing him from his primary role as the terrifying manifestation of James Sunderland's guilt, while shooting for a Special kit that would make it feel as though he lurked deep in the pit of any Character's conscience.

Hope you dig! More cards in the next toot!

#silenthill2 #silenthill2remake #pyramidhead #redpyramidthing #jamessunderland #overpower #overpowerccg #OverPowerCustoms #CustomTCG #tcg #tcgs

Custom Character card for the OverPower card game, featuring Pyramid Head from Silent Hill 2. The creature is wielding a spear and the bodies of its victims are hanging in cages in the background.

The right side of the card lists his stats from top to bottom, energy - 6, fighting - 4, strength - 7, intellect - 2.

The bottom text (the Character's Inherent Ability) says "At beginning of each Battle, Pyramid Head chooses on of Opponent's Front line Teammates. Pyramid Head's successful attacks against chosen Teammate are +1 to Venture."

A custom OverPower CCG Special card for Pyramid Head. It has a yellow border featuring its name, "Bound To The Sirens," and the card's effect: "Only Pyramid Head and Target Character may attack, be attacked, or defend this Battle."

On the bottom right of the card, Pyramid Head approaches the viewer through the rain in an imposing manner.

Been a while since I've posted anything, but I've gotten some recent bursts of inspirstion.

While my second custom set dedicated to Hades 1 hasn't dropped yet, I got a little ahead of myself and plopped out a Zag Character that works with all of the Equipment cards he'll end up with.

The piece itself is by #choodraws, so def seek them and their incredible art if ya can!

My hope is that this will appear in the OP Customs Cube I'm currently working towards completing!

#overpower #overpowertcg #deadtcgs #zagreus #hades #supergiantgames #OverPowerCustoms #OverPowerCCG

Zagreus (the protagonist of Supergiant Games' Hades 1) sits up, bathed in the blood that pools up in his father's kingdom in Tartarus. He's surrounded by identical bodies belonging to him, markers of his past failures.

NYCC 2025: Adam Kubert, Don Aguillo, and Serg Acuña are part of the OverPower Card Game Panel! #nycc #nycc2025 #overpower @overpowercardgame.bsky.social

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