18-035R – Arc EX
Play Arc, hopefully grab a card from the top 5 cards of your deck.
One thing is for certain though. Arc needs at least 4 different elements on the field to become useful. But, he should play well into a Warrior of Light deck. Faris will be a great addition to it as well.
When you finally have 4 Forwards with different elements on the field, all of your Forwards will gain 2000 power.
13-036R – Iris
Fits great into the Noctis deck that recently came out.
For 2CP Iris just keeps on giving, as every time a XV Forward enters the field, Iris will activate, allowing you to use her again for a Crystal Point.
Not only that, but you can use her ability to protect a Forward from one of your opponents abilities.
She will pay for herself after a couple of turns. Think of it as getting interest on the CP you paid to cast her.
18-037C – Delusory Dragoon
Comes in with Haste, and when he comes in he grants another Manikin Haste.
Straight to the point, and that’s about it for this Manikin.
3CP for this card isn’t all that bad either.
13-038C – Kytes
Sky Pirates making a comeback? Maybe, if Kytes has anything to say about it.
Simply Speaking, Kytes can go from 4CP to technically being cast for 1CP. As if you find a XII Character from the top 3 cards of your deck, Kytes will activate, allowing you to use him for a Crystal Point.
Now, if you decide to use his ability, right after he has been activated, you can Activate 2 of your Characters.
I can see Kytes being played and right away using his ability to activate 2 Characters. It can happen easily.
13-039C – Ranger
Not many Forwards or Monsters that cost 1CP, but those Monsters and Forwards that cost 1CP will be easy to Break with this Ranger in your hand.
18-040H – Cerberus
Cerberus has 3 on entry abilities to choose from, and depending on your situation, there will always be a good reason to play him.
1) Get rid of that pesky High Cost Forward that seems to be foiling your plans.
2)Activate all your Backups.
Or
3)Draw a card.
After that you are more than welcome to turn him into a Forward with a 9K body. Just as long as you already cast at least 2 cards this turn.
18-041C – Colkhab
Colkhab does have an interesting ability, but I’m thinking why would any one choose Colkhab as the target of a Summon or ability?
Sure, he is more of a meat shield as his 9K body will show you, but other than that there isn’t really a threat that he poses. Maybe once your at 3 points of Damage and his power becomes 10K, but even then.
There are far more important Forwards that should be dealt with before Colkhab.
But, if you’re able to save a Forward from Extinction might as well.
18-042C – Zhijie
I’m thinking they made this card to make the Opus VIII Final Fantasy VII Starter Set more viable. Especially with the new Yuffie.
Zhijie allows you to search for FFVII Forward, and that is about all he does.
Only problem is that you can only use his ability after he has activated. This would have been a better card if it was an upon entry ability.
18-043C – Thief
Discard Thief, draw a card. And, that’s about it.
Cheap Backup to play.
18-044R – Sherlotta
5CP to search for a card. I personally think the cost is too high, but you can search for any card. No restrictions here. I do like that you can use Warp to have her come in for only 2CP. but you’ll have to wait 2 turns for that.
I do like the art though.
18-045C – Dryad
For 2CP you can easily Break a Forward, depending on how many Wind Characters you control.
But, do you want to pay the extra cost to draw a card? Doesn’t seem like a bad deal to me. Especially if they’re cards you have no use for.
18-046R – Gnash
“Kevin” Gnash comes in and delivers a Jackknife Powerbomb to an unsuspecting Forward or monster of cost 4 or more. That is if you decide to pay the extra cost, but then again why wouldn’t you.
That alone is worth playing this card.
But that’s not all, on your next turn you can use his ability to deal a Big Boot to a 2 cost or less Forward and break them as well.
18-047H – Bartz
Oh, man!
Just look at that. Bartz is as always a Freelancer first. Thus allowing him to be any Job any time he enters the field. Imagine playing let’s say Cadets. You throw Bartz into the field and say his 3rd Job is Class Zero Cadet. Of course you’ll be playing with a full board of Cadets.
Bartz will gain +2000 power for each Cadet Forward that is on the field, thus making him very hard to beat.
Also, when you choose his 2nd Element, Bartz receives protection, in that he cannot be chosen by Summons and abilities coming from a Character or Summon that has the same element as Bartz.
This is a very interesting card.
18-048R – Poppy
Perfect for Wind/Ice or Wind/Earth. If you don’t believe me just read the card.
Wind Forwards will be getting free strikes, since they cannot be blocked by a Forward of cost 3 or more.
Ice Forwards will gain +1K power and First Strike
Earth Forwards will gain +1K power and Brave.
And Multi-Element Forwards will gain 2 of these 3.
Just throw her in the Noctis Starter Set and you should be good.
18-049R – Yuri
You better have a bunch of Crystal Chronicles Characters if you plan on using Yuri. Well at least another 2.
Yuri cannot be chosen by Summons or abilities. Because he has Self-Protection. But only when his Crystal Chronicles friends are around. If not then he’s just a regular Joe.
But, whenever he attacks, or enters the field, he can activate 2 Crystal Chronicles Characters.
A friend indeed.
18-050L – Yuffie
I really like this card. Had a chance to play with it during the Midnight Pre-Release.
For 5CP Yuffie comes in. She already has Haste so she can attack right away. But, I would let her sit back and attack after all the other Forwards attacked.
Once she attacks, she gains +1000 power, and cannot be chosen by Summons or abilities. Not only that, but she also activates all your Forwards. No more worrying about who is going to block, when they all can.
And Doom of the Living, her special ability is a damage dealer. Dealing 24000 damage to your opponents Forwards. Of course you’d have to choose the Forwards and then divide the 24000 among them.
I’ll take 3 and Zhijie to look for her.
Also a gold stamped auto wouldn’t hurt either.
18-051C – Leafkin
How is this a Common?
It allows you to play a 5 or 6 cost Forward straight from your deck, without paying the cost. Sure, you’ll need to have 3 points of damage to do so, but still.
People would still be playing this card even if that Forward was just added to your hand. Not many cards will allow you to go and search for any Forward you like.
You can splash a card like Behemoth K in a Mono-Wind deck, and that’s only the first card that popped into my head.
I’m sure this card will see plenty of play. I’ll take it and search for Yuffie while I’m at it.
