20-085C – Assassin
1CP/3K body
Perfect if you want to swarm the board. Pay the additional cost and deal a Forward 3000 damage.
After that you can put Assassin into the Break Zone to break that same Forward.
But, then again, put into the Break Zone still confuses me, so I might be wrong on this.
20-086H – Alisaie
This card looks good so far, at least in my head. We still need to see it in action.
Alisaie comes in and you can play a 3 cost Scion from the Break Zone onto the field. Right away you get some value from her. Especially if you play her, and grab Alphinaud 20-106R from the Break Zone. You’ll technically only be paying 1CP for Alisaie, and Alphinaud.
And Alisaie’s second ability triggers when a Water Forward (Alphinaud) enters the field. That second ability says that when a Water Forward enters the field you can dull one of your opponents Forwards.
And when that Forward is Alphinaud, your opponents will select one of their dull Forwards and Break it.
Now if that Forward that you dulled is the only dull Forward, then you have chosen the Forward that will be Broken.
20-087R – Angeal
I always have trouble remembering what “Put into the Break Zone” means. And, during every Prerelease, I find myself asking the same question.
Must be old age.
Anyways, Angeal is a 3 cost Forward that likes to Break your opponents Forwards along with a couple of his SOLDIER buddies.
I’d think of Angeal more like a Summon that sticks around. Move over Odin, you ain’t got that strike like Angeal. Or something like that. Cause Angeal will stick around and block an attack or two before he gets sent t the Break Zone.
Angeal can also be put into the Break Zone and give one of your Forwards +3000 power.
20-088L – Estinien
Just looking at this card, you know it’s going to be good.
Warp Estinien in for 1CP. Then he comes in with Haste. And, until the end of the turn he has Brave, and can attack twice in the same turn. And, when he attacks he gains +10,000 power and First Strike.
That’s just … WOW!!!
You’ll want to play Estinien from the get go. Almost like Roche. If you don’t find Estinien in your opening hand, you should just Mulligan and hope to get him on your next draw.
This card will be heading straight to my Haste deck, with Haste.
20-089C – Kadaj
Kadaj is back.
4CP with an 8K body, and an ability that triggers when he enters the field, and enters the Break Zone. (That could be a song title “Enter the Break Zone” or album title.) Kadaj will make a Forward lose power, in other words Kadaj will cast Sap on a Forward.
Once he’s done with that he’ll stay on the field until he gets broken and cast Sap on another Forward. Well, technically it’s not Sap, but it’s close enough.
It’s decent.
20-090H – G’raha Tia
G’raha Tia is a great way to play a Scion onto the field, of an element that you are splashing.
Or any Scion that is not in your hand. As you’ll pay the cost of let’s say Alisaie, and if Alphinaud is already in the Break Zone, you’ll be able to play him as well.
G’raha Tia also gains 3000 power when there is a FFXIV Standard Unit Character on the field.
This is a card I’d like to see in action. And I’ll decide on if I like it or not afterwards. But, it’ll be too late for this article, as I only write my first impressions on each card, and at time of writing release is still a month away.
20-091C – Illusionist
2 cost Backup, that just buffs one of your Forwards attacks by 2000 power for one turn.
Can be used if your in a little pickle, attacking and being blocked by a Forward with a little more power than what you attacked with.
Would I use this card?
Probably not.
20-092R – The Emperor
The Emperor has new clothes.
And he’ll change them every time he is put into the Break Zone. He might even change into the same clothes, as you can search for The Emperor and play him onto the field dull. As long as The Emperor has 3CP or less.
With this one there are a total of 6 Emperors to choose from. One which allows you to search for an Emperor of cost 5 or less. Which is the highest CP for any Emperor.
I wonder if we can play The Emperor, the same way that we play Ultros. As the Emperor always seems like he has a way to come back to the field. I’m going to look into this some more at a later date.
We haven’t even mentioned The Emperor’s ability, That requires your opponent to pay 2CP more for their Character’s action abilities. Looks like an easy way to drain your opponent of CP.
I like.
20-093H – Shadow Dragon
You can either pay 3CP to cast Shadow Dragon, or you can use Shadow Dragon as part of the cost to play Golbez. After that you can pay just 1CP of any element and play Shadow Dragon onto the field, straight from the Break Zone.
And, when Shadow Dragon enters the field, you can pick a Forward of 3CP or less and Break it.
Once all is said and done, you can turn Shadow Dragon into a Forward by paying a whopping 0CP.
Sure, it only has 3000 power, but you’re not playing this card so you can have an extra Forward.
Just bring Shadow Dragon out to block, just so you can recast it later.
20-094R – Cor
Cor was a Captain? How come I don’t remember that?
4 cost Lightning Forward with 8000 power.
Nothing to write home about so far.
But, if a King is on the field, Cor gains +2000 power. making him a 10K body.
When Cor is finally sent to the Break Zone, you can remove the top 10 cards of your deck and play Cor back onto the field dull.
Is it worth it? Probably not. Maybe if Cor was a better card, we’d think about it.
20-095C – Weaver
I’m beginning to think that these Backups were solely made to be played in draft.
I don’t think anyone would use these.
But, we have one for every element.
So, I’m writing a bunch of sentences to make it seem like they’re worth writing about.
20-096C – Johnny
It was only a matter of time until Johnny showed up. And as you know it Tifa is in this set as well.
Johnny is a decent Backup that can grab a couple of cards from your Break Zone. Easy way to get a couple of Forwards back, or a Backup that was previously sent to the Break Zone.
After that, whenever you need another FFVII Character that was in the Break Zone, Johnny will happily head into the Break Zone to grab them.
Even though he doesn’t specifically search for Tifa, you know that that, that’s what’s really on his mind.
20-097C – Sephiroth
For 7CP you can cast Sephiroth.
Or you can just Warp Sephiroth in for 1CP.
Spoiler alert.
And he’ll Warp down from the sky, thrusting Masamune down one of your opponents Forwards just like he did to …
I stopped myself there, cause sometimes people don’t pay attention to Spoiler warnings.
If you know, you know.
And that’s not all, Zanshin, Special Ability that can be cast without dulling Sephiroth.
depending on how many Sephiroths you have in you hand, you can be breaking low cost Forwards left and right like there’s no tomorrow.
How is this a Common?
20-098R – Chadley
A simple 2 cost ability that will allow you to grab a Forward from the Break Zone.
But, you have to jump through so many hoops just to get to it. But you can eliminate half the process if you already have a Lightning Summon in your hand.
Lets see now.
1 – Play Chadley
2 – Discard a card
3 – Search for a Lightning Summon and add it to your hand.
4 – Next turn/ Dull Chadley
5 – Discard a Summon/
6 – Put Chadley into the Break Zone
7 – Choose a Forward in your Break Zone, add it to your hand.
Is it worth it? Aren’t there better ways of grabbing something from the Break Zone. Sure you can set it up before hand, and Chadley can be used for CP until you need him.
I guess it all depends on whatever you think.
20-099C/15-095C – Ninja
You’d think they’d at least try and get the serial numbers to match.
Would’ve looked a lot better reading 20-099C/15-099C.
Not that big of a deal but, at least you gain a Crystal when Ninja comes in.
After that you can send Ninja to the Break Zone, and deal a Forward 1000 damage.
*yawn
Maybe if it wasn’t a reprint I’d be more excited.
20-100R – Fusoya
Well one thing is for sure.
If you’re playing this card, you’ll have a whole bunch of 1CP and 2CP Summons in your deck. Just so you can spam them whenever you have Fusoya attack.
Isn’t there an Emissaries of Light Braska with an S ability that you can use a Summon instead of Braska?
*hint hint
I think these 2 will go well together.
20-101C – Behemoth
Common Monsters, that can do some damage. Behemoth here is a prime example.
Behemoth enters the field, and deals 7000 damage to one Forward.
Next turn, Behemoth can Break a damaged Forward.
Simple, effective, and probably won’t see much play, even though it is a decent card.
Prove me wrong.
20-102L – Mira
Well Maybe Behemoth will see some play, if it’s only to feed Mira’s ability.
1CP, 1 Monster, 1Miiiir-a
And say good-bye to that Forward that just entered the field. It’s even better if your opponent just spent a fortune on that Forward.
Mira is also able to bring herself back from the Break Zone, all you got to do is sacrifice a Monster, and she returns from the dead.
If you ever needed a reason to make a Monster deck, Mira is it.
20-103H – Ramuh
A 2 cost Summon that will give you 3 choices.
Best part, you can pick up to 2 of the 3 choices.
Which ones should you pick?
The choice is yours.
Dull a Forward, Deal 5000 damage to a Forward, or give Haste to a Forward.
It can also be any Forward that you can choose from.
Dull a Forward attacking, while dealing 5000 damage to another Forward, or even the same Forward.
Or maybe even, dull a Forward blocking and giving Haste to one of your Forwards to attack next.
The possibilities are there.
20-104R – Ramza
All you need is a Crystal in your possession. You don’t even nee to use it. If you don’t have a Crystal then you shouldn’t be playing Ramza. Play another Ramza
Ramza comes in with a Crystal (Maybe that Crystal is a Zodiac Stone.) Ramza gains Haste, and when he is sent to the Break Zone, you can break one of your opponent’s Forwards. Not limited to a certain CP either.
Bring Ramza in and attack right away. Don’t worry if he gets sent to the Break Zone, there’s more Ramzas where that came from.
You can probably find a way to grab him back from the Break Zone.
Ramza Army of One is a go.
As long as he can Shout.
20-105C – Reeve EX
It’s a 3 card trick.
Reeve comes in sets up his little table and shows you the 3 cards. One of which you can add to your deck, the others get sent to the bottom of your deck. Not seeing the light of day again, unless you shuffle your deck.
Ok, I know that’s not how it works.
4CP to grab a card from the top 3 of your deck At least you’ll know what you’ll be missing.
And, why did I always thought it was Reeves?
