21-001R – Ward EX
Decent Forward to start off the set.
Ward can only be paid for with Fire CP, but 3CP isn’t much for this 8000 body.
Good thing is that Ward will deal 7000 damage to a Forward when he comes in.
This ability also comes off of an EX Burst.
How many Fire FFVIII Characters are we going to get this set?
21-002R – Edgar
Edgar is back, but this time he isn’t a Category VI Character. Edgar belongs to the World of Final Fantasy. I’m guessing there will be some synergy with Reynn and Lann. Hey we might even get a new Reynn this set.
Edgar is a great card for playing low cost Characters onto the field. You can play one as soon as Edgar enters the field, and you can also play one with his ability.
It might be an easy way to swarm the field with some low cost Standard Units.
21-003R – Flameserpent General Gadalar
What’s this?
A Fire Forward that can attack twice in the same turn? For 4CP? Actually 2CP if you already have a couple of Fire Characters on the field.
Sure, you’ll probably have to pay the cost to activate Flameserpent General Gadalar, but you can also put a Fire Backup into the Break Zone to activate the Serpent General.
This might be a good way of getting rid of some Backups that have done their job when they entered the field, and are now just sitting around, not doing anything worth noting.
I shall be trying this one out.
21-004L – Cyan
That’s a lot of text.
How does 8CP sound for a board wipe? Or close to a board wipe?
Cyan might only cost 3CP, but you can pay with extra CP, up to a maximum of 5CP for a total of 8CP. And, with all of the extra Crystal Points you paid, you gain a Crystal. That gives us 5 Crystals. Which you can use to deal 9000 damage to all of your opponents Forwards.
Sure, you can use the CP for the other abilities, just in case you need to get rid of a Forward that didn’t go down with the 9000 power attack, or buff Cyan with 3000 power so he can withstand an attack.
And, after all is said and done, you still have a Forward with 7000 power on the field.
They need to start printing Amano Full Arts. And, not just for reprints.
21-005C – Black Mage
Still waiting on the FFI 8bit version.
Coming in at 3CP with 7000 power, Black Mage enters the field and if you pay an extra Crystal Point you gain a Crystal.
You can then use that Crystal to give Black Mage +1000 power, and when Black Mage attacks, you can deal 5000 damage to a Forward.
Not bad for a Standard Unit.
21-006C – Samurai
Samurai comes in and gives you a Crystal. And if you don’t have that many Backups on the field, you’ll also draw a card.
All we need now is to figure out how to recycle this Samurai.
Or Backups in general.
I’d say play Samurai as early as possible. You also don’t need Rocket Science for that piece of advice.
21-007L – Shadow
That is some great art. I’m just sitting here, staring at the card without bothering to read the text at the bottom of it. But, we got to do it.
Shadow 7 cost Forward, with 9000 power.
That’s pretty steep, but you can Warp Shadow in for 1CP. And if you play it properly, You’ll come up +3 on the CP count. Which is probably why you would want to play Shadow.
For 1CP you can Warp Shadow in, and you’ll probably have some FFVI Characters already on the field, so at the end of your turn, Shadow will come in, you’ll discard your hand and draw 2 cards.
But what if you don’t have any cards in your hand?
Well then you’ll just draw 2 cards. Which is what you’re trying to get to.
21-008R – Vermilion Bird l’Cie Caetuna
This is it!
We’ve been looking for a way to get rid of Backups. And we have it right here. For Fire at least. You can put 3 Backups into the Break Zone to deal 2 Forwards 10,000 damage.
All those Backups that have an enter the field ability, will be able to get off the field with Vermilion Bird l’Cie Caetuna’s 2nd ability.
And her first ability will remove a Forward from the game instead of just sending it to the Break Zone.
This one potentially has potential.
21-009C – Warrior
Didn’t we just make a Warrior deck a while ago, featuring Benjamin? I believe we did.
And, this card would be a perfect fit for it.
Warrior, has the ability to dull another Warrior (Name or Job) that you control, and gives him protection. That Warrior cannot be broken. Your opponent can try all they want, but that Warrior will stay on the field.
I like this card. Just a regular Common, but it has it’s uses.
21-010H – Taivas
The Warriors just keep getting better and better.
Taivas will let you, once per turn, toss in a Warrior (Job or Name) of cost 3 or less.
As long as you have a Warrior on your hand, you’ll be able to play him. And, if you don’t Taivas will let you search for one when he enters the field.
21-011H – Neon
I haven’t played Strangers of Paradise yet, so I don’t know who these Characters are or what they do.
All I know is that Neon, is great for a Fire deck. Giving your Fire Forwards +1000 to the damage they deal to another Forward.
Now the other ability will only work if you have a couple more Strangers of Paradise Forwards on the field. If you do you can choose up to 2 Forwards and deal them 7000 damage. Now it doesn’t say your opponents Forwards, so I’m wondering if there is a Forward whose ability goes off when they get damaged.
21-012H – Bahamut
Our very first Amano Bahamut.
For a second there I thought this would be a Free Summon, but I could only get Bahamut down to 1CP.
1CP to deal 10,000 damage to one Forward isn’t a bad trade off. And if you Break that Forward you’ll actually be removing that Forward from the game. Or RFG as the cool kids say.
This Bahamut is good if you’re going all out on the offensive. Just add Fang (1-020R).
21-013H – Feolthanos
Feolthanos is a card, that you just want to bring out and have him sit on the field as he watches over everything.
Cause once he sees an EX Burst it’s over for your opponent. That’s 3 points of damage, just coming out of no where. And, with no way to block it. Almost no way, Feolthanos looks like a real threat.
Plan of attack would be to bring out Feolthanos, and find a way to protect him at any given cost.
And, if he finally gets broken, Feolthanos will deal 9000 damage to 2 of your opponent’s Forwards.
All this for 5CP.
Yes, I’ll take 3, please.
21-014C – Bomb
Just like a Time Bomb, or a Mine in a Minefield.
Bomb is a a great Bomb.
You can play dull Bomb pay the cost, put Bomb into the Break Zone, deal a Forward 4000 damage, and search for another Bomb and play it onto the field.
I’m thinking it’s time to build a Bomb deck. There are 8 different Bombs, 9 if you count Mom Bomb.
I’m going to have to take a closer look into this.
21-015R – Marilith
4CP/5K body, doesn’t look like a good deal to me.
Marilith does come in and deals 8000 damage to one of your opponents Forwards.
And if you’re playing Mono-Fire you’ll probably give 2 of your Forwards Haste.
I mean, maybe. Maybe not. Probably not.
Prove me wrong.
21-016C – Mutsuki
A decent 3 cost Backup that comes in and deals 5000 damage to one of your opponents Forwards, and if you have another 2 Type-0 Characters on the field, it becomes 8000 damage instead.
It’s a decent attack when she comes in, after that all she does is hang around producing a CP per turn.
Which is still good, if you got rid of one of your opponent’s Forwards with that attack that hit for 8000 damage earlier.
21-017C – Monk
Monk has Warp, and Monk has Brave.
And that is it.
4CP for an 8000 power Forward. You can call Monk a Meat Shield.
But, since you can pay only 1CP to have Monk Warp in, It’s a decent card to have around. If you don’t have something better to play.
21-018R – Rain
Rain comes in with Haste, and if you cast Warp instead of paying the cost to play him on the field, Rain deals one of your opponents Forwards 7000 Damage.
You can go ahead and attack right away.
And, you’ll have an extra body to throw around.
This isn’t one of the better Rains.
20-019C – Reynn
This Reynn on the other hand, will fit very well in the Bomb deck that I would like to build.
At 2CP, Reynn just hangs out on the board until you want to grab a Monster from the Break Zone. A Bomb in our case, and you play that Monster straight to the field.
“Straight out the Break Zone,
Is a Monsta that’ll smother yo’ foe”
Or something like that.
20-020C – Lehftia
Yes, Yes, Yes!
I do like this card.
2CP, for a +2000 power attack from your Fire Characters or Summons. Yes, this includes Backups and Monsters. I can’t believe this is just a Common, I’ll be throwing this in any Mono-Fire deck that I make, along with Warrior (5-014C) and Lebreau (1-030R)
So, you’ll want to be able to protect Lehftia from all attacks.
Plus, when you get 3 points of damage, when Lehftia enters the field she’ll deal 6000 damage to one of your opponents Forwards. +2000 for a total of 8000.
I’ll take 3.
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This could have been a real easy article to write. I could have just said let’s throw Zack into your AVALANCHE deck and call it a day. But, where’s the fun in that?
Genesis deals damage, your opponent discards a card.
As we take a look at Lumina’s ability it reads, “When Lumina enters the field, you may search for 1 Category XIII Forward and add it to your hand.”
For Backups, we’ll add Lebreau (5-151S). I usually go for the Opus I Lebreau, but we don’t have enough Fire Forwards to warrant that card. Class Second Moogle (10-016C), to help us with Ice CP. Mog (XIII-2) (1-196S), because he acts just like Lumina and searches for a FFXIII Forward. and Jihl Nabaat (1-193S) cause that still is a great card.
19-129S – Vanille EX
19-133S – Serah EX
19-135S – Cid Raines
19-137S – Hope
16-001R – Vaan
16-003C – Elbis EX
16-005C – Cloud
16-007R – Black Waltz 2
16-008C – Black Mage
16-009C – Samurai
16-011L – Squall
16-013H – Sol
16-014R – Delita
16-015H – Morrow
16-017R – Ramza
16-019R – Luneth
16-021C – Rain