16-085C – Assassin
2 cost Backup that serves as a backup plan and a Backup.
Deals Damage to a Forward that entered this turn.
8K should be enough to break most Forwards coming in.
16-086C – Ixion
This is a pretty decent Summon. 4CP to have a Forward lose 8000 Power. And, if you’re playing a tri-color deck, it’ll also cause all of your opponents Forwards to lose 2ooo power. Including the first Forward you chose, so that will make it 10K.
16-087C – Puppetmaster
Puppetmaster enters the field, you discard a card and grab a better one from the Break Zone.
I like this card, and it doesn’t cost much.
Grab that Forward from the Break Zone that just got broken, and use it again as your opponent just watches as he just used all of his resources to get rid of it.
Or, something like that.
16-088L – Black Waltz 3
Black Waltz is coming out in full force. (Yes, I know that everyone already knows that, but these are what I see when I first look at the card. I’ve been very behind this Opus,)
All the Black Waltzes are helping each other come back from the dead. And, this time there is no timers on them.
It would be interesting if there was. Roll of the dice or flip a coin, and they just Stop.
Time to head to Black Mage Village.
16-089H – Zack
Zack looks like he’s ready to save Cloud once again.
He’ll come in take care of all the enemies and when he is ready to be sent to the Break Zone, Cloud will come in and finish the job.
It would have been nice if it was that easy.
But, still a pretty decent card for a FFVII deck.
16-090R – Seymour
Summon heavy?
Seymour, (I always end up typing Seymore) is a card you’ll play later on in the game, as with depending on how many you have in your Break Zone, Seymour will Break a Forward when he enters, and after that, he simply deals your opponents a point of Damage for removing 6 Summons from the Break Zone.
Sounds good to me.
16-091C – Chadley
Now, this is a decent Backup.
Lightning is getting some cards that will help you retrieve cards from the Break Zone.
For 4CP, Chadley can grab you 2 Forwards from the Break Zone. And, you don’t need to use his ability right away.
You can use it as soon as a Forward you need is sent to the Break Zone.
16-092C – Noel EX
For an expensive Common, this is a decent card.
Noel comes in and Dulls 2 Forwards. This also works off of an EX Burst as well.
Other than that, you can dull and sacrifice Noel, and Dull all of your opponents Forwards.
What did they call him in Lightning Returns? The Shadow Hunter?
16-093R – Noctis
You are playing a FFXV deck for certain. Kingsglaive or Noctis and Friends, or a mix of both.
Noctis here will shine in either deck.
You’ll be dulling Forwards left and right, and with the new Noctis/Ardyn deck coming out later this year, I’m sure there will be plenty of use for this one.
Noctis can watch it all happen while he sips his coffee.
16-094C – Palmer
The way Palmer is sitting there, about to sip his tea, you know that he’s got something up his sleeve. You think you have him backed into the corner, but nope.
Palmer gives you a way to grab two cards when you run out of cards.
For 2CP, I think this is a good play. He’ll grant you a CP every turn until you decide to use his ability.
16-095R – Vivi EX
Are we getting the pieces to make a Black Mage deck possible?
Grab a Black Mage from the Break Zone, when Vivi enters the field.
And deal Damage to a Forward, which increases with each Black Mage that you have on the field.
Is this the first Lightning Vivi?
16-096R – Byakko
Another Shijin for Kirin.
We already know, Byakko comes in and you can search for a Shijin other than Byakko.
After that, every time Byakko attacks, you can choose 1 Forward and Dull it.
16-097H – Hyoh
You can play Hyoh for 1CP, but he’s not that great. Not yet.
Hyoh becomes more valuable, the more you put into him.
You’ll want to spend another 4CP on Hyoh to make him a devastating threat.
1CP to give Hyoh Haste and up his power to 7K. After that another 3CP to up his Power to 10k and when he deals damage to your opponent you will deal 2 points instead of 1.
Just watch out for a possible Double EX Burst that might come your way.
16-098H – Spectral Keeper
Spectral Keeper is a Keeper.
Yeah, that was lame.
But, this Monster is a Monster.
OK, I’ll stop there.
But, dulling a Forward at the beginning of each Attack Phase is more than enough to place him in your deck.
And, at 3 points of Damage, Spectral Keeper becomes a Forward and every time it attacks,you will dull a Forward as well.
16-099C – Merald
Soiree Members coming out in full force.
Let’s give this Common some great enhancements, depending on how many Soiree Members are being played.
2 for Haste.
4 to Break.
I’ll need to check out some of these Soiree decks.
16-100L – Y’shtola
Every time I see a new Y’shtola card, I think to myself, I should start playing FFXIV again.
Can Scions make it once again in the Meta? I don’t really follow it, but I haven’t really heard about Scions recently. First it was Marche/Ritz, then it was Samurais, Sky Pirates, Kingsglaive and and now Soiree and The Black Waltz.
But, I believe Y’shtola can give Scions a new Pulse.
16-101C – Yuke
Another backup Backup.
Keep Yuke on the field until you need to use him.
After that dull, return to hand, play and Break a Forward.
16-102R – Lann
For the cost of a Monster, Lann becomes a decent card.
If you decide to remove a Monster from the Break Zone after you play Lann, he’ll gain 2K power, and you’ll dull a Forward during each of your Attack Phases.
You can also use that same Monster to pay for the cost to play Lann, thus killing 2 birds with one stone.
16-103C – Larva
Like this Monster.
Larva has some use, but he’ll be perfect for Lann.
Or, just play Larva to Break a Forward, and then put him in the Break Zone to see what your next draw will be.
16-104R – Reeve
This Reeve is more like Reeve from the game. Think about it.
Reeve comes in and you play a Forward from the Break Zone onto the field. That Forward could very well be Cait Sith.
Reeve cannot activate during the Active Phase simply because he will be controlling Cait Sith, and will be too busy to be doing anything else.
Which makes me think if we’ll be getting a decent Cait Sith in the near future.
Resurgence of Power, I’m looking at you.
16-105R – Reynn
Just like Lann, Reynn has pretty much the same abilities as her brother.
Only difference is that she gives another Forward Haste.
Kirin
This will make some interesting play. I was just talking about how they should make an Archfiends deck. And, they listened. Sort of. We now have Kirin & the Shijins, coming to a bar near you. Playing all your favorite oldies. Ok, I got a little carried away.
And can’t forget about the EX Burst “When (card name) enters the field, you may search for 1 Job Shijin Forward other than Card Name (card name) and add it to your hand.” You’re already adding Shijins to your hand after you, hopefully, play one from Kirin’s ability. You’re likely to swarm the board pretty quickly here.
