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Site Update 08-08-2023

We’ve been busy.

And, that’s a good thing.

As you can see we started a new series, and it’s one I enjoy doing. Character of the week. We talk about Characters from all of the Final Fantasy games. Every Character can be included as long as they have a FFTCG card, just so we can build a deck around them. The only thing that can exclude a Character, is if I haven’t played the game in which they are in. But, I’m working on it, slowly.

Characters are selected with a Random Number Generator, which gives me a surprise every time it’s time to pick a new Character of the Week. So far, we’ve had Lumina, Gutsco and this week we have Krile. I can tell you, these aren’t the first 3 I would have picked. It would have gone something along the lines of Fang, Vivi, Setzer, Rikku, Kain, Kefka, Matoya, and so forth.
We’re also looking for some deck builders. So, if you want to showcase your skills on KardboardKorner.com send me an email at kardboardkorner@gmail.com

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Krile Mayer Baldesion

“Ow! Take this!”

From the Ultimania –

“Galuf’s granddaughter, born with the mysterious power to talk to moogles and wind drakes. Krile lost her parents at an early age, and was raised by her loving grandfather. She worries for the safety of her only remaining blood relative, and follows her grandfather all the way to another world. Krile inherits Galuf’s abilities after he perishes by Exdeath’s hand, and she takes his place on Bartz’s team.”

As you can see Krile, doesn’t actually show up as a playable character, until later in the game, when she takes Galuf’s spot in the lineup, gaining all of his abilities as well.

I’m guessing that since she can talk to animals, we can make a deck focusing around Monsters … but none of her abilities involve Monsters so Summons will have to do, add in the Warriors of Light, not all of them, maybe just some that will compliment her, as she will be the main focus of our deck.

Let’s see what we can come up with.

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Gutsco – Clan Borzoi

Get ready for Clan Borzoi.

A bunch of thieves ready to take you on to get closer to the Horns of Ice. Well that’s what they were saying earlier, when they came through, looking for some cards to add to their deck.

First things first we’ll need 3 copies of Gutsco, simply because he is the leader of the Clan. When you say it like that it doesn’t sound too great. He’s the leader of Clan Borzoi, at least in FFTA.

First off we need to find a way to search for Gutsco, and I don’t believe there is a way. I might be wrong, but I don’t think there actually is a Fire Searcher. Except for Magissa, but she needs to be hit for 4000 damage before she can use her ability.

Never the less, it is a 3 cost Fire Forward that she searches for an plays straight to the field. So, we will be adding her, just so we can say we got a way to search for Gutsco.

There is also Meeth (7-017H) that can help you search for Gutsco, as long as you discard a card of 3CP. So, we’ll go ahead and add Meeth. If Gutsco is already on the field you can search for a Lieutenant. Lieutenants you ask?

Let’s bring out the Lieutenants. We have Bel Dat (20-056H) to let you play cards from your opponents Break Zone, Zidane (16-048H), to steal cards from your opponents deck, and Paul (6-056H) to slowly destroy cards from your opponents deck, every time he deals damage to your opponent.

Next we’ll just add Capricious Thief, because he’s cheap and can’t be blocked by Forwards that cost 5CP or more. Plus, Capricious Thief (2-059C) has thief in it’s name.

Summons, we picked Amaterasu, because it’s Amaterasu. You can’t go wrong with that.

Diabolos (15-053H) and Valefor (1-198S) Just because they work well together. And, if you do it right, you can clear all of your opponents Forwards from the board. In other words, Board Wipe your opponent!

On to our Backups.

Larkeicus (13-014R) to remove a pesky Forward from the game, for as long as Larkeicus is on the field. Rikku (2-071R) To activate all of your Forwards when she enters the field. Chelinka (15-045R) to give Zidane Brave and the ability to attack twice this turn. Allowing you to grab 2 cards from your opponents deck. White Mage (13-042C) to grab the first Fire card that shows up from your deck as you slowly reveal the cards one by one. Samurai (16-009C) to grab Gutsco from the Break Zone, and play him onto the field. Iedolas (18-131S) for the same reason we added Samurai.

As for the rest of the cards, we just added a bunch of Standard Unit Thieves, just to make sure that Clan Borzoi will obtain the Horns of Ice.

Forwards

2x Thief (4-059C)
3x Capricious thief (2-059C)
3x Paul (6-056H)
3x Zidane (16-048H)
3x Bel Dat (20-056H)
3x Gutsco (14-010H)
3x Magissa (12-017H)

Backups

1x Larkeicus (13-014R)
1x Thief (18-043C)
1x Thief (1-070C)
2x Rikku (2-071R)
1x Thief (3-055C)
1x Thief (5-055C)
3x Meeth (7-052H)
1x Thief (7-052C)
1x Thief (17-048C)
2x Chelinka (11-049R)
2x White Mage (13-042C)
1x Thief (8-052C)
2x Samurai (16-009C)
2x Iedolas (18-131S)

Summons

3x Diabolos (15-053H)
3x Valefor (1-198S)
3x Amaterasu (12-002H)

What would you all do with Gutsco?
Let us know in the comments.

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Gutsco – Card Analysis

Gutsco, the Thief

“Go away! Scat, skittle, skibobble! The horn is mine! Mine, I tell you!”


3CP/7000
Fire
Forward
Thief
Hero

“When Gutsco enters the field or attacks, remove the top card of your deck from the game.

When Gutsco leaves the field, add all the cards removed by Gutsco’s ability to your hand.”

Let’s see what we wrote when Gutsco was first released back.

“I like it.

Keep removing cards till Gutsco gets broken, or removed from the game.

After that all the cards removed come back to your hand. And, you can have a lot of cards that you can storm the field with. I will be trying this one out.”

I still like this card.

Since we don’t have much information on Gutsco, we’ll just go with the FFTA where he is the leader of Clan Borzoi, which means we can fill up on thieves. And, since most Thieves are Wind, it shall be a Fire/Wind. Outside of Standard Units, notable cards are Zidane, Bel Dat, and Paul. Fang (18-013R) is also a Thief, but you need to have FFXIII Characters on the field in order for her to be useful.

I believe a good plan would be to get Gutsco out as early as possible. Keep attacking, and when he leaves the field for any reason, grab all those cards, beef up the front line, and find a way to bring Gutsco back to repeat the process.

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Gutsco

*Spoiler Alert. This whole post is one big Spoiler.

“Haw haw haw! I have the power of fire! I can feel it coursing through my veins! But it’s not enough! I must defeat you, those who’ve been blessed with the light, to gain the true power of the crystal of fire! Now…die!”

Gutsco is a Thief that is chasing the Horns of Ice. He actually steals one and the Warriors of Light give chase. Once the Warriors of Light defeat Gutsco, he turns into a shadow, and follows the party to the Dwarven Hallows, where he steals both of the Horns of Ice.

After that The Warriors of Light follow him into the Molten Cave, straight to the Fire Crystal and with the Horns of Ice, he is able to get through the cave, where he obtains the power of the Crystal and turns himself into a Salamander to fight the Warriors of Light one more time.

And, one more time he loses.

And, that is pretty much Gutsco’s whole story.

Looked through Ultimanias and anything else, that could provide us with backstory, and there is nothing. Nothing at all.