19-052C – Undead Princess
Undead Princess is a cheap Forward to play that can block any attack. Even though she only has 2000 power, she can still block an attack to save you from taking damage.
But, Undead Princess I don’t think Undead Princess is meant to be played as a Forward. You can put her into the Break Zone to give a Forward +4000 power until the end of the turn.
And, once she is in the Break Zone, you can remove her from the game and give an Earth Forward +2000 until the end of the turn.
Undead Princess rises from the grave once again to give you a Buff.
19-053C – Vanille
This is a decent card.
When Vanille comes in, you can go through your opponents Break Zone and remove a card from there. Doesn’t matter which one, just grab a card and remove it. This is good when your opponent has a way of grabbing cards from the Break Zone.
What I really like though, is her ability.
When your opponent casts a Summon, you can dull Vanille, and if they don’t pay 2CP you can cancel the Summon.
Either way, if your opponent pays and it goes through or it gets canceled it is a win for you.
19-054C – Vincent
It looks like we’ve been getting more Vincents in the last couple of sets.
Theatrhythm Vincent is a Backup that deals 5000 damage to a Forward when he enters the field.
And, when you reach 3 points of damage, you can put him in the Break Zone and deal 7000 damage to a Forward.
I always like Backups that have a way to send themselves to the Break Zone, that way you can play another Backup with an enter the field ability.
19-055R – Eiko
Eiko is a Coupon Code. Instead of paying the cost to cast a Summon, you can just dull 3 active Summoners and cast the Summon. You can choose any Summon up to a cost of 7CP. That’s almost all the Summons in the game except for 5.
This also means you can play Summons that are out of your elements. As long as you have Summoners on the field, you are good to go.
Plus, Eiko is only 2CP.
19-056C – Graff
Are you playing Mono-Earth?
Then you should be playing Graff.
When he enters the field you can Break a Forward. Any one you’d like.
This effect will only go off if you only paid with Earth CP.
Still a good way to get rid of a pesky Forward.
19-057L – Kefka
You heard about Free Summons, what about a Free Forward?
Kefka, the Dancing Mad Mage, is here and he can be played for F-R-E-E.
Just like that if your opponent has 3 or more Forwards on the field, Kefka will come in for Free.
That means you can splash Kefka into any deck without worrying about finding a way to pay the cost as he will be free. Free like a bird, he’s going to fly straight onto the field with a 9K body.
Not only that, but when Kefka is sent to the Break Zone, you can play a Summon from your Break Zone for free as well.
That’s double the free, with no Crystal Points down.
And, let’s not forget about that Amano art.
Yes, I’ll take 3 please.
19-058R – Jenova SYNTHESIS
Big Body, Big ability, and a last name full of capitol letters. I meant CAPITOL letters.
Jenova Synt … SYNTHESIS (you have to yell it out to get the full effect.) comes in and deals damage to all the Forwards your opponent controls, If you have 5 Backups, it’ll be 8000. Pair this with From Nightmares Matoya, and you might have a board wipe.
5CP 9000 power. Could be useful
19-059R – Aster Protoflorian
You should be ready to pay 7CP to play Aster Protoflorian. If you don’t you might as well play a different card. You need to get both of his abilities off when he enters the field cause after that all he’ll do is be a decoration on your field.
He’ll also count as a Category XIII Character for certain abilities in the Starter Set.
19-060C – Animist
Animist doesn’t do much till you have 3 points of Damage.
Animist does have an ability that lets you play a Monster of 2CP or less straight to the field. That way you can play a Monster without worrying about paying the cost.
And, at 3 points of Damage when Animist enters the field, you can search for a Monster of 4CP or less and add it to your hand.
19-061H – Doga
Looking at the card it took me a second to realize that it was drawn from the top.
Doga will fit good into an Fire/Earth or Earth/Lightning Deck. Or any Earth deck if you have a way to produce Fire or Lightning CP.
When he enters the field, Doga allows you to discard a Summon for to Crystals. You can use those Crystals to cast his abilities. One is to deal 7000 damage to all of your opponents Forwards, the other is to Break a Forward.
As long as Doga stays active, this is a good card to play.
When I first read this card I was thinking how can you fit this into a deck, but then I remembered that there are Backups that pay for different elements. Let’s take Tyro for instance and Class Tenth Moogle.
19-062R – Nacht EX
If you’re Warping, Nacht is a cheap play. If not, he costs 6CP.
Nacht is basically an Opus VI Titan with a body. Once he enters the field you pick 2 Forwards. One of yours and one of your opponent’s, and they deal damage to each other. This ability also comes off of an EX Burst.
19-063H – Barret
This Barret can be put in the AVALANCHE deck, but is it a better card than the Barret that is mostly used?
Probably not, but it does have some good things going for it.
If you’re playing a lot of Multi-Element cards it could be of use as when you cast a Multi-Element card you’ll deal 4000 damage to all the Forwards your opponent controls.
After that when he is put into the Break Zone, you can search for a Forward other than Barret and add it to your hand.
19-064R – Fenrir
Your Earth Free Summon.
Free is free. So, you might as well play this.Break a Multi-Element Forward or Break a Light or Dark Forward. The choice is your when Fenrir is cast.
There’s some use for it against some decks, but what about the decks that don’t have Multi-Element Forwards or Light/Dark Forwards?
19-065C – The Deathlord
The Deathlord will bring you closer to your death.
Or something like that.
I thought I found a good Combo, but then I realized it said Characters so you can’t cast Fenrir.
But, you can pull out a Kefka from the Break Zone, and play him straight to the field, if your opponent has more than 3 Forwards on the field. Now the other card can be anything you’d like, but I’m pretty sure there is something good here.
And, I’m sure someone already figured it out.
19-066C – Behemoth
Monsters, Plenty of Monsters.
We like this Monster, well I do at least.
When Behemoth enters the field you can Stop a Forward. They won’t be able to attack or block until the end of the next turn. But, they will be able to cast abilities.
Behemoth can also become a Forward once per turn, for the cost of 1 Earth CP. A 7K body for 1CP isn’t bad at all. Sure you’ll need to pay each turn, but you’ll usually have an extra CP laying around.
19-067C – Monk
Here’s a quick buff to all your Forwards. +2000 power can go a long way, add in Enna Kros from Opus I and you’ll have a 3K buff. Not only that but, you can play up to 3. That means that, technically you can have a 7K buff for all your Forwards.
Is there a way to pull it off? Paying 12 CP in one turn?
Let’s see. 5 Backups plus 7 cards in your hand, 3 are Monks so that leaves 4. Those 4 cards in your hand will pay for 2 of the Monks, while the 5 CP from your Backups will pay for the third. And you have one Backup left, which you’ll probably have no use for.
It can happen. Is it worth it? Probably not, but it would be fun when you pull it off.
Oh, and if you pay for the Monk with 3 different elements, you can choose a Forward, and Monk and the other Forward will deal damage to each other, possibly breaking a Forward.
19-068R – Rydia
A 5 cost Backup, that searches for a Job Summoner, and a Summon.
Both need to be of different elements.
Other than that, the art looks good, almost reminds you of Amano’s work. Sort of.
