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An honest maiden, wise to the value of the heart.
A young summoner, able to call Eidolons from the Feymarch. Rydia bears hatred for Cecil, who indirectly killed her mother and set her village ablaze. But over time she is touched by the Dark Knight’s kindness, and opens her heart to him. Rydia is swallowed by Leviathan, king of the Eidolons, and is taken to the Feymarch, where time flows at a different rate. As a result, she matures into an adult in a very short time. Rydia rushes back to aid Cecil’s party when Golbez attacks them, rejoining their quest for the crystals.
-Taken from the Ultimania
You’ll first meet Rydia after you burned down her whole village, and as she is the sole survivor of Mist Village, she will attack you.
And with that, we’ll get into the cards.
“All that matters is what’s inside us. Isn’t that right, Cecil?”
2-094H – Rydia
Looking to add something a little extra to your Mono-Earth Summon Heavy deck? Well, look no further, Rydia here might be just what you’re looking for.
At 3CP, with a 7K body Rydia might not seem like much wight out the bat, but take a closer look at Gaia’s Wrath.
Gaia’s Wrath deals 7000 damage to every Forward on the field except for Earth Forwards. Which is why we said Mono-Earth.
Now, you’re probably wondering about the Summon Heavy part. Well that’s quite simple.
You can pay the (S) cost of Rydia’s ability with an Earth Summon, instead of another Rydia. Meaning, you might be able to cast Gaia’s Wrath once per turn.
You’ll eventually turn the tides in your favor with that.
“Enough! I can’t watch another person go off to die.”
2-095R – Rydia EX
After you’ve used all of your Summons, Rydia will go into the Feymarch (your Break Zone) and bring back a Summon for you.
Yes, it needs to be an Earth Summon.
And, yes this also comes off of an EX Burst.
And, yes you get this Backup for 4CP.
And, yes that’s about it.
“Coward, You’re a man, aren’t you? A grown man! Stop crying. I have.”
3-096R – Rydia
This one’s much better than the previous Rydia.
For 3CP you can search for any Summon that you’d like, and this Rydia only costs 3CP, making her total cost 1CP.
Sure, you can’t bring a Summon back from the Break Zone, but most of the time you probably won’t need to.
Unless the other 2 copies of that Summon end up in your Damage Zone.
“This battle is ours as much as anyone’s. Cecil said so himself. And having some Eidolons along can’t hurt, can it?”
9-077L -Rydia
Now this is a great card.
That is if you’re playing Summons.
Rydia comes in and you can look at the top 5 cards of your deck, If you find a Summon there you will cast it for free. And, there are a lot of High cost Summons that you can play.
Depending on what you find at the top of your deck, Rydia is the bargain that you’ve been looking for.
We’re not even done yet.
You can also use Rydia’s ability to look at the top X cards of your deck, and if you find a Summon that costs X or less you can cast it.
Yes, this one is more of a crap shoot, but once Rydia’s ability goes off when she enters the field, you’ll be in the money.
After that, everything else is extra.
You can probably just find a way to break Rydia, just to be able to play another Rydia.
“Think it’s sweet of you to say that, hotshot?”
11-083R/PR-051 – Rydia
Remember that time you were thinking of playing Monks, with Ursula and Yang?
Well, this is a card that you would have been playing if you did. And, if you didn’t, this is still a good Final Fantasy IV card.
Rydia gives all of the Final Fantasy IV Forwards, besides herself +1000 power and Brave.
And, if you play here after you already have 3 other FFIV Characters on the field, you can search for a 1 cost Summon, making her total cost 1.
Mono-Earth FFIV Monks with Cecil.
Plus there’s a whole lot of other FFIV Earth Characters that you can play.
Best thing is that you don’t need to limit yourself to Earth. I don’t even know why I started going on about Mono-Earth.
“I’m going to become a summoner just like my mother!”
13-065R – Rydia
“I don’t know if Rydia is cost effective. 6CP to play a summon without paying the cost. I’ll pass.”
I used to be terrible at this.
To be fair, I would probably say something along the same lines.
Unless there is a way to place Summon Counters on Rydia, this is a one trick pony.
I’d say you’re better off using that 6CP to play Opus IX Rydia.
I’ll leave it at that.
“Leave me alone! I hate you!”
15-083L – Rydia
Rydia already has self protection against Summons and abilities.
Rydia gains 2 Growth counters when she or another FFIV Character enters the field.
Rydia can cast a Summon once per turn by paying with Growth counters.
Rydia is a 2CP Forward.
Rydia is a Legend.
I like Rydia (15-083L)
“Are you mad?”
17-083C – Rydia
We all now that Raise is a high cost spell, and that is basically what Rydia is.
For 5CP, you can bring back a Forward that has just been broken, or knocked out, if you want to use the Raise term.
And, that is basically it. You get one chance to use Rydia, unless you have a way to get rid of her after she enters the field.
There are other ways to get a Forward back from the Break Zone, and Rydia is probably not the best one.
“Are you joking? It’s a miracle Zemus didn’t end up using you!”
17-137S – Rydia
Search for a couple of Summons, one gets tossed to the Break Zone by your opponent.
After that each time you cast a Summon, you might be able to break one of your opponents Forwards.
Especially if they are high cost Summons.
At least the art work is good.
“That was an awfully fast recovery.”
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.
It seams like they can’t top Opus IX Rydia, or Opus XV Rydia.
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Peerless beauty, braving dangers for love.
A beautiful White Mage with a talent for the bow. A childhood friend of both Cecil and Kain, Rosa gives her heart to Cecil and assists him on his adventure as a White Mage. She leaves the castle out of concern for Cecil when he vanishes following the mission to Mist Village. Rosa reunites with Cecil, but Golbez takes her prisoner. After Cecil rescues Rosa, the two realize their feelings for one another. They fight side by side until the end.
-Taken from the Ultimania
As we wait for Cecil to find the Sand Ruby for Rosa, we’ll check out all of Rosa’s cards throughout the series.
2-143R – Rosa
Rosa is always ready to protect you.
For 3CP you get a Backup, that whenever one of your Forwards is chosen by one of your opponent’s Summons, you draw a card.
And, maybe that card that you draw will help you cancel your opponent’s Summon.
We also have Protect. You can use this ability and the next time one of your Forwards is dealt damage and that damage is less than their power, that damage becomes 0.
Other than the fact that you can draw a card each time your Forwards are being chosen by your opponent’s Summons, I’d leave this one out.
Opus I Minwu does a better job at protecting your front line.
“I knew you’d come for me.”
2-144C – Rosa
A 1 cost Forward that gives Cecil +1000 power.
And, this time Rosa has Mini-Protect.
By dulling Rosa, you can reduce the damage dealt to one of your Forwards by 1000. It’s not a lot, but sometimes that will be the difference in your Forwards surviving a block. You’ll get to keep your Forward instead of just trading cards with your opponent.
After that, Rosa is a body on the field, until you get the Rosa that you wanted to play from the begining.
“…Uhn … Cecil … Please, Cecil… Be alive!”
5-142H – Rosa EX
This is what happens when you give Rosa the Sand Ruby.
Rosa searches for Cecil and she brings him to your hand. Bringing Rosa’s cost down to 2CP. You can even search for Cecil off of an EX Burst.
You’ll then have a body with 5000 power on the field, which you will be able to reduce the damage dealt to one of your Forwards by 1000, if that Forward is Cecil reduce it by 3000 instead.
Play this with Opus II Cecil, and I think you’ll have something to work with.
“Without me along, who will heal you when you’re hurt?”
9-120L – Rosa
How did I forget about this card?
For 3CP you get a great card. A legend. The White Mage Rosa.
Rosa reduces the damage dealt to all of your Forwards by 1000, Yes, that has been the case with the previous Rosas, but this Rosa is also a great attacker.
If Rosa forms a party and attacks, you will activate Rosa, where she will be able to attack one more time. Which she will form a party and attack. She will activate one more time, but I doubt she’ll be able to attack again. Even though the wording makes it seem like she should be able to.
“I say we Pray!
PRAY.
Pray,
PRAY.
I say we Pray, just to make it today!”
It’s like MC Hammer already knew about this card in the early 90s.
If you’re playing Mono Water, you will be playing this Rosa. Use Pray to activate all of your Forwards. As long as you have an extra Rosa in your hand, you can go all out and attack.
After that you’ll Pray, and activate all of your Forwards, and they’ll be able to block during your opponent’s turn.
“Then why won’t you look at me?”
11-126R – Rosa EX
Rosa stands behind Cecil through the thick and thin. And, if you play her after you play Cecil, Rosa will allow you to draw a card.
And, if you don’t like that card, you can discard it and draw another card.
And, if you don’t like that one, wait till your next turn and discard it, to draw another card one more time.
Teleport. You finally have an answer to board wipes.
If your opponent plays Opus I Shantotto, you can just have Rosa use Teleport, and return all your Characters to your hand.
But, be careful. You might have a very large hand after that.
And, you know what they say about people with large hands.
They wear big gloves.
“No! Not you, too!”
14-057H – Rosa
Great artwork once again. You can tell apart the Amano artwork. I remember seeing a Magic card with his art on it, and recognized it immediately. But, that’s another story.
Just like we said before, activate all the Backups, if you’ve cast 3 cards this turn.
With Fran (14-052C) you’ll also draw 1 card.
All those activations will lead you into a 5th card cast this turn, which you’ll end up playing the top card of your deck. Unless it’s a Summon. Then it just goes back to the tops of your deck.
“I’m not going anywhere.”
16-063R – Rosa
The missing piece of Cecil and Ceodore.
Rosa comes in and keeps feeding Ceodore and Cecil, to power them up just a little bit to help them survive or take down your opponents Forwards.
A simple 2 cost Backup, that will still provide you with 1 CP per turn.
“As long as there is darkness…”
17-138S – Rosa
Decent card, better card if Cecil is on the field.
Even though Rosa is a Forward, she plays like a Backup, casting White Magic on your Forwards. Activate and a buff. All for a total of 0CP. You know you’ll be using her ability each turn.
Plus, you have an 8000 powered body. All this for 4CP.
“Cecil! I’ll visit you in your tower later.”
20-125R – Rosa
Here is the missing piece for the ultimate FFIV deck.
You can actually splash any element that you’s like, without worrying about how you’re going to pay for the cost. No more relying on Tyro, and how are you going to get Tyro on the field if you’re not playing Earth.
For 1CP you get to play Rosa and draw a card when Cecil enters the field.
All you got to do is find a way to recycle Cecil.
We did say that Water is the Recycling center, right?
24-073H – Valigarmanda
Lightning is kicking off things with a Summon, and a beautiful Full Art as well.
Valigarmanda is a 4 cost Summon that comes in dulls a Forward, and Freezes it as well.
That Forward loses 9000 power until the end of the turn, and then Valigarmanda also deals it 9000 damage.
99.99% of the time it will break the Forward that Valigarmanda is targeting.
At the very least, Valigarmanda will disable that Forward for this turn.
24-074C – Odin EX
Odin is ready to break a Forward.
Any Forward?
Yes, any Forward, but the cost might be a bit high for some Forwards.
It’s 5CP to cast Odin, plus the top card of your deck times the CP required to play the Forward that you’re looking to break.
Odin is useful in certain situations, but why not just play the Opus I Odin that will break any Forward for 7CP flat.
No extra charge.
I’ll pass.
24-075C – Guardian
I just realized we have similar Backups in every element.
Guardian comes in and you draw a card.
After that, depending on if you have at least 4 Lightning Backups on the field, Guardian will allow you to choose 2 Forward, and dull them.
Other than that, Guardian is just a simple Backup that will give you a Crystal Point each turn.
But, you already know that.
24-076C – Juggler
Wicked Clowns?
Juggler, the Backup you knew that you might need.
Juggler will come in and hang out until you need to get rid of a 2 cost Forward.
Juggler only costs 2CP, the only draw back if you call it that, is that a Lightning Forward needs to enter your field, in order for Juggler’s ability to go off.
I see some use for this.
Probably, more than some.
24-077H – The Emperor
Who would have thought, that the only reason the Emperor is here is to gain Crystals.
Look at it. The Emperor comes in you gain a Crystal. If your opponent has a Crystal, gain a Crystal. That’s two from the get go.
Add in one more Crystal from another Backup, and you’ll be able to use The Emperor’s second ability.
But, first let’s take a look at the first one. Or, the top one.
Break a Forward that costs 4CP or less.
Yeah, that’s pretty straight forward. Nothing groundbreaking, but very useful.
Now let’s take a look at the second ability.
Go ahead, I’ll wait.
Do you see that? Break all the Forwards and the Monsters opponent controls. That would wipe your opponent’s whole board, leaving it wide open.
If you don’t win the game after that ability goes off, then I don’t know what to tell you.
Plus, we get a Full Art version of this card in the Prerelease Kits.
24-078R – Cidolfus (XVI)
3 cost Forward that allows you to search for a Lightning Summon.
And, that is pretty much it with Cidolfus.
You’ll get a 5K body that sticks around on the field.
Other than that what else is there?
Oh yeah, Priming.
Cidolfus Primes into Ramuh.
What does Ramuh do?
Guess we’ll have to wait to find out.
24-079L – Jack Garland
Jack is ready to turn your opponent’s front line upside down.
All of your opponent’s Forward must attack, and they must block.
This will either leave their front line open for your attacks, or all of your opponent’s Forwards will be broken.
Just make sure you at least have bodies on your field to block the attacks your opponent will be throwing at you.
And, every time one of your opponent’s Characters is put into the Break Zone you will gain a Crystal.
Sooner or later, you’ll have enough Crystals to use the Emperor’s ability to wipe out your opponent.
I’ll take 3.
Full arts preferably.
24-080R – Chime
Here we go, the King’s Minister is here to give you a great deal.
Buy one Get on Free.
Chime comes in and you reveal the top 4 cards of your deck, and play a Character of 2 or less onto the field.
I’d say it’s worth taking a chance on this.
Either way Chime is only 2CP, and you can get some decent value if you find a 2CP Character in the top four cards.
After that, Chime is a 5K body, ready to be taken out, just so you can play Chime once again, and hopefully find another 2CP Character.
24-081R – Noel
This Shadow Hunter is attacking from the shadows.
Noel comes in and he starts going to town. Striking with precision and going back to the shadows from which he came.
Yes, Noel only has 3000 power, but you won’t need to worry about that unless you decide to block with him.
Noel’s attacks will go through, just because he cannot be blocked.
I’ll take 3.
Throw them into your FFXIII deck, and once this Noel is gone, you can play another Noel.
Take your pick. Rebellion’s Call, From Nightmares or Hidden Trials.
All of them will do well.
24-082C – Vivi
Vivi is ready to come in and deal some damage to your opponent’s Forwards.
2000 across the board isn’t much, but let’s not forget about Summons that break damaged Forwards.
Or abilities that dull damaged Forwards, and what not.
Plus, if there is already a damaged Forward on the field, you can use Vivi’s ability and deal it an additional 4000 damage.
After everything is said and done, Vivi sticks around with a 5K body.
24-083H – Firion
Let me start by saying, if you’re playing Lightning you’re playing Firion.
Why? First off, you can only pay with CP produced by Lightning Backups.
Now, once Firion comes in you can pay 2CP more, and give him Haste and First Strike.
Then you can go ahead and attack with Firion.
Now, it’s time to cast Drain. Break a Forward, Activate Firion, and attack one more time.
Firion is going all out here. Time to start building that Rebel deck.
24-084R – Behemoth
Let’s up the stakes.
Behemoth is just that a Behemoth.
No power, unless you make it a Forward, but when a Forward of yours attacks, you can put Behemoth into the Break Zone and give a Forward the ability to deal 2 points of damage to your opponent.
Now, you can give that buff to Noel, who can’t be blocked. Or what about Firion, who can attack twice this turn.
And, that’s just 2 Forwards from this set, think about all of the other cards that can make use of Behemoth here.
24-085C – Mid (XVI)
I like this.
And, it’s only 2CP to bring Mid in.
She’ll stay on the board, and whenever you’d like you can put her in the Break Zone and grab a Forward. 4CP or less and add it to your hand.
That right there would have made this card playable.
But, Mid isn’t done. No. Not at all.
If you grab Cidolfus from the Break Zone, you’ll have a chain of Events that will start to go off one by one.
Let’s see how that will go.
You put Mid into the Break Zone, grab Cidolfus and play him straight to the field. Cidolfus searches for a Lightning Summon. Cidolfus Primes into Ramuh. Ramuh casts a Summon from your hand without paying the cost, and deals one of your opponent’s Forwards 8000 damage.
All that for 2CP plus the cost to Prime into Ramuh.
24-086C – Lightning
Coming in with a 9K body, Lightning is the prefect Meat Shield for your front lines.
You’ll also be able to discard a card and give Lightning Haste and a +1K buff giving her a 10K body, that’ll be tough to break.
And that pretty much covers everything.
You’ll pay a total of 6CP, which includes the discarded card, for a Forward that’s ready to go, from the get go.
24-087C – Ranan
Another Warrior of the Crystal.
When Ranan comes in, he grants another Warrior of the Crystal, Haste.
And, that’s about it.
I’ll have to check with the other Warriors of the Crystal to actually see how this deck runs.
24-088R – Ramuh
Coming in at 5CP, but thankfully you won’t be paying 5CP, you’ll be Priming into Ramuh.
Ramuh comes in and you can cast a Summon from your hand, any element will do, and you won’t have to pay the cost to cast it.
If the Summon you cast is a Lightning Summon, you will deal 8000 damage to a Forward of your choosing, as long as it’s active.
I’d say it’s still worth paying the 5CP to cast Ramuh.
24-089C – Ramza
Ramza stands alone. While leaning up on a tree.
Decent artwork, taken from the game, but what about the card?
If Ramza is sent to the Break Zone, you gain a Crystal. Ok, not bad. You can probably just throw Ramza in just to block and gain a Crystal with him.
And if you need to give Ramza a quick buff, you can remove 2 cards in your Break Zone from the game.
Not bad, for 3CP.
24-090L – Leon
Leon being Leon, almost like Kain going back and forth between the Rebels and the Empire.
Leon comes right in for 1CP, and deals a damaged Forward 4000 damage. Possibly breaking it.
Your opponent has the choice of taking control over Leon, by targeting him with an ability. Once Leon is targeted he will switch sides. You can get Leon back by targeting him with your own abilities.
But, why would you?
You actually want your opponent to have control over Leon, because if they don’t have any other Rebels on their field, Leon will deal them 1 point of damage at the end of their turn.
And, at the end of yours as well.
This is a card that will eat up your opponent from the inside.
24-037R – Ashe EX
High cost Forward troubling you?
Ashe will take care of that for you, but not for long. You’ll be able to put that Forward on top of it’s owner’s deck. That means Ashe can also choose one of your Forwards, if you want to get the effect of it’s enter the field ability.
Which can be useful.
Now, if you put your opponent’s Forward on top of their deck, just make sure you deal a point of damage this turn. That way you’ll be able to send that Forward to the Damage Zone and then you won’t have to worry about it again.
This also comes off of an EX Burst.
You can also put Ashe into the Break Zone to activate a Forward while giving it +1K power.
24-038H – Valefor
Valefor makes a comeback, after being on hiatus since Opus I.
At 1CP it looks promising, let’s take a look.
Pay X, reveal the top 7 cards and play a Character of X or less.
…
I don’t know if I like it.
It’s almost a search and play to the field, but it is limited. And, that’s probably why it only costs 1CP.
It might work here or there, but either Opus I Valefor will work better for me.
24-039C – Vaan
Vaan and his trumpet.
At 5CP, Vaan can become a Activating Machine.
When Vaan enters the field Activate 2 Backups.
When Vaan attacks, Activate 2 Backups.
That’s 4CP right there. You paid 5CP.
One more attack and Vaan will be paying you to be on the field.
Vaan comes with a 9K body, and Aeroga Blade which deals a Forward 9000 damage.
I would play this card. I might even play it at Pre-Release. Midnight Pre-Release to be exact.
24-040C – Viera
Pay 2CP to activate 2 Backups later on.
Viera is more like a bank.
She’ll keep your CP and give them back to you when you need them later on.
In the mean time, Viera will produce 1CP per turn as any Backup will do.
And, when the moment is right, and you would like to use your Backup’s abilities you can use Viera to activate them.
I’d say a definite maybe.
24-041C – Onion Knight
Warp 1 for 1CP instead of paying 3CP! You’re already ahead.
Onion Knight is a recycling machine, ready to be removed and warped back in. This will be perfect if there is ever a threat to Onion Knight.
And at 3 points of Damage Onion Knight gains +1000 power.
That’s a 9K body, that can be recycled back into the game for 1CP.
Let me give this a try.
24-042R – Garuda (XVI)
5CP to activate all of your Backups.
Or, you can just Prime into Garuda with Benedikta. I haven’t seen Benedikta yet, but she’s coming up.
Activating your Backups already seems popular this set. Add in Bismarck, Lord of the Mists. And then you have a way of drawing cards, returning cards to your opponent’s hand. And when you have returned cards to their hand, you hit them with some Ice, and have them discard cards from their hand.
Ice/Wind for 2025
24-043C – Thief
Here’s another way to draw a card. Making Thief a 1 cost Backup
After that, once thief enters the field and if you already have 4 Wind Backups on the field, you can choose 1 of your Forwards, and it cannot be blocked for this turn.
Is it worth it? Having thief take up a spot in your deck for the chance that you might come across the perfect situation in order to use him?
I don’t know, probably better to leave this one out.
24-044H – Zidane
Zidane doing Zidane things.
He’s stealing cards from your opponent.
For 3 CP you can grab and Character from your opponent’s Break Zone. Yeah, you do remove it from the game, but you can cast it at any time you would cast it. Makes Sense?
Why is this one better than the other 2 Zidane’s that allow you to grab a card from your opponent?
Simple, you get to choose which one you grab.
And, at 5 points of damage, your Backups produce CP of any color.
I’ll be adding at least one to my deck that plays your deck.
24-045C – Jeume
Jeume, your Wind Warrior of the Crystal.
I was hoping for something better, after seeing Fire and Ice, but we have Jeume.
She’s not bad, she still allows here comrades abilities to go off when she enters the field.
She just doesn’t have any abilities that go off.
Nothing wrong with that, just because she can’t be chosen by your opponent’s abilities.
And, you have an 8K body.
24-046R – Leech Bat
I’m seeing a pattern here. I almost forgot about the Elemental Monsters that are all the same, but different.
Leech Bat hangs around, and when one of your Forwards attack, you can toss it into the Break Zone, making your opponent reveal there hand.
You’ll then pick the card you like, and toss that one to the Break Zone.
Your opponent will then draw a card.
That’s the only thing I don’t like about it.
After that, you’ll play Zidane, remove that card you selected from the game, and now it’s yours to cast whenever you’d like.
24-047R – Sophia (SOPFFO)
Sophia’s Choice.
Was that a band, or a movie?
But, you do need a Crystal in order to choose.
Sophia can either Break a high cost Forward, or she can break a monster.
The choice is yours.
Not Sophie’s. I mean Sophia’s
After that you have a 8K body that’ll hang out on the field.
24-048L – Tidus
“It’s Warping Time”
Coming in like a substitution right when you need him.
You can actually just play Tidus right away from the get go. At 0CP there is no reason not to.
Yes, Tidus has 5 Warp counters, but every time a Warp Counter is removed from a any card that is Warped, Tidus will have a Warp Counter removed from him, making his wait a little bit shorter.
When Tidus finally enters the field, all of your Forwards with Warp will have Haste, and they will not be able to be chosen by your opponent’s Summons.
All this for a grand total of 0CP, because you won’t be paying 5CP. You could, but what’s the fun in that?
24-049C – Nono
I’m just trying to figure out what Nono is doing here.
Nono isn’t bad at all, especially for a Common.
Nono enters the field and deals your opponent 2000 damage. Yes, that’s not a lot, but remember you’re playing Wind. And, what does wind do?
If you’ve been reading this, you already know Wind has been activating Backups this set, and drawing you cards.
And, if Nono is the 3rd card that you have cast this turn, Nono deals your opponent damage equal to his power. 3 points of Damage, gives Nono +2K power.
Add in Opus I Maria, and you’ll be dealing a Forward 8K damage.
All this for 2CP.
24-050C – Bartz
I read this once, and thought it was bad.
Reread it, and realized it’s not that bad.
the first time I understood that you had to have 2 cards removed from the game this turn, then I realized it doesn’t say this turn.
If you have 2 Cards removed from the game, Bartz can come in and Activate 2 Backups.
Like the Backups that you used to play Bartz.
Personally, I think there are better ways to Activate your Backups, but this still might be useful.
24-051R – Benedikta
With 3CP you get a Forward with 8000 power, First Strike and at 3 points of Damage Benedikta gains Haste.
That by itself would make it a decent Common.
Meat and Potatoes, nothing to fancy just a good body, or as I’d like to call it, a Meat Shield.
Benedikta can also Prime into Garuda (XVI) and will then Activate all of your Backups. And, return 2 Forwards to their Owner’s hand.
Benedikta will bring the cost of Garuda down by 1CP.
For a body, you can probably just play Benedikta by herself, usually a card with this much power costs 4CP.
24-052L – Belgemine
Automatic protection from Summons, and the more Summons you cast the better Belgemine is.
Cast 2 Summons, deal 2 Forwards 4000 damage each.
Cast 3 Summons, send 3 of your opponent’s Forwards to the bottom of their deck.
And, once you do that, there’s a good chance that you wiped your opponent’s front lines.
Now it’s time to go all out, and know that this was 1 Crystal Point that was very well spent.
Something tells me that YRP will be making a comeback. Add in that Opus I, Legend, Tidus, and I can see it now.
24-053H – Minwu
The Rebels are about to get a deck. Maybe not this set, but when they do Minwu and Opus XVII Maria will be a part of it. I haven’t really looked into it, but I can see the pieces slowly falling into place. IT just needs that one card the Rebels can all rally behind.
Minwu is a 4 cost Forward with 7000 power.
And, yes it is worth paying 4CP for Minwu, as you will grab a Final Fantasy II Character from the Break Zone and play it onto the field. Their cost just need to be equal or lower than the number of Backups you control, and it can’t be Minwu.
All of your FFII Forwards also cannot be chosen by your opponent’s abilities.
I’m going to be looking into a Final Fantasy II deck.
24-054C – Wing Wraith EX
Although Wing Wraith isn’t that powerful as a Summon, you will still be able to hit your opponent with a quick triple succession of 3000 damage to one of their Forwards.
At only 1CP and an EX Burst.
Wing Wraith deals 3000 damage and searches for another Wing Wraith.
Summon again fellow Summoners.
It’s worth a shot.
