27-073R – Ardyn EXThe Chief Minister is here to do Chief Minister things.
The more you break your opponent’s Forwards the better Ardyn will be, and the less he’ll cost in the long run.
Let’s start from the beginning.
When Ardyn enters the field he will break one of your opponent’s Forwards. Or one of your own Forwards if your opponent doesn’t have any.
Now whenever your opponent’s Forwards are sent to the Break Zone, Ardyn will reveal the top card of your deck, and if it’s a Lightning card you can add it to your hand. This one also comes off of an EX Burst.
Mono-Lightning anyone?
27-074H – Adel (VIII)
Adel costs 4CP, but you can pay an extra cost to grant her +1000 power and some protection in not being able to be chosen by some of your opponent’s abilities. And this is a lasting effect.
What’s the cost? Another Witch you will remove her from the Break Zone and you’re good to go.
But, what does Adel actually do?
Well, every time she attacks, you choose one of your opponent’s Forwards and you will send it to the Break Zone.
And what happens when we send one of your opponent’s Forwards to the Break Zone? That’s when Ardyn comes in and well you can just read Ardyn again.
I do like it. Mono-Lightning is coming for you!
27-075L – Edea
I took a look, and there aren’t that many Final Fantasy VIII cards of 2CP or less worth playing. I was trying to see if there were any to play Edea Turn 1. The only one that looked decent was Squall (27-060H). When Squall enters the field, you’ll reveal the top 3 cards of your deck and add a Final Fantasy VIII character to your hand.
If this works. You’ll have 2 Characters on the field, and you would only have paid 1CP for it.
And at the end of your turns, you’ll draw a card if you have at least 4 Final Fantasy VIII Characters on the field.
That’s about it.
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27-076C -Kain
No need for introductions. Even as a Common, Kain is still a great card to play.
If you already have cast a Dragoon this turn, Kain’s cost goes down to 2CP.
And, if you saved CP this way, you might as well pay the extra cost of 1 Lightning CP to give Kain Haste and First Strike. Allowing him to attack as soon as he enters the field.
And with Kain’s power at 9000, you’ll be doing plenty of damage to your opponent. Especially with First Strike.
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27-077C – Machinist
Your one cost Standard Unit, Machinist.
Some of these Standard Units are good, and some just fall a little flat.
Take Machinist here, while the ability of dealing a Forward 8000 damage is good, the cost is not so much.
It’s a total of 5CP, to use Machinist’s ability. Which isn’t too bad, it’s just that you can get a similar effect by using less CP.
And yes, you’ll say, but Machinist stays as a Backup and will produce CP per turn.
That’s fair enough, but I will pass. You don’t have to, you can use Machinist and if you beat me using him, I’ll say well he’s not that bad, I guess.
27-078R – Kylma
A 2 cost Backup that Break a Forward. But at what price?
An arm and a leg, that’s the price. 2 cards from the top of your deck, for every CP needed to cast that Forward.
What happens when you’re trying to get rid of Opus XVI Chaos at 11CP? You’re going to remove 22 cards from your deck? That’s just Insane if you ask me. Yes, you don’t have to worry about paying the cost from your hand, but you’re getting rid of cards, that you will probably need later on.
Unless you’re sure you’re going to win the game, by using her ability, I would suggest you stay away from it.
This is a big fat no for me.
27-079H -Gilgamesh
Do you see what I am seeing?
Warriors were already turning up the heat, and now we add Gilgamesh into the mix.
And, I have to say that Gilgamesh is worth every Crystal Point you need to pay to play him.
Gilgamesh gives all of your Warriors, Brave and the ability to attack twice in the same turn.
And, that’s not all, when he enters the field, you will dull 2 of your opponent’s Forwards. Leaving them more suspectable to an attack.
And if that’s not all, Missile Barrage will Break one of your opponent’s Forwards, and give him Haste.
Meaning, that When Gilgamesh enters the field, and you use Missile Barrage, you will dull 2 of your opponent’s Forwards, Break one of their Forwards, and attack twice, and since you have Brave, Gilgamesh will be able to block, just in case you whiffed on the attacks.
This should have been a Legend, with some original artwork.
27-080C – Coeurl
Coeurl is one of the better Monsters that I’ve seen in a while.
Coeurl comes in breaks a Forward.
Coeurl goes to the Break ZOne, breaks a Forward.
That’s all you need to know.
And that is more than enough information to add it to your deck.
I might even add it to my bomb deck.
27-081C – Gladiator
Your best bet is breaking 2 low cost Forwards. One that costs 1CP, and if you have a Multi-Element Forward on the field, you’ll break a 2 cost Forward as well.
There are currently 99 Forwards that cost 1CP, and only a handful of them see any use.
So, I really don’t see Gladiator getting much play.
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27-082R – Koana
Just like Edea, Koana comes in and searches for a 2 cost Final Fantasy XIV Character and plays it to the field.
There’s are plenty of cards to choose from.
Koana also has the ability to dull a Forward on command. The best thing about his ability is that you don’t have to send him to the Break Zone, a simple dull will do.
And from what I remember seeing, there are a couple of cards that need Koana on the field, in order to get the full effect.
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27-083R – Seifer
Look at Seifer, he’s telling you to “Bring it!” Cause he’s ready, even though he only has 4000 power, he’s ready to do some damage.
When he enters the field, he will Break one of your opponent’s Forwards. 2CP or less. But, if you have a witch on the field, it’ll go up to 5CP.
And let’s not forget his Special ability, where he will Break a Forward. Seifer won’t dull with this ability, so if you have plenty of Seifers in your hand and the CP to pay for it, you can Break as many Forwards as you please.
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27-084R – Thancred
Like we just mentioned earlier some cards need Koana on the field in order to get their full effect.
Thancred here is one such example.
When he enters the field, he will deal 4000 damage to a Forward, if Koana is on the field that damage becomes 7000.
We also have the ability to activate one FFXIV Forward that we control.
Meaning you can use Koana’s ability twice in the same turn. 2 dulls for the price of one.
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27-085L – Zoraal Ja
Now this is a card. Add this to your The Twelve deck, and you will be set to go.
Coming in at 3CP and 7000 power, Zoraal Ja gains +2000 power and Haste if you have at least 4 FFXIV Characters on the field.
And every time he attacks, you will Break one of your opponent’s Forwards.
And when you have received 5 points of damage, Zoraal Ja will break an additional Forward when he attacks.
Breaking 2 Forwards per attack is enough to slowly take down your opponent’s offenses.
Let’s not forget to add Hein in here as well, allowing Zoraal Ja to attack twice in one turn. Is that 4 broken Forwards if you have received 5 points of damage?
27-086H – Nine
We’ve been getting plenty of Cadets in recent sets, and Nine is top notch as always.
From the looks of it Cadets are tri-color, Fire/Wind/Lightning. And Nine is here to show you why.
When he enters the field, if you have a Fire Character, Nine will deal 9000 damage to a Forward, and if you have a Wind Character, Nine will activate all of your Backups.
Either one of these is great, but both together makes putting Nine in your deck, worth every CP you’ll pay for him.
What’s even better, is that if you have 5 Backups and use them to pay for Nine, Nine will become a free play.
And, that is something we here at Kardboard Korner love playing.
Full Arts please.
27-087C – Fujin
It always seems like Seifer, Fujin and Raijin are always on the verge of becoming a force to be, but they always seem to fall flat.
Fujin here, is a great Backup to Seifer and Raijin as she grants them +1000 power.
Is it enough to make them a top tier line up?
Not yet, But, they will one day.
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27-088C – Raijin
And, here is Raijin back to back.
Raijin comes in for 3 CP with 8000 power, plus the 1000 from Fujin we have 9000.
That’s all right so far.
When Raijin enters the field, he will deal 3000 damage to one of your opponent’s Forwards.
And, if you want more.
You can dull Fujin, and deal 5000 damage to one of your opponent’s Forwards.
Does this man that Raijin is using Fujin as a projectile?
27-089H – Ramuh
Well we did get one more Final Fantasy III Summon, I just thought that all six would have been FFIII.
Here we are, The Lord of Thunder is ready to deal 6000 damage to one of your opponent’s Forwards.
After that you will reveal the top 3 cards of your deck, and if you find another Ramuh there, you will add it to your hand, making Ramuh a free play.
Are there enough Ramuhs to make this something that we should build a deck around.
Yes, but is it worth making?
Everything is worth making. At least for one game.
27-090C – Dragoon
If you’re playing Dragoons, Dragoon is worth playing.
For it’s a Dragoon.
It will also let you reveal the top 2 cards of your deck, and if there is a Dragoon there you will add it to your hand.
Yes, this Dragoon will be sent to the Break Zone, but you will get another Dragoon that will take it’s place. Probably.
