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21-081L – Irvine
Well, I can see why this is a sought out card.
It’s the butterfly on Irvine’s finger. When it flaps it’s wings, it’ll cause your opponent to slowly get discombobulated. In a way, at least.
Irvine enters the field, you remove 2 cards from your opponent’s Break Zone, and it’s off to the races. The butterfly’s flap will give Irvine +2000 power, Haste and First Strike. Meaning Irvine can attack right off the bat, as a 9000 power Forward, and don’t forget First Strike. 99% of the time your opponent will either be sending a Forward to the Break Zone, or getting a point of damage.
And, Armor Break, breaks a Forward or a Monster.
You can’t go wrong with this one.
21-082C – Red Mage
Your Elemental Backup, that’s the same as the other Standard Unit Backups in the other Elements as well.
Maybe in draft, but I don’t see much play outside of it.
Prove me wrong, and I’ll send you a playset on the house.
21-083H – Ace
Is this Ace better than the rest?
I don’t think so, but I always used Ace when playing Type-0.
Sure the other Aces are better, but this Ace is a Hero.
Ace enters the field and you draw a card if you already have a couple of Cadets on the field. Thus making Ace a 2 cost Forward.
Other than that, you can discard a card, and dull a Forward, and give Ace +1000 power.
I think I’ll pass on this one.
21-084H – Odin
A Summon that will Break over 75% of all Forwards and Monsters. And, it only costs 3CP. You can even reduce that cost to 1CP if you have at least 5 Lightning Characters on the field. Because when you do you get to draw 1 card. And, everyone likes drawing cards.
There is another 2 Odins that will Break any Forward regardless of cost, but Odin (1-124R) costs 7CP. You also have Odin (12-077H) which costs 6CP, and that one’s cost is reduced by 1CP for each Odin in your Break Zone.
Playing this Odin with the Opus XII Odin might be a good idea.
Other than that you got some great Amano art.
21-085H – Emperor Gestahl
More Amano art, and Gestahl is starting to look like “The Wiseman” from the Labyrinth.
For a 2 cost Backup, Emperor Gestahl will allow you to grab a Forward from your Break Zone. Plays like these are always good. Especially if that Forward was the only one that you had. And, let’s not forget about their enter the field ability that will cause havoc on your opponents board.
Ok, let’s not get ahead of ourselves.
Later on you can put Emperor Gestahl into the Break Zone, remove 4 of the same type cards from your opponent’s Break Zone, and draw a card.
I don’t see why not.
“sometimes the way forward is the way back.”
21-086C – Gunbreaker
This isn’t bad at all. And with Gunbreaker being a Standard Unit, you can have 3 of these on the field at the same time. Hopefully you’ll have a pocket full of Crystals, because I can see a board wipe shaping up here.
Every time Gunbreaker attacks, you deal 2000 damage to all of your opponents Forwards. If you have a Crystal, you can deal an additional 2000 damage to all of your opponent’s Forwards.
And, if you have a couple more Gunbreakers and a couple more Crystals, then you’re dealing 12,000 damage to all of your opponent’s Forwards.
Pair this with some Bombs and I see a deck forming.
21-087C – Machinist
What is this? 2CP?
For a 5K Forward?
I can see some use with this one.
Gunbreaker attacks, and then you play Machinist in your Main Phase 2, and deal 5000 damage to one of your opponent’s Forwards.
And, after that, once per turn, you can Dull Machinist and deal 2000 damage to a Forward.
21-088C – Gilgamesh
Que “Battle on the Big Bridge”
You can never go wrong with Gilgamesh, unless he pulls Excalipoor. And this, Gilgamesh is not pulling Excalipoor. Especially, if you got yourself a couple of Crystals on hand, and 3 points of damage. For when you do, Gilgamesh becomes a 9K body, with Haste and Brave, and can also attack twice in the same turn.
Pair this with Estinien (6-088L) and you can have the match over with in a couple of turns.
I like it, the only thing I would change about this card, is give it some Amano Art.
21-089R – Queen
A Forward with Haste, that doesn’t receive damage when attacking?
I’ll take it. It doesn’t matter what else Queen does, this is more than enough.
And, it still gets better. Queen, also, can’t be chosen by Summons or abilities either. And, if for some reason you need to give her more power, just spend 2CP and you’re set. You can even do this part multiple times to keep upping her power.
This will be going straight into the all Haste deck.
21-090R – Cloud
You wouldn’t play this Cloud in a FFVII deck, but you might in a WoFF themed deck.
2CP to cast a 5K body, that will maybe, just maybe break one of your opponent’s Forwards. Well, Cloud actually just might. There are plenty of low cost Forwards out there, and if you already have Reynn on the field, to help pay for Cloud, well then you have 2 WoFF Characters on the field. And, there are plenty of 2 cost Forwards to break.
Yeah, that’s about it. Break a Forward, and then you have a tiny meat shield to absorb an attack. Or something like that.
21-091C – Black Knight
Black Knight has 1 job, which can be done twice. Once when Black Knight enters the field, and once when Black Knight enters the Break Zone.
Break a 2 cost Forward or Monster. Which is pretty good considering the cost to play Black Knight is 2CP.
Black Knight will then hang out on the field, but when Black Knight starts heading to the Break Zone, Black Knight will Break any Forward or Monster that your opponent controls.
Sure, costs and blah blah blah, but I’ll give this one a try.
Or two.
21-092R – Man in Black
How come Lightning is getting all these good cards? Half of them are just Commons and Rares.
Like Man in Black here. a 4 cost Rare Forward, with an 8K body.
Ok, you’ll say, that’s just an average card. But upon closer inspection, every Attack Phase, Man in Black, allows you to choose 2 Forwards, and unless your opponent pays 3CP, they can”t attack or block this turn.
Allowing you to march Forward as you pile up cards in your opponent’s Damage Zone.
At 5 points of damage, Man in Black also gains +2000 power. Thus making Man in Black a 10K Forward.
12-093L – Xande
Mono-Lightning mean you’re playing Xande.
Xande might be 5CP, but you can reduce that by one if you have Glauca (11-091R) on the field. And if you have 8 Lightning Characters on the field you can grab a Forward from your Break Zone and play it straight to the field. No cost limit on this one. you can even grab those 10 cost Forwards and just play them straight to the field.
I’d say it’s worth having at least one Xande in your deck if you’re playing Mono-Lightning.
21-094C – Shantotto
Hmm.
That is what Shantotto is thinking.
How do I fit into a multi-element deck? One that can play every element, so I can get the most of my Enter the Field ability.
Tyro and Moogles and ….
Worst case scenario you’ll be dealing 3000 damage to one Forward.
Best Case 21,000 damage. I can’t think of any use in trying to find a way to have all the elements one the field, including one Light or Dark Character, but the look on your opponent’s face when you say I’m dealing your Viking 21K damage.
21-095C – Trey EX
Class Zero finally got a card that it needed.
Trey, the Recycler!
A card that will allow you to go into your Break Zone, and grab a Class Zero Cadet.
It’s always good to have a Backup, with a backup plan.
Dynamite Arrow, deal a Forward 9000 damage.
The only bad thing about this card, which isn’t really a bad thing, is that Trey can’t send himself to the Break Zone.
Other than that, you know you’ll be playing Trey in your Cadets deck.
21-096R – Nine
Nine reminds me of Amon from Opus II, which is still a great card.
Once per turn Nine is able to dull a Forward. Reducing your opponent’s numbers down. Allowing you to utilize a bigger attack, than you previously thought you’d be able to pull off. Add Opus II Amon and you’ll double that reduction.
Plus, let’s not forget that Nine has Protect cast on himself, as whenever he takes damage, that damage is reduced by 2000.
Class Zero has gotten some nice cards this set.
21-097R – Neilikka
Are there Brave Exvius decks out there?
Does anyone actually play Brave Exvius decks?
Just wondering, cause if they do they’ll probably play Neilikka here. She gains Haste if you have 2 Brave Exvius Characters on the field.
Neilikka costs 2CP and whenever she attacks she dulls, and deals 3000 damage to one of your opponent’s Forwards.
You can still play this card without any FFBE Characters, dealing damage to a Forward while dulling it is worth the 2CP alone.
21-098R – Palom
I’d say this is a pass.
There are far better Paloms out there.
Sure, this one is Lightning and deals 9000 damage to one of your opponent’s Forwards that cost 3 CP or less.
I’d say the only good thing about this card is that the ability can go off from an EX Burst. And, that’s about it.
Leave this one at home, unless your drafting. Then you might want to use it.
21-099H – Firion
Restrictions, restrictions, restrictions.
What do you expect? If there weren’t restrictions, we’d have so many over powered cards, where the winner would be determined by who goes first.
Or something like that.
I like this card. Should be played in Ice/Lightning. Dull everything in sight, and then you have Firion who can attack twice per turn is your opponent has 4 dull Characters on the field. See it doesn’t even say Forwards. Backups count as well, which more than likely will already be dull do to CP costs and playing cards.
Firion attacks twice, with Brave and +5000 power. making him a Forward with 8000 power. Add in Lulu (1-150R) and Maria (17-128L) and you’re turning Firion into a 11K wrecking machine.
All this for 1CP.
Can’t get more bang, for 1 Crystal Point.
21-100C – Dragoon
I keep telling myself, I should look into these Dragoons. They’re usually the “Cool” Characters. Take Kain, and Fang into consideration. Both great Characters, both are Dragoons. Even though Fang isn’t considered a Dragoon in FFTCG. Not yet any way, but her spear says other wise.
Let’s get back to the card.
Dragoon enters the field and deals either 4000 or 8000 damage to an active Forward. And it all depends on how many Backups you have.
By itself it’s an OK card.
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