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Blissful Water

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29-096R – Wol

Wol is now a Viking.

I don’t know if he’ll replace any of the previous Vikings that we already have, but at least the art looks good.

You’re probably wondering why I prefer the older Vikings. Well, As the other Vikings just draw you a card when they enter or leave the field, Wol draws you a card, but you have to discard a card as well.

Now that I look a little closer, I see Wol’s Crystal ability that draws you a card. And, you can use it once per turn.

That changes things a little.

Wol won’t replace your old Vikings, but you can add him to your Vikings deck. All you need to do is find a way to generate Crystals. Maybe we’ll get new Standard Vikings in this set.

29-097R – Elza EX

This is a great card, I’ve already added it to my MBM deck.

Elza comes on in and searches for either Raz or Rikken.

And, that’s it.

So, why would I add it to my MBM deck for that?

You’ll just have to take a look at Raz.

 

29-098R – Quina

I don’t know. Quina still doesn’t have a great card yet.

I mean, you get an 8K body, and a chance to have one of your opponent’s Forwards to lose 5000 power. Which I would say there are better ways to get that effect. Cause removing 3 cards is like paying 6CP, sure you get to draw a card as well, but that’s not a reason to play Quina.

I shall pass on this card.

And, if anyone would like to tell me why they would play it, I’d like to know.

I got to say though, that the artwork is magnificent as always.

29-099H – Jed

Ninja Jed, ready to strike from the shadows.

Jed comes in and if you already have another SOPFFO Character on the field, Jed will return one of your opponent’s Forwards to their hand. Plus Jed will draw you 1 card, bringing his cost down to 2CP. And for an 8K body, that is cheap.

Not only that, but anytime a Ninja attacks, one of your opponent’s Forwards will lose 2000 power and all of it’s abilities.

I think Ninjas are coming along nicely.

These SOPFFO heroes, will be something to look at with the next couple of sets.

29-100R – Sealion

This is a pretty decent Monster that will search for a Forward of 3CP or less, and you can add it to your hand.

And what’s more? Sealion will also become a Forward if you have 5 Backups on the field. A Forward with 9000 power.

I can see this one being played. Even if it’s just for the card that you’ll search for.

 

 

 

29-101H – Syldra

Hoping for Faris?

Play Syldra and you just might get lucky. Syldra will play a 6 cost Faris or less, from the top 5 cards of your deck onto the board for free. Which isn’t bad, you’d be actually paying 1CP less if you get it.

What happens if you whiff on the reveal?

You can still play a 4CP Forward from the top 5 cards.

Hopefully you’ll hit something. If not, then at least you have some great artwork to look at for a second or 2.

 

29-102C – Cecil

For a Common this is a great card. Cecil gives you 2 options that you can pick from when he enters the field.

One is to draw a card, and the other is to play a character that cost 2CP or less from your hand on to the field.

Either way, you’re getting CP back that you used to pay for Cecil.

After that you’ll have a 9K body on the field.

I don’t see this card in a FFIV themed deck, but I do see it splashed in some Water decks.

 

29-103H – Setzer

What a card!

If you ever were looking for a Setzer to base your deck around, this would be it.

Setzer comes on in and finds a Forward that can Warp from the top 7 cards of your deck. If you find one, you can Warp him on the spot. The best part? You only place 1 Warp Counter on that Forward, meaning that that Forward will come in on your next turn.

Dive Bomb, your late game special. How many cards are in your Break Zone? Multiply that by 1000, and deal that damage to all of your opponent’s Forwards. The catch? You have to split that damage among all the Forwards that you’re targeting. You might just have enough to clear your opponent’s front line.

And, if you do. You are set.

Or at least you better be.

29-104L – Diamond Weapon

We now have a rotating cast of Weapons now.

Diamond Weapon will search for another Weapon. (Other than Water of course) And you can then play it onto the field. Meaning that, that 6CP you paid to cast Diamond Weapon is credit for the Weapon after it.

Not only that, but you can pay 4CP once per turn to cast a Weapon from your hand onto the field. Yes, the cheapest Weapon to cast is 4CP, but you don’t have to worry about color fixing. You can play From Nightmares Ruby Weapon, without needing Fire CP.

You’d think that that’s enough but we skipped Diamond Weapon’s first ability. Whenever Diamond Weapon or another Weapon enters the field, your opponent selects one of their Forwards and they will send it to the Break Zone.

And, with 9000 power, Diamond Weapon will be a tough one to break.

29-105L – Tidus

Now I see why we have been selling plenty of FFX staples recently.

Tidus has come, and is ready to retire Opus I Tidus (1-163L).

Tidus comes in with Brave, and 9000 power, and when he enters the field (or attacks) one of your opponent’s Forwards will lose 4000 power.

This seems all basic, but take a look at his second ability. Tidus can attack as many times as the points of damage you have received. Meaning, that Tidus can attack up to 6 times if your back is against the wall. He’ll pick apart your opponent’s defenses and slowly makes holes for your attacks to go through.

You might want to keep this one up your sleeve, until it’s time to unleash him.

You can just grab Emissaries of Light Tidus for the beginning of the match, and have this one for after you already received a couple points of damage.

29-106H – Dion

Is it just me, or does this card not make any sense?

I know what it’s trying to say, but the way it’s worded has me re-reading the card.

Basically, you can pay 2CP less than the normal cost to prime into Bahamut, if you have another 6 Characters on the field. And that should be easy.

If not then there really isn’t any reason to Prime into Bahamut as the Priming cost is equal to Bahamut’s cost. Unless your hand sucks and you’d rather draw 2 cards.

Which in turn can change your whole board.

29-107C – Seer (FFTA2)

What does the Seer see?

The Seer sees a chance at breaking one of your opponent’s Forwards.

As long as you have a Summon in your hand, you can use Seer’s ability to deal at least 14,000 damage to one of your opponent’s Forwards.

And, that’s not counting in abilities that can buff Seer’s power up even more.

 

 

29-108C – Tonberry

The one cost Water Monster.

Doesn’t do much, and that is disappointing.

Tonberry is feared, and all this one does is make a Forward lose 2000 power.

Where is Chef’s Knife?

Where’s the ability that deals damage?

Where’s the fear of Tonberry?

C’mon Square-Enix, give Tonberry the card it deserves!

Oh, and you draw a card when you use Tonberry’s ability.

29-109R – Porom

The other twin, which looks like it’s just the same card. So, we’ll just copy/paste here

“We have the twins back doing what the twins do best. Twincast.

Well that’s the one option. If you have both Palom and Porom on the field, you can use Porom’s ability and deal one of your opponent’s Forwards 20,000 damage.

If not then you can just use Porom’s first ability and deal 5000, which is still good, depending on what you’re targeting.

Plus, you get a 2 cost Backup that will stick around until you need to use her abilities.”

 

29-110C – Yuna EX

Before we start, would you look at that art?

It’s an amazing piece of art, Yuna with all her Summons surrounding her.

What does the card do?

It grabs one of your opponent’s Forwards and puts it at the bottom of their deck.

And, that’s it. And that is more than enough.

 

29-111C/15-123C – Oracle

What had I written during Crystal Dominion?

“I had a plan with Oracle. And then I realized that it wouldn’t work.

So, scratch that.

Oracle will give you a crystal every time she enters the field. You can dull, and put her in the Break Zone to reduce damage to one of your Forwards and grab her back with Robel-Akbel.

Oracle’s use will be determined by the abilities that revolve around Crystal use.”

Now, I’m wondering what my plan was in the first place.

29-112C – Raz

This is great.

For 2CP you can have your opponent choose one of their Forwards and Raz will send it to the Break Zone.

After that, you can have Raz block Attackers left and right, in order to be able to play another one.

Don’t forget Elza can search for Raz.

 

 

29-113C – Rikken

Recycling Rikken.

I just actually read this card for the first time. No, it;s not the first time I’ve seen it, but it’s the first time I actually paid attention.

I always read place 2 cards in your Break Zone, when it actually says, at the bottom of your deck.

This card just got better. Instantly.

It’s the same card as before, but now I like it more than I used to.

Rikken comes in draws 2 cards, and as we mentioned, you can then put 2 cards from your hand at the bottom of the deck. Meaning you can still use those cards later.

Rikken also has the ability to give one of your Sky Pirates +1000 power. You don’t even have to pay for this ability.

I think I might like Opus X Rikken just a little bit more.

29-114C – Lenna

Lenna has a simple job, and it should work great in your Wol7 decks.

Activate a Warrior of Light at the end of your turn.

Anyone will do.

She’s also a Forward, so you might need to protect her a bit, as she only has 5000 power.

Wet Singles?

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Darklike Light?

28-115L – Lightning

We just talked about Mono-Mono-Lightning a few days back, and this Lightning is a perfect fit for it.

Why?

Well, because it’ll search for the other Lightning.

But, first things first, we’ll take a look at this card by itself.

2CP, for a 9K body. That’s it. That is cheap. People would be happy to pay that even if Lightning didn’t do anything else.

No enter the field abilities, just a couple of abilities for when she is removed from the game.

First, if Lightning is in your Break Zone you can remove her from the game and search for another Lightning that’s 6CP or less and play it onto the field.

And, when Lightning is removed from the game, you can pay 4CP and remove one of your opponent’s Forwards from the game.

Either way it’s a win.

Hoe much did that Lightning Lightning cost?

28-116H – Louise

From what it looks like, Louise will never see the field. She might if you need a body real quick.

Louise is the Crystal Generator for the Warriors of the Crystal.

Simply put, you discard her from your hand and put her into the Break Zone, and you will gain a Crystal.

After that you’ll play a Warrior of the Crystal, and when that Warrior of the Crystal enters the field, you’ll remove Louise from the Break Zone and gain one more Crystal.

2 Crystals, in one turn. All it cost you was Louise.

Sounds like an even trade.

28-117H – Vayne

2 cards per turn?

Talk about giving your opponent a restraining order. Especially if they’re trying to swarm the field.

Vayne will do good in decks that play high cost cards, as you won’t really be able to play too much of them. The faster you can get Vayne on the field the better your chances.

And when Vayne is sent to the Break Zone, your opponent won’t be able to play any cards this turn. That’s just a little cherry on top.

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28-118L – Golbez

Got Monsters?

Golbez will help you search and play. Any Monster with a cost of 3CP or less. Perfect for my Bombs. They’ll be getting an upgrade.

And as long as Golbez is on the field, whenever a Monster enters the field, you can either Dull or Activate a Character.

We shall rebuild the Bomb Squad! And, it will be better than ever!

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Journey of Limit Breaks

27-113R – Firion LB

Yes, and no.

Firion comes on in and he activates 3 of your Backups. Then you’ll look at the top 3 cards of your deck and add one of them to your hand.

What do I like?

That you will reduce the cost to play Firion down to 2CP.

You’ll need 7CP to play him, but you’ll get most of that CP back.

I mean, you can throw it in your Limit Break deck, and maybe you’ll have a use for it.

I believe there are better cards to play.

27-114R – Robel Akbel LB

We’re getting plenty of ways to break Forwards … wait a minute .. a Character? Not just a Forward, but a Backup or a Monster as well?

Take your pick! Robel-Akbel can and will take care of anything that your opponent has placed on the field.

And, the cost isntt that high for what you are getting. If we take into account Opus I Odin that breaks any Forward, which costs 7CP. Robel-Akbel also costs 7CP, and he will send any Character to the Break Zone, plus you’ll have a Meat Shield on the field for after wards.

Yes, you do need a total of 5 Backups on the field, but you should be aiming for that anyway.

27-115R – Shadow Lord LB

If your playing Iced Earth, you’ll be having some fun with Shadow Lord.

You’ll need 4 Ice Characters and 4 Earth Characters on the field to get the full effect of Shadow Lord’s enter the field abilities. And that should be the only time you play him, because if not, well then you’ll be wasting CP.

If you have 4 Ice Characters on the field, Shadow Lord will dull and Freeze 2 of your opponent’s Characters.

If you have 4 Earth Characters on the field, Shadow Lord will grab a Character from your Break Zone, bringing his cost down to 4CP.

There will be moments when Shadow Lord shines, but there will also be plenty of times that he will be useless. Especially in the early game.

27-116R – The Emperor LB

Weren’t we just talking about the Emperor just the other day?

Well, here’s to starting off the recycling of The Emperor with this card right here. Ice/Lightning ready to roll.

Every time the Emperor attacks, you will dull one of your opponent’s Forwards. The Emperor will be able to sneak in attacks from this early on. And, when your opponent has had enough of The Emperor’s shenanigans, and decides to get rid of him, you will search for another Emperor when this Emperor leaves the field.

I shall get to work on this deck.
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27-117R – Onion Knight LB

What do we have here?

Onion Knight acting like a ninja, that comes with a warranty of sorts. Onion Knight works his magic on the way out, rather than when he enters the field.

When Onion Knight does leave the field, you can play a Dissidia Forward from your hand that costs 4CP. And, you can put Onion Knight into the Break Zone whenever you’d like to Break a Forward of 4CP or less.

Once that happens, you play a Dissidia Forward from your hand.

And there are a lot of Dissidia Forwards to choose from.

27-118R – Vaan LB

Sky Pirates or not, Vaan is a decent Limit Break in all of your Wind/Water decks.

If you have 4 Wind Characters on the field, Vaan will Activate all of your Backups.

If you have 4 Water Characters on the field, Vaan will cause a Forward to lose 8000 power.

Both are good abilities, but I prefer the Wind one Activating all of your Backups, meaning that Vaan’s cost can come down to 2CP and if you have an Opus VIII White Mage on the field. You can then go ahead and Activate all of your Forwards.

This might be a good play for your Main Phase 2, if things didn’t go as planned.

27-119R – Warrior of Light LB

Warrior of Light is ready to bulk up your front line.

When he enters the field, you can search for either a Earth Standard Unit or a Water Standard Unit and play it onto the field.
And, when that Standard Unit enters the field you will draw a card. Only draw back is that you will have to discard a card as well.

You can always play Opus IV Viking and get and additional card when it enters the field. Bringing Warrior of Light’s cost down to 2CP, and you’ll get that 2CP when Viking leaves the field. It’s not a bad play, but there are better ones.

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27-120R – Terra LB

5CP, plus the extra cost if you want to use her abilities, for a maximum of 7CP.

The first one with the additional cost of 1 Lightning CP will break one of your opponents Forwards.

The second one with the additional cost of 1 Fire CP, will remove all of the cards in your opponent’s Break Zone.
The first one is worth paying for, every single time.

The second one, is worth it if your opponent keeps going into their Break Zone to grab a card that was lost earlier.
Either way, Terra is a good play.
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27-121R – Locke LB

Locke is ready to roll, and take away your opponent’s resources.

When Locke enters the field, you’ll choose one of your opponent’s Forwards and send them back to their hand. When it is returned to their hand, they will discard a card.

The second ability triggers once per turn, so you can look for different ways to send cards back to their hand. There’s plenty of cards that return cards to your opponent’s hand, you just have to find the right ones.

Other than that, Locke has 8000 power, and should be able to stick around long enough for him to use his ability plenty of times.

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Wind of Discovery

27-037C – Red Mage

Since the other 1CP Standard Unit Backups were pretty decent, I saw Red Mage and thought it would be the same. Turns out, he’s not as good as the others. And, that is what you get with Red Mages in general. They’re a Jack of all trades, but they don’t specialize, meaning their abilities will cost more.

Take for example this one. You can break a 4CP Forwards, for a total of 5CP.

It’s a decent ability, but there are cheaper ways to get that same effect.

 

 

27-038C -T-Rexaur

I think we just got our first Dinosaur.

At 5CP T-Rexaur is about to get to work.

As soon as it enters the field, it will activate 2 of your Characters. This can be Forwards, Monsters or Backups. If you have Characters with abilities that you would like to use again, go ahead and play T-Rexaur.

This Dinosaur also has the ability to Break a Forward with 9000 power or more.

Where was T-Rexsaur when we were trying to deal with Neo-Exdeath?

27-039L – Vaan

Am I reading this right?
Vaan comes in and searches for 3 Sky Pirate Forwards?

Or Vaan comes in and searches for 2 Sky Pirate Backups and plays them straight to the field?

At 7CP, this card is cheap.

If you pull Vaan on your first turn, you’ll have 3 cards on the field for 7CP. That is more than worth it. I’m pretty sure, you’ll find some Sky Pirate Backups that will get you going.

This is a card that you can play at any time. Early game, Mid game, late game. Vaan will get you rolling.
This is a great card, and I hate to say it, just because Vaan is one of my least favorite characters. But, this card might just make me want to build a Sky Pirate deck.

Just might.

27-040R – Eight

Are Cadets making a comeback? I’ve seen plenty of Type-0 cards coming out of the last few sets.

Eight is ready to take Cadets further. He comes in with Haste, and whenever he attacks, you will reveal the top 3 cards of your deck and ad one Class Zero Cadet to your hand. And, if you’re playing Cadets, you’ll most likely find at least one. If nothing else, it’s CP you can use to play other cards.

Explosive Fist, Eight will deal 8000 damage to one Forward. The good thing is that you don’t dull Eight to use this ability allowing you to attack with Eight.

I’ll have to revisit Cadets as well.

27-041C – Askah

I was using this card at Midnight Prerelease. And every time I would draw it from my deck, I would play him right away, cause I knew I had a 4 cost Forward in my deck.

That’s 2 Forwards for 5CP. Meaning that I would bulk up my defenses quickly. And then my opponent would spend their resources trying to get rid of these Forwards.

Askah also has another ability, where when he attacks, you will Activate 2 Backups, giving you 2CP for your Main Phase 2, or to have on your opponent’s turn.

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27-042R – Haudrale

A low cost Forward that can search for another Forward when you use his ability.

Any Forward with no restraints.

It’s a decent ability that if Haudrale gets targeted by a Summon or ability, you can use his own ability and bring another Forward to your hand.

And if you find a way to give Haudrale Brave, you can attack with him, and if he is blocked, then you use his ability to send him to the Break Zone instead of just taking the damage.

That way at least you’ll have another card in your hand to show for.

27-043C – Dancer

You’ll pay 3CP to activate 3 Dancers.

Which isn’t bad at all as you’ll get a Backup on the field.

Dancer is technically a free play.

Especially if you Activate the 3 Dancers used to pay for Dancer.

And, that’s a bout it.
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27-044L – G’raha Tia

Ok, that’s a lot of text.

For 5CP G’raha Tia enters the field and you reveal the top 5 cards of your deck. Depending on what elements are there, will decide on what G’raha Tia will do.

3 Elements and G’raha Tia will allow you to draw 2 cards.

5 Elements and your next cast is reduced by 4CP.

8 Elements and you get everything mentioned above, but G’raha Tia will also remove all of the cards on your opponent’s field, and all the cards in their Break Zone. Gone. Nothing left.

The chances of drawing all 8 Elements in the top 5 cards of your deck are slim. Very Slim. But if it does work, you have just won the game. If you don’t win after that, then I don’t know what to tell you.

27-045C – Thief

I just noticed that Galuf’s bandana ties under his nose. It might be a hood, but that should be going under his chin. Now I want to look at the other Final Fantasy V Thief designs to see what’s going on here. Is it his beard that messes everything up?

Anyway, Thief comes right in with Haste none the less, and if you control a Multi-Element Forward, Thief cannot be blocked.

And, I did look at the other FFV Thieves, and only Galuf looks like that. Must be his old age.

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27-046H – Jack Garland

The other Garland, but the same Garland. I really need to play Strangers of Paradise at some point.

At the beginning of your Attack Phase Jack will grab a SoP Forward from your Break Zone, meaning that you will never run on empty.

And, if you have a Dark Forward on the field Jack cannot be chosen by Summons or abilities.

This reminds me. What did we just see in Fire? A little card named Chaos Advent.

I’ll just leave that there.
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27-047H – Wendigo

This is something else. And, I like it.

If you’re playing Wind, just throw 3 Wendigos in there, and you’ll be set.

For 6CP you’ll have 3 Wendigos on the field all at once. Whether the Wendigos are in your deck or in your Break Zone, if you play one, they’ll all come out.

Now I got to look to see if there any other Wendigos, I know the answer is no, but I’ll check anyway.

I would say even if you won’t use this card right now, keep a playset. Just in case we get another Wendigo card later on down the line.

27-048R – Seven

Almost like a Summon.

Seven will come in during your opponent’s turn, and if an auto-ability is triggered by a low cost Forward, Seven will cancel it out.

The best thing about it is that Seven will activate during your turn, meaning that you don’t need to wait a whole turn in order to use her to generate Crystal Points.

Seven also comes as a Full Art.
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27-049R – Balthier

This is the first time Balthier is a Backup.

And, lets just say he does a better job at being a Forward.

Balthier comes in for 2CP and deals 4000 damage to a Forward.

You can also pay the extra cost of 3CP, and deal 4000 damage to another Forward. You can also pick the same Forward to deal it a total of 8000 damage.

It’s not a bad card, just not for Sky Pirates. That doesn’t mean you can’t add Balthier to other Wind decks.

27-050H -Penelo

1CP.

That’s it. 1CP. Penelo allows you to draw a card once per turn, and we always like extra cards.

But that’s not even the reason we’ll be playing Penelo.

We’ll be playing Penelo for her second ability which will cancel an Auto-ability.

Sky Pirates are coming for you. I’m surprised this card didn’t get new original art.

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27-051R – Fran

Fran isn’t doing much, but she is helping out your local Sky Pirates.

Fran sits out in the Back line, and she has one job, and she does a pretty good job at it.

Whenever your Forwards need more power to break one of your opponent’s Forwards, Fran will give it +2000 power.

And, if that’s not enough, Fran will always produce one CP per turn if you decide not to use her buffing expertise.

Yeah, that’s about it.

27-052H – Chaos, Walker of the Wheel

See, I was wrong about the one cost Summons. They are not all from Final Fantasy III. They are all from different games.

Chaos as you would expect is from Final Fantasy XII.

For 1CP you can remover one of your Generic Units from the game and search for another Standard Unit and add it to your hand.

You would probably use this with cards that have a great leaves the field ability. Like Vikings. All you have to do is make sure the text reads “leaves the field” and not is sent to the Break Zone.

27-053C – Lehko Habhoka

A 3 cost Backup that will allow you to grab a card from the top cards of your deck.

Depending on how many Backups you have, will determine how many cards you look at.

This will bring down Lehko Habhoka’s cost down to 1CP. Which is always good.

The rest of the cards go to the bottom of your deck, and during your next turn when you use Lehko Habohka to pay for a Crystal Point, you will have gotten back all the CP used to play Lehko.

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27-054C – Reks

Reks is back.

Yes, he’s back.

And all he has is one job.

Reks will come in, and he won’t be able to do anything on your turn cause he doesn’t have Haste.
During your opponent’s turn, Reks will hopefully survive. You can use him to block an attack, but you want him to make it alive to your turn. Can’t have him die in the beginning of the game again.

Once it’s your turn, you will put Reks into the Break Zone, and you will draw 2 extra cards, giving you a hand that will allow you to do more than you would have.

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Journey of Ice

27-019H – Yshe

Warriors are getting some good cards.

Yshe here for example, when she, or a Warrior, enters the field she will Dull/Freeze one of your opponent’s Forwards.

And, even though there aren’t that many Warriors in Ice, we did get some in this set, there is that Class Moogle that can produce Ice CP.

Yshe isn’t done yet, when she enters the field, you will reveal the top 3 cards of your deck and add a Warrior to your hand.

Fire/Ice Warriors will become more deadly.

27-020R – Ellone

Just a girl. Que No Doubt.

This is actually the first Ellone that we got in 27 Opus. Always good to be adding new characters. And it looks like Final Fantasy VIII is getting a whole bunch of them.

No enter the field ability, but Ellone’s ability keeps on giving.

You’ll remove Ellone from the game, and you’ll grant one Forward +2000 power, and whenever they attack, they will draw a card, and this does not end at the end of the turn. They’ll be drawing cards for as long as they are on the field.

And, let’s not forget that you can have 3 Ellone’s in your deck. Meaning that you can give that ability to three seperate Forwards, and you’ll be drawing an extra 3 cards per turn.

You’ll have plenty of resources to burn through.

Just remember you can’t end a turn with more than 5 cards in your hand.

27-021C – Ilmatalle

Really.

Add this to your Warrior deck as well.

When Illmatale or a Warrior is chosen by an ability, your opponent will discard a card.

It’s a perfect way to deplete your opponent’s resources.

I’d say for 3CP, this is a great addition.

At 3 points of damage Ilmatelle gains +2000 power.

Not bad.

27-022C – Kall

After seeing Yshe and Ilmatalle, Kall is just the icing on the cake.

He’s a 2 cost Backup that will sit around and do nothing, until you need to use his ability.

And, just what does his ability do?

I’m glad you asked, cause I’m about to tell you.

Kall will grab a Warrior from your Break Zone and add it to your hand.

He’s a recycling guru.

27-023C – Bard

Two abilities for the price of one.

They’re actually the same ability, but with two different targets. Ones a Forward, they other is a Backup. Although your second target will only get hit if you have a Multi-Element Forward on the field.

What exactly is this ability?

Dull/Freeze.

We’re talking about an Ice Backup, what else did you expect Bard to do?

27-024C -Bard

For 1CP you can dull a Forward.

What else can you ask for? This is more than enough to play a Backup real quick, and hopefully stop that overpowered Forward that your opponent controls. At least for one turn.

Now, there is also an extra cost that you can pay when Bard enters the field. 4CP, where one has to be an Earth Crystal Point. Which should be easy to do, as a lot of players have been playing Iced Earth. No not the band. I meant Ice/Earth. Iced Earth does sound better though.

Where was I?

Ah, yes. If you do pay the extra cost, Bard will also Break that Forward.

27-025C – Klara

More Ice Warriors.

Klara will come in and dull 2 Characters. Forwards, Backups, Monsters, you name it, Klara will dull it.
Now if you have at least 3 Warriors on the field, Klara will also Freeze them. Allowing you to act freely, with no worrying on if those 2 Characters will be able to disrupt your plan.

And, when that is all said and done, Klara will play the role of Meat Shield, cause everyone needs a good Meat Shield on the field.

Hey, that rhymes.

27-026C – Gesper

They couldn’t keep Gesper down for long, so now Gesper is back, and he is a War Machine.

He’ll put a stop to two of your opponent’s Forwards when he enters the field, as he will Dull and Freeze them.

And, after Gesper is Activated, you can use his a bility to break a dull Forward.

This card looks good to me, and I don’t see it being banned any time soon.

This is another card that needs the Full Art treatment.

27-027L – Kefka
Que the organ.

For some reason “One Winged Angel” popped in my head instead of “Dancing Mad”.

8CP, is not a lot to pay to play Kefka, but then again you won’t have to. Not if you play your cards right.
Get it?

Yeah, it’s a bad one.

Anywho, Instead of paying 8CP, you can pay one Ice CP, one Earth CP and one Lightning CP produce by Backups, and you an get 63% discount.

You’ll get even a bigger discount once Kefka’s enter the field ability goes off.

Kefka will break on of your opponent’s Forwards, and then depending on how much that Forward cost, you can grab a Backup from your Break Zone of equal cost or less, and play it onto the field. Meaning that if you decide to grab Exdeath (14-080R) from your Break Zone, you would have paid 3CP to play 2 8CP cards onto the field. That’s 13CP that you got for free. And, that’s not even close to finished, because Exdeath will play a 4 cost Forward from your Break Zone onto the field as well. And, we’re not even going to get started on that.

This card has got me thinking.

27-028H – Seymour
Seymour looks like he is ready to get married.

The first time I saw this card, I misread it.

Not that I’m looking at it again, I realized that I should have played this at Prerelease.

When Seymour comes into the field or attacks, you can choose 2 of his 4 abilities.

Dull a Forward, Dull/Freeze 2 Characters, reduce your next Summons cost by 4CP, or your opponent discards a card.

All of these abilities are great, and will allow for some sneak attacks.

All you got to do is find a way to give Seymour Haste. And then you can use all of his abilities in one turn.

Or you can use the same 2 abilities over again.

27-029R – Cid Aulstyne

The Grand Marshall is here for one thing only.

Actually it’s two things.

Dull and Freeze one of your opponent’s Characters, and have your opponent discard a card.

Other than that he’ll stay on the field, ready to attack, or block.

Cause that’s what Forwards do.

27-030H – Squall

The way I see it, is that this Squall is a place holder for another Squall. Which Squall is totally up to you, but this Squall has a job, and he does that job good.

Squall comes in and he’s a gambling man. He’ll reveal the top 3 cards of your deck, and you can add 1 Final Fantasy VIII card to your hand. The rest will go to the bottom of your deck.

You can also use Squall’s ability to play another Squall, like we mentioned from your hand since you’ll be sending Squall to the Break Zone. I’m looking at Squall (16-011L) as the perfect (SeeD) Candidate. Yeah, I know that was terrible.

Let’s not forget that Squall’s first ability also comes off of an EX Burst as well.

27-031H – Moomba

There’s more than one way to play Moomba.

One is by paying it’s cost, the other is by dulling 2 Final Fantasy VIII Forwards.

Moomba will break one Forwards, as long as that Forward is dull or has received damage.

Nothing else to say about this one. Except that we like the art.

Yeah, we needed to fill up some space here.

27-032R – Laguna

Well, this is the card they want you to play with Squall’s ability.

 

If Laguna is played using Squall’s ability, Laguna will break a dull Forward, and your opponent will discard a card. If not, then Laguna does one or the other.

 

Not too sure about this one, but as long as Laguna is being played from Squall’s ability, it can be worth it. Otherwise your 4CP is better spent elsewhere.

 

27-033C – Reaper

A 2 cost Backup that can possibly Break one of your opponent’s Forwards in one turn.

You’ll have to jump through a hoop to get it done, but it is possible.

Reaper enters the field and deals one Forward damage equal to half of it’s power.

Reaper will stay on the field dull. So you will find a way to Activate Reaper.

Once Reaper is activated, you can then use Reaper’s ability to deal the same amount of damage to that Forward.

Meaning that, that Forward is sent to the Break Zone.

27-034R – Rinoa

 

Rinoa is showing you how many Summons you will search for when she enters the field.

 

After that when you cast a Summon, Rinoa will Dull/Freeze one of your opponent’s Characters. And, not just once per turn, any time you cast a Summon.

 

Let’s not forget Vega Blast, where Rinoa will Dull/Freeze 2 Characters. Rinoa does not Dull when she uses this ability as well, meaning that if you have the CP, you can Dull/Freeze your opponent’s whole board, with a couple of Rinoas.

27-035R – Raine

Let’s see now.

Raine will search. That much is for sure.

You can either search for Laguna and add him to your hand.

Or, if you already have Laguna on the field, you can search for Squall and play him onto the field.

Raine’s second ability does have an additional cost, but 2CP to play Emissaries of Light Squall on to the field straight from your deck is a win for me.

27-036L – Locke

Locke is going to change things up for your opponent.

When he enters the field your opponent will draw a card, and then randomly discard a card. That means, they might discard the card they plan on using, putting their plans on hold for a bit.

And, now Locke has a bilites that trigger anytime your opponent discards a card. If it’s a Character, you will Dull/Freeze one of their Characters. Forwards, Backups and Monsters are all eligible to be Dull/Frozen.

If they discard a Summon, you will draw a card.

The best part is that Locke only costs 2CP. And, you will get that back when they discard a Summon.

We won’t even get into the Amano art.

Cool Singles!