Death Army

( ) (V) ( )
(B) (P) (B)

V = Death Army Cosmo Lord
P = Death Army Pawn
B = Death Army Bishop

Plus 2 Death Army Knight on your hand and 4 open damage.

- Cosmo Lord rest Pawn & Bishop #1 (Cosmo Lord +5k, Total 15k)
- Call Knight #1, stand Pawn & Bishop #1
- Cosmo Lord rest all rear-guards (Cosmo Lord +10k, Total 25k)
- Call Knight #2, stand Knight #1 & Pawn
- Cosmo Lord rest Knight #1 & Knight #2 (Cosmo Lord +5k, Total 30k)
- Bishop #1 stand Bishop #2 & Knight #2
- Bishop #2 stand Bishop #1 & Knight #1
- Pawn rest 1 rear-guards (Pawn +2k, Total 7k)
- Cosmo Lord rest all other rear-guards (Cosmo Lord +10k, Total 40k)
- LIMIT BREAK!

Edit: Fixed some mistake

BT09 Murakumo

Welcome back with us in Resistance's Blog!

Yesterday was a pretty tiring day, isn't it? I'm almost overwhelmed with all those BT09 leaks. Especially "that" Ezel overhype.

Anyway, beside the aforementioned Ezel (and Gold Paladin overall), October 2012 KeroKero Ace also give us a glimpse on the new cards for Nova Grappler (dat Cross Ride!), Angel Feather, and most importantly... Murakumo.

Originally introduced in EB01 and expanded in BT05, Murakumo were mostly known for their interesting Ninja-like effect (field manipulation, shadow clones, etc). However, they also seriously lacked in power, with most of their rear-guards only able to reach 16k and capped at 20k. But with BT09, Murakumo started to keeping up in terms of power and Limit Break.

Stealth Dragon, Magatsu Wind
Grade 0 / Murakumo - Abyss Dragon / Power 4000 / Shield 10000
[AUTO]:When a card named "Stealth Dragon, Magatsu Breath" rides this unit, look at up to seven cards from the top of your deck, search for up to one card named "Covert Demonic Dragon, Magatsu Storm" or "Stealth Dragon, Magatsu Gale" from among them, reveal it to your opponent, put it into your hand, and shuffle your deck.
[AUTO]:When a <Murakumo> other than a card named "Stealth Dragon, Magatsu Breath" rides this unit, you may call this card to (RC).

Stealth Dragon, Magatsu Breath
Grade 1 / Murakumo - Abyss Dragon / Power 7000 / Shield 5000
[CONT](VC):If you have a card named "Stealth Dragon, Magatsu Wind" in your soul, this unit gets [Power] +1000.
[AUTO]:When a card named "Stealth Dragon, Magatsu Gale" rides this unit, if you have a card named "Stealth Dragon, Magatsu Wind" in your soul, search your deck for up to two card named "Stealth Dragon, Magatsu Gale", call them to separate (RC), and shuffle your deck. At the beginning of the end phase of that turn, put those unit to the bottom of your deck in any order.

Stealth Dragon, Magatsu Gale
Grade 2 / Murakumo - Abyss Dragon / Power 9000 / Shield 5000
[CONT](VC):If you have a card named "Stealth Dragon, Magatsu Breath" in your soul, this unit gets [Power] +1000.
[AUTO]:When a card named "Covert Demonic Dragon, Magatsu Storm" rides this unit, if you have a card named "Stealth Dragon, Magatsu Breath" in your soul, search your deck for up to two card named "Covert Demonic Dragon, Magatsu Storm", call them to separate (RC), and shuffle your deck. At the beginning of the end phase of that turn, put those unit to the bottom of your deck in any order.

Covert Demonic Dragon, Magatsu Storm
Grade 3 / Murakumo - Abyss Dragon / Power 10000 / No Shield
[ACT](VC)[Limit-Break 4](This ability is active if you have four or more damage):[Counter-Blast 2] This unit gets [Power] +3000 until end of turn, and search your deck for up to two card named "Covert Demonic Dragon, Magatsu Storm", call them to separate (RC), and shuffle your deck. At the beginning of the end phase of that turn, put those unit to the bottom of your deck in any order.
[CONT](VC):If you have a card named "Stealth Dragon, Magatsu Gale" in your soul, this unit gets [Power] +1000.

Stealth Dragon, Royale Nova
Grade 2 / Murakumo - Abyss Dragon / Power 10000 / Shield 5000
[CONT](VC)/(RC):If you do not have a unit named "Covert Demonic Dragon, Magatsu Storm" or a unit named "Stealth Dragon, Magatsu Gale" on your (VC), this unit gets [Power] -5000.
[AUTO](VC)/(RC):When this unit attacks, this unit gets [Power] +2000 until end of that battle.

The new Ride Chain series for Murakumo. It guarantee an early push if you successfully ride until the grade 3 and the Limit Break also gives you free unit while preserving your hand (not to mention the 3k boost). Pretty good IMO, but seems that they was outshined by other BT09 spoilers.

Other than the Magatsu series, here's the other currently know Murakumo units from BT09, along with a G3 searcher starting Vanguard whose name (unfortunately) cannot be properly read...

Stealth Beast, Cat Devil
Grade 0 / Murakumo - High Beast / Power 4000 / Shield 10000 / Critical Trigger
[ACT](RC):[Put this unit into your soul] Choose up to one of your <Murakumo>, and that unit gets [Power] +3000 until end of turn.

Summoner Stealth Ogre, Jiraiya
Grade 1 / Murakumo - Demon / Power 7000 / Shield 5000
[ACT](RC):[Counter-Blast 1 & Put this unit on the bottom of your deck] If you have a <Murakumo> vanguard, search your deck for up to one card named "Stealth Beast, Gigantoad", call it to (RC), and shuffle your deck.

Stealth Beast, Gigantoad
Grade 3 / Murakumo - High Beast / Power 10000 / No Shield
[CONT](VC):During your turn, if you have another "Stealth Beast, Gigantoad" on your (RC), this unit gets [Power] +3000.
[CONT](RC):During your turn, if you have another "Stealth Beast, Gigantoad" on your (RC), this unit gets [Power] +1000.

Stealth Ogre of Kanabou, Arahabaki
Grade 3 / Murakumo - Demon / Power 10000 / No Shield
[AUTO](VC)/(RC):When this unit is boosted by a <Murakumo>, this unit gets [Power] +2000 until end of that battle.

While this support finally able to keep Murakumo in line with most decks, they still deserve more with all of those Cross Ride in this set. So... Time to cross fingers for now and wait for next month's KeroKero Ace.

As usual, see you latter next time~

Crimson Nursewind

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Recently the latest CFV Anime revealed five new Angel Feather cards, with four of them were related to each other as a new superior ride series, the Crimson Nursewind.

Crimson Heart, Nahas
Grade 0 / Angel Feather - Angel / Power 5000 / Shield 10000
[AUTO]:Forerunner (When another unit of the same clan rides this unit, you may call this card to (RC).)
[ACT](RC):[Put this unit into your soul & Choose a unit named "Crimson Mind, Baruch" from your (RC), and put it into your soul] If you have a unit named "Crimson Drive, Aphrodite" on your (VC), search your deck for up to one card named "Crimson Impact, Metatron", ride it, and shuffle your deck.

Crimson Mind, Baruch
Grade 1 / Angel Feather - Angel / Power 7000 / Shield 5000
[ACT][Damage zone]:[Turn this card face down] Choose one of your <Angel Feather> vanguard, it gets [Power] +3000 until end of turn.

Crimson Drive, Aphrodite
Grade 2 / Angel Feather - Angel / Power 9000 / Shield 5000
[ACT][Damage zone]:[Turn this card face down] Choose one of your <Angel Feather> vanguard, it gets [Power] +3000 until end of turn.

Crimson Impact, Metatron
Grade 3 / Angel Feather - Angel / Power 10000 / No Shield
[ACT](VC)[Limit-Break 4](This ability is active if you have four or more damage):[Counter-Blast 1 & Choose two of of your <Angel Feather> rear-guards, and put them into your damage zone] Choose two face up <Angel Feather> from your damage zone, and call them to separate (RC). During this turn, you cannot use this effect again.
[AUTO](VC):When this unit attacks a vanguard, this unit gets [Power] +3000 until end of that battle.

The grade 0, Crimson Heart, Nahas is the exact copy of Crimson Lion Cub, Kyrph. Also, starting with this card, one of the common ability for starting vanguard (calling itself RC when ridden with unit of the same clan) has given an official term: 先駆 (senku, lit. forerunner; pioneer; precursor; herald; outrider).

The grade 1 and grade 2, Crimson Mind, Baruch and Crimson Drive, Aphrodite possess a skill unique to themselves so far. If you have one of them in damage zone, you may turn it face-down to give your vanguard +3k boost until the end of turn.

The grade 3, Crimson Impact, Metatron is the centerpiece of the series. With her Limit Break, you may swap 2 of your rear-guards with 2 cards in your damage zone. While mainly used to swap weaker units for stronger ones, there's lot of things you can do with her Limit Break:

• If you have The Phoenix, Calamity Flame or Million Ray Pegasus as attacker, swap the unit behind them with any 6k or 7k boost (7k and 8k if using Pegasus) for 20k or 21k line, respectively
• If you have Thousand Ray Pegasus as booster, swap the rear-guards in front of it with any 9k or 10k attacker for 20k or 21k line, If Pegasus is behind Metatron, then you'll hit the 23k line for Cross ride
• Like what Rekka did in the anime, swap the grade 1 and 2 Crimson Nursewind with any unit, then use their effect for additional 3k or 6k for Metatron. Best used with the above method to burn through your opponent's shield
  

Other than the ability to generate constant *uhuk* Power Line *uhuk*, Metatron's Limit Break (and by extension, the grade 1 and grade 2 skill) also have some synergy with Nociel series, especially the grade 2 to make up for the Counter-Blast cost. You can either call the grade 2 Nociel manually or by using Metatron's skill to automatically open the flipped cards. Next turn, if Nociel still survived, use the Limit Break again and swap Nociel with stronger unit (or call it again for a loop).

Compared to Chief Nurse, Shamsiel's Limit Break, Metatron's Limit Break seems more geared toward offense rather than defense. Still need more playtesting though to see how it'll turn out.

That's all for now, and see you later~

Vanguard EB04 & EB05 Reprints

Here's the list of confirmed reprints in EB04 - Infinite Phantom Legion and EB05 - Celestial Valkyries.

Original Image from Vangods

Infinite Phantom Legion:

• EB04/001 - Perfect Raizer RRR
• EB04/003 - Beast Deity, Azure Dragon RR
• EB04/004 - Magician Girl, Kirara RR
• EB04/005 - High-Powered Raizer Custom RR
• EB04/007 - Twin Blader RR
• EB04/008 - Gold Rutile R
• EB04/009 - Genocide Joker R
• EB04/010 - Death Metal Droid R
• EB04/011 - Genocide Jack R
• EB04/013 - Death Army Lady R
• EB04/014 - Street Bouncer R
• EB04/015 - Death Army Guy R
• EB04/016 - Mr. Invincible C
• EB04/017 - Armored Fairy, Sphira C
• EB04/018 - Boomerang Thrower C
• EB04/020 - NGM Prototype C
• EB04/021 - Marvelous Hani C
• EB04/022 - Tough Boy C
• EB04/023 - Oasis Girl C
• EB04/024 - Screamin' and Dancin' Announcer, Shout C
• EB04/025 - Dancing Wolf C
• EB04/026 - Raizer Custom C
• EB04/027 - Beast Deity, White Tiger C
• EB04/030 - Three Minutes C
• EB04/031 - The Gong C
• EB04/032 - Wall Boy C
• EB04/033 - Red Lightning C
• EB04/034 - Turboraizer C
• EB04/035 - Battleraizer C

Celestial Valkyries:

• EB05/001 - CEO Amaterasu RRR
• EB05/003 - Scarlet Witch, CoCo RR
• EB05/004 - Goddess of Flower Divination, Sakuya RR
• EB05/006 - Silent Tom RR
• EB05/007 - Battle Sister, Chocolat RR
• EB05/008 - Meteorbreak Wizard R
• EB05/009 - Maiden of Libra R
• EB05/010 - Battle Sister, Glace R
• EB05/011 - Battle Sister, Mocha R
• EB05/012 - Circle Magus R
• EB05/013 - Battle Sister, Omelette R
• EB05/014 - Weather Forecaster, Miss Mist R
• EB05/015 - Battle Sister, Cocoa R
• EB05/016 - Omniscience Madonna C
• EB05/017 - Oracle Guardian, Apollon C
• EB05/018 - Battle Sister, Souffle C
• EB05/020 - Battle Maiden, Tagitsuhime C
• EB05/021 - Oracle Guardian, Red Eye C
• EB05/022 - Oracle Guardian, Gemini C
• EB05/023 - Dark Cat C
• EB05/024 - White Hare of Inaba C
• EB05/025 - Battle Sister, Vanilla
• EB05/026 - One Who Gazes at the Truth C
• EB05/027 - Luck Bird C
• EB05/029 - Battle Sister Ginger C
• EB05/030 - Dream Eater C
• EB05/034 - Psychic Bird C
• EB05/035 - Lozenge Magus C

That's pretty much most of it. Decided to post this in English since there was an increase of foreign visitor in this blog lately, and because I want to promote this blog to wider range of audience (sorry for my bad English, lol).

Most of the reprints were already anticipated long before this, but some of them (especially the Nova Grapplers) were not. The inclusion of Perfect Raizer and Beast Deity, Azure Dragon is quite an surprise for me, as is Circle Magus (considering the fact that it was one of two PRs for the current Trigger campaign) and the rarity downgrade for Battle Sister, Cocoa. RR to R is very acceptable, but RRR to R is too much.

Both sets also contained reprints of Trial Deck exclusive cards from TD03 - Golden Mechanical Soldier and TD04 - Maiden Princess of the Cherry Blossoms, respectively. But not every cards were reprinted here, though. EB04 lacked Super Electromagnetic Lifeform, Storm and Battering Minotaur while EB05 lacked Sword Dancer Angel and Battle Sister, Maple. Other that that, the Battle Sisters-themed EB05 also excluded another Battle Sisters unit, the relatively new Battle Sister, Eclair from BT07 - Rampage of the Beast King (oddly, Glace and Souffle from the same set are still reprinted here).

Also, at least 1 card from EB04 and 2 cards form EB05 will got an alternate art. Both Perfect Raizer and CEO Amaterasu were confirmed to get a new art, and Silent Tom is confirmed to be printed with it's Korean version art in here.

Here's my prediction for the new units:

Infinite Phantom Legion

• EB04/002 - Grade 3 w/ Limit Break (confirmed)
• EB04/006 - Grade 2, considering the placement
• EB04/012 - Another Grade 2
• EB04/019 - Another Grade 2 (highly possible to be another 10k)
• EB04/028 - Either a Trigger or Starting Vanguard
• EB04/029 - Trigger

Celestial Valkyries

• EB05/002 - Grade 3 w/ Limit Break (confirmed)
• EB05/005 - Either a Grade 3 or Grade 2, maybe the latter
• EB05/019 - Possibly a Grade 2 (might be another 10k)
• EB05/028 - Either a Grade 1 or Starting Vanguard
• EB05/031 to EB05/033 - New set of Triggers (hope for one with Margal-like effect)

That's all for now, and see you later~

Decklist - BT08 Chain Ride

Follow up untuk dua post sebelumya~

Neo Nectar

Grade 0: 17
1x Arborous Dragon, "Ratoon" (Starting Vanguard)
4x Bullet Chestnut (Critical Trigger)
4x Dancing Sunflower (Draw Trigger)
4x Sweet Honey (Heal Trigger)
4x Watering Elf (Stand Trigger)

Grade 1: 14
4x Arborous Dragon, "Branch"
4x Carolla Dragon
3x Caramel Popcorn
3x Maiden of Blossom Rain

Grade 2: 12
4x Arborous Dragon, "Timber"
4x Hey-Yo Pineapple
4x Iris Knight

Grade 3: 7
4x Arborous Dragon, "Sephirot"
3x Harbinger Valkyrie, Laurel

Dimension Police

Grade 0: 17
1x Larva Beast, Zeal (Starting Vanguard)
4x Army Penguin (Draw Trigger)
4x Justice Rose (Heal Trigger)
4x Cosmo Fang (Stand Trigger)
4x Guide Dolphin (Stand Trigger)

Grade 1: 15
4x Eye of Destruction, Zeal
4x Karenroid, Daisy
3x Diamond Ace
2x Glory Maker
2x Magical Police, Quilt / Cosmo Roar

Grade 2: 11
4x Devourer of Planets, Zeal
4x Twin Order
3x Super Dimensional Robo, Dailady

Grade 3: 7
4x Galactic Beast, Zeal
3x Miracle Beauty

Basic build untuk kedua Chain Ride, keduanya sama-sama mengandalkan Stand Trigger untuk mendukung Limit Break masing-masing dengan total 8 Stand Trigger (walaupun Neo Nectar harus menunggu full list BT08 untuk mendapat Stand Trigger tambahan). Sebagai alternatif, susunan 6 Stand dan 2 Critical juga bisa digunakan di kedua deck untuk memberikan lebih banyak pressure kepada lawan.

Untuk Neo Nectar, saya memilih unit-unit dengan base power yang besar untuk memaksimalkan Limit Break Sephirot. Seperti yang sudah disinggung di post sebelumnya, dengan susunan field yang tepat, *uhuk* Power Line *uhuk* yang dicapai mampu menyentuh 26000. Bisa dibilang hampir semua unit non-vanilla dengan power standard (7000 untuk grade 1, 9000 untuk grade 2, dan 10000 untuk grade 3) bisa menjadi pilihan untuk deck ini,

Sementara untuk Dimension Police, saya menggunakan deck Enigman Rain - Miracle Beauty sebagai basis (sebelumnya saya belum bernah menggunakan deck DimPol btw). Pilihan kartu yang ada juga sebenarnya cukup standar. Quilt digunakan untuk me-recycle kartu di hand, dan bisa digantikan dengan Cosmo Roar. Bisa juga digunakan Enigship jika anda membutuhkan base power yang lebih besar.

Sekian dulu sampai disini, any critics & thoughts are welcomed :)