BT11 Support: part 3

Candle Celestial, Sariel

[AUTO]:[Counter Blast (1)] When this unit is placed on (RC), if you have a «Angel Feather» vanguard, you may pay the cost. If you do, search your deck for up to one «Angel Feather», put it into your damage zone, shuffle your deck, and choose one face up card from your damage zone, and put it into your drop zone.

Solidify Celestial, Zerachiel

[CONT] Limit Break 4 (This ability is active if you have four or more damage):During your turn, if you have face up card named "Solidify Celestial, Zerachiel" in your damage zone, all of your units with 'Celestial' in its card name get [Power]+3000. [ACT](VC):[Counter Blast (2) - Cards with "Celestial" in its card name] This unit gets [Power]+5000 until end of turn. [CONT](VC/RC):Lord (If you have a unit that does not belong to the same clan as this unit, this unit cannot attack)

Roaring Ripple, Genovious

[AUTO](VC) Limit Break 4 (This ability is active if you have four or more damage):[Counter Blast (2) & Choose a card named "Roaring Ripple, Genovious" from your hand, and discard it] At the close step of the battle that this unit attacked a vanguard, if the number of «Aqua Force» you have as [Rest] in your front row is three, you may pay the cost. If you do, [Stand] all your «Aqua Force» rear-guards. [CONT](VC):If you have a card named "Rising Ripple, Baorus" in your soul, this unit gets [Power]+1000.

Eradicator, Sweep Commando Dragon

[AUTO](VC) Limit Break 4 (This ability is active if you have four or more damage):[Counter Blast (2) & Soul Blast (2)] During your turn, when an opponent's rear-guard is put in the drop zone by any of your card's effect, you may pay the cost. If you do, draw a card, choose one of your opponent's rear-guards in the front row, retire it, and this unit gets [Power]+5000 until end of turn. [AUTO]:[Choose one of your rear-guards with "Eradicator" in its card name, and put it into your soul] When this unit is placed on (VC), you may pay the cost. If you do, choose one of your opponent's rear-guard in the front row, and retire it. [CONT](VC/RC): Lord (If you have a unit that doesn't belong to the same clan as this unit, this unit cannot attack)

Ancient Dragon, Tyranno Legend

[AUTO](VC) Limit Break 4 (This ability is active if you have four or more damage):[Choose three of your rear-guards with "Ancient Dragon" in its card name, and retire them] When this unit attacks a vanguard, you may pay the cost. If you do, this unit gets [Power]+10000/[Critical]+1 until end of that battle. [ACT](VC):[Counter Blast (2) - Cards with "Ancient Dragon" in its card name] This unit gets [Power]+5000 until end of turn. [CONT](VC/RC): Lord (If you have a unit that doesn't belong to the same clan as this unit, this unit cannot attack)

Ravenous Dragon, Battle rex

[AUTO](VC) Limit Break 4 (This ability is active if you have four or more damage):When this unit's drive check reveals a grade 3 «Tachikaze», choose one of your rear-guards, retire it, and this unit gets [Power]+10000 until end of that battle. [AUTO](VC):When this unit is boosted by a «Tachikaze», this unit gets [Power]+3000 until end of that battle.

Last card, Revonn

[AUTO](VC) Limit Break 4 (This ability is active if you have four or more damage):[Counter Blast (1)] When this unit attacks a vanguard, if the number of «Aqua Force» you have as [Rest] in your front row is three, you may pay the cost. If you do, this unit gets [Power]+3000/[Critical]+1 until end of that battle. [ACT](VC):[Counter Blast (1)] This unit gets [Power]+2000 until end of turn. [CONT](VC/RC): Lord (If you have a unit that doesn't belong to the same clan as this unit, this unit cannot attack)

BT11 Sneak Peek

We are glad to share some great news to our kagero players in this bt11-Seal dragons unleashed.

Here are some of the important highlights that you might want to take note of this upcoming April.

Ya heard it cardfighters, Blockade dragon will be reprinted in bt11. Means good news for those who don't have it or sold it. It will be confirmed as a new crossride for kagero.

Blockade dragon's effect:
[CONT](VC):During your turn, your opponent's units cannot intercept.

Do comment below for prediction of its crossride effect. Assuming it will be another glory maestrom or silent tom. That would be Imba and overpowered.

New Breakride for kagero.
Dauntless Drive Dragon

 

[AUTO] Limit Break 4 (This ability is active if you have four or more damage):When a «Kagerō» rides this unit, choose one of your vanguards, that unit gets [Power]+10000 and gets "[AUTO](VC):[Choose three cards from your hand, and discard them] At the beginning of the close step of the battle that this unit attacked, you may pay the cost. If you do, [Stand] this unit. This ability can only be used once per turn." until end of turn. [AUTO](VC):When this unit attacks, if the number of rear-guards you have is more than your opponent's, this unit gets [Power]+2000 until end of that battle. [CONT](VC/RC): Lord (If you have a unit that doesn't belong to the same clan as this unit, this unit cannot attack)

WHATTTT!!!!! Another dragonic descendant?? Looks damn badass as well. Reminds me stay tune for the new badass hall of fame. Coz we have too much badasses over here.

This means descendant drop price to 9 to 12 dollars liao.

Here are some suggestions on how to use this card.
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Besides kagero, Aqua force get its own break ride as well.

Blue Soaring Dragon, Transcore Dragon

[AUTO] Limit Break 4 (This ability is active if you have four or more damage):When a «Aqua Force» rides this unit, choose one of your vanguard, that unit gets [Power]+10000 and gets "[AUTO](VC):When this unit attacks a vanguard, your opponent may choose one card from his or her hand, and discard it. If they do not, this unit gets [Critical]+1, and your opponent cannot normal call units to (GC) until end of that battle." until end of turn. [AUTO](VC):When this unit attacks a vanguard, this unit gets [Power]+2000 until end of that battle. [CONT](VC/RC): Lord (If you have a unit that doesn't belong to the same clan as this unit, this unit cannot attack)

This card seems Badass and threatening enough to declare FINAL TURN. If opponent don't wanna discard, Have some balls to take the 2 critical damage and Lucksack Triggers. So its either a -1 or a no guard at all.

Seems to be a good pair with glory maestrom to declare a FINAL TURN.

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Thats all the Badasses that we have with us this upcoming bt11.

Breakrides, Crossrides and Chainrides

With the new season of cardfight!! Vanguard link joker,

There will be a new shift to the meta where new clans and archetypes/themes are introduced. Archetypes such as eradicator, liberator and jewel knight will began to dominate the upcoming meta not to mention a new clan of genesis.

With new card mechanics such as break ride, will decks that still run old mechanics such as crossride and chain ride still be able to survive long in the upcoming meta?

Lets for now review and compare the different card mechanics that have been around for quite sometime.

Chainride
Chainride basically works like an evolution where the vanguard evolves into stronger version of themselves as you ride the vanguard. It becomes similar to pokemon for example, charmander would evolve into charmeleon and finally into charizard. In this case charmander is like the starting vanguard,  charizard would be the grade 3 final form of it.



How is chainride strong in the meta?
Chainrides are for those who love consistent gameplay and effects that will be pulled off every turn. Chainrides usually give the player a free +1 or a guaranteed search for a grade 1. However there may be drawbacks if you were to miss the chain such as some cards may require a certain card to be within the soul for it to pull its effect off or give an extra 1k power. Its either your vanguard is a 10k or a 11k base. The difference of 1 k can make a huge difference during the guard step.

Crossride
Crossride is actually supposed to be meant like a grade 4 vanguard where it rides over a grade 3 with a grade 3. This is also to solve the problem of creating a grade 4 and having it grade jammed in your hand. Crossrides are an upgraded version of a grade 3 trump card such as Dragonic Kaiser Vermillion or Incandescent Lion, Blond Ezel.



Crossrides are usually the cards that would define the FINAL TURN. where its ultimate break effect will usually activates to end the game. Cards like Platina Ezel are usually used to end game.

Breakride
Breakrides are grade 3s that will give its effect to another grade 3 that has rode over it. Such as the case of Solitary Liberator Gancelot where he will give its effect of to the grade 3 that overrode it:
[AUTO] Limit Break 4 (This ability is active if you have four or more damage):When a «Gold Paladin» rides this unit, choose one of your vanguards, and that unit gets [Power]+10000 until end of turn, and choose up to three of your «Gold Paladin» rear-guards, and those units get [Power]+5000 until end of turn. [AUTO](VC):When this unit attacks a vanguard, this unit gets [Power]+2000 until end of that battle. [CONT](VC/RC): Lord (If you have a unit that doesn't belong to the same clan as this unit, this unit cannot attack)



Therefore in this scenario gancelot's skill will be given to alfred when overrode. Where alfred will gain + 10k and its 3 rearguards get a +5keach stacked on top of alfred's own card effect.
To made things clearly,
Assuming you have perfect columns with 8k boost each with a full field, Alfred's effect will take place 1st, he will gain 2k for each rearguard total of 10k + 11k base power. Next gancelot's effect will be stacked over it with the extra 10k. Therefore alfred's column would be 10k effect +11k base power + 10k gancelot + 8k boost == Massive damage of 39k vanguard without any triggers!!

FAQ
Qn: Can break ride be mixed with crossride?
Ans: No as it would break the chain ride and the effects and consistency of the ride will be truncated and unable to pull off.

Stay tune for more insights and clan and card analysis. Next we will be sharing more about the shift in the metagame to see which clan would be of dominance in the locals.