Yesterday, Ikeda dropped tons of information about one of Gate Ruler's Starter Decks, so we'll be talking about that today, but first we're going to translate some misscelaneous Ikeda quotes!
With that said, on to the Starter Deck news!
Name: Fell Dragon Quadrach, Rough Dust King Vastorus Rex
Flavor Text: "Before my power, everything turns into worthless dust. Iron, life, and even fate."
One of the two Starter Decks, "Demon Dragon Summoning" that will be released alongside the first booster set. The cover card is finally revealed.
It is a deck for intermediate players that "Special Summons" the Demon Dragons with Abyss Symphony and destroys the opponent's field. Vastorus Rex, known as the "Rough Dust King", has the power to return anything he touches to dust. No one can hurt him, and his touch is deadly to all.
Motivated by his high intelligence and his greedy desire to expand his territory, he became interested in the weapons of earth. Fortunately for him (unfortunately for the world), one of his devour followers came into contact with an earthling with great ambitions...a CEO of a large munitions company with the middle name of "G"...with this, his ambitions will accelerate.
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Starter Deck 02 "Demon Dragon Summoning" is a combo deck where you can enjoy "Special Summon"! Designed for intermediate players who have played TCGs before. Over the next few days, we'll be introducing the cards that will be in this deck. Please look forward to it.
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On the statement that the Starter Deck is meant for intermediate players; Ikeda clarified in this tweet that while this Starter Deck is designed for intermediate players, the other Starter Deck will be designed for beginners.
Moving on from there, Ikeda once again came to our discord and posted a ton of additional information about Starter Deck 02!
Bolvis Mous Lex has a terrifying magical power that instantly returns what he touches to dust.
No one can hurt him, and his contact is deadly to all.
With a high level of intelligence and a greedy desire for control, he is trying to get modern weapons by joining hands with the CEO of an earthling munitions company.
The illustrations I will introduce are the cards included in the starter deck "Summon the Evil Dragon".
A deck for intermediate players who fights with exciting special summons that are familiar to card game fans.
A loyal subordinate of Porvis Mous Lex (which is the Japanese name and is localized to a cooler name in the English version), "Priest of the Demon Dragon". With a high degree of intelligence, he has fanatical loyalty to the evil dragon.
"Fear the demon dragon. The demon dragon is holding your life."
Midas G Goldberg
CEO and evil gate ruler of the global munitions company "Guns and Gold".
The illustration is a scene of a presentation to employees.
"Employees! We are not traitors of the earth.
The time has finally come to ship war to another world! here we go! Disperse discord! Plant the fire of war! Let's revitalize the economy! "
Card Name: Win Win
"Please be assured. The ideology of the earthlings, such as rockism, is just a lie.
Economic activity takes precedence over everything.
We will be able to benefit from each other."
Evil Dragon's subordinate, Black Knight Geist
Similarly, Black Knight Riha
These are all the cards included in the starter deck.
Dark elf
A powerful support card for "Abyss Summon".
"Abyss Summon" is a special summon that combines cards from the field and graveyard.
I hope that the character Midas will be accepted as an attractive villain for foreigners.
Lastly, Ikeda had this to say in response to a question of if Midas was an ATLAS card.
You know.
It's a two-color deck of Walner (a different name in the English version) and Atlas.
With all this information, we can probably safely assume Starter Deck 01 will be Wonderverse, based on the previously translated information that "Galactic Swordsman, Grand Galac" of Wonderverse is from a Starter Deck. Since Exvaders is slated pretty clearly as unique, it might be safe to assume that its other color would be Yomajin Front, which could mean a mecha themed Starter Deck, since that's a theme both of those colors share. Interestingly, Wonderverse+Yomajin Front wasn't a combination mentioned when Ikeda talked about color combinations so we currently have no clue what kind of playstyle that might be, unlike Volnar+ATLAS which was specifically mentioned for supporting the "Special Summon" deck.
Gate Ruler is a game that embraces diversity and does not reject people who enjoy loops, so if it is not directly linked to victory, those who dislike loops might be fine with it.
So please understand that there may be loops of the kind that can be accepted, so don't judge it by conventional wisdom of "garbage game because there are loops.
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So please understand that there may be loops of the kind that can be accepted, so don't judge it by conventional wisdom of "garbage game because there are loops.
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I can't say if the release is in Winter. I can't say if the release is in Spring. All I can say is to please look forward to the recital. Sorry!
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With that said, on to the Starter Deck news!
Name: Fell Dragon Quadrach, Rough Dust King Vastorus RexFlavor Text: "Before my power, everything turns into worthless dust. Iron, life, and even fate."
One of the two Starter Decks, "Demon Dragon Summoning" that will be released alongside the first booster set. The cover card is finally revealed.
It is a deck for intermediate players that "Special Summons" the Demon Dragons with Abyss Symphony and destroys the opponent's field. Vastorus Rex, known as the "Rough Dust King", has the power to return anything he touches to dust. No one can hurt him, and his touch is deadly to all.
Motivated by his high intelligence and his greedy desire to expand his territory, he became interested in the weapons of earth. Fortunately for him (unfortunately for the world), one of his devour followers came into contact with an earthling with great ambitions...a CEO of a large munitions company with the middle name of "G"...with this, his ambitions will accelerate.
(Source: 1 2 3)
Starter Deck 02 "Demon Dragon Summoning" is a combo deck where you can enjoy "Special Summon"! Designed for intermediate players who have played TCGs before. Over the next few days, we'll be introducing the cards that will be in this deck. Please look forward to it.
(Source)
On the statement that the Starter Deck is meant for intermediate players; Ikeda clarified in this tweet that while this Starter Deck is designed for intermediate players, the other Starter Deck will be designed for beginners.
Moving on from there, Ikeda once again came to our discord and posted a ton of additional information about Starter Deck 02!
Bolvis Mous Lex has a terrifying magical power that instantly returns what he touches to dust.
No one can hurt him, and his contact is deadly to all.
With a high level of intelligence and a greedy desire for control, he is trying to get modern weapons by joining hands with the CEO of an earthling munitions company.
The illustrations I will introduce are the cards included in the starter deck "Summon the Evil Dragon".
A deck for intermediate players who fights with exciting special summons that are familiar to card game fans.
"Fear the demon dragon. The demon dragon is holding your life."
CEO and evil gate ruler of the global munitions company "Guns and Gold".
The illustration is a scene of a presentation to employees.
"Employees! We are not traitors of the earth.
The time has finally come to ship war to another world! here we go! Disperse discord! Plant the fire of war! Let's revitalize the economy! "
Card Name: Win Win
"Please be assured. The ideology of the earthlings, such as rockism, is just a lie.
Economic activity takes precedence over everything.
We will be able to benefit from each other."
Evil Dragon's subordinate, Black Knight Geist
These are all the cards included in the starter deck.
A powerful support card for "Abyss Summon".
"Abyss Summon" is a special summon that combines cards from the field and graveyard.
Lastly, Ikeda had this to say in response to a question of if Midas was an ATLAS card.
You know.It's a two-color deck of Walner (a different name in the English version) and Atlas.
With all this information, we can probably safely assume Starter Deck 01 will be Wonderverse, based on the previously translated information that "Galactic Swordsman, Grand Galac" of Wonderverse is from a Starter Deck. Since Exvaders is slated pretty clearly as unique, it might be safe to assume that its other color would be Yomajin Front, which could mean a mecha themed Starter Deck, since that's a theme both of those colors share. Interestingly, Wonderverse+Yomajin Front wasn't a combination mentioned when Ikeda talked about color combinations so we currently have no clue what kind of playstyle that might be, unlike Volnar+ATLAS which was specifically mentioned for supporting the "Special Summon" deck.