10+ Competitive Decks in Set 1

Before we dive into today's batch of Ikeda tweets, let's talk about the cards we got information on from them.



The important takeaway with our current information on the card is of course the [CNT] effect, which we previous saw in Absolute Barrier. As we talked about in our article on that news, given Volnar's lean towards defensive effects, it might have been an effect specifically for Volnar, so its nice to see that its in more factions. In all likelihood, this effect will be seen on 1 card in every color.



The ace unit for Abyss Summon from the main set! While its Abyss Symphonia condition isn't fully readable, what we can see is likely enough to know the full requirements. Instead of requiring a specific number of Darkness cards, it requires 1 of all 4 Levels. Of course its also possible that it has a set number of Darkness cards higher than 4 you need, and there just needs to be 1 of each Level among them. Regardless, given the more specific condition, its very easy to see another Abyss Symphonia unit, like the Starter Deck's Vastorus Rex, being run alongside it. Even more so since Vastorus boasts many qualities Viola does not, like its defensive [CNT] effect, recovering 1 life when played, and being able to destroy any type of card instead of only units.

Make no mistake though, Viola seems very powerful, and a worthy ace for the deck. Higher Strike than Vastorus, and it can be summoned to the defensive zone to theoretically allow you to utilize its effect while forcing your opponent to deal with the beefy body instead of potentially leaving it to the side. Not to mention, whatever that completely unknown effect might do.



Its been quite some time since we saw any Exvader cards! Since before this site launched, in fact. White Bone Princess sports a powerful [CNT], though since your opponent gets to choose, it won't be very effective at disrupting attack patterns as long as the opponent's 1st attack is with a unit. That CNT effect also seems like it taxes its on field playability pretty significantly, especially given than Omen Butterfly suggested Exvader gets to work with higher stat totals. At the very least I suppose its 4 HP puts it just out of range of a number of things we've seen, like the common 3 ATK Level 0s, or Honoikazuchi's on attack.

Also of note is that the Uber Rare version of White Bone Princess has a different flavor text! Personally I've been looking forward to seeing more of Exvader's creepy brand of flavor text, so I'm excited to get 2 flavor texts with this singular reveal, but in general its just cool to see that Uber Rares can get a different flavor text and give further insight on the depicted character. Though as can be seen on Viola, sometimes Uber Rares might not get any flavor text at all.





Deck size is confirmed for 50 cards! This was a pretty safe assumption, since the Starter Decks being unable to be made of cards at maximum copies, and maximum copies being confirmed for 4, meant that it couldn't be 40 or 60, but full confirmation is nonetheless good.

Also its interesting how only α is mentioned, could this mean that World Master β is one of the additions coming in the expanded card pool?













While 10 sounds very high, its the exact number a 5 color game should be aiming for as a baseline, as that's the number you need to give all the 2 color combinations a viable deck type.







This tweet is honestly really bizarre. To start with, what were the Exvaders of the Buddyfight world? Neither Azi Dahaka's army or the Hundred Demons seem to really fit, and the time they were known about before their invasion was way more than 200 years. Maybe the entire Exvader concept was one Ikeda had originally planned for Buddyfight?

On the other hand, we learn something new about the Gate Ruler lore, that Earth knew that the Exvaders were coming 5 years beforehand. While nothing known from the lore contradicts this, there was also nothing yet that suggested Earth knew prior to the Destiny Sword appearing and beginning the invasion. Its not hard to believe this being the case, it just means something like the ARK appearing in the Atlantic Ocean happened years earlier than previously believed.









The reconfirmation of the price we saw before is pretty nice, in something intended to be public, especially given that earlier today a store posted their prices for the Starter Decks, Booster Pack, and the High Rarity Pack. Their pre-order prices were a bit lower than the previously stated MSRP and their normal prices are a bit higher than MSRP, so the knowledge that the MSRP is still where we thought is reassuring. Looking at this store's other listings, its something they tend to do in general, so nothing to worry about.





Its nice to now know what those "high rarity" frames are for. Honestly should've made that connection once we learned about the High Rarity packs, but alas. Its cool to know that the High Rarity pack cards will be very distinguished from the normal pack versions, in ways beyond the foiling, making each of them unique from each other.

In response to a twitter user wondering if Uber Rares existed in the High Rarity Pack, Ikeda said this:



If you look at the Uber Rares we've seen so far, you'd notice that all of them are for 4*s. Based on their numbering, you can also see the Legend Rare Ubers are impossible, and it actually seems rather likely that all Uber Rares will be 4*s. On that note, I wonder if there are only 4 4*s for each faction, so that all of them will also be printed as Uber Rares? Given that there seem to be 2 Legends each, 4 4*s per faction seems like a good number.