[Weekly News Bits D] The One with Monster Strike 2022!

September 28, 2022September 28, 2022 NeoArkadia

It’s time for Gacha Rate-Up, boys and girls!

Weekly Vanguard News Bits #80

Topics:

Review of the Season Finale!
Special Fight! Taizou VS Raika
“Raging Flames Against Emerald Storm” Pre-Release! New Cards & Physical Merchandise!
New Cards from Monster Strike Vol. 2 & The New Gimmick!

Yu-yu & Raika’s Voice Actors comment on the first season of “will+Dress”!

冥焔の魔王バフォルメデス Demon King of Netherblaze, Bafolmedes
Grade 3 / Normal Unit / Dark States – Demon
Power 13000
[AUTO](VC):When this unit attacks a vanguard, [COST][put two grade 3 rear-guards into soul], draw a card, and until end of that battle, this unit gets [Power] +10000 for every three grade 3 cards in your soul.
[CONT](VC): This unit gets all of the following according to the number of grade 3 cards in your soul.
・3 or more – All of your grade 3 units get [Shield] +5000, and “Boost”.
・6 or more – When your opponent would call cards from hand to (GC) during the battle this unit attacked, they must call three or more at the same time.

A new chapter of CrayZoo is out!

October’s Official Support Course Event Merchandise is a Rubber Playmat of “Youthberk: “RevolForm Tempest””.

After Report for the Sendai Championship!

Sendai Usage Statistics:

Nirvana: 11%
Nordringer: 11%
Bruce: 10%
Seraph: 9%
Overlord: 8%
Bastion: 8%
Youthberk: 5%
Michu: 5%
Other: 33%

“Nirvana” Deck (Deck Code: 1WCNW)

“Kyouka” Deck (Deck Code: 3GDXY)

“Aurora Battle Princess” Deck (Deck Code: 27YWW)

Pre-Registration for the next events starts 1PM on September 28th, 2022

The Osaka Venue is moving up to the 3rd Floor in Halls E and F.

There will be Demos of Dear Days, Stage Fights and a Variety Stage!

“Demonic Advent” goes on sale October 1st, 2022 in Vanguard ZERO

Starting October 1st:

Fight Skin/Character Fight/Character Story/Home Skin

Kazumi is a Skin for Nubatama
Saori is a Skin for Kagero

Fight Skin/Home Skin:

Ibuki is a Skin for Link Joker
Satoru is a Skin for Dark Irregulars

The usual Buy 10 Packs for Demonic Advent and get a GR or RRR from Moonlit Divas.

Upcoming Tournaments for Vanguard ZERO

September 27th is Emi’s Birthday!

Special Birthday Set plus Log-In Message and My Room Goods

October 1st is Saori’s Birthday!

Special Birthday Set plus Log-In Message and My Room Goods

Cardfight!! Vanguard Dear Days goes on sale November 17th, 2022 for Nintendo Switch & Steam!

This week the two remaining promo cards will be revealed!

Sword Saint Cavalry Dragon, Gramgrace
Grade 3 / Normal Unit / Keter Sanctuary – Cosmo Dragon
Power 13000
[CONT](VC):Your persona ride also increases the [Power] of your back row units.
[ACT](VC)[1/turn]:[COST][Counter-Blast 1 & Soul-Blast 1], draw a card, choose a card from your hand, and call it to a back row center (RC), and until end of turn, that unit can attack from the back row, and gets [Power] +10000.
[AUTO](VC):At the end of the battle your back row center rear-guard attacked, put that unit into soul, and draw a card.

Demonic Purgatory Dragon Emperor, Favrnir
Grade 3 / Normal Unit / Dark States – Abyss Dragon
Power 13000
[CONT]:You may only have up to one “Demonic Purgatory Dragon Emperor, Favrnir” in your deck.
[AUTO](VC):At the beginning of your main phase, your opponent chooses one of their rear-guards, retires it, and if you did not ride this turn, this unit gets [Power] +10000/[Critical] +1.
[AUTO](VC):When your opponent’s rear-guards is retired during your turn, [COST][put a card from hand into soul], and draw a card.
[AUTO](VC)][1/turn]:At the end of the battle this unit attacked, if the sum of the grades of 《Dark States》 cards in your soul is thirteen or more, [COST][Counter-Blast 2], [Stand] this unit, and this unit gets drive-1 until end of turn.

On September 29th, the official Japanese YouTube channel will show off gameplay for Cardfight!! Vanguard Dear Days.

The Physical Nintendo Switch Version comes with the Promo Card!

DokoDemo this week will show the Thegrea Support PR Card, Six Cards for “Unfair” Decks in Monster Strike, and Vanguard ZERO News!

There’s a Japanese Sweepstakes Campaign on Twitter for two signed Weekly Vanguard News Bits Posters!

Key Screenshots for Episode 13 of will+Dress, the finale of Season 1!

A Special Interview with the Director!

Fight Recreations will start on the official YouTube Channel at 8 PM Starting in October

will+Dress Season 1 will rerun on Saturdays at 8 AM JST on participating networks!

Re-Runs of Season 1 will premiere on the official Japanese YouTube Channel at 8:30 PM every Tuesday right before Weekly Vanguard News Bits!

MCs and Guests for the Live Show on October 4th, that’ll run from 8 PM to 10:30 PM

Registration for the Live Event lasted from September 21st 12 PM to September 28th 1 PM

The Live Show will be divided into two parts:

Part 1: A Variety Section with a Mailbag Segment and Quizzes

Part 2: A News Segment with News about BT08 and upcoming Product

The Mailbag Segment will answer people’s questions!

The Sealed Blaze Maiden declares she will bear witness to what future Youthberk will guide the nation of Keter Sanctuary towards.

Monster Strike Volume 2 goes on sale October 21st, 2022

The One Who Leads Beyond the Light, Lucifer
Grade 1 / Normal Unit / Monster Strike – Fairy Tribe
Power 8000
Shield 5000
[AUTO]:When this unit is placed on (VC), search your deck or hand for up to one card with the [Pick-Up Gacha] ability or [Event] ability， reveal the card and put it into your order zone, and if you searched your deck, shuffle your deck. If you put a card from your hand, draw a card.
[AUTO]:When this unit is placed on (RC) from hand, choose a [Gacha Redora] from your order zone, and [Stand] it.

Legends Hatcher 2022
Grade 0 / Set Order / Monster Strike
[Pick-Up Gacha](If there are two or more [Pick-Up Gacha] cards in your order zone, put them into your drop until you have one card remaining)
[CONT]Order Zone:All of your cards with “Excalibur” or “Basara” or “Moses” or “Hallelujah” or “Neo” or “Canon” or “Binah” or “Amida” or “Solomon” or “Holmes” or “Arsene” or “Abyss” in their card names become “Legends Hatcher Rate-Up”. All “Gacha Redora” in your order zone get “[ACT](Order Zone):[COST][[Rest] this card], look at the top five cards of your deck, choose up to one “Legends Hatcher Rate-Up” unit card from among them, put it into your Monster BOX face up, and shuffle your deck.”.

Note: I went with Legends Hatcher as that’s the official English term for the Super Beast Deity Festival.

Up to now, Gacha Redora would just place the top card of your Deck into the Monster Box

With the new gimmick “Pick-Up Gacha”, as shown here via “Legends Hatcher 2022”, Gacha Redora can now do a Rate-Up Gacha Draw, allowing you to inspect the top 5 cards of cards of your Deck, and place a Unit on Rate-Up among the into the Monster Box.

“Awakened Angel” Canon
Grade 1 / Normal Unit / Monster Strike – Fairy Tribe
Power 8000
Shield 5000
[AUTO]:When this unit is placed on (RC) from drop, look at the top card of your deck, and put it on the top or bottom of your deck. If you put a card on the bottom of your deck, this unit gets [Power] +5000 until end of turn.
[AUTO](RC):At the end of the battle this unit boosted, [COST][retire this unit], choose one of your “Legends Hatcher Rate-Up” units, and it gets [Power] +5000 until end of turn.

“Tuner” of Hades, Abyss
Grade 0 / Normal Unit / Monster Strike – Demon Lord
Power 5000
Shield 5000
[CONT](GC):If your vanguard is a “Legends Hatcher Rate-Up”, this unit gets [Shield] +5000.
[AUTO]:When this unit is placed on (RC) by a card’s ability, until end of turn, this unit is regarded as a trigger Unit, and gets [Power] +5000.

“Spirit Slayer” Basara
Grade 3 / Normal Unit / Monster Strike – Samurai
Power 13000
[ACT] Monster BOX: If your vanguard is a grade 3 or greater “Legends Hatcher Rate-Up”, [COST][put a card from hand into the Monster BOX face up], and call this card to (RC). If your opponent’s vanguard is grade 3 or greater, this unit gets [Power] +10000 until end of turn.
[AUTO](RC):At the end of the battle this unit attacked, if your vanguard is a “Legends Hatcher Rate-Up”, [COST][retire this unit], and [Counter-Charge 1].

Neo: Reverse Mode
Grade 3 / Normal Unit / Monster Strike – Demihuman Tribe
Power 13000
[ACT](VC)[1/turn]:[COST][Counter-Blast 1], choose up to two “Legends Hatcher Rate-Up” unit cards from your drop, call them to (RC), and those units get [Power] +5000 until end of turn.
[AUTO](VC)][1/turn]:During the battle this unit attacked, when your opponent’s Guardian is first put, [COST][Soul-Blast 1], choose one of the Guardians from among them, and retire it.

Phantom Thief Arsène: Anarchy Mode
Grade 2 / Normal Unit / Monster Strike – Demihuman Tribe
Power 10000
Shield 5000
[AUTO]:When this unit is placed on (VC) or (RC), [COST][Soul-Blast 1], choose a grade 0 card from your drop, and call it to a (RC) in the same column as this unit.
[AUTO](RC):At the end of the battle this unit attacked, if your vanguard is a “Legends Hatcher Rate-Up”, [COST][Counter-Blaster 1 & put this unit into the Monster BOX face up], choose a “Phantom Thief Arsene: Phantom Mode” from your Monster BOX, call it to (RC), and all of the costs of that unit’s abilities decrease by [Counter-Blast 1] until end of turn.]

Knight of Rendering Flash, Cairbre
Grade 2 / Normal Unit / Keter Sanctuary – Human
Power 10000
Shield 5000
[AUTO]:When this unit is placed on (RC), [COST][Counter-Blast 1 & Soul-Blast 1], look at the top three cards of your deck, choose a card from among them, reveal it, call it to (RC) if it is a grade 2 or less unit card, and put it into your hand if it is not. Shuffle your deck.

Meteor Flare Dragon
Grade 2 / Normal Unit / Dragon Empire – Flame Dragon
Power 10000
Shield 5000
[AUTO]:When this unit is placed on (RC), until end of turn, all of your opponent’s rear-guards lose all of their [CONT] abilities, and cannot gain them. Then, [COST][Counter-Blast 1], choose one of your opponent’s rear-guards in the same column as this unit, and retire it.
[CONT](RC):During your turn, if your opponent’s vanguard is grade 3 or greater and they have no rear-guards, this unit gets [Power] +10000.