Cardfight!! Vanguard Weekly Card Update #21 Part 4

Welcome back to this multi-part weekly card update for this week. In this part we will be talking about the new cards shown for G-TD06 Rallying Call of the Interdimensional Dragon and G-TD07 Illusionist of the Crescent Moon.

Steam Knight, Irkuh is a new Grade 3 and shows that we get no 10k Grade 3s in this deck with himself, Chronojet, and Classic Gun all being 11k. Irkuh’s skill is one we’ve seen many times by getting +3000 power with a Counter Blast 1, though this one is at GB1 for a good reason because when being boosted by a 7k Grade 1 you can easily hit 21k power. This makes it so your opponent has to guard a little bit extra every turn which really makes a difference to the game. With cards like Steam Scara, Merkal and Steam Worker, Etana you can get this guy to a nice 26k power.

In this Trial deck you also get the vanilla Grade 1 and 2, Steam Battler, Ur-giru (Grade 1) and Steam Fighter, Jimmdal (Grade 2).

Twilight-impulsing Gear Pony is a 6k Grade 1 that can boost for 9k with a GB1. This may have potential for future units in Gear Chronicle but for now it doesn’t serve much of a purpose other than the chance that you’re using 12k Grade 2s to get them up to 21k power.

We get the usual perfect guard with Steam Maiden, Sanira who many people seem to want to replace Gear Raven with for the only reason being that she is cuter. That’s a good enough reason if you ask me. Another defensive unit in the Trial Deck is Ruin Lingering Gear Goat who gains +10 shield when intercepting.

Engaging Gear Cat is the Trigger with a skill in this deck and it’s a Stand Trigger that goes into the soul to give a unit +3000 power. People may still think Lucky Pot Dracokid is a lot better due to him being a Draw but it’s nice to have the flexibility.

The last four cards in the set are the four vanilla Triggers. Steam Scara, Ka-lanma (Critical Trigger); Steam Scara, Udul (Draw Trigger); One-two Punch Dracokid (Stand Trigger); and Twinkle Worker (Heal Trigger).

Pale Moon get a Steam Knight, Irkuh clone to gain +3000 power with a Counter Blast in the form of Breathing Couatl. Just like with Irkuh it’s a breeze to get that 21k and add a Intensely Sweet Clown to get up to 26k nice and easy.

The second Grade 3, Mirage Sword, Judy, unlike Gear Chronicle’s Trial Deck, only has 10k power but becomes 16k when attacking. She also has the ability to Counter Blast 2 when she is placed on the Vanguard circle to Soul Charge 1 and call a Grade 2 or less from your soul to the field.

Card Dealer, Jacqueline would be a good card to bring out with Judy. Jacqueline is an Amber clone so when she is boosted you may Counter Blast 1, if you do you Soul Charge 1 to then bring another Grade 2 or less from the soul. Using this multiple times can really strengthen your field. Using this when Lunatec Dragon is Stride on your Vanguard can also give flexible boosts.

Just like the other Trial Deck there is a vanilla Grade 1 and 2. The Grade 1 is Miracle Tumbler, Lance and the Grade 2 is Star Magician, Elen. As well as those Trial Deck staples we also get the perfect guard, Water Juggler.

The other cards are mostly things we’ve seen before. We have the 12k Grade 2, Sinhalite Beast Tamer, the 15k interceptor, Gluttony Clown, the 10k Grade 1, Obsidian Beast Tamer, and the Triggers, Kitten Juggler (Draw), Surprising Clown (Stand), Poison Juggler (Crit), Tender Breeder (Heal), and Amethyst Beast Tamer (Stand). Both Poison Juggler and Amethyst Beast Tamer go into the soul to give a unit +3000 power which is a bit more handy these days with Pale Moon doing more Soul Blasting than they used to.

Well that ends it for all the parts of this week’s updates. That was far more than I expected it would be but at least we managed to get through them all! Next week we will most likely be seeing some Fighter’s Collection cards and as I’ve said many times I love Fighter’s Collections so I’m excited for that.

Don’t forget to join us again next week for the cards revealed in the next seven days!

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