With the introduction complete, the journey to restore the distortions affecting the IF world finally begins!
The first stop: the unpopular Idol group, Ultra Rare?!
If you have never seen the Cardfight!! Vanguard anime before and are interested this is a great place to start. You don't need to have seen previous seasons! There's a little something for everyone!
COTD (6/8): V-BT08/045 R 招き入れる根絶者 ファルヲン Hire Deletor, Farwon Grade 1 / Normal Unit / Star Gate – Link Joker – Alien Power 8000 Shield 10000 “This is not just a tax towards the end.” [AUTO](Drop zone):When your opponent’s vanguard is deleted, you may call this card to (RC).
(6/9): V-BT08/037 R 超次元ロボ ダイアーム Super Dimensional Robo, Daiarm Grade 3 / Normal Unit / Star Gate – Dimension Police – Battleroid Imaginary Gift: Force Power 13000 AUTO (VC/RC) When placed, if your opponent’s hand has ten or more cards, three of your front row units get Power+30000 until end of turn.
(6/10): V-BT08/032 R オフセット・エンジェル Offset Angel Grade 1 / Normal Unit / United Sanctuary – Oracle Think Tank – Angel Power 7000 Shield 10000 AUTO (RC) COST [Rest this unit], look at the top card of your deck, put it on the top or bottom of your deck, reveal the top card if your deck, and if the revealed card is a normal unit, one of your units in the same column as this unit gets Power+10000 until end of turn.
(6/11): V-BT08/042 R 酷白斬激 ジャクト White Matter, Jact Grade 3 / Normal Unit / Star Gate – Link Joker – Cyberoid Power 13000 Imaginary Gift: Force [AUTO](VC/RC):When placed, COST [Counter Blast (1) & Soul Blast (1)], and put a card from your drop zone on (RC) as a locked card. (Locked cards cannot do anything. They are unlocked and turned face up as [Stand] at the end of their owner’s turn.) [CONT](RC):During the battle it attacked, your opponent cannot normal call cards other than grade 0.
V-BT08/083 C 不磨の根絶者 ゼグラヲ Enduring Deletor, Zegrao Grade 1 / Normal Unit / Star Gate – Link Joker – Alien Power 7000 Shield 10000 “The concept of death is not commonly known to him.” [AUTO]:When retired from (RC), COST [bind two grade 0 from your drop zone face down], and call this card to (RC) as [Rest].
(6/12): V-BT08/007 RRR 流水の女神 イチキシマ Goddess of Stream Waters, Ichikishima Grade 2 / Normal Unit / United Sanctuary – Oracle Think Tank – Noble Power 9000 Shield 5000 “You cannot fool the truth reflected in the water mirror.” AUTO [Deck] When revealed by a card’s effect, bind the top card of your deck, and one of your vanguards gets Power+10000 until end of turn. AUTO (RC) When placed, look at the top card of your deck, put it on the top or bottom of your deck, reveal the top card of your deck, and if the revealed card is a normal unit, this unit gets Power+10000 until end of turn.
Igniroad Dragon Grade 2 / Normal Unit / Dragon Empire – Kagero – Flame Dragon Power 10000 Shield 5000 [AUTO](VC/RC):When placed, look at seven cards from the top of your deck, reveal up to one “Dragonic Overlord “The X”” from among them and put it into your hand, and shuffle your deck. [AUTO](RC):When your vanguard attacks, if your hand has four or less cards, this unit gets [Power]+5000 until end of turn.
Dragonic Overlord “The X” Grade 3 / Normal Unit / Dragon Empire – Kagero – Flame Dragon Gift: Force Power 13000 [ACT](VC)[1/turn]:[COST][Soul-blast 1], search your deck for up to one card with “Overlord” in its card name that is different from this unit’s, put it into your soul, shuffle your deck, and this unit gets all of that card’s card names and abilities until end of turn. [CONT](VC):When your card effect would count the number of cards in your hand, it is regarded as zero. [CONT](VC):If your opponent’s vanguard is grade 3 or greater, this unit’s drive cannot become 0 or less.
Heatshot Dragon Auto V: When placed, COST(Discard a card), draw a card. Auto R: At the end of the battle it boosted a G3, if the boosted unit is Stand, stand this unit.
This episode was meant to be where things kick off for real? If it manages to keep up the bar then it's on its way to be a pretty solid show.
Gavin Foster
The Ibuki/Suiko sections are far more entertaining than Emi and Shuka, change my mind
Jackson King
Man there's a fair bit of QUALITY. Didn't expect it that soon but maybe COVID slowed production so they had to rush to make enough episodes not to fall behind.
Austin Perez
Esuka liked Shin confirmed
Aiden Clark
IF, STAND UP
Zachary James
>MLB already WHAT THE FUCK
Jaxon Flores
It took 10 years but Suiko finally got some motherfucking character development. Based.
Owen Johnson
Wait are these retards having trouble fighting Jammer because they can't find the cards in their own god damn binder?
>blaster blade literally jobbed in 1 second No not like this
Nathan Taylor
Maybe, they did say there are certain cards they can/can't use. It's also likely that as the journey progresses more pages with different cards get unlocked too. We don't exactly know the origins of the binder or even what's going on with Emi being a MG.
Bentley Cruz
>MLB out of nowhere I love it.
Julian Cruz
So Esuka's problem was that she really liked Shin deep down but never admitted her feelings to him?
Nathaniel Thomas
>Tetsu seems to only be using cards from the AL4 set Shame, would've liked to see some cards from the clan's second and third waves of support since those were almost nonexistent in the anime.
I thought cardfights weren't a thing anymore? Although I feel they're likely going to skip it. But still WEW Tetsu is back with his original invention.
Daniel Roberts
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA The gloves are now illegal in the present V timeline. Ren probably paid the Police with his big money to not get jail time.
Jace Adams
>all people had to do to deal with the whole foo fighter fiasco was wait it out until they all got arrested
Jeremiah Hernandez
>using Wingal Brave's real life card ability during the battle to get another Blaster Blade That's good. I was hoping they would eventually start using the actual skills of units in the battle to give it more of a Vanguard feel. That's also a better way to shill cards without cardfights.
Carter Gonzalez
Honestly this felt like a great chance to show off a whole bunch of different units doing cool shit, too bad all they're selling us is blaster blade and blaster blade accessories.
Eli Long
I guess it depends on how the timeline is distorted. The Vanguard Koshien was still a thing in this episode and they even confirmed IF starts a year after the end of Zoku
Wyatt Powell
BUY ALTER EGO MESSIAH IN HER SET WHICH LITERALLY COMES OUT NEXT WEEK WHEN THIS EPISODE AIRS
>Ibuki marches right into Aichi's lair >gets immediately blown the fuck out offscreen Based Darth Aichi
Jose Scott
>episode would have originally aired on 5/2 barring no delays >Alter Ego was revealed 5/9 So this would've appeared in the anime before we saw it in real life. They are making sure to still shill after all.