Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Cardfight Vanguard Vol 2 (english ) released on 3/3/12

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Version Theme : Onslaught of Dragon Souls

Total Cards in Set: 80 ((+12 Short Print Variant Foil Cards =92 Complete Master Set)
Variant SP Foil Cards: 12
Triple Rare RRR: 8
Double Rare RR: 12
Single Rare R: 20
Common Cards: 40


Key Notes: 2nd Expansion Booster Offers More Levels of Depth In Gameplay, More Deck Building, & Support For Royal Paladins, Oracle Think Tank, & Kagero!!!

Contents: 30 Packs Per Box; 5 Cards Per Pack

Introduction to Cardfight!! Vanguard

This story takes place a little further in the future---
There are now billions of card game players in the world,
to an extent where card games have become a necessity, a part of our lives.

Introduction
This is the setting for the world of Vanguard! A new card game series for players of all ages!

Before we take a look at some of the characters from this series, let me introduce two key locations which will be mentioned throughout the story.

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This is a card shop called: 'Card Capital'. (Those of you who have had a chance to visit Japan will probably realize that this name is a parody of an actual shop found in Japan.)

This shop is a place where our main character, Aichi, visits quite often. It is often filled with kids playing card games and can get pretty rowdy some times.

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This is the stage for the card game: Vanguard.

It is a place similar to our own planet, but unlike planet Earth, Gods and Demons, Dragons and other mythical creatures still roam the land. It is also a world where both Magic and Science have advanced hand in hand. Countries with advances in different fields and cultures rule over different parts of the planet Cray.

Characters

Aichi Sendou
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The main character of this story. He is a timid but gentle boy who used to be bullied quite often. After finally starting to play the Vanguard card game, he learns to be more out-going and grows stronger with every new encounter.

He respects Kai, another Vanguard card fighter very much. Aichi's current goal is to engage Kai in a card fight, and to earn his respect.


Kai Toshiki
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Although he doesn't take part in any tournaments, Kai is ranked among the top Vanguard card fighters.

A bright and cheerful boy many years ago, he seems to have grown cold and distant since the last time Aichi saw him.


Misaki Tokura
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A high school student working in the card shop: Card Capital.
However, she doesn't seem to have much interest in card games.

She is not afraid to try new things and can be quite straightforward at times, to a point where she scares the others when she is angry.

She started playing Vanguard by mere chance and has shown great potential, leaving the other card fighters in awe.


Kamui Katsuragi
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An lively and energetic elementary student who really isn't really very polite to all the elder card fighters.

He has fallen head over heels in love with Aichi's sister, Emi, at first sight. From that moment on, he has kept calling Aichi: 'Elder Brother'.

He is hot-tempered but generally good at heart.

Units

Blaster Blade
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A knight who belongs to the order of 'Royal Paladin' from the holy country of planet Cray. As seen from the picture above, he is a knight who wields the sword of light.

In Aichi's world, this is actually a rare legendary card which is pretty hard to find. To Aichi, this is his most precious card which he feels has encouraged him and protected him over the years.


Dragonic Overlord
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The strongest flame dragon from the 'Kagero' Clan of the Empire. One of his many destructive powers includes: Eternal Flame, a fiery breath which can reduce all enemies in his path to ashes.

This card is the trump card of Kai's deck. It's overwhelming power often forces his opponents to the depths of despair.

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Vanguard's nations and Clans

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A Clan is a group of different Races joined together to form an alliance which make up their Clan. These Clans have some Unique Races and Shared Races of creatures in them. The Unique Races of creatures found in most of the Clans sometimes make up their main theme to represent themselves with their Unique traits. For example: Insect represent Megacolony only and they prevent your opponent Units from standing.
These theme may be used to form a deck. And they are usually themed around a certain ability or trait, such as preventing your opponent's Units from Standing, calling Units from the Drop Zone, or drawing cards.


Clans are very important especially for Triggers. To use effect of all Trigger, you must have at least 1another unit in the same clan to the Vanguard or Rearguard circles.


It is not mandatory for a deck to be made entirely up of cards from only one clan. It is not necessarily a bad idea to do so, and some clans, like the Nubatama, do not have enough cards to make an entire deck out of. Clans (outside of "main" ones like Kagerō and Shadow Paladin) tend to have only 4 cards (1 in each grade) and no Trigger Units in the set they are introduced.

As shown in the anime, undeveloped clans can be used with other clans that have similar play styles specially if they don't need a Vanguard of their clan to use their skills. Example: Bermuda △ can be used with Oracle Think Tank due to its hand increasing abilities.

So far there are 6 great Nations with up to 4 major Clans in each Nation.

1 United Sanctuary
2 Dragon Empire
3 Dark Zone
4 Magallanica
5 Zoo
6 Star Gate

List of clans :


United Sanctuary cards are represented by the color yellow.

* Royal Paladin
* Shadow Paladin
* Gold Paladin
* Oracle Think Tank


Dragon Empire cards are represented by the color red.

* Kagerō
* Narukami
* Tachikaze
* Nubatama
* Murakumo


Dark Zone cards are represented by the color purple.

* Dark Irregulars
* Spike Brothers
* Pale Moon


Magallanica cards are represented by the color blue.

* Granblue
* Bermuda △


Zoo cards are represented by the color green.

* Megacolony
* Great Nature
* Neo Nectar


Star Gate cards are represented by the color grey.

* Nova Grappler
* Dimension Police
* Etranger
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This is a colourful vanguard japanese version package box

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Our order of Vanguard finally arrived !! Vol 1 and vol 2 (english version)

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Best selling trading card game @ the moment...what is it ?

This shop sold many types of deck boxes and cards...and 1 type of game trading card sells very well and is getting very popular ...
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Is it Animal Kaiser ???



No...


Then What is it ??



Many AK fans had switched to play the popular card game known as Vanguard !!
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Bushiroad SEA Opening Tournament in Singapore

Bushiroad South East Asia Opening Tournament was held on 19/03/2011 in Singapore at Suntec City.

Nice touch screen panel!
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The players are wellorganized and form proper queues before the management complained... XD

Pretty good turnout for the morning.
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Meanwhile, the players are gathering and getting restless... 250 players turned up !!
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Opening part of the tournament, with the introduction of the 3 head judges
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And this is how the place looks like after some decorating... nice posters, right? XD
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The other half of the room.
Spectators were welcome to move around and observe the proceedings, but no talking and giving advice to the tournament players at any point.
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The usual moving around of the participants in between matches.
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Just like an event in Japan, there is the usual on-the-spot rare card Exchange Campaign at the event venue.
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Note the serious atmosphere and attentive stares once the matches begin... this is a universal occurrence observed at most tournaments XD
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A special treat for all the Vanguard players out there!

Vanguard's producer, Mr. Shimamura actually took time to play with 3 lucky players!
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One of his opponent's turned out to be a 13 year old card player who has just picked up the game.
Looks like Vanguard could become quite popular in the coming year after all!
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At the end of the day, we had the presentation ceremony for the winners!
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On the far left, we have our special guest from Japan, Mr. Shimamura(Producer of Cardfight!! Vanguard).
On the far right, we have a familiar face: Mr. Goto, Director of Bushiroad South East Asia Pte Ltd.

And between them, we have the winners for that day:

Cardfight!! Vanguard Mini Tournaments -
Sean Teo Soon Teck
Esmonde How Kang Wei
Jonas Chok Wen Jie

Other card game winners -
Weiβ Schwarz - YJ Lim
ChaosTCG - D.S
Victory Spark - Doraemon


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Picture and article credit : Terence

Cardfight!! Vanguard @ Plaza Singapura Atrium (12th – 18th March)

Hello everyone!!!! Feeling bored over this March holidays?
Join us for Cardfight!! Vanguard at Plaza Singapura Atrium from 12th – 18th March!
There are tons of activities lined up.

1st on the list is STAMP RALLY!

Complete your stamp rally card and obtain an exclusive free gift!

- Stamp 1: Spend $10 and get your card and 1st stamp!

- Stamp 2: Play one game against an opponent in Card Capital!

- Stamp 3: Attend one workshop OR attend a free play challenge!

- Stamp 4: Answer the question correctly and you are done!


More events will be posted soon, stay tune!

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