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First box opening of 2013! But before I begin, I would like to list the significant cards that I managed to get at a Booster Draft Sneak Preview tournament prior to today:

RRR:

2 Phantom Blaster Overlord
1 Miracle Beauty

RR:

1 Moonlight Witch, Vaha


Now how lucky is that? 3 RRRs, 2 of which are PBOs! But at the same event, a rival/friend of mine managed to get 2 Dragonic Overlord the Ends, 1 being SP. Can you say "jealousy"? With that out of the way, let's see if the cards I get from these 4 box openings will make this the start of a good or bad year...

SP:

1 King of Diptera, Beelzebub

RRR:

3 Miracle Beauty
2 King of Diptera, Beelzebub
1 Majesty Lord Blaster
1 Dragonic Overlord the End
1 Phantom Blaster Overlord
1 Starcall Trumpeter
1 Covert Demonic Dragon, Mandala Lord
1 Mistress Hurricane

RR:

3 Street Bouncer
3 Wingal Brave
3 Knight of Loyalty, Bedivere
2 Knight of Friendship, Kay
2 Knight of Nullity, Masquerade
2 Stealth Beast, Leaves Mirage
1 Maiden of Trailing Rose
1 Maiden of Blossoming Rain
1 Glass Beads Dragon
1 Moonlight Witch, Vaha
1 Stealth Fiend, Midnight Crow


I am surprised that I got a lot of 3 copies of certain cards. I also like how I managed to get at least 1 of everything except Evil-eye Princess, Euryale. But overall, I am happy with what I got (although most of my Royal Paladin cards are going to be lent to one of my friends...)

Thank you for taking the time to read this, and let's keep playing Vanguard all throughout this year and the next!

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I'm really late in updating this, but better late than never, right? BTW, I date these by the date in which I opened the boxes, not by what day I make the actual blog post. Anyway, starting with this post, I'm just gonna state all the cards I got from the booster boxes in one fell swoop instead of saying what cards came from which box for the sake of time. (Besides, this time around, I opened all the boxes with some help from friends, so I could not tell which cards specifically came from which box.) Without further ado, here are my archives of what cards I pulled from 4 booster boxes of the latest English set, "Eclipse of Illusionary Shadows":

RR:
3 Diamond Aces
3 Fang of Light, Garmore
2 Enigman Wave
2 Gururubau
2 Paralyze Madonna
2 Elite Mutant Giraffa
2 Blaukluger
1 Cosmo Beak
1 Dark Shield, Mac Lir
1 Dark Metal Dragon
1 Amber Dragon, Dusk

RRR:
4 Amber Dragon, Eclipse
2 Heatl Nail Salamander
2 Evil Armor General, Giraffa
1 Engiman Storm
1 Stern Blaukluger

SP:
1 Amber Dragon Dusk
1 Engiman Storm

While I am happy with the overall pulls I got, I'm slightly disappointed that I barely got any Shadow Paladin RRs or RRRs. But that's nothing that a little online shopping can't solve. Besides, the 2 SPs make up for it. In a related story, one of my friends (who shall remain nameless for privacy reasons) bought 2 boxes, and he got an SP Blaster Dark. I am so jealous of him >_<.

Well, thank you for taking the time to read this, and happy holidays!

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I bought 6 boxes of the "Banquet of Divas" extra booster set a day ago, and here are my findings.

Banquet of Divas booster box opening #1

RR:
1 Pearl Sisters, Perla
1Pearl Sisters, Perle
1Girls’ Rock, Rio

RRR:
1 Top Idol, Riviere


Banquet of Divas booster box opening #2

RR:
1 Mermaid Idol, Elly
1 Pearl Sisters, Perla
1 Pearl Sisters, Perle

RRR:
1 Top Idol, Pacifica

SP:
1 Top Idol, Pacifica


Banquet of Divas booster box opening #3

RR:
1 Bermuda Princess, Lena
1 Girls’ Rock, Rio
1 Pearl Sisters, Perle

RRR:
1 Top Idol, Pacifica


Banquet of Divas booster box opening #4

RR:
1 Pearl Sisters, Perle
1 Pearl Sisters, Perla
1 Mermaid Idol, Elly

RRR:
1 Top Idol, Riviere


Banquet of Divas booster box opening #5

RR:
1 Girls’ Rock, Rio
1 Pearl Sisters, Perle
1 Bermuda Princess, Lena

RRR:
1 Top Idol Pacifica


Banquet of Divas booster box opening #6

RR:
1 Mermaid Idol, Elly
1 Bermuda Princess, Lena
1 Pearl Sisters, Perla

RRR:
1 Top Idol, Riviere

Apparently, the ratio for when an Extra Booster box has an SP in it is 1 SP: 1 RRR: 3 RR : 10 R.

To add to my collection, my friends gave me another "Mermaid Idol, Elly", and I pulled another "Bermuda Princess, Lena" from a random booster pack.

That's it for now. Thank you for taking the time to read this, and let's keep playing Vanguard!

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With the recent release of the latest English set of Vanguard, it's time again to see what cards I get from the 4 boxes I bought a few days ago. But first, I got 2 other booster boxes to log, 1 "Breaker of Limits" box and 1 "Demonic Lord Invasion" box.


Breaker of Limits box #4

RR:
1 Knight of Fury, Agravain
1 Halo Shield, Mark
1 Wyvern Guard, Guld
1 Dragonic Deathscythe
1 Vajra Emperor, Indra


RRR:
1 Beast Deity, Azure Dragon
1 Dragonic Kaiser Vermillion


SP:
1 Incandescent Lion, Blond Ezel

OMG, an SP "Ezel"! What's also funny is that I got the 3 key cards of the main male characters (Aichi, Kai, and Kamui) of the anime.


Demonic Lord Invasion box #5

RR:
1 Doreen the Thruster
1 Dusk Illusionist, Robert
1 Crimson Beast Tamer
1 Gwynn the Ripper
1 Edel Rose

RRR:
1 Goddess of the Full Moon, Tsukuyomi
1 Swordsman of the Explosive Flames, Palamedes
1 Ultimate Lifeform, Cosmo Lord

ANOTHER "Full Moon"?! How do I keep pulling these? But whatever.

Now, on to the main event: the 4 box openings of the latest booster set, "Rampage of the Beast King"!

Rampage of the Beast King Box #1

RR:
1 Blade Wing Reijy
1 Lamp Camel
1 Sword Magician, Sarah
1 Magician of Quantum Mechanics
1 Peek-a-boo

RRR:
1 Silver Thorn Dragon Tamer, Luquier
1 Guardian of Truth, Lox

SP:
1 Binoculus Tiger

First box opening, and already I got an SP!

RotBK Box #2

RR:
1 Fire Breeze, Carrie
1 Emblem Master
1 School Dominator, Apt
1 Monoculus Tiger
1 Listener of Truth, Dindrane

RRR:
1 School Hunter, Leo-pald
1 Dark Lord of Abyss
1 White Hare in the Moon’s Shadow, Pellinore

Very satisfied with cards from this opening, especially "Pellinore" and "Dark Lord".

RotBK Box #3

RR:
1 Listener of Truth, Dindrane
1 Fire Breeze, Carrie
1 Emblem Master
1 School Dominator, Apt
1 Peek-a-boo

RRR:
1 Binoculus Tiger
1 White Hare in the Moon’s Shadow, Pellinore
1 School Hunter, Leo-Pald



RotBK Box #4

RR:
1 Peek-a-boo
1 Blade Wing Reijy
1 Lamp Camel
1 Sword Magician, Sarah
1 Magician of Quantum Mechanics

RRR:
1 Guardian of Truth, Lox
1 Emerald Witch, LaLa
1 School Hunter, Leo-Pald

All the RR cards I got from this opening are exactly the ones I pulled from my first opening. How weird. And "LaLa" was the card I wanted the most out of these box openings because I wanted to make the "soulless" Oracle Think Tank deck. I already ordered more of "LaLa" online and am now patiently waiting for them to arrive. I also traded away some cards to get "Chief Nurse, Shamsiel" and "Yellow Bolt" to complete my collection (minus "Cable Sheep").

Thank you for taking the time to read this, and let's support this great game!

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A day after the "Demonic Lord Invasion" booster set was released, the card shop that I frequently visit hosted another tournament. I was surprised to learn that DLI cards would be legal to use, considering that it's only been a day since the set was put on sale (internationally). Before the tournament started, I bought some more individual cards in the shop, which are the following:


RR:

3 Top Idol, Flores
2 Dusk Illusionist, Robert
2 Crimson Beast Tamer
2 Archbird
1 March Rabbit of Nightmareland


RRR:

3 Goddess of the Half Moon, Tsukuyomi
2 Goddess of the Full Moon Tsukuomi
1 Swordsman of the Explosive Flames, Palamedes


Excluding some of those cards, I mainly purchased them to remodify my Oracle Think Tank deck and create a "Tsukuyomi" deck, the same deck that Misaki uses in the anime series, and a Pale Moon deck a la Asaka from the show. I used the former in the tournament. Knowing that I was going into this tournament using an untested deck, I was expecting to get knocked out early. So, my mindset when I entered was to think of my following matches as experiments on how my Tsukuyomi deck should be played. After all, there will be other tournaments, so it wouldn't be a big deal if I went 0-2 in this tournament. With proper expectations, I bravely entered this 10-man tournament with a deck that I made in a 5-minute time span.

My first opponent was a Gold Paladin user. Unlike some other Gold Paladin users that I previously saw in past tournaments, this opponent relied on "Great Silver Wolf, Garmore" as his vanguard instead of "Incandescent Lion, Blond Ezel". Since this was my first match using a deck that I was not completely familiar with, I lost 0-2.

While waiting for my next opponent to be announced, I created and finished my Pale Moon deck. I was then challenged to a casual game by the Nova Grappler user who I beat in the last tournament, but he was using a Dark Irregulars deck for this tournament. Unfortunately, this cardfight went horrible for me as I got some bad draws and was unable to do anything. Needless to say that I lost.

My next official opponent in the tournament was a different Nova Grappler user who had "Reckless Express" (from the Spike Brothers clan) splashed in his deck for some reason. Unlike the last match I had against the Gold Paladin user, things actually went swimmingly for me. I managed to get the Tsukuyomi engine working properly and, with some unluckiness on my opponent's part, I won 2-0. This was a huge confidence boost for me since, as stated earlier, I was expecting to get knocked out early.

My final opponent of the day was another Nova Grappler user, but this guy was not only a first-timer to tournaments, but he also was not playing with card sleeves, which is considered blasphemy in competitive children's card games. But no one, including myself, called the guy out on it, being the nice guys we are. And just like the previous match, things went well for me and I won 2-0.

The tournament ended with my record being 2-1, which I was more than happy with getting, all things considered. I was awarded with 2 free booster packs of DLI. I was expecting to get only R cards, but much to my surprise, the two packs contained...

1 RR Mirror Demon
1 RRR Goddess of the Full Moon, Tsukuyomi

As ecstatic as I was with getting another "Full Moon", it was a bit of a face-palm moment since I now have 5 copies of "Full Moon", and I'm only allowed to have 4 copies of a card in a deck. But the card artwork of "Full Moon" is so beautiful that I'm fine with having an extra copy. Or I could just trade it. We'll see what happens.


That's it for now. Thank you for taking the time to read this, and enjoy the rest of your summer!

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With the release of the next booster set "Demonic Lord Invasion" today, I went ahead and bought 4 boxes (and got 2 of the "Goddess of the Full Moon, Tsukuyomi" deck boxes that go with them). Before I get into my findings, I would like to update my current card list with some more individual cards that I bought online lately:

RR:

2 Silent Tom
2 Juggernaut Maximum
2 Twin Blader
2 Gust Jinn
1 Sleygal Dagger
1 Flash Shield, Iseult (soon to come)

RRR:

4 Sky Diver
4 Beast Deity, Azure Dragon
2 CEO Amaterasu
2 Spectral Duke Dragon (soon to come)
1 Soul Saver Dragon
1 Incandescent Lion, Blond Ezel
1 Ice Prison Necromancer, Cocytus


Now with that out of the way, let's get into the first of the DLI boxes...

(Effective immediately, I will stop posting what R cards I get since it's getting redundant.)


1) Demonic Lord Invasion Box #1

RR:

1 Hades Hypnotist
1 Mirror Demon
1 Knight of Godly Speed, Galahad
1 Archbird
1 Dual Axe Archdragon

RRR:

1 Nightmare Doll, Alice
1 Stil Vampir
1 Goddess of the Full Moon, Tsukuyomi

YES!! I got "Full Moon"! Now, will I get "Half Moon"? Keep on reading to find out...


2) DLI Box #2

RR:

1 Edel Rose
1 Doreen the Thruster
1 Crimson Beast Tamer
1 March Rabbit of Nightmareland
1 Hades Hypnotist

RRR:

1 Goddess of the Full Moon, Tsukuyomi
1 Ultimate Lifeform, Cosmo Lord
1 Ravenous Dragon, Gigarex

Another "Full Moon" but still no "Half Moon"? But at least I got some more perfect defense cards. Now onto the next box...


3) DLI box #3

RR:

1 Hades Hypnotist
1 Crimson Beast Tamer
1 March Rabbit of Nightmareland
1 Dual Axe Archdragon
1 Knight of Godly Speed, Galahad

RRR:

1 Nightmare Doll, Alice
1 Stil Vampir
1 Ravenous Dragon, Gigarex

All repeat RR and RRR, but I'm fine with that. Now, the last box and my last chance to get "Half Moon"...


4) DLI box #4

RR:

1 Mirror Demon
1 Super Dimensional Robo, Daiyusha
1 Edel Rose
1 Gwynn the Ripper
1 Dusk Illusionist, Robert

RRR:

1 Goddess of the Half Moon, Tsukuyomi
1 Ravenous Dragon, Gigarex
1 Demon World Marquis, Amon

Yes, I got "Half Moon"! I'm gonna need more if I want to make a good "Tsukuyomi" deck, but I'll do it.


There you have it. To sum up my findings for these 4 box openings, I got...

RR:

3 Hades Hypnotist
2 Edel Rose
2 Mirror Demon
2 Crimson Beast Tamer
2 March Rabbit of Nightmareland
2 Dual Axe Archdragon
2 Knight of Godly Speed, Galahad
1 Dusk Illusionist, Robert
1 Archbird
1 Gwynn the Ripper
1 Doreen the Thruster
1 Super Dimensional Robo, Daiyusha

RRR:

3 Ravenous Dragon, Gigarex
2 Stil Vampir
2 Nightmare Doll, Alice
2 Goddess of the Full Moon, Tsukuyomi
1 Goddess of the Half Moon, Tsukuyomi
1 Demon World Marquis, Amon
1 Ultimate Lifeform, Cosmo Lord


However, the weirdest thing about these box openings is that I got an irregular amount of certain R cards. For example, out of these entire box openings, I got 7 copies of one R like "Werwolf Sieger" but 1 copy of a R card like "Skull Juggler". It's weird because with the other box openings, I would get an almost equal amount of each R card, but it's not the case with the openings of this set. But whatever...

Anyway, that's all for now. Thank you for taking the time to read this, and enjoy the rest of your summer!