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May 6, 5:58 AM
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This episode had card battles...not entirely an unique game but definitely one worth noting considering the victory conditions. Some of the character outfits looks gimmicky though.

Not going to lie, I do think this episode had the best momentum out of the other games. There were a lot of executed plays, one of the most noticable being Fay using a bluff to let their opponents drop their guard. Clever imo. Fay and Pearl wins but this quite an intense match.
May 6, 6:50 AM
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Begin the card game!

A match of the card-based strategic board game Mind Arena begins, with Fey & Pearl facing off against Dark Gia Scimitar & Kerlich Sea in a 2v2 showdown. The victory conditions of this game are to either reach the goal first or reduce the opponent's life to zero. Dark and his team opt for aggressive class selections, unleashing high-powered cards to attack relentlessly. As Fey and her team find themselves cornered, will they find a strategy to turn the tide?

Best game yet, but still found it dull.


May 6, 7:15 AM
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6 episodes and none of the games had me at the edge of my seat. really dissapointed

honestly I thought liar liar (which was lackluster) was even better at this point of the anime
May 6, 7:29 AM
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More of a tribute to YGO legacy.
May 6, 7:51 AM
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This is the lamest combination of D&D, Yugioh, and Gang Beasts I’ve ever seen. How they make these games the equivalent of an abandoned indie game is just amusing.



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May 6, 9:18 AM
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very cool, if you play magic you really liked the mechanics of this challenge, I don't know about other card games, but really cool
May 6, 9:49 AM
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This episode was all about Yu-Gi-Oh play & that was nostalgic, pearl's importance in the game & Fay's master plan worked really well.
May 6, 10:54 AM
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Kind of predictable, but it was fun.
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May 6, 12:21 PM
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I mean a card game played as boardgame 10/10 creative
May 6, 12:35 PM

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i wanna sue LIDENFILMS and get that 23m and 40s of my lifespan back. this episode was worthless. the poor staff members that made this episode need double pay and extra days off for having to deal with crap like this. this show was OK so far, but this episode? ugh. rancid. :(
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May 6, 12:38 PM
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Dam the card game was really interesting. It's going much better than that scam Liar liar anime lol
May 6, 2:46 PM

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Yu-Gi-Oh and Vanguard esque episode lol. Card game was actually decent design wise, just still felt something was lacking in this episode. We’re 6 episodes in so I can say it, this is the literal definition of mid. Not horrible, not good. Just kinda exists.
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May 6, 4:40 PM

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Best episode so far!


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May 6, 6:52 PM
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Good chapter, Fei's fight but I wonder what the next game will be
May 6, 9:03 PM

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How many Uno-reverse did both team do in this card game? LOL

Also, never would have guessed Pearl and Scimitar are into chunni, HAHAHA, and their partners are just going, but it's magma fire, what thunder?.... LOL

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It's an interesting card game, but it also doesn't last very long... especially since I am pretty sure most people would just go for the damage route. Also... how many "secret" cards are there? LOL... feel pretty common for being a "secret"... everyone gets at least 1 every hand huh...
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May 6, 10:53 PM

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What the fuck did I just watch? This was just a damn mess. If this was suppose to be a tribute it's a slap in the fact. They sound a way to make this confusing somehow as it seems everyone was playing cards when they felt like it with a side secret cards everywhere. Also, it was predictable and not that exciting once they focus on that card Pearl had. I swear Fay's party is just the asspull team.
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May 6, 11:56 PM

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Same Liar Liar, they use deus ex machina in this episode.
Boring and worst episode ever
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May 7, 3:29 PM
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i wanna sue LIDENFILMS and get that 23m and 40s of my lifespan back. this episode was worthless. the poor staff members that made this episode need double pay and extra days off for having to deal with crap like this. this show was OK so far, but this episode? ugh. rancid. :(
@KiliianSleipnir I completely agree, this anime has been ok so far, but this episode was really crap (⋗ཀ ⋖″)
May 8, 6:35 PM
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Oh my lord this game finished like a heartache. No need you to understand each card effect etc, skippy skip, and voila. Back at those two important card from the beginning as an under the sleeve matter for them to end Dax challenge. Pearl Diamond, or shall i call her Pearl Flame manage to convince she's not a dead weight and can win by herself.

No oped as well, but we getting that one servant girl. Fair trade for our great lord mc Fay, right?
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May 8, 7:02 PM
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Jan 2016
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which game do they play where can we buy that game.
May 9, 5:45 PM
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Honestly I’m a bit pleasantly surprised by this episode. More entertaining and well animated than anything so far and it’s not even close
May 9, 9:59 PM
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Made me chuckle when Dax's name is mentioned or when it is attached on a move name.
Hearing the word Dax or Daks is like saying he is stacked or something (i.e. his name makes it sound like he has dig bick)
May 10, 1:16 PM
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what is the unsert sing played during Pearl's turn?
May 10, 5:04 PM

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Yeah this episode reminded me a lot of Liar Liar especially with the asspull plays but at least Pearl naming her attacks after herself was a little amusing.
May 11, 2:12 AM

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A Card Battle Sugoroku with Fay and Pearl battling Dax and Kelritch Shee, it's an affiliation of Mario Party infused with Yu-Gi-Oh! features. Even at an advantage of speed, Dax uses power to stop them in their tracks from reaching the goal, alongside the need to drain life points as needed.

The various strategies against Fay and Pearl, both Dax and Kel played a rather strong game, forcing them both to think their play and with their cards in the simple objective to win with a mind game, outwitting Dax.

So far, this is by far the best, but not by a stretch.
May 11, 3:12 AM

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YuGiOh fan service, and a lot of tramps and magics... Every episode, I think its the last I'm going to see... but I still see one more...
May 13, 5:03 AM
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I don't understand why people just drop it after a few episodes, at least you should watch entire show to decide the rating. Yeah kids nowaday I guess.
Aug 17, 3:05 AM

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I really enjoyed this episode, I was going to recommend this episode and anime to some others, but seeing the reviews here has made me reconsider!
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Aug 26, 12:35 PM
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I really enjoyed this episode, I was going to recommend this episode and anime to some others, but seeing the reviews here has made me reconsider!
@Zharux11

don't stumble because of other opinions, I found that episode absolute fantastic, had so much fun watching it 10/10 and will for sure recommend it (it's fantastic that it is so standalone that you can just recommend to watch this single one episode alone), I even wished that game would exist, as a fan of card games this was a big surprise, the amount of reaction cards and mechanics were insanely fun to watch, I actually wanted to play that game so badly lol

people nowadays man, I agree, so negative that it hurts, but it's their problem, not mine

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