2014 ~ Write the Vanguard!! ~ New Articles Every Tuesday and Thursday

Tuesday, September 23, 2014

[JCG] Deck Check: The Overlord's Great Return!

Tuesday, September 23, 2014 byak

Hey guys! Today I'm putting an article out from someone who wanted to help write with us for the site. Our deck check for today will be covering the recent boost to the Perdition archetype, featuring the return of Dragonic Overlord!

Deck Check / Dragonic Overlord / JCG / Kagero / Perdition / Vortex Dragonewt

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

[ECG] Deck Check: Liberating the Lock - Monarch Sanctuary Alfred

Tuesday, September 16, 2014 byak

Now that English players have gotten their hands on the new Booster Set 15, they have started to look into putting together decks with their new cards. One popular upcoming strategy features Alfred's new form, making Liberators stronger than ever before!

Alfred / Blaster Blade Liberator / Deck Check / ECG / Gold Paladin / Liberators

Thursday, September 11, 2014

[JCG] Breaking Down Deletors

Thursday, September 11, 2014 byak

The Deletors are almost upon us. Since their initial reveal last month, we've been able to learn more and more about them, including their unique mechanic: delete. Read on to find out more about them and our predictions on the impact that they will bring to the game!

Delete / Deletors / JCG. / Link Joker / MB01 / MTD01 / Woksis

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Monthly Bushiroad Issue 13 - Star-vaders and Perdition

Tuesday, September 09, 2014 byak

Bushiroad has started to show even more pieces of their upcoming Movie Booster in the recent Monthly Bushiroad. Read more to find about the new additions to Link Joker and Kagero!

Blaster Joker / Dragonic Overlord / Kagero / Link Joker / Monthly Bushiroad / Perdition / Star-Vaders

Tuesday, September 2, 2014

[JCG] Putting Together the Pieces of Neon Messiah

Tuesday, September 02, 2014 byak

Bushiroad has been a lot more generous recently with their reveals for the upcoming Booster Set: Neon Messiah. If you're a Seeker or Liberator fan, come in to take a closer look!

Alfred XIV / Gold Paladin / Liberators / MB01 / Prominence Glare / Royal Paladin / Seekers

Thursday, August 28, 2014

[JCG] Breaking the Limits of Limit Break!

Thursday, August 28, 2014 byak

A set of new clones were included in this month's release of Booster Set 17, and they're certainly not something to ignore. Read on to find out more about the new Limit Break enablers, along with the best ways to use them!

Aqua Force / BT17 / Gold Paladin / Granblue / JCG / Kagero / Link Joker / Narukami / Royal Paladin / Tachikaze

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

[JCG] Deck Check: Knights of the Blue Flame!

Tuesday, August 26, 2014 byak

Welcome back to Deck Check! Today's deck will be about one of our favorite decks to erupt from the recent Booster Set 17: Bluish Flame Liberators!

BT17 / Deck Check / Gold Paladin / JCG / Liberators / Prominence Core

Thursday, August 21, 2014

[JCG] Deck Check: Brawler's Big Bang Blow!

Thursday, August 21, 2014 Lequier

Welcome to the next Deck Check in our Booster Set 17 special! The next deck we'll be covering is another deck that's managed to blast it's way into the top tables with Big Bang Brawlers!

Brawlers / BT17 / Deck Check / JCG / Narukami

Tuesday, August 19, 2014

A Look at What's to Come: Neon Messiah and Malefic Deletor

Tuesday, August 19, 2014 byak

Vanguard's two upcoming releases for the upcoming month of September in Japanese territories have been building up hype recently, and for good reason. Read on to find out why!

Blaster Joker / Deletors / Link Joker / MB01 / MTD01 / News / Royal Paladin / Seekers / Star-Vaders

Thursday, August 14, 2014

[ECG] Deck Check: Dauntless' Dominating Drive!

Thursday, August 14, 2014 byak

You didn't think we were done with Booster Set 14 deck checks, were you? Today we'll be doing another Kagero Deck Check, but this time, for Dauntless Drive Dragon's Reverse form!

BT14 / Dauntless Drive Dragon / Deck Check / ECG / Kagero

Tuesday, August 12, 2014

[JCG] Deck Check: Trinity Crimson Flame!

Tuesday, August 12, 2014 byak

Welcome to our series of Booster Set 17! We'll be kicking things off by featuring the cover card of the set, who has already managed to see top table tournament play: Vortex Dragonewt!

BT17 / Deck Check / JCG / Kagero / Nouvelle Vague / Perdition / Vortex Dragonewt

Thursday, August 7, 2014

[JCG] Set Check: Blazing Perdition! (part 2)

Thursday, August 07, 2014 byak

Booster Set 17 was just way too huge and significant for us to jam everything into one article! Read on for the rest of the big contenders in the set!

Ancient Dragons / Aqua Force / Blue Storm / Brawlers / BT17 / Granblue / JCG / Narukami / Royal Paladin / Seekers / Set Check / Tachikaze

Tuesday, August 5, 2014

[JCG] Set Check: Blazing Perdition! (part 1)

Tuesday, August 05, 2014 byak

Welcome to another edition of Set Check! Booster Set 17: Blazing Perdition is set to come out this Friday in Japan, and it brings a wave of new decks to challenge the current metagame! Want to know what these decks are and how they work? Read more to find out!

BT17 / Dark Zodiac / Gold Paladin / Imaginary Plane Dragon / JCG / Kagero / Liberators / Link Joker / Perdition / Prominence Core / Set Check / Star-Vaders / Vortex Dragonewt

Thursday, July 31, 2014

[ECG] Deck Check: Eradicator's Reignition!

Thursday, July 31, 2014 byak

Eradicators have held their place on top of the metagame since their release, but recently they've been outshone by newer decks. With Abyss Dragons and Flame Dragons taking the spotlight, it's time for Thunder Dragons to step up and attempt to reclaim the throne!

BT14 / Deck Check / ECG / Eradicators / Ignition Dragon / Narukami

Friday, July 18, 2014

Vanguard 101: Preventing Trigger Sacking Without Shuffling Tricks

Friday, July 18, 2014 Lt. Duck N.

Welcome to the third installment of Vanguard 101. The community loves hating on how they lost due to triggers, yet serious discussion on the subject is scarce because most players believe there is nothing to talk about.

Tuesday, July 15, 2014

[ECG] Deck Check: The Bonds of the Golden!

Tuesday, July 15, 2014 byak

Welcome back to our Deck Check series, celebrating the release of Booster Set 14! Gancelot has always been an important figure for the Paladin forces, and today we'll be going over his newest form, which gives Liberators a well deserved boost!

BT14 / Deck Check / ECG / Gancelot / Garmore / Gold Paladin / Liberators

Monday, July 14, 2014

[JCG] Deck Check: Curse of the Shadow Witch!

Monday, July 14, 2014 byak

While the newest Shadow Paladin Extra Booster gave new toys for Revengers, it also managed to create a brand new archetype for Shadow Paladins, one that would take form of perhaps the most unique control deck up to this point: Witches!

Deck Check / EB12 / JCG / Shadow Paladin / Witches

Friday, July 11, 2014

The Blog and Beyond: The Future of Write the Vanguard!!

Friday, July 11, 2014 byak

To be blunt, I want to do more.

Saturday, July 5, 2014

[JCG] Deck Check: Eternal Abyss, Phantom Blaster!

Saturday, July 05, 2014 byak

Phantom Blaster Dragon is back once again, bearing the title of Revenger and having his own Legion Mate! People have been hyping him ever since his reveal a few months ago, but does his presentation meet up to the hype?

"Abyss" / Deck Check / EB11 / JCG / Revengers / Shadow Paladin

Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Double Deck Check: The Power of Regalia

Wednesday, July 02, 2014 byak

Hey everyone, it's about time for another Double Deck Check! And what could be a better topic than the core of Genesis themselves, Regalia!

BT14 / Deck Check / EB12 / ECG / Genesis / JCG / Minerva / Regalia / TD13 / Yggdrasill

Tuesday, June 17, 2014

[ECG] An Introduction to Regalia

Tuesday, June 17, 2014 byak

This month's release in the English card game is the Genesis Trial Deck, featuring the new archetype: Regalia. Like most Genesis decks, this deck comes with a lot of soul. How does the deck work? And how does the deck fare with others going into the release of Booster Set 14, where it's set to gain even more support?

ECG / Genesis / Regalia / TD13

Friday, June 13, 2014

[JCG] The Current State of the Japanese Metagame

Friday, June 13, 2014 byak

It's been a while since I was able to write an article about the Japanese game, but since they just got Legion and a new core set, I thought it'd be important to write an article about their metagame, considering it changed drastically!

Brawlers / Cat Butler / Dimension Police / JCG / Metalborgs / Musketeer / Narukami / Neo Nectar / Nova Grappler / Royal Paladin / Seekers / Sing Saver Dragon / Spike Brothers

Wednesday, June 11, 2014

[ECG] Deck Check: The Immortal Stands Again!

Wednesday, June 11, 2014 byak

All the way back from the beginning in Booster Set 1, Asura Kaiser finally returns to the metagame with an appropriately flashy deck!

Asura Kaiser / Deck Check / EB08 / ECG / Nova Grappler

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

[ECG] Deck Check: Blaukluger's Blitz!

Tuesday, June 03, 2014 byak

Kagero wasn't the only clan to be graced with support this weekend. Nova Grapplers got a lot of support as well in their own Extra Booster, revitalizing old strategies for the current metagame!

Blau / Deck Check / EB08 / Galaxy Blaukluger / Nova Grappler

Friday, May 30, 2014

[ECG] Deck Check: The Descent of Nouvelle Vague

Friday, May 30, 2014 byak

The arrival of grade 4 is upon us! The newest Extra Booster for Kagero introduces a new deck type, featuring a dragon who transcends all other units in Vanguard!

Deck Check / EB09 / Grade 4 / Kagero / Nouvelle Vague

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

[ECG] Deck Check: Leo-pald's School of Hard Knocks!

Wednesday, May 21, 2014 byak

Following the resurgence of decks thanks to the powers of Reverse, Great Nature hit the field with an new and explosive Break Ride combo!

BT13 / Chatnoir / Deck Check / Great Nature / Leo-pald

Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Your Guide to Booster Set 13!

Tuesday, May 13, 2014 byak

So you don't have to dig down through all of our articles to find some Deck Checks, we brought them up for you!

Friday, May 9, 2014

[ECG] Deck Check: Tetra Storm Drive!

Friday, May 09, 2014 byak

Welcome back everyone! Ready for more self-standing vanguards? In this article, we go over one of Aqua Force's flashiest bosses yet: Blue Wave Dragon, Tetra-Drive Dragon!

Aqua Force / BT13 / Deck Check / Tetra-drive Dragon

Monday, May 5, 2014

[ECG] Deck Check: Dark Dimensional Combination, Reverse Daiyusha!

Monday, May 05, 2014 byak

Hello again, cardfighters! We're taking a break from the Japanese card game for a bit because of the release of Booster Set 13 on English shores! We've actually managed to go over a handful of new decks from this set in the past, but there's one in particular I've been trying to find the time to write about for a while: Reverse Daiyusha!

BT13. Dimension Police / Daiyusha / Deck Check / Dimensional Robo / ECG / Reverse Daiyusha

Wednesday, April 30, 2014

[JCG] The New King of the Metagame?

Wednesday, April 30, 2014 byak

Earlier this month, Monthly Bushiroad came out, releasing spoilers for upcoming products, such as Fighter's Collection 2014, Trial Decks 14 and 15, and the next core set: Booster Set 16. Bushiroad ended up giving us a sneak peek of the new boss unit for Seekers, and boy does it pack a punch.

JCG / Legion / Royal Paladin / Seekers / Sing Saver Dragon

Saturday, April 19, 2014

Fighter's Collection 2014 - Dragons of the Shadows!

Saturday, April 19, 2014 byak

Welcome back to our daily reviews of Fighter's Collection 2014. Yesterday, we went over the new support for Narukami and Kagero. Today, however, we're going to be looking at the ninja clans of Vanguard: Nubatama and Murakumo!

Deck Check / Fighter's Collection 2014 / Murakumo / Nubatama

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Fighter's Collection 2014 - Dragons of Fire and Lightning!

Tuesday, April 15, 2014 byak

Dragon Empire has always harbored at least one or two tournament winning decks at any given time, evidently proving that dragons have had a big influence on Cardfight's metagame. In today's article, we're going to take a look at some of the new support for Narukami and Kagero!

Deck Check / Eradicators / Fighter's Collection 2014 / Kagero / Narukami / Seal Dragons

Sunday, April 13, 2014

Fighter's Collection 2014 - The Paladins Take Arms!

Sunday, April 13, 2014 byak

Welcome back to our coverage on Fighter's Collection 2014! Last time, we went over Dimension Police and Daikaiser's rework. Today, we'll be going over the three new units for the three Paladin clans, which support Liberators, Revengers, and Jewel Knights!

Deck Check / Fighter's Collection 2014 / Gold Paladin / Jewel Knights / Liberators / Revengers / Royal Paladin / Shadow Paladin

Saturday, April 12, 2014

Fighter's Collection 2014 - The Return of Daikaiser!

Saturday, April 12, 2014 byak

Welcome to our multi-part review of the brand new Fighter's Collection 2014, set to come out on May 2nd, which isn't that far from now. Fighter's Collection is a very diverse set that covers a lot of grounds, so we'll make sure to cover all of it in brief, specific articles. Today, we'll be starting our series with the brand new support units for Dimensional Robos!

Daikaiser / Deck Check / Dimension Police / Dimensional Robo / Fighter's Collection 2014

Saturday, April 5, 2014

[JCG] Diva's Duet + Sample Decklists!

Saturday, April 05, 2014 byak

In this article byak attempts to give a serious analysis of an Extra Booster full of loli mermaids while attempting to retain his dignity.

Bermuda Triangle / Coral / Duo / EB10 / JCG / Pacifica / PR♥ISM

Monday, March 17, 2014

[JCG] Deck Check: World's End - Act II

Monday, March 17, 2014 byak

I did say I was going back to Star-vader, "Omega" Glendios as a deck, especially considering I drafted a list before it gained a bunch of really good support. If you weren't entirely convinced with Glendios before, I think you'd be convinced now.

"Omega" Glendios / Deck Check / JCG / Link Joker / Star-Vaders

Friday, March 14, 2014

[ECG] Double Deck Check: Dimensional Brave Kaiser!

Friday, March 14, 2014 byak

Trial Deck 12: Dimensional Brave Kaiser hits English shelves today! The Trial Deck serves as the preface for the wave of Dimension Police support heading our way in Booster Set 13. Although I consider it a preface, it does happen to come with one of the most useful units for Dimension Police: Super Dimensional Robo, Daikaiser!

Daikaiser / Daiyusha / Deck Check / Dimension Police / Dimensional Robo / ECG / TD12

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Legion

Tuesday, March 11, 2014 byak

Cardfight's newest mechanic has just recently risen to the surface, and it creates an interesting preface for the rest of its newest season.

Brawlers / JCG / Legion / Seekers

Monday, March 10, 2014

[ECG] Deck Check: Reverse Thunder Overbreak!

Monday, March 10, 2014 byak

While Eradicators had already started off fairly strong with the release of Booster Set 10, they were still subject to Bushiroad's attention, and were given their own powerful Reverse unit in Booster Set 12: Eradicator, Vowing Saber "Reverse"!

BT12 / Deck Check / ECG / Eradicators / Vowing Sword

Saturday, March 1, 2014

[ECG] Deck Check: Reverse Circus

Saturday, March 01, 2014 byak

It's a surprise to me that we haven't done a Deck Check on Pale Moon yet. It's arguably mine and my co-writer Lequier's favorite decks. Booster Set 12 breathes new life into them, and now that's out in the English game, let's talk about them!

Deck Check / ECG / Pale Moon / Silver Thorn

Monday, February 24, 2014

[ECG] Deck Check: Revenger's Raging Form

Monday, February 24, 2014 byak

Welcome back to Deck Check, cardfighters! Booster Set 12 was released yesterday, and today I wanted to do a Deck Check on one of the more popular decks coming into the metagame: Revengers!

Deck Check / ECG / Revengers / Shadow Paladin

Monday, February 17, 2014

[ECG] Deck Check: Link Joker - Everything Starts at Zero

Monday, February 17, 2014 byak

Hey cardfighters! Today we're going to take a short break from all of the new Japanese cards to look at our own English metagame. Booster Set 12 is right around the corner, and I'm sure everyone is ready for the invasion of Link Joker!

BT12 / Deck Check / ECG / Link Joker / Star-Vaders

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Monthly Bushiroad Issue 6, Part 3 - Яe-birth

Wednesday, February 12, 2014 byak

Welcome to our final installment of our coverage for Monthly Bushiroad, where we'll be going over the rebirth of Dragonic Overlord!

Dragonic Overlord / JCG / Kagero / Monthly Bushiroad

Saturday, February 8, 2014

Monthly Bushiroad Issue 6, Part 2 - Alfred's Sanctuary

Saturday, February 08, 2014 byak

Time for part two of our coverage for Monthly Bushiroad. This time, with Liberators!

Gold Paladin / JCG / Liberators / Monthly Bushiroad

Thursday, February 6, 2014

Monthly Bushiroad Issue 6, Part 1 - Glendios Intensifies (Again)

Thursday, February 06, 2014 byak

It's finally here! The conclusion of the Omega invasion begins!

JCG / Link Joker / Monthly Bushiroad / Star-Vaders

Sunday, February 2, 2014

[Spoilers] Rebirth of the Overlord

Sunday, February 02, 2014 byak

Well, Cardfight 159 aired last night! And uh... if this isn't straight up legacy support, then I don't know what is..

[ECG] Deck Check: Blessed Reincarnation - Musketeer!

Sunday, February 02, 2014 byak

Hey cardfighters, today we're going to start our Deck Check requests with an article on Musketeers! Read on for the full decklist for the ECG..

Deck Check / JCG / Musketeer / Neo Nectar

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Deck Check Requests!

Wednesday, January 29, 2014 byak

Seeing as we're in a bit of a slow period as far in terms of news, I don't have anything too special to go over in deck checks. As such, I'm opening the floor up to you all to request a specific deck to be featured on Deck Check! Simply comment below what you want to see, and we'll get to it when we can!

Saturday, January 25, 2014

[JCG] Deck Check: The World's End - Omega!

Saturday, January 25, 2014 byak

I finally found time to put together and proxy an "Omega" Glendios build, as well as the time to test it, and I have one thing to say: holy cow this deck is consistent.

JCG / Link Joker / Star-Vaders

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

ARG Circuit Series, Nashville Tennessee - Tournament Report

Wednesday, January 22, 2014 byak

Hey cardfighters! I just got back from Nashville on Monday and I'm now enjoying a combination of school holidays and even a snow day. I found time to write a little report about my tournament experience over the weekend, so here it is.

ECG / Eradicators / Narukami / Tournament Report

Glendios Intensifies

Wednesday, January 22, 2014 byak

Star-vader, "Omega" Glendios was revealed in Monday's card of the day, and it's everything we expected it to be.

JCG / Link Joker / Star-Vaders

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