G Set 7 and 8 Predictions!

I meant to do a post like this prior to the announcement of Set 7, but didn't get around to it, but as so little has, at this point been revealed, there is still an amount of predicting to be done!

So Set 7 will be supporting: 

- Gold Paladins
- Angel Feather
- Dark Irregulars 
- Dimension Police 
- Gear Chronicle 
- Kagero

I'm going to try and break down what we know about the support already as well as make some predictions for the clans I have experience with!


So far we know very little. The obvious things like Stride fusions for Gurguit, Gavrail and Grandgallop, which so far have no skills, but look incredible: 

We've also had a few other cards confirmed that also confirm further support of certain subclans, i.e. Cosmic Heroes and Blade Wings, as well as the long awaited reprint of Doreen the Thruster, with a brand new alternative art: 

Some units are a given to be in the set, i.e. the RR critical trigger for Gurguit and Gavrail, as well as Benizel clones (counterblast 1, soulblast 1 when you have a vanguard with "x" etc.). 

Gold Paladins

I played a Gurguit deck when they debuted in Set 3 and found it to be very underwhelming, particularly compared to the strength Gold Paladins have had in the past. Hopefully the new support doesn't just keep it just up to speed enough to play, but give something a little more substantial.

 The set of course will add to the key word added in the starter deck, Unite, which triggers effects if two or more units have been called to either the (RC) or (GC). The terms of the keyword mean that normal calls as well as superior calls trigger them, so they aren't going to be difficult to activate, so they have an easily accessible keyword to play with. It is also important to note that Unite can trigger when units are placed on the guardian circle, so we may see more units that act defensively

That may be the new Gold Paladin playstyle as oppose to the heavy aggressive rush games they have played in the past. Gurguit's GB2 is a good example of this more defensive play-style.

We can probably also expect some form of Bluish Flame support.

Angel Feather

Angel Feather is more difficult to predict, because the support they received in GBT04 had incredible synergy with the previously released cards, a point further proven by how seamlessly the Nociel engine can be incorporated into it (even without the grade 3 and stride, the Grade 1 and 2 still fit perfectly).

 It will be interesting to see exactly what they do with Angels in this set. The current combo of the rare stride from GBT04, Nurse of Broken Heart and the stand trigger ( that you may recall me calling one of the best stand triggers in the game) is one of the strongest, if not the single strongest turn an Angel Feather deck can do. There is a certain skill curve to the deck, but once you do it it is a deadly turn. The problem is that it is all very compact together, where you can make variations there just isn't the room to drop much. What we are waiting on is the key word. The assumption on everyone's minds is that the keyword triggers when a card is put into the damage zone. I am one of the many people who would be incredibly surprised if it isn't just that. 

My prediction is that this is going to be a big set for Angel Feather. It has to be to top the aforementioned combo. We haven't seen a revival legion, so that may be something to look out for, and it can be assumed there will be a few cards for Celestials as well. But in terms of the G support it is really hard to say. If we look at stride fusions of we have so far, they essentially do a bigger version of the unit they are based on, i.e. Altmile calls from the hand, Aerial Divine Knight calls from the deck. However something Angel Feather do not have is a unit that is a huge play. Think of how Royal Paladins have Saint Blow Dragon, Dark Irregulars have Gilles De Rais. Angel Feather plays come from the set up of rearguards and the set-up skills of the vanguard (i.e. Holy Seraph, Raziel) rather than a huge attack down the middle. Our GB2 is a no questions asked heal. That is one flaw the deck has in it's current state. If the opponent knows that the strength is in the rear-guards, they can hugely take take advantage of that. I'm hope the Black Seraph is a big down the middle skill, as well as however else she interacts with the engine. 

Dark Irregulars

First comment to make is that the Doreen reprint is long overdue. For a long time now she has acted as a barrier to a lot of players who don't play DI simply because they can't find or avoid this little devil. The reprint is a really good call on Bushiroad's part. 

The only other card revealed at the moment is Wings of Reincarnation, Blade Wing Reijy

Hate the art personally. But the skill is interesting. It's another "Psuedo-Standing-Crossride" sort of concept (like Duo Eternal Sister, Meer) . Except different. With the 2-card support in the Winter Fighter's Collection it was very likely that we would see some form of Blade Wing, whether this one card is that support, or if we will see more will remain to be seen. I have a feeling like this may be it. 

In a nutshell, the skill is that after your grade 3 Blade Wing has attacked, you counterblast 1, pitch 3, and ride this guy from your soul, if the attack did not hit. Then the other skill is to soulblast 15 when he attacks, if you have original Reijy in your soul to give him 15k power and 2 additional critical. The idea is that if you aren't striding Reijy will be swinging for three damage, and if you guard that, the new one comes in for a huge 26k for 3 damage anyway. As is the Blade Wing way (the 15 Pieces of the Destruction Wing) you need 15 cards in your soul, making it a very late game thing, that you are likely to get off once. Obviously in the case of a grind game Tibold (the Blade Wing stride) can reset your drop zone, giving you the very real option to set it up again. If we assume that Blade Wings get no other support, basically what you have is a deck that doesn't need to tech Blade Wings into a Vampir build, but a full dedicated deck. Like all DI decks it suffers from awful early game, but through this guy, Tibold and Gilles de Rais a decent mid-late game. This is why Reijy has taken another obnoxious jump in price. 

But Blade Wings aside. We may see an Amon stride. Or may not. Their sort of like Bluish Flames where they are very strong and up to date with what they currently have, Amon arguably being the strongest DI build at the moment.

But the real question is what will happen to Scharharaarahar- Scarlet. Scarlet Vampir and the rest of the G-specific support. Well as mentioned before a RR crit and Benizel clone are pretty much a given. Beyond that is hard to say. Presumably we are going to get a stride fusion, the question becomes whether or not we will get four in one set. Everything in this set has previously had support in the G-era, and it is the first set to do that. So it is not entirely out of the question. As for the skill. Either something to do with retiring and powering up (from the grade 3 version) or something that triggers the keyword. Which like Angel Feather in terms of obviousness, will be something to do with the soul. Most likely when a certain number of cards go into the soul. Beyond that would be hard to tell. 


The other three clans in the set I have never played so can't really give much more than a summary; 

- Kagero will see support for the Legend deck and well as for Blademaster, including a potential stride fusion. 
- D-Police will see support for Cosmic Hero and maybe Metalborg. (Hang on to those Sin Busters!)
- Gear Chronicle will just get further support for Time-Leap and Maybe another Chronojet Stride


That is about as much as I can say for them. 

Set 8!

At this  point the most I can give is a list of clans I predict to be featured (baring in mind the next technical booster features Great Nature, Murakumo and Megacolony)

- Genesis (my original prediction put these guys in set 7)
- Granblue (potentially further support) 
- Aqua Force (these have not seen support since the clan booster) 
- 1 or 2 of the clans booster in The Reckless Rampage 

Very lose predictions based on not a whole lot! 


So those are my predictions for the next two Core sets! Watch this space for upcoming info on spoilers for the next set!