Introduction

Recently, GungHo has introduced a new form of currency used in the Monster Exchange; Rainbow Event Medals! Rainbow Medals are very unique cards players can obtain through limited time special events, and can be traded for special monsters such as the RGB Elemental Lords, and even time-limited units.

As of 2/21/2019, GungHo Introduced Event Medal – Black. This new, sexy, medal is explained in this article!

With the Advent of Super Reincarnations, Rainbow Event Medals now have a much more important use as evolution materials (also explained further in).

How to obtain Rainbow Medals

Rainbow Medals can only be obtained through completing certain events and achieving a high percentile in some recent Ranking Dungeons. It’s important to realize that you can not trade Gold Event Medals for Rainbow Event Medals. As Mom says;

They aren’t easy to get, so save them, and even favorite them. Reni

While I used to keep and manage a complete list of events where Rainbow Medals were awarded, the list got a bit longer than I expected and thus I am no longer updating it. However; Reni and myself have been added a special Rainbow Event Medal tag to all news post where medals are handed out for any reason; Check it out here:

Event List (No longer up to date) Below is a list of every event where a Medal has been awarded, the number awarded, and the date of when it took place (clicking on the date sends you to the news post for it!): Click a heading to sort by column. Event Type Event Name

# of Medals Quest Quest Dungeons: June (JP)/Aug (NA)

2 6/1/2018 8/1/2018 Quest Quest Dungeons: July (JP)/Sept (NA)

2 7/1/2018 9/1/2018 Quest Quest Dungeons: Aug (JP)/Oct (NA)

2 8/1/2018 10/1/2018 Quest

Quest Dungeons: Sept (JP)/Nov (NA)

2 9/1/2018 11/1/2018 Quest Quest Dungeons: Oct (JP)/Dec (NA)

2 10/1/2018 12/1/18 Quest Quest Dungeons: Nov (JP)/Jan (NA)

2 11/1/2018 1/1/2019 Quest Quest Dungeons: Dec (JP)/ Feb (NA)

2 12/1/2018 2/1/2019 Quest Quest Dungeons: Jan (JP)/ March (NA)

2 1/1/2019 3/1/2019 Quest Quest Dungeons: Feb (JP)/ April (NA)

2 2/1/2019 4/1/2016 Quest Quest Dungeons: March (JP)

2 3/1/2019 — Quest Quest Dungeons: April (JP)

2 4/1/2019 — Quest 50 Million Downloads Event Quests Pt. 1

1 11/19/2018 11/29/2018 Quest 50 Million Downloads Event Quests Pt. 2

1 11/26/2018 12/12/2018 Quest 7th Year Anniversary Quests

2 1/1/2019 1/1/2019 Quest 7th Year Anniversary Quests Pt. 2

2 2/1/2019 2/1/2019 Descended Eir Descended Event

1 6/21/2018 8/22/2018 Descended Sol & Mani Descended Event

1 7/13/2018 9/19/2018 Descended Nidhogg Descended Event

1 8/10/2018 10/15/2018 Descended Lindworm Descended Event

1 10/11/2018 11/29/2018 Descended Quetzalcoatl Descended Event

1 11/22/2018 1/14/2019 Descended Zahhak Descended Event

1 12/26/2018 2/19/2019 Descended Libertas Descended Event

1 1/29/2019 3/19/2019 Descended Chirin Descended Event

1 2/20/2019 — Descended Scheherazade Descended Event

1 4/10/2019 — Ranking GungHo Collab Cup 1 – 27% or better

1 7/9/2018 9/10/2018 Ranking Power Pros Collab Cup – 20% or better

1 7/24/2018 — Ranking GungHo Collab Cup 2 – 27% or better

1 8/6/2018 9/24/2018 Ranking Autumn Special Cup – 20% or better

1 10/15/2018 1/28/2019 Ranking Xiang Mei Cup – 20% or better 1 — 10/18/18 Ranking PAD Appreciation Fest Cup Pt. 1*

2 11/12/2018 2/11/2019 Ranking PAD Appreciation Fest Cup Pt. 2*

2 11/26/2018 2/25/2019 Ranking PAD Appreciation Fest Cup Pt. 3*

2 12/10/2018 3/11/2019 Ranking PAD Appreciation Fest Cup Pt. 4*

1 12/31/2018 — Ranking 51 Million Downloads Memorial Cup

1 2/4/2019 — Ranking GachaDra Fever Ranking 1

7 2/21/2019 4/11/2019 Ranking GachaDra Fever Ranking 2

7 2/23/2019 4/13/2019 Ranking Spring Break Special Ranking – 10% or better

1 4/1/2019 — Special Sunken Serpent Labyrinth Renewal

1 7/2/2018 9/3/2018 Special Sky City’s Scarlet Blaze Renewal

1 3/8/2019 4/8/2019 Special Summer GachaDra Event

1 8/13/2018 10/8/2018 Special DBDC GachaDra Event

1 12/17/2018 1/2/2019 Special End of Year Stream Challenge

2 12/27/2018 — Special Limited Time Special REM Bundle★

2★ 12/31/2018 2/4/2019 Special YamaP Rank 888 Special Bundle★

1★ 1/15/2019 — Special 7th Anniversary Special Bundle★

7★ 2/20/2019 4/10/2019 Special PAD Professional League Gift

1 2/20/2019 — Total Medals to Date: JP: 81 NA: 69 Last modified: July 30, 2019. Note: Medals from Ranking Dungeons may not have been distributed yet; so if you seem short a few that would be why. ★ Thanks to Cate, I’ve learned that it is possible to get this bundle four times; twice on JP, and twice on HK/TW by transferring your data over. I won’t explain how to do it in full detail here; however it works by purchasing the bundle in one region (say, JP), then transferring your data to another region (HK/TW), then transferring your data to another device with the different OS (Android to iOS), then transferring your data back to your original region (back to JP). I will not be counting these extra 6 medals in the overall total. Obviously this will not work for NA if they get the same special deal.



Important Uses of Medals

Black Event Medals

With the introduction of Dark Ra Dragon and Zela to the Monster Exchange, GungHo introduced Event Medal – Black .

So far, the only way to obtain these Medals is by exchanging five Rainbow Medals for one Black Medal.

Super Reincarnated Evolutions

On 2/20/2019, GungHo introduced Super Reincarnated Haku to the world, causing us to look at how we view Event Medals.

As of this writing, each Super Reincarnation will cost players one Event Medal – Rainbow’s Gem per card; which is obtained in the exchange for one Rainbow Medal. Below is a list of each new Super Reincarnation.

Super Revo Pantheon Materials Release Date

Haku Chinese

Gods JP: 2/20/2019

NA: 4/18/2019

Bastet Egyptian

Gods JP: 4/9/2019

NA: —

Meimei Chinese

Gods JP: 5/26/2019

NA: —

Minverva Greco-Roman

Gods JP: 5/26/2019

NA: —

Posts related to Super Reincarnated Evolution

(This is why we warned people to use their Medals sparingly.)

Monster Exchange

Rainbow Medals can be exchanged for the following cards:

Rainbow Event Medal x1

[5077] Event Medal – Rainbow’s Gem

JP: 2/21/2019

NA: 4/18/2019 [4484] Teleport Crystal***

JP: 11/5/2018 – 11/19/2018

NA: 1/7/2019 – 1/20/2019 [5030] GungHo Ticket***

JP: 11/28/2018 – 12/10/2018

NA: 1/14/2019 – 1/27/2019 [4944] PAD Energy item***

JP: 12/03/2018 – 12/17/2018

NA: — [5039] Heroine Ticket***

JP: 12/10/2018 – 12/24/2018

NA: 12/26/2018 – 1/9/2019 [4992] Yo-kai Watch World Coin***

JP: 12/24/2018 – 1/7/2019

NA: — [5054] Wafer Man Medal***

JP: 1/21/2019 – 2/4/2019

NA: 3/4/2019 – 3/17/2019 [5026] Saber’s Chess Piece***

JP: 1/7/2019 – 1/21/2019

NA: 1/28/2019 – 2/10/2019 [5115] SFV AE Event Medal***

JP: 2/28/2019 – 3/4/2019

NA: 2/28/2019 – 3/3/2019 [5153] Dragonbound & Dragon Caller Ticket***

JP: 1/7/2019 – 1/21/2019

NA: 1/28/2019 – 2/10/2019 [5221] PAD Academy Badge***

JP: 4/8/2019 – 4/21/2019

NA: 5/13/2019 – 5/26/2019 [5277] Oracle Bell***

JP: 4/22/2019 – 5/6/2019

NA: 5/27/2019 – 6/9/2019 [5295] Sanrio Characters Medal***

JP: 5/6/2019 – 5/20/2019

NA: 6/10/2019 – 6/23/2019 [5313] Kinnikuman Event Medal***

JP: 5/20/2019 – 6/3/2019

NA: — [5378] The Survey Corps’ Emblem

JP: 6/10/2019 – 6/24/2019

NA: — [5388] PAD Bouquet of Happiness – Rainbow

JP: 6/17/2019 – 6/30/2019

NA: 6/24/2019 – 7/7/2019 [5407] FF Crystal Medal – Rainbow

JP: 7/1/2019 – 7/15/2019

NA: — [5480] Shonen Champion Medal – Rainbow

JP: 7/29/2019 – 8/12/2019

NA: —

Rainbow Event Medal x3

[4484] Borma’s Gem [4504] Zapan’s Gem [4525] Byuto’s Gem



[4549] Keela’s Gem

JP: 10/1/2018

NA: 11/26/18 [4549] Mowa’s Gem

JP: 10/1/2018

NA: 11/26/18

Rainbow Event Medal x4

[4683] Honoka Shindou**

JP: 11/28/18 – 12/10/18

NA: 9/1/2018 – 10/31/2018 [4687] SO135-Alastair**

JP: 11/28/18 – 12/10/18

NA: 9/1/2018 – 10/31/2018 [4687] Odysseus

JP: 10/15/2018

NA: 11/26/18 [4653] Sleipnir

JP: 1/28/2019

NA: 2/25/2019

Rainbow Event Medal x5

[5155] Event Medal – Black

JP: 2/21/2019

NA: 5/6/2019

Black Event Medals can be exchanged for the following cards:

Black Event Medal x3 | Rainbow Event Medal x15

[4297] Dusk Shadow God, Ra Dragon

JP: 2/21/2019

NA: 5/6/2019 [5316] Ultimate New Dragon, Toragon

JP: 7/1/2019

NA: —



Black Event Medal x4 | Rainbow Event Medal x20

[3896] Toy Dragon Caller, Cotton**/****

JP: –

NA: 5/6/2019

Black Event Medal x5 | Rainbow Event Medal x25

[4414] Great Witch of the Solitary Peak, Zela**/****

JP: 2/21/2019 – 3/6/2019

NA: – [4576] Guardian of the Water Capitol, Athena

JP: 5/27/2019

NA: 7/19/2019



** Limited time only

*** Collab/Special Event Only Card

**** Black Medals could be substituted with specific 7 Star GFEs and Seasonals.

In collabs with farmable exchange cards, you are usually able trade one medal for one collab exchange item which is used to get one of two collab cards. DO NOT DO THIS. You are able to farm up the trade fodder for the collab in the collab dungeon, you can not farm up Rainbow Medals.

Card Reviews

Odysseus

Stat Lv.99 (+297) Lv.110 (+297) HP 4248 (5238) 5098 (6088) ATK 1663 (2158) 1996 (2491) RCV 425 (722) 510 (807) Cunning Heroic Commander, Odysseus

機知の英雄将・オデュッセウス

Balanced / Machine [4896]

Active Skill: Remove all awoken skill binds; Change all orbs to Water, Wood, and Light orbs

(20 ➧ 15) Leader Skill: [Board becomes 7×6]; 4x ATK and reduce damage taken by 25% when 9 or more combos; 3x ATK when matching 5 or more connected orbs

[1/144/1, 43.75%]

For a 7×6 lead, Odysseus a relatively high multiplier of 12x yet in spite of that, his activation is relatively straightforward, requiring 9 combos and a match of any 5 orbs. He may still be more restrictive than Diablos, but a higher multiplier can be a worthwhile tradeoff. Notably, he had great application in a JP ranking where counted for high amounts of style points.

Friend pairing wise, Odysseus can work well with the usual high combo leaders or some match 5 leaders , depending on what the dungeon calls for.

Assist Evo: Trojan Horse

Odysseus’s assist evo grants incredibly useful hazard resists and his active is pretty nice for most light teams. With a friend’s poison resist assist and 2 Trojan Horse (or 1 Horse and 1 Hakuryu ) one can achieve full poison resist without having to modify subs.

Inheritable full awoken bind clear are rare and previously limited to rare collab cards only. Since it’s attached to a tricolor board with no hearts and it cannot clear normal binds, Trojan Horse’s active isn’t as flexible as those REM options. However the resists granted by this assist alone makes it worth using. Should you want the awakenings but not the skill, it’s advisable to leave Trojan Horse at skill level 1 (20 CD).

Honoka Shindou [Gungho Collab]

Stat Lv.99 +297 HP 3761 4751 ATK 1303 1798 RCV 1102 1399 Honoka Shindou

神道ほのか

Healer [4683] Active Skill: For 2 turns, reduce damage taken by 50%; For 2 turns, recover 50% of max HP

(16 ➧ 11) Leader Skill: 4x ATK and reduce damage taken by 35% when above 80% HP; 4x ATK when matching 6 or more connected Light orbs

[1/256/1, 57.75%]

Honoka has good damage and defenses on paper, but she’s severely hampered by her ≥80% HP conditional.

Leaderskill Scaling:

< 80% HP ≥ 80% HP < 6 1x 16x ≥ 6 16x, 57.75% 256x, 57.75%

Her leader skill shield functions similar to Edward ‘s shield, but since her threshold is 80% any 99% gravity will bring her below. As such she’s effectively a 16x row leader most of the time. While she can theoretically be used in farming, her HP conditional means you might as well just run Zeus Verse .

As a sub she brings 4 , massive RCV, and a decent active. A shield combined with auto recovery is useful for stalling, especially for 4x HP 1x RCV leaders. Sadly it only lasts 2 turns and the shield is only 50%, often insufficient for more fragile teams. Honoka can be compared with Yuna as light shield subs with great RCV but a 7c sub is much easier to fit than a light rows sub.

Assist Evo: General Tamuramuro Card

This is the first assist evo to give 1s of additional movetime and, as mentioned before, the active isn’t half bad either. Time extend is ultimately a luxury but this form is more generally useful than Honoka as a sub either way.

Alastair [Gungho Collab]

Stat Lv.99 +297 HP 4595 5585 ATK 1947 2442 RCV 464 761 SO135-Alastair

SO135-アレスタ

Machine / Balanced [4687] Active Skill: Change far left column to Dark orbs and change far right column to Wood orbs; Deal Wood damage equal to 40x of team’s total Wood ATK to all enemies

(15 ➧ 10) Leader Skill: 2x HP for Wood, Dark Att.; 6x ATK when matching Wood+Dark; 100x ATK additional damage when matching orbs

[4/36/1]

Alastair is amazing from a farming perspective, seeing as she has:

3

2

A team total green attack based multitarget nuke active

She is comparable to Nergigante Hunter for being multiboost bases with nuke actives. She has better awakenings than Nergi Hunter, but her nuke active is slower. Even when her nuke isn’t utilized directly, just having her on the team helps push Nergi Hunter’s damage higher.

Her lower CD is generally a plus, but since she has 3 SB and isn’t likely to be inherited, it is best to leave her at skill level 1 so that the multiboost assist active does not come up. Aside from using her own nuke active, Alastair can act as a base for other nuke actives like Durandalf should the situation call for it.

Her leader skill has a unimpressive multiplier of 4/36/1 but also a 100x bonus attack component that can can be used to deal with resolves. Needing to match 2 colors for the attack multiplier means she can’t do the same thing as Kaioh or Pixel Echidna but at least you can activate via orbs created by Alastair’s active for the one floor that needs extra damage.

Aside from farming purposes, Alastair can also function as a decent sub in multiplayer. Her offensive awakenings combined grants a 6.75x sub specific multiplier and multiboost gives her 12.5k HP and 1.7k RCV in coop. She is especially nice for 3P mode where your HP pool is not combined and skill boost is valuable.

Sleipnir

Stat Lv.99 (+297) Lv.110 (+297) HP 5539 (6529) 6370 (7360) ATK 1867 (2362) 2147 (2642) RCV 835 (1132) 960 (1257) Divine War Horse, Sleipnir

神戦の軍馬・スレイプニル

Balanced / God [4653]

Active Skill: For 1 turn, reduce damage taken by 75%; For 1 turn, bypass att. absorb shield effects

(19 ➧ 14)

If you have been keeping up with ranking dungeon, then you would already have 2 Sleipnirs: one from 77 Million Downloads Cup and one from 6th Anniversary Cup. Thus you only need to exchange for Sleipnir if you missed those.

Base Sleipnir has no leader skill and an esoteric lineup of awakenings. He provides HP/RCV through relatively high weighted stats and team HP/RCV awakenings plus 3k worth of autoheal , but offers no damage. The main reason to keep him in this form is when a farming setup requires Sleipnir to be directly subbed instead of inherited for color absorb void active, usually due to a high delay. Another reason is the interaction between team HP and awoken binds: if you have any awakenings that alter your max HP, your HP will not return to full after awoken binds end which can be quite troublesome for full HP leaders . Lastly since you don’t need to evolve Sleipnir just to inherit him, it’s not a bad decision to save your resources for other cards.

Color absorb void is one of those quality of life things: you don’t need to have this active to deal with spawns that absorb a certain color as long as you can stall out the absorb or build team that doesn’t have the absorbed attribute, but Sleipnir lets you skip all of that. Even if color absorb void is irrelevant for your team, the 1 turn 75% shield is good for tanking large preemptives and rage hits. In the context of button farming, color absorb void allows attribute based nukes to ignore enemy color absorbs. Sleipnir’s lack of board change/orb change is useful here, as it allows you to retain the board from buttons like Satan .

Assisst Evo: Divine Guardian Horse, Sleipnir

Assist Sleipnir grants two generically useful awakenings in team HP and team RCV in addition to a good amount of stats transfer for green base cards. While there’s nothing wrong with more stats, they don’t provide any additional utility to the team so the main reason to consider Sleipnir assist for a team is the active skill.

Thoughts

As limited as Rainbow Event Medals are, I would personally recommend taking time to weigh your options when trading them in the Monster Exchange, I’d even go as far as comparing them to trading in Godfest Exclusives; so be one-hundred percent sure that the card you’re trading for is worth it and will help support the box you currently have. While it’s true that players on the NA server have the perk of knowing what we’re getting 2-3 months in advance thanks to JP getting these updates first, it’s important to realize that we don’t know what kind of cards GungHo will put out as Event Medal only trades.

As it currently stands, we strongly recommend saving all of your Rainbow Event Medals at this moment. The only exclusions are Alastair (only if you’re heavily into farming), and the Elemental Lord Gems if you’re really desperate to evo a Starter Dragon , Miru , or Dark Athena ; but that’s still not recommended. Either way, we don’t know what plans GungHo has in store for the Rainbow Event Medals in the future, so think very carefully before spending them!