Happy Monday everyone! Going to be a crazy week with Gencon starting up on Thursday. There will be 2 Crystal Cups going on, and a huge chunk of the community meeting up for what will be a glorious event. Been getting a ton of positive feedback for my card reference articles, so going to continue on with that for today — so yeehaw here we go.

Marauder – 4-017R

A standard unit that can be hard to answer early on with some decks, this forward gains +8000 power when it attacks. This is akin to the “Berserk” ability that Marauders get in Final Fantasy XIV, which makes all their attacks critical and direct hits, reflecting in the massive boost of power.

Edgar 4-004H

Next we have King Edgar Roni Figaro from Final Fantasy VI. His exburst allows him to search for 1 card name Sabin, and add it to our hand. This is a perfect fit because not only is Sabin Edgar’s brother, but he literally searches out for him in Final Fantasy 6 with Terra and Locke. This leads up to them engaging against Vargas on Mt. Kole. He has an S ability Drill, which outright breaks a forward. This is straight from his “Tools” abilities in VI, where he gets a massive power drill and deals huge damage to a single target that penetrates their defense.

Umaro – 4-025H

When Umaro enters the field, you may search for 1 monster and add it to your hand. He is able to find monsters because he lives in the Narshe caves, which is where all sorts of monster reside, and under Mog, he runs the show. Umaro must also attack once per turn if possible. This comes from his job classification in FF6 “Berserker”. In battle, Umaro cannot be given commands and will use physical attacks endlessly. And lastly, we have Bodyslam, which deals 1 forward 7,000 damage. This comes from an ability that Umaro gains when you give him the “Berserker Ring”, which adds 3 new abilities to his arsenal (Bodyslam being one of them)

Gumbah – 5-033R

Gumbah from FFXI is a backup that, when broken, can search for another card name Gumbah and be played onto the field dull. This directly relates to his character in Final Fantasy XI, where as a member of the Galka race, he reincarnates after death. Unlike most Galkas however, Gumbah is also destined as a “Talekeeper”, a Galka that reincarnates with all his memories intact, to preserve the culture and strengths of the Galka race.

Zemus – 5-108L

Zemus, a Legend Opus V forward, can choose 1 lightning forward from the break-zone, and bring it back onto the field if he pays it’s CP cost. This is referencing his ability in Final Fantasy IV to control certain characters, and give them renewed strength to do his bidding. This happens with (directly) 2 other Lightning Forwards both in the card game and Final Fantasy IV, Kain and Golbez.

And that’s it for this week’s card references! Really fun vacation for me coming up with my wife to see family and play cards with some awesome people at Gencon! Hope to see you there =)

(Did you know? In the title for Square-Enix’s new amazing 2DHD RPG “Octopath Traveler”, the word Octopath not only stands for the 8 paths that are taken with the game’s roster, but is also an Acronym for the playable characters.)

Ophilia

Cyrus

Therion

Olberic

Primrose

Alfyn

Tressa

H‘aanit