Article by: One Who Gets Crits, Commander Jaime



That’s right amigos, Bushiroad just announced, via stream, that our restricted amigo Odysseus is no longer restricted. So what does this mean for us as AqF players? A couple of things actually. Let’s get into a few.

First thing that came to mind is the impact that this card does in the Ripple deck itself. Whether it be the 16 Crit variant or a some other one, it does improve the consistency of having the ride chain intact. Furthermore, we can abuse multiple copies of Odysseus per turn starting at the G1 ride turn. Each time you use Odysseus’ skill, you actually deck thin a non-trigger out of deck. Increasing your odds of drive checking a trigger on your turn. And you can keep doing that each turn up to G3 ride.



The skill also gives 2k to the unit it calls from the soul. A good target is Tidal Assault. Going first in a game means that you’ll be riding to G2 first while your opponent will be at G1. Which means if they’re on a 6k VG you’ll be hitting the 11k mark with Tidal and restanding at 6k. Later on, once V Series starts releasing, we’ll have deal with more 10k G2 bodies so that 2k will help at least making Tidal hit by himself.



Another good unit to abuse with is, Tidal Rescue Sea Turtle Soldier. You can essentially use his skill for each Odysseus you have (plus if you rode with him or call him to RG that turn) on your G2 ride turn. This helps with increasing your chances of building up a field for free essentially.



There’s more little things you can do with Odysseus too. Such as riding multiple Rolling Ripple, Miltiadis in your G3 ride turn to use his skill to +1 to hand for a CB essentially. Also, if you can legion that turn (if you went 2nd), then you can return any triggers from the drop too.

The second thing that came to mind is a possible impact of being a more consistent engine in other AqF variants such as Thavas. I’ve seen a few lists play the Ripple ride chain (G0-G2) with 2 copies of Odysseus. Now we have the option to bump him up and reduce the main ride chain cards such as Rising Ripple, Pavroth and Silent Ripple, Sotirio



For those who don’t know why he was limited to 2 copies, when the clan booster (Commander of the Incessant Waves) came out, the Ripple deck became a G2 stall deck. This was around the time before Air Element, Sebreeze existed. So any Generation Break deck that played against it, had a very bad time. It was oppressive. In fact, it won worlds for the 2015 year.

Things have changed a bit since then though. More units are not Generation Break restricted and the ruling for being able to stride has changed too. Many think it won’t be a big deal. I think with the right pilot for the deck to take advantage of this change, they’ll be force to be reckon with once the date hits and even later when AqF gets their V Series support.