The primary Assault on Titan set, Battle for Humanity, was a slam dunk for the crossover TCG UniVersus. It included the manga’s iconic scratchy artwork fashion and classy alternate therapies, together with a lot of new mechanics, to make one of the vital cohesive and spectacular UniVersus units thus far.
Placing whereas the ODM gear is scorching, UniVersus is already following it up with Origins of Energy. Pushing the story additional and exploring the Conflict of the Titans and Royal Authorities arcs, we get some main gamers within the manga like Kenny Ackerman and the Cart Titan for the primary time, and, after all, the Colossal and Armored Titans in all their glory.
UniVersus has given us an unique have a look at lots of the alt-art character playing cards from either side of the battle that you possibly can discover when Origins of Energy launches on November 8.
The Survey Corps
The Survey Corps are these combating towards the titans, hoping to regain sufficient land to find their origins and the thriller behind the wall. These are a number of the greatest fighters on the planet, so it is sensible that their UniVersus playing cards provide only a trace of what they’re able to.
Character playing cards in UniVersus are what you construct your deck round. They decide your hand dimension, life whole, and even what playing cards you may run within the deck. Any card you embody has to share no less than one of many icons discovered within the lower-left nook of the character playing cards.
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Armin Arlert, Good Thoughts Character – Survey Corps – 6 Hand Dimension – 31 Life – Demise/Order Type [Once per turn] Sacrifice 1 basis: Search your deck for 1 card and construct it face down. You can not play assaults for the remainder of this flip. Response: After you play a key phrase or Outwit skill, your rival commits 1 basis. If that is the third time you might have performed this skill this flip, commit this card. |
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Connie Springer, Splendid Soldier Character – Survey Corps – 6 Hand Dimension – 31 Life – Air/Chaos Improve Spend 1 momentum: Clear 1 card out of your card pool. Response: After you are taking injury, add the highest card of your deck to your momentum. |
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Erwin Smith, Strategic Mastermind Character – Survey Corps – 5 Hand Dimension – 34 Life – Air/Demise Improve [Once per turn]: Construct the highest or backside card of your deck face down. This assault will get +3 or -3 velocity. Response: After a basis is destroyed, have a look at the highest 2 playing cards of your deck. It’s possible you’ll put 1 of them on the underside of your deck. (Sacrificing a card destroys it.) |
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Hange Zoe, 4 Eyes Character – Survey Corps – 7 Hand Dimension – 21 Life – Life/Demise Improve Commit: Construct 1 card out of your hand face down. This assault will get +3 or -3 injury. Improve [Tenacious] Sacrifice 2 foundations: Prepared this card. (Tenacious – This skill is playable whereas dedicated.) |
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Historia Reiss, Secret Id Character – Survey Corps – 5 Hand Dimension – 30 Life – Life/Order Response [Tenacious]: After you construct a basis that doesn’t share a reputation with a card in your stage, add 1 Wall counter to this card and achieve 1 well being. Response: After you draw 1 or extra playing cards, this assault will get +1 or -1 injury. Improve Take away 2 Wall counters: Draw 1 card. |
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Jean Kirstein, Reliable Competitor Character – Survey Corps – 7 Hand Dimension – 22 Life – Air/Hearth Improve: Your assault will get +1 injury. It will get an extra +1 injury for each 2 non-action playing cards you might have performed this flip. Response Commit: After you are taking injury, add 1 assault out of your discard pile to your hand. |
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Mikasa Ackerman, Protecting Good friend Character – Survey Corps – 6 Hand Dimension – 30 Life – Air/Life Improve Reveal 2 Weapon playing cards out of your hand: This assault will get +2 or -2 velocity. Response: After your assault offers injury to a personality, reveal the highest card of your deck. If it’s a Weapon, add it to your hand. |
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Sasha Shirt, Meals Fanatic Character – Survey Corps – 6 Hand Dimension – 30 Life – Chaos/Life Improve Commit: Add 1 card with problem 1 out of your stage to your momentum. Draw 1 card. If the cardboard you added to your momentum was an asset, draw 2 playing cards as an alternative. Improve [Tenacious] Discard 1 card: This assault will get +X velocity or +X injury. X equals your momentum. (Tenacious – This skill is playable whereas dedicated.) |
Of specific curiosity is Armin Arlert, Good Thoughts. Armin may not be a giant brawler, however his tactical genius makes him one of the vital vital members of the Corps, and his card makes use of a brand new mechanic debuing in Origins of Energy: outwit.
Outwit results can solely be used if the cardboard is face-down in your stage, and might solely be used as soon as your opponent performs sure actions. For instance, Shopping for Group will set off when your opponent performs an assault, whereas Battle Plan triggers in the event that they commit one in every of your foundations.
Although not explicitly constructed round outwitting, one other tactical drive of the Survey Corps, Hange Zoe, 4 Eyes, additionally suits properly with the mechanic. Their skill helps you to construct playing cards face-down, providing you with a neater approach of setting outwit playing cards up in your opponent to stumble into.
It isn’t dissimilar from a impasse impact, or, when you’ve not performed UniVersus, like a face-down lure card in Yu-Gi-Oh!.
The Warriors
And Kenny
This arc of the manga revealed the identities of the Colossus Titan and Armored Titan to be none apart from Eren’s former squadmates, Bertolt Hoover and Reiner Braun. Although they appeared within the Battle for Humanity set, Origins of Energy lastly helps you to unleash their titan varieties, utilizing the set’s Rework mechanic.
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Bertolt Hoover, Dwelling Weapon//Bertolt, Colossus Titan Advancing Bertolt Hoover, Dwelling Weapon Character – Warrior – 5 Hand Dimension – 31 Life – Demise/Hearth Improve: Draw 2 playing cards and discard 2 playing cards. If the discarded playing cards are the identical kind, this assault will get +2 or -2 injury. Response: In the beginning of the Finish Part, rework Bertolt Hoover, Dwelling Weapon. Every participant chooses 3 foundations of their stage and sacrifice the remainder. Solely a playable if a participant has 9 or extra foundations. Bertolt, Colossus Titan Advancing Character – Titan – Warrior – 5 Hand Dimension – 31 Life – Demise/Hearth Your assaults get +2 injury and you might take away them after they resolve. Response: After you play an assault, draw 1 card and your rival commits 1 basis. |
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Cart Titan Character – Titan – Warrior – 6 Hand Dimension – 33 Life – Chaos/Order Improve Commit: Your assault will get +3 velocity. Improve Commit: If this assault is blocked, it offers no injury. Type [Tenacious] Prepared this card, commit 1 basis: The following basis you attempt to play ignores progressive problem or your rival commits 1 basis. |
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Kenny Ackerman, The Ripper Character – Army Police Brigade – 6 Hand Dimension – 31 Life – Chaos/Demise Your Ranged and/or Weapon assaults get +1 velocity and +1 injury. Response Commit: After your non-Throw assault offers injury to a personality, you draw 2 playing cards or your rival loses 3 well being and discards 1 card. |
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Reiner Braun, Warrior//Reiner Braun, Armored Titan Advancing Reiner Braun, Warrior Character – Warrior – 6 Hand Dimension – 17 Life – Chaos/Hearth Should you would lose the sport on account of your well being being diminished beneath 1, as an alternative rework Reiner Braun, Warrior and return to most well being. Improve Mill 4: Your assault will get +1 injury for every totally different card kind amongst playing cards milled this manner. When you have cycled this recreation, your assault will get +1 velocity for every card kind amongst playing cards milled this manner. Reiner, Armored Titan Advancing Character – Titan – Warrior – 6 Hand Dimension – 17 Life – Chaos/Hearth Your rival’s first assault every flip will get -5 injury. Improve Take away 3 playing cards out of your discard pile: Your assault will get +1 velocity and +1 injury for every totally different card kind in your stage. When you have cycled thid recreation, you might add 1 card out of your momentum to your hand. |
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Zeke Yeager//Zeke, Beast Titan Zeke Yeager Character – Warrior – 5 Hand Dimension – 34 Life – Hearth/Life In the beginning of your first flip of the sport, search your deck for 1 non-Distinctive backup, reveal it, and add it to your hand. Type Commit: Draw 1 card for every backup in your stage. Should you draw 4 or extra playing cards this manner, rework Zeke Yeager. Improve Discard 1 assault: Add 1 backup out of your discard pile to your hand. Zeke, Beast Titan Character – Titan – Warrior – 6 Hand Dimension – 34 Life – Hearth/Life Your Ranged assaults get +2 velocity and +2 injury. Improve Discard 1 backup: Add 1 Ranged assault out of your discard pile to your hand. |
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Playing cards that may rework are double-sided, with one aspect displaying their human varieties, and the reverse that includes their hulking titans. It takes some work to rework, like having Zeke needing sufficient backups in your stage to attract 4 playing cards, however doing so may be really apocalyptic in your opponent.
Bertolt can wipe the board of just about each basis card, pulling you and an opponent again to equal footing. Alternatively, Zeke’s large throwing expertise buff each ranged assault by +2/+2, or Reiner can cut back the injury your opponent’s first assault does by a whopping -5.
Although he is not a titan warrior just like the others, Kenny additionally serves as a serious antagonist of those arcs within the manga, appearing because the captain of a secret Army Police taskforce making an attempt to take down the Survey Corps. In true Ackerman vogue, his assaults are ruthless, forcing your opponent to lose much more life and discard playing cards if he manages to land successful.
Assault On Titan: Origins Of Energy launches on November 8, 2024.