Hello fellow cardfloppers this is Sascha Stark of Limit Break Berlin and the Yuna Young Team. As part of Europes World Championship representantives I was given a spoiler for the 24th set "Hidden Legends" and decided to present this in an article on my favourite website of the internet!
Thank you FFTCG.org for giving me this opportunity!
To this day written blogs are my favourite kind of content as a consumer and I hope that those platforms will get the attention and love they deserve!
So lets take a look at [24-008C] Salamander (XII RW)!
The Card
Salamander (XII RW)
3CP, Fire
Summon
Category: XII
Code: 24-008C
EX BURST
Choose 1 Forward and up to 1 other Forward. Deal the former 7000 damage. If you control 5 or more Backups, also deal the latter 5000 damage.
Background Lore
This quirky fella which really reminds on something a professor gave me when I was younger, is a Rank 1 Fire Esper wich can be acquired by paying 1 Auracite to the Ring of Pacts in Revenant Wings. When summoned he will burn opponents to ashes with his mighty Fireball!!
But lets talk about the elephant, eeeeh pig, eeeh lizard in the room. What exactly is this? It really looks like a fiery pig but its named after the mythical creature "Salamander", which was believed to be able to breathe and resist fire. That kinda makes sense but well I might take this question to the Square Enix headquarter in December.
Playability
This is not a competetive relevant card for the standard format of the FFTCG. Without 5 Backups this is exactly [1-023R] Brynhildur with the missing bonus of raising [1-013H] Sazhs damage.
Buuuut the author of this article is a huge fan of limited formats, especially drafts, so lets see what our little friend brings to the table with the known cards of "Hidden Legends". Being an EX Burst that is able to break already 17 of the revealed Forwards even without 5 Backups this is worth a few slots in any Fire deck and maybe even as a splash in your Ice or Water deck to cast [24-121H] Iron Giant (SOPFFO) or [24-126H] Ultima Weapon (Spoiler from Materia Hunter) from your LB Deck. In Ice we have additional synergy with [24-030] Terra which gets back a Summon also on ExBurst and in Earth you could add Salamander to your Hand when revealed by [24-061L] Basch's ability.
Note:
Non-official translation of Basch:
Job: Captain
If you control 2 or more Category XII characters, the cost to cast Basch is reduced by 3.
At the start of your attack phase, select 1 of the following:
Until the end of your turn, Forwards you control gain +2000 power and Brave.
Reveal the top 3 cards of your deck. Choose 1 Category XII card among them, add it to your hand, and put the remaining cards in the Break Zone.
Final Words:
Thank you Alec for giving me a spoiler this time for a bit different reason!
If I should win the World Championship you all can look forward to some Full Art Salamanders!
Author: Sascha Stark
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