A First Look At “Gradius”! [RD/KP23]

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Reminder there is a Secret Rare SPECIAL RED Version of “Gradius”.

RD/KP23-JP001 Choujikuusentouki Vic Viper (Super Time-Space Fighter Vic Viper) [Gradius]
Level 4 LIGHT Machine Normal Monster
ATK 1200
DEF 800
パワーカプセルにより、様々な能力を発揮する超高性能戦闘機。
(A high-performance jet fighter with power capsules for variable attack capabilities.)

RD/KP23-JP023 Option [Gradius’ Option]
Level 1 LIGHT Machine Effect Monster
ATK 0
DEF 800
【REQUIREMENT】 Send the top card of your Deck to the GY.
【EFFECT】 Choose 1 face-up Level 4 LIGHT Machine monster with an original DEF of 800 on your field and have this card gain ATK equal to the [Original ATK of the chosen monster] until the end of the opponent’s next turn.

RD/KP23-JP042 Vic Viper Full Custom [Gradius Full Custom]
Level 4 LIGHT Machine Fusion Effect Monster
ATK 3200
DEF 800
Materials: “Gradius” + “Gradius’ Option” + “Gradius’ Option”
You can Contact Fusion this card.
【REQUIREMENT】 None
【CONTINUOUS EFFECT】 This card cannot be destroyed by effects. This card’s attacks pierce.

Note: I’m mostly naming it in consistency with the fact the monster it’s an evolution of was localized as Gradius.

RD/KP23-JP054 Power-Up Gauge [Power Meter]
Normal Spell Card
【REQUIREMENT】 Place 1 face-up monster on your field on the bottom of the owner’s Deck.
【EFFECT】 Choose 1 LIGHT Machine monster with 800 DEF in your GY and add it to the hand. If “Power Capsule Red” is in your GY, then you can Fusion Summon a Level 4 LIGHT Machine monster with 800 DEF by sending monsters from your hand or field to the GY as material.

RD/KP23-JP055 Power Capsule Blue
Normal Spell Card
【REQUIREMENT】 If there is a face-up “Gradius” on your field.
【EFFECT】 Choose up to 3 face-up monsters on your opponent’s field whose total Levels are 8 or less and destroy them, but for the rest of the turn, you cannot attack with monsters, except with Machine monsters with an original DEF of 800.

RD/KP23-JP056 Power Capsule Red
Normal Spell Card
【REQUIREMENT】 None
【EFFECT】 Excavate the top 4 cards of your Deck and reveal them. Choose up to 1 “Gradius” and 1 LIGHT Machine Effect Monster with 800 DEF among them and add them to your hand, then place the remaining cards on the bottom of your Deck in any order.