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-10th Billion Pack Opening Campaign
In order to celebrate 10 billion packs being opened, the following rewards can be obtained by logging in, until August 4th (time zones applying):
Day 1: 1 Struggle in Wonderland Pack Ticket (At least 1 SR guaranteed)
Day 2: 1 Struggle in Wonderland Pack Ticket
Day 3: 1 Struggle in Wonderland Pack Ticket
Day 4: 1 Struggle in Wonderland Pack Ticket
Day 5: 1 Struggle in Wonderland Pack Ticket
Day 6: 1 Struggle in Wonderland Pack Ticket
Day 7: 1 Struggle in Wonderland Pack Ticket (At least 1 SR guaranteed)
-New Accessory:
–Wallpaper: Liberator Eto
“Unfathomably huge and ominous, its form is not like that of any living being. Despair is inevitable when faced with its crimson aura.”
Price: 250 gems
-New Bundle: Maliss
This bundle will be available until August 4th (time zones applying). It contains 10 packs of the newest set, Struggle in Wonderland, with 1 UR guaranteed, along with limited-time accessories.
Price: 1500 gems
Wallpaper: Maliss in Underground
“One minute she was chasing a rabbit, the next she was falling down a wormhole…Welcome to the wondrous digital realm where reality and fiction and intertwined.”
Protector: Maliss in the Mirror
“Protectors depicting “Maliss”, the ultimate tool of the queen who wields power over different card Types. For those who desire dominion over wondrous virtual worlds.”
Deluxe Protector: Maliss ＜Q＞
“Protectors depicting a duo with a perfect partnership but conflicting personalities. For those who venture into uncharted domains.”
Icon: Maliss in the Mirror
“An Icon depicting a self-governing AI whose purpose is to conquer a malicious world. It ventures into uncharged domains where no ordinary mind could remain sane.”
Deluxe Icon Frame: Maliss
“An Icon Frame that evokes the vast uncharted domain accessed through a huge hole. Churning within the abyss are great torrents of dangerous data born out of humanity’s malice.”
New Selection Pack: Struggle in Wonderland
“Prepare to dive into even deeper Duels! The new Cyberse archetype “Maliss” excels at banishing, while the revolutionary “Battlewasp” receive reinforcement to give them incredible strength in numbers! The strength of “Tenyi” enters another dimension thanks to their new ace “Tenyi Spirit – Mula Adhara”, while other must-have cards like the Duel-flipping “Liberator Eto” also arrive! Situations can change in the blink of an eye in the wonderland of Dueling, but keep a level head and you’ll come out on top!”
UR (13/85):
SR (22/85):
R (25/85):
N (25/85):
Furthermore, the following cards have been stealth-added to the Legacy Pack:
Release Brainwashing (SR)
Notably, some of these cards are TCG premieres, for which we’ve just learned their Japanese name:
-Supply Soldier of the Indestructible Insects (無死虫団の補給兵, mushi-mushi dan no hokyuuhei) & Heavy Cavalry of the Indestructible Insects (無死虫団の重騎兵, mushi-mushi dan no juukihei)
For these two, the “Indestructible Insects” (無死虫団, mushi-mushi dan) is confirmed to be the same term used in the flavor text of Insect Knight (localized as “Indestructible Insect Invaders”). The name of the theme combines 無 (“mu”, not) and 死 (shi, death), to form a homophone for 虫 (mushi, insect). The last kanji being 団 (dan, group/party).
-Insect Invitation (虫だけエリアー, mushi-dake eriaa)
While it sounds very close to Insect Imitation, in Japanese it’s closer to Insect Barrier (mushi-yoke bariaa). The name would mean “insect-only area”.
-Denial Deity Dotan (拒神ドゥータン, kyoshin doutan)
This seems to be based on the otaku-culture term “同担拒否” (doutan kyohi). This is used to indicate that one does not wish to mingle with those that have the same “favorite” (character/idol/etc.) as oneself. The monster’s name modifies 拒否 (kyohi, denial) for 拒神 (kyoshin, rejection/denial + god).
-Phalaenop Sisters (胡蝶姉妹, kouchou shimai, force-read as ファレノプ・シスターズ, falenop shisutaazu)
This name was actually revealed earlier through their reference art.
-Release Brainwashing (洗脳解放, sennou kaihou)
As expected, it’s a very similar name to Remove Brainwashing (洗脳解除, sennou kaijo), with 解放 (kaihou, liberation/release) instead.
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I don’t think Maliss got enough card protectors 😂
Seriously though some nice accessories, hoping Orcust/Speedroid are included in the next selection pack.
gwc is N
well we know whats getting banned first from the archetype
Wonder when they’ll release the new @ignister code talker. Shouldn’t be too long
ohhh yeahhh Double Fusion
now the fun doubles
Maliss is expensive and Backup will certainly be yet another UR.
Bare minimum 18 URs and 15 SRs not factoring hand traps and negates
This is rather incredible, and not in a good way; they’ve decided to get greedy to the point where not a single monster in a newly-added archetype — not a one, not a single native, in-theme monster — is Rare or lower, NOR is a single one of their Spells. The only N/R “Maliss” cards are their Trap Cards, and to think I’d actually been a bit happy to see them not gate a single one of those behind SR or higher rarity! The joy pretty quickly faded when I realized I wasn’t seeing anything ELSE of the theme there, as everything else in this pack that’s related to it and is N/R rarity either belonged to someone else originally (e.g., Playmaker) or has plausible deniability (e.g., Template Skipper).
That this is not only hot on the heels of two other newly-introduced, fully-available archetypes (Materiactor & Mimighoul) where they did NOT do this (sure, they had plenty of URs and SRs, but each still had SOME monsters and Spells in N/R range), but also sharing space in its debut pack with an archetype that in stark contrast has a MASSIVE amount of N/R cards (Tenyi; count ’em, their only URs here are their Synchros, their only SRs here are two of their Effect Link Monsters and exactly two Spells, one of which is new, all of their Main Deck monsters and non-Effect Links are N/R, and the deck itself is playable — not in the sense of being good outside of maybe N/R format, but in a mechanical sense — with only N/R cards) only accentuates the avarice, makes the cash grab more obvious, and makes the whole thing rankle more.