Cardfight Vanguard: CARD of the Week! 10/01/2012

Cardfight VANGUARD! Card of the Week!

Introduction:

    Welcome. We are now putting a little cards into our selection of Geekdom. You will see a Vanguard Card here every week. We will also start doing a Yugioh Card of the week very soon. As to what Cardfight Vanguard is; it's a trading card game that you can use to battle and use strategies to win. The cards are split between species, Clans and Grades. The species deals with the look of the creatures. the Clans decide which monsters work together well with whatever attribute. The Grades decide the power levels of said cards. Each week, we will take 1 card from a grade and highlight it. A Clan will take the month but each week, 1 grade of card will be displayed. So, with that done, let's rock.


 MONTH 1, WEEK 1: Royal Paladin

GRADE 0: BARCGAL

Effects:

 Auto: When another Royal Paladin unit (monster) rides on this card(put the other monster on top of it), you can send this unit to the Rear guard.

Action: When you rest this card, you can superior call either "Flogal" or "Future Knight Lou" to the rear guard then shuffle your deck.


Lowdown:

   This card is often used as the starting Vanguard in the anime of the same name, which you can find on Youtube on the Cardfight Vanguard channel or part of Broken Infinite's Toon Vengeance block.

   In reality, Barcgal has been accused of being just too powerful. Hence, he is no longer allowed to be use as a starting vanguard. Still, if you end up riding him, you can use his effects. Being able to become a rear guard is useful but his second ability allows for another Royal Paladin unit, which definitely helps. The Royal Paladin's are know to help each other gain more power together as a clan and Barcgal definitely helps with that. Congrats to Barcgal, the first Vanguard Card of the Week.