One day at Card Capital, Alex and her team, of Yui and Rina, sit around a table as Alex exclaims, "Alright! Let's begin the first official K3 planning meeting!" as she stands up from her chair and holds a fist in the air.
Rina comes back with a smug remark and says, "Two months after we formed it."
"Sh-Shut up…" Alex replies with an annoyed face. She then sits back down in her chair, "Okay," she explains, "so Fighter's Royal is coming in about a month, and we all need to be grade 3 before we can enter. Where is everyone on their grade?"
"I'm Grade 1." Yui says as she holds up her phone with her Fighter's App open.
"Same here." Rina says, doing the same thing.
"I'm Grade 2." Alex replies and both her teammates give her a menacing glare. "Eh ha ha…" she giggles with anxiety, "That's only because I beat Yusuke, if I didn't, I'd probably still be grade 1." She defends herself and laughs it off, but Yui and Rina continue to glare at her even more menacingly. Alex clears her throat and changes the subject, "So needless to say we need to get a lot of points with a month."
"Quests are going to be the fastest way to do that." Rina suggests, "but the problem is that there's a big leap in the required points between grade 2 and grade 3. Yui and I could get to grade 2 pretty easily from where we stand, but getting to grade 3 will take a long time."
"But even if we get to grade 3 in time, we're still going to be going up against some really strong fighters." Yui states.
"Well you're being trained by Saki, so that helps." Alex explains, "but Rina and I still have a long way to go. Especially after the other day…" She thinks back to her fight with Akiya (see chapter 15), "So Rina and I have to do some hardcore training as well."
"Yeah, but let's focus on the quests right now." Rina tells her, "None of that training's going to matter if we can't even enter the tournament. I say we divide and conquer. Let's each pick a quest and tackle them individually."
"Rina's right. If we split up, we can get points faster." Alex states.
"But why can't we do quests together?" Yui asks, "I think it would be easier to do."
"Because when multiple people do a quest, the reward points are divided amongst all the participants." Rina explains, "So we'd each only get a third of what the quest originally offered if we did quests together."
"Ohh…" Yui exhales.
"Well I think we got our plan of attack, so let's make it happen!" Alex exclaims as she stands up from her chair and holds out her hand.
"Yeah." Rina replies doing the same and placing her hand on top of Alex's.
"Yeah!" Yui exclaims, also stand up and putting her hand on top of her friends'.
"Let's do this girls!" Alex cheers as the three of them give each other nods of approval, marking the start of their journey.
Opening Theme – Just Fly Away! (Gundam Build Fighters TRY OP2)
Drive 16 – Road to Fighter's Royal
The next morning, Yuto walks up the stairs of the building to get to Card Capital 2's front door as he yawns, "Man I hate having to get up early to open…" he complains. He looks at his phone and the time says 8:00 am. As he reaches the landing and looks up to notice Team K3 standing by the front door. He looks confused, but lets them in anyway.
The girls take a moment to look over the quest board and find the best quests to do. "I could do this one." Alex says.
"This one looks fun!" Yui says in excitement.
"Guess I'll do this one." Rina says.
After collecting some quests, the girls put their hands together and then go their separate ways to complete their quests. Alex takes a quest for walking dogs, which doesn't end well, Yui takes a quest for teaching little kids how to play Vanguard, which everyone found fun, and Rina takes a quest where she fights a bully to get him to stop picking on a kid, and she wins. Next, Alex takes a quest where she has to clean an old person's home, and that person just ends up making fun of her hair, Yui takes a quest where she picks up trash from the park, and Rina takes a quest where she hands out flyers for a Vanguard café that recently opened. They three of them even do some quest together, such as helping out at that Vanguard café (in maid outfits), and even putting on a Vanguard-themed show for little kids, where Alex accidentally makes Rina trip over her.
The three of them later return to Card Capital and flop on the sofa in exhaustion. "I'm pooped…" Yui says as she lies down, laying her head on Alex's lap.
"Same here…" Rina says as she leans forward.
"So where is everyone at on points?" Alex asks. The three girls pull out their phones to check their Fighter's App, and are nearly horrified to see what they found. "We've barely made and progress!" they all say in harmony as they sigh loudly.
"Man, you girls look like you've been put through the wringer." Yuto says, watching them from behind the counter.
"I tried my hardest, but a lot of those quest where so hard!" Yui whines.
"I could have been grade 2 by now if these two weren't tripping me up at times." Rina complains, glaring at Alex.
"Hey flattie, that trip up wasn't my fault." Alex replies, annoyed by her accusation.
"Flattie?!" Rina exclaims in anger, "Oh it's on now!"
"You wanna go? I'm all game!" Alex returns as the two of them glare so strongly you can see electricity going between their eyes.
Yuto starts to get a little nervous with their frustration, but then, he hears the front door open, "Welcome!" He says and then notices who just walked in.
"Well, well. What do we have here?" a familiar voice says, referring to Alex and Rina. The two girls and Yui look over to see who said that and are also shocked.
There stands Team Exodus, Yuji Kyouto, Saki Tagushi, and Yusuke Katsunori. "Here I thought you two were friends." Yusuke says in mild disappointment.
"Saki!" Yui exclaims as she leaps up from the couch and runs over to her, giving her a great bear hug, burying her face in her breasts.
"Nice to see you too Yui." She says as she pats her on the head, "Have you been practicing like I told you to?"
"Well um…" Yui mutters in embarrassment.
"What happened here?" Yuji asks.
"Well…" Alex then explains what had happened to Exodus.
"…and then this girl called me flattie and we just kinda lost our temper." Rina finishes in embarrassment.
"I see." Yuji responds and nods, "You girls are probably just irritable because you haven't eaten much today."
"I'm not hungry, I can keep going for another round of quests!" Alex says pumping her fist, but then a loud roar comes from her stomach and then she holds it in embarrassment.
Saki giggles and then makes a request, "How about we treat you girls to lunch?"
They agree and Exodus takes them to a nearby ramen shop for lunch. Alex slurps up her noodles and sighs in relief, "AHHHH… that hits the spot."
"You shouldn't slurp up your noodles like that Alex," Rina tells her, "it's obnoxious."
"Gee, thanks mom." Alex mocks her and Rina glares back.
"You know…" Yuji states, "You guys may call yourself a team, but you really seem like you're playing in different ball parks."
"What do you mean?" Alex as she chews on a piece of beef.
"A good team needs to be able to resonate with each other," Yuji explains, "Be able to sense each other's thoughts. If you can't do that, you're no better than strangers." Yuji looks into his ramen at his reflection in the broth, "An old friend taught me that once."
Alex, Yui, and Rina all look at each other in concern that they aren't acting together as well as they should. "Yui, I can tell you an Alex get along very well." Saki says, "But as for Alex and Rina, you two seem more like enemies than friends."
"Ever heard of friendly rivals?" Rina asks in irritation.
"That's different." Yusuke replies, "Yuji and I are considered friendly rivals. We may butt heads at times, but we still get along in the end. You two seem like you're always on each other's back." Alex and Rina look at each other and can't help but agree.
Yuji thinks for a second and then looks at Alex and her team, "I have an idea that might allow you girls to work better as a team." The three of them then curiously look at him, "How about a Team Fight. Your team versus us."
"HUH?!" All three of them exclaim in shock.
"Are you serious?!" Rina asks.
"Yeah." Saki confirms with a kind smile.
"No way…!" Alex exclaims, "We actually get to take on one of the world's top rated teams even before the tournament starts?! ALRIGHT!" Alex leaps from her seat in joy, but her knees bump the table and it nearly spills her ramen all over her, but she manages to catch it.
Later, the two teams head back to Card Capital and gather around a fight table. "So, how are we doing this Yuji?" Alex asks.
"Simple," he says, "Alex, you'll face me, Yui will face Saki, and Rina you'll face Yusuke."
"Okay, let's do this!" Alex says with a smile on her face, and her teammates smile with her.
"Alright! Show me your fighting prowess!" Yuji says.
Meanwhile, Yuto watches their fight from behind the counter and says, "This will be interesting.
Everyone then grab their starters and declare in unison, "Stand up… VANGUARD!"
Alex vs Yuji
"Steam Maiden, Kashima Early (G0/5000)!" Alex declares. (A/N: the name of Alex's ace has been changed from Korona to Kashima, to avoid association with current times)
"Extreme Battler, Rex (G0/5000)!" Yuji declares. "You can go first Alex."
"Okay!" Alex says as she draws her first card, "Ride! Steam Maiden Nanniya (G1/7000)! I activate Kashima Early's skill! Bind her and look at the top seven cards of my deck to add a unit with Kashima in the name to my hand (BZ G/C: 0-1/0-1). I then call Steam Fighter Memenne (G1/6000) and end my turn."
"My turn then!" Yuji declares, "Ride! Extreme Battler Brandish (G1/7000). Using Rex's skill! Send to the drop zone and look at the top seven cards of my deck and add a Battleroid among them to my hand." Alex sees the card he added and it's a grade 3, knowing she needs to be ready. "Brandish attacks the Vanguard! With his skill, we he attacks unboosted, add 3000 power (7000-10000)." (Alex: []) "Brandish's other skill. When his attack hits, I can search my deck for a grade 1 Battle Arms unit and add it to my hand."
"Battle Arms? What's that?" Alex asks.
"You'll have to wait and see." Yuji says with a smirk.
Alex puts on a serious face as she starts her turn, "Draw! Ride! Steam Scara, Irkab (G2/10000)! Using Memenne's skill! Draw a card and discard a card. I use Irkab's skill ([X]/Hand 5-4)! Irkab now gains one additional Drive Check this turn (Drive 1-2). Boosted by Memenne, Irkab attacks the Vanguard (10000-16000)! Twin Drive (none/Critical). Critical Trigger! All effects to Irkab (16000-26000/Crit 1-2)!"
"UGH!" Yuji grunts as the attack connects (Yuji: [][]). "Stand and draw! Ride! Extreme Battler Byren (G2/9000)! I also call Extreme Battler Edro (G1/8000)! Boosted by Edro, Byren attacks (9000-17000)! Drive Check (Draw). Draw Trigger! Power to Byren and draw a card (17000-27000)."
"ARGH!" Alex groans as she is hit by the attack (Alex: [X][]). "Stand and draw! Let's go! You and me! To a new world of our true potential! Ride! High Steam Maiden Kashima (G3/12000)! Using Memenne's skill one more time. Draw a card and discard a card. I call Steam Mechanic Nabu (G2/10000) and Steam Hunter Lippitt (G2/10000)! Using Lippitt's skill! Bind a card in my drop zone and add 3000 power (BZ: 1-3/1-2)(10000-13000)!" Nabu attacks the Vanguard! Using her skill, do the same thing and you can't guard with grade 1 or higher units (BZ: 3-4/2-3)!"
"No guard." Yuji states (Yuji: [][][]).
"Nabu's skill. Send to the soul and draw a card (Soul 2-3)(Hand 4-5)." Alex looks at the card she drew and thinks, "YES!" she looks back at Yuji and declares, "Lippitt attacks the Vanguard!"
"Guard (5000)!"
"Using Kashima's skill ([X][X])! Bind Lippitt (BZ: 4-6/3-4) and call a unit with 1 higher grade from my deck! I call Steam Scara Nanum (G3/12000)! Boosted by Memenne, Kashima attacks the Vanguard (12000-18000)!"
"Guard (15000)!"
"Twin Drive (none/none)! Ugh… no trigger." Alex groans, "Nanum attacks the Vanguard! Using her skill! Bind another card in my drop zone (BZ: 6-7/4-5) and send Edro to the bottom of the deck!"
Yuji loses Edro and declares, "Guard (10000)!"
"I end my turn. With that, Nanum goes to the bind zone and I call Lippitt from the bind zone (G2/10000)(BZ 7-5-8/5-4-6)."
"My turn. Stand and draw." Yuji looks at the card he drew and smirks. "Now! Accelerate! To a new world of infinite possibilities! Ride!" On the fight table, the hologram of a giant robot with white & blue armor plating and brandishing double swords appears, "My ace! Exxtreme Battler Raxis (G3/12000)! Alex… this is where you'll see the true power of my deck!" Yuji tells her and Alex braces for a fight.
Meanwhile, at Rina & Yusuke's table, it is Yusuke's turn as he demolishes Rina. "Lord of Eternal Darkness Kaos, with a Critical Trigger, attacks your Vanguard (48000/Crit 2)!"
"AHHHHH!" Rina screams as she's hit by the attack (Rina: [X][X][][][])."
"I'll finish it with this! Forsaken Archer Yora attacks the Vanguard (G2/10000-22000)!"
Rina looks at her board. Relena is down 5000 power due to a skill from Yusuke's unit (G3/13000-8000). Even still, she guards, "Guard (15000)!"
"Huh, you're not half bad." Yusuke tells her, "I end my turn." He then notices the stern look on her face and says, "Hey, don't be so stiff. We're just doing this for fun."
Rina takes in what he said and sighs heavily. "You're right." She says, "I shouldn't get too worked up over this, but that doesn't mean I won't forget about winning."
"I wasn't planning on that!" Yusuke says. The current score is (Yusuke: [X][X][]) (Rina: [X][X][][][]).
"Stand and draw! Now awaken! My limitless potential! I retire Black-winged Swordbreaker to activate Relena's Soul Drive (G3-4/13000-16000/drive 2-3)! Due to her skill, all of my Grade 0 units and Relena units in my drop zone are counted as Grade 1 units! This means my Ritual count is up to 10! I call Witch of the Claw Nona (G2/10000) and Witch of Dragon Soul, Lua (G2/9000)! Using Nona's Ritual 5! When she's called and my Vanguard is Driven, draw a card and add 10000 power (10000-15000)!"
Board State
(G2/15000) (G4/16000/Crit 2) (G2/9000)
(G1/7000) (n/a) (XXXX)
"Let's go! Boosted by Vera, Nona attacks the Vanguard (15000-22000)! Using Nona's Ritual 7 ([X][X][X][X][])! I can double the power of one of my units. I double the power of Relena (16000-32000)! At the cost of that unit not being able to be boost."
"Guard (10000)."
"Relena attacks the Vanguard!"
"Complete Guard."
Triple Drive (none/Critical/none). Critical Trigger! All effects to Relena (32000-42000/Crit 1-2)!"
"Why would you give the effects to your Vanguard, it's already attacked?" Yusuke wonders and Rina smirks sinisterly.
"I activate Relena's Ritual 7 ([X][X][X][X][X])(retire Vera)! If I have a Relena unit in my soul, Stand Relena and she gets drive-2, and if she's Driven, she also gains 1 Critical (42000/drive 3-1/Crit 2-3)!"
"Huh…" Yusuke mutters with curiosity.
"Now Lua attacks the Vanguard! I activate her skill! For each unit on my field and in my drop zone with the Ritual ability, she gains 3000 power. In both places, there are 7 units in total, so add 21000 power (9000-30000)! And since there are 7 units, add 1 Critical to the Vanguard (42000/Crit 3-4) and you retire a unit of your choosing."
Yusuke groans and says, "I retire Crest, and take the attack." (Yusuke: [X][X][][]).
"I can win it right here!" Rina says to herself.
"Relena attacks the Vanguard one more time!"
Yusuke looks over his hand and smirks, "Let's make this interesting, Guard (15000+20000=35000)! Now, this fight's result all comes down to this one trigger check."
"What do you mean?" Rina asks.
"If you pull a trigger here, I lose." He explains, "If you don't pull a trigger, all I have to do is attack you on my next turn, and I win. So go on, flip over that card."
"A game of chance huh? I like that!" Rina tells him, "Drive check!" Rina grabs the top card of her deck and prepares to flip it over and when she does…... (none). No trigger. The attack does not go through and Rina is forced to end her turn.
"Hey, don't feel too bad, you gave it your best shot. Now it's my turn." Yusuke tells her as he draws his card.
Meanwhile, over at Yui & Saki's table, Saki is about to finish her turn be declaring, "Aloris attacks the Vanguard! Due to Symphony 20, she gains 40000 power and 1 Critical (32000-72000/Crit 1-2)!" Aloris Wipes her tail at Yui's Vanguard causing the damage.
Yui flinches back from the attack and declares, "Damage Check (none/Draw)." Yui sees the trigger and groans, "Draw Trigger. I draw a card." (Yui: [X][X][X][][])
"Not bad Yui." Saki compliments her and Yui looks confused, "You knew you wouldn't be able to defend my Vanguard's attack, so you blocked every other attack so you wouldn't lose to my Vanguard's attack."
"Y-Yeah…" Yui replies.
"So I can tell you're learning," Saki compliments her again, "but there's something I should mention. You don't need to stack a lot of shield against rear-guard attacks."
"What do you mean?" Yui asks.
"Unlike the Vanguard with its drive checks, a rear-guard's power can't increase after guardians are placed, so you can guard with just enough and still be fine." Saki then goes on to explain this further, "For example, if the rear-guard has 16000 power and your Vanguard has 12000, a 5000 shield guardian, like an intercept, will be more than enough." Yui looks at her hand in concern, it's just grade 3s. "Obviously, if you don't have a shield small enough in your hand, you should just guard with the smallest thing you can, so you can save your big shields or sentinels for the Vanguard."
"Oh yeah, that makes sense." Yui acknowledges.
"But even with that," Saki explains, "if you don't have enough shield in your deck, defending is always going to be hard." And Yui looks confused again. "I noticed that with your Melody strategy, you've stacked your deck with a lot of grade 3s, but no other units. A third of your entire deck is grade 3s, and with another third being triggers, you have little room to put other useful units."
"Y-Yeah but…" Yui explains, "The Colorful Pastorale is so cute!"
Saki sighs awkwardly, "That may be true, but, and I hate to say this, you shouldn't really worry about cuteness when building your deck. That will do nothing to help you win the fight."
"Heh heh… yeah I guess you're right." Yui giggles with a guilty expression on her face. "So um… Saki…?"
"Yes?"
"W-Would you be… um…" Yui stutters, "…willing to help me build my next deck?"
Saki thinks for a minute and gives Yui a great big smile, "Of course I'll help you."
"Really?!" Yui asks in joy.
"Yeah, but at the same time, you need to learn how to build a proper deck yourself." Saki tells her, "I won't always be around to help you build a deck, and if we end up facing each other in Fighter's Royal, I certainly won't help you then."
Yui nods her head in determination and says, "Okay!"
"Now, what do you say we finish this fight?" Saki asks.
"Alright!" Yui acknowledges as she draws her card.
Back at Alex and Yuji's fight, things are about to get real as Yuji takes his turn, "I discard Overbooster Raizer to active Raxis's Soul Drive instantly (Soul 2-1)!" he declares.
"Ugh…" Alex groans at this.
"Raxis's Soul Drive activates ([X][][])(Hand 6-5)! Add 2000 power, 1 grade, and 1 drive (G3-4/12000-14000/drive 2-3)! Next, due to Raxis's other skill, he gains the abilities of all Battle Arms cards in my soul!"
Alex then has a realization, "So this is what those things were for?" she asks and Yuji nods.
"Yep, exactly. I call Battle Arms Photon Cannon (G1/7000) and Battle Arms Star Plasm Saber (G2/10000)! Using their skills, if Raxis is my Vanguard, I can put them into my soul. Raxis now gains their skill! Photon Cannon adds 7000 power to Raxis, and Plasm Saber adds 15000 power (14000-21000-36000)! I now call Extreme Battler Aerohawk (G1/8000)! Using Aerohawk's skill ([X][X][]), if Raxis is my Vanguard, I can look at the top five cards of my deck and put a Battle Arms card among them into my soul. I put Battle Arms Sonic Burst Cannon! Due to its skill, add 7000 power to Raxis (36000-43000)."
Board State
(XXXX) (G4/43000) (XXXX)
(XXXX) (G1/8000) (XXXX)
"Let's do this! Boosted by Aerohawk, Raxis attacks the Vanguard (43000-51000)!"
Alex grits her teeth and declares, "Complete Guard!"
"Using Photon Cannon's skill ([X][X][X])!"
"Huh?!" Alex exclaims.
"Now if I pull a Critical Trigger during my Drive Check, I can retire your Sentinel!"
"No way!" Alex exclaims.
"Triple Drive (none/none/Critical). Critical Trigger! All effects to Raxis and retire that Sentinel (51000-61000/Crit 1-2)! HYAHHHH!" Raxis slashes its sword through Alex's sentinel unit, causing it to disappear as the slash also hits Kashima (Alex: [X][X][][]).
"AGH…" Alex winces in pain.
"I'm not done yet!" Yuji declares, "Due to Plasm Saber's skill, if my attacks hits, I can draw a card."
"Next, I use Raxis's skill! Since he's Driven, once per turn, I can put a Battle Arms card from my soul into my drop zone to stand Raxis, at the cost of losing 1 drive (4-3).
"Re-standing the Vanguard?!" Alex exclaims, as if she's never seen that before.
"And due to Aerohawk's skill, when one of my units stands, he can stand as well!"
"Uh-oh…" Alex says in fear.
"Let's do this again! Boosted by Aerohawk, Raxis attacks the Vanguard (61000-69000)!"
Alex looks at her hand and sighs and says, "No guard…"
"Twin Drive (none/none). Huh, no trigger. Oh well, this fight's over anyway." Yuji says as Raxis's attack lands causing Kashima's hologram to explode into particles, then all of the holograms disappear (Alex: [X][X][][][][]).
"I… lost…" Alex mutters.
"Hey don't feel too bad, you put up a good fight." Yuji tells her as he walks over to shake her hand. At the same time, the fights over at the other tables have ended as well.
"ARGH! Damn it! I lost!" Rina complains.
"I lost again…" Yui mutters, "Alex…"
"Yeah… they destroyed us." She says.
"But I don't see how this was supposed to be a team exercise." Rina states.
Yuji scratches the back of his head and says, "Well I was hoping that give you all a common rival will make you more determined to fight as one."
The three girls look at each other, smile, and then look back at Yuji, "Well I know it's made me more determined at least." Alex says, "There's already someone in that tournament I want to defeat. Now you guys have given me another!" Alex then points a finger at Yuji, "Yuji! Next time we fight, it'll be at Fighter's Royal, and next time, I'll be the winner!"
"Well then I wish you luck in getting there." He tells her.
"Saki!" Yui exclaims, "You may be my teacher, but at Fighter's Royal, I will beat you!"
"Then I look forward to seeing what you learn." Saki tells her.
"These rivalries are great and all, but there's still one big issue," Rina says, "none of us are grade 3 yet, and we don't a lot of time until the tournament deadline." Alex and Yui then look at her dumbfounded.
"Hey don't worry, I found just the thing that could get you guys there in time." Yuji says and pulls out his phone. "Check this out." He holds his phone out to the girls, but it's a picture of Saki sleeping in her underwear.
"EHHH?!" the three of them exclaim seeing it.
Confused, Yuji looks at his phone screen and panics saying, "Oh whoops! Wrong thing!", as he scrambles to find the right thing, meanwhile, both Yusuke and Saki look at him with a face of disgust. "This is what I was talking." He holds his phone out again and it shows a quest for a Survival Fight, sponsored by the Vanguard Association.
"A survival fight?" Yui reads the title aloud as Alex reads the description aloud.
"A tournament that will test your endurance and strength in preparation for Fighter's Royal. The winning team… WILL BE BOOSTED TO GRADE 3 INSTANTLY!" the three girls look at each other and nod.
"Guess we have our solution!" Rina says.
"Yeah!" Alex says, "Let's get registered for that quest!" the three of them then run over to the Quest Board to accept the quest.
Meanwhile, Yuji and his team watch them. "Maybe I was wrong," Saki says to Yuji, "I guess it did end up helping them seem more team-like in the end."
"Yeah, I knew it would." Yuji says, just before Saki grabs his ear and pulls him close to her.
"When we get back, you need to explain yourself about that picture. Okay?" Saki tells him with her signature smile, but this time, it feels more sinister.
Yuji gulps heavy and says, "Y-Yes ma'am…"
Now with Team K3, finally having a goal, they enter the Survival Fight and get into Fighter's Royal!
To be continued…
Ending Theme – Eternal Star (Island ED1)
[Next Time]
Alex: This Survival Tournament is out last hope of getting into Fighter's Royal in time. We have to win it! Huh? Yuto, what are you doing here, and are these two your team? Looks like we're gonna have to go through you to win this thing! Next time on Vanguard X: "Survival Fight!" Don't miss it!
Alex & Rina's Card Corner
Alex: Welcome back to the series everyone!
Rina: Hard to believe this series is over a year old now.
Alex: I know right? Feels like it started not to long ago, though that may be because of the long delay between chapter releases.
Rina: Well there isn't much to discuss, so let's get into today's featured card.
Alex: You got it! Today's featured card is Yuji's ace unit, Extreme Battler Raxis!
Grade 3 / 12000 Power / Twin Drive / Nova Grappler / Battleroid
Rina: Its Soul Drive can be activated by Counter Blasting 1 and discarding a Front Trigger, to give it 2000 power, 1 grade, and 1 drive.
Alex: It also has a unique skill to allow it to gain the skills of all Battle Arms cards in the souls.
Rina: Most Battle Arms also have an ACT effect to put themselves in the soul if Raxis is the Vanguard.
Alex: They also have a CONT skill that let them gain power on the Vanguard circle, usually equal to their own power.
Rina: And since Raxis gains the abilities of Battle Arms in the soul, those skills go to him.
Alex: And when he's Driven, he can also send a Battle Arms card to the soul after he attacks to re-stand and attack again at the cost of 1 drive.
Rina: Lastly, if you have five damage when you're about to do a damage check, he can put a Battle Arms unit from the soul into the drop zone instead.
Alex: But that can only be done once per turn, so it's not totally broken.
Alex: So what do you think? You like this card?
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Alex: In the meantime, always remember…
Alex & Rina: Stand up the Vanguard!