Ah hi, its me again. This time round I am doing a review on Bushiroad latest release Extra Booster Zero No Tsukaima F or ZNT F for short.
Disclaimer: Before I start, I would like to declare that this review is based on my personal thoughts and evaluation and it could somehow overlap with other reviews. This work is by no means taken from other reviews or vice versa. Any similarities are purely coincidental.
With that, I will start my review proper...
This extra pack is a set with 45 types of cards
The colour distribution goes like this:
13 yellow cards
10 green cards
16 red cards
6 blue cards
Yellow
For this colour, it basically revolves around power boost and achieving a desired hand / hand maintenance.This part features two types of 集中 (or Brainstorm):
ZM/WE13-01 R ガリアの王族 タバサ
[Startup] Brainstorm [(1)] Take the top 4 cards of your deck and send it to your Waiting Room. Search from your deck up to X number of characters with the <Magic> trait, show it to your opponent and add it into your hand. Shuffle your deck. Then, choose X number of cards and send it into your Waiting Room. X is equal to the number of Climax cards sent into your Waiting Room by this effect.
[Startup] Brainstorm [(1)] Take the top 4 cards of your deck and send it to your Waiting Room. Search from your deck up to X number of characters with the <Magic> trait, show it to your opponent and add it into your hand. Shuffle your deck. Then, choose X number of cards and send it into your Waiting Room. X is equal to the number of Climax cards sent into your Waiting Room by this effect.
Firstly, it is Taba-san allowing a hand change if 集中 is successful.
ZM/WE13-03 R ルイズの守り手 サイト
[Startup] Brainstorm [(1)] Take the top 4 cards of your deck and send it to your Waiting Room. For every Climax put into the Waiting Room by this effect, this character gains +3000 Power until the end of the turn.
Secondly, it is Saito allowing himself to gain at least 3k in power if 集中 successful.
ZM/WE13-02 R “風使い”タバサ
[Continuous] Assist All your Characters in front of this card gain +500 Power.
[Auto] When you use a Brainstorm ability, if any Climax card is sent to the Waiting Room by that effect, choose one of your Characters, that Character gains +2000 Power until the end of the turn.
[Continuous] Assist All your Characters in front of this card gain +500 Power.
[Auto] When you use a Brainstorm ability, if any Climax card is sent to the Waiting Room by that effect, choose one of your Characters, that Character gains +2000 Power until the end of the turn.
This card goes well with any 集中 engine in the deck.
It allows a character to get another 2k in power if 集中 is successful, furthermore it is a basic 応援 +500 which gives her more reason to be used in the deck.
Works especially well with ルイズの守り手 サイト (The card shown above), easily breaking the 10k Power barrier with only 1 cost at Level 1.
Next up, we have the important level x 500 応援 (or Assist) with its required Climax:
ZM/WE13-04 R 揺るぎない信頼 ルイズ & ZM/WE13-12 C サモン・サーヴァント
[Continuous] Assist All your Characters in front of this card gains +X Power. X is equal to the Level of the Character x 500.
[Auto] [(1)] When the Climax Card サモン・サーヴァント is put into your Climax Border, you may pay the cost. If so, search from your deck for up to 1 Level 1 and above Character with the trait <Void> or <Familiar>, show it to your opponent and add it into your hand. Then shuffle your deck.
This card allows a significant power boost to higher level Characters. But that's not all, she has a climax combo that allows you to search out 1 level 1 and above <Void> or <Familiar> trait Character from your deck.
Lastly, we have the Level 3 of this colour pool:
ZM/WE13-05 R 貴族の務め ルイズ
[Continuous] Experience If you have 揺るぎない信頼 ルイズ and 聖国のルイズ in your Level Zone, this card in hand gains Level -1.
[Auto] When this card is put onto the Stage from your Hand, you may put the top 1 card of your Clock into your Waiting Room.
[Continuous] Experience If you have 揺るぎない信頼 ルイズ and 聖国のルイズ in your Level Zone, this card in hand gains Level -1.
[Auto] When this card is put onto the Stage from your Hand, you may put the top 1 card of your Clock into your Waiting Room.
A Level 3 which allows itself to be "Advanced Summoned" with the required cards in your Level Zone (1/1/7000 Red 聖国のルイズ & 2/1/5000 Yellow 揺るぎない信頼 ルイズ). With the conditions met, this card will forever be a Level 2 in hand.
Red
This part revolves around hand-size management, field advantage and domination with a pretty rare "destroy" Character ability.
One of the few significant cards are:
ZM/WE13-24 R 素直になれない ルイズ
[Auto][Send 1 Marker under this card into the Waiting Room] When this card attacks, you may pay the cost. If so, choose 1 of your opponent's Level 0 or below Character on the Centre Stage and send it to the Waiting Room.
[Startup][Put this card to Rest] If this card has no Marker under it, put the top 1 card of your deck under this card as a Marker.
[Auto][Send 1 Marker under this card into the Waiting Room] When this card attacks, you may pay the cost. If so, choose 1 of your opponent's Level 0 or below Character on the Centre Stage and send it to the Waiting Room.
[Startup][Put this card to Rest] If this card has no Marker under it, put the top 1 card of your deck under this card as a Marker.
This card allows you to send your opponent level 0 characters to the waiting room by removing 1 marker from under this card.
This card gains marker by putting the top card of your deck under the card by tapping her during the main phase.
Most people will think sending level 0 character is nothing much. But this card comes in when there is a significant lacking advantage during level 0 for ZNT F. You will be able to waste your opponent resources and a possible successful 集中 due to the movement of 1 card.
Especially effective against high-powered characters or runners like 方向音痴あずさ.
Next up, we have this:
ZM/WE13-25 R 強い絆 ルイズ
[Startup][(1) Put this card to Rest] Take the top 4 cards of your deck and send them into your Waiting Room. For every Climax card put in by this ability, choose up to 1 Cost 0 or less Character in your Waiting Room, and put it on your Stage in different Borders.
This card, if 集中 successfully, allows you to "special summon" a cost 0 character from your Waiting Room to the Stage. Meaning to say you can have a Level 1 character on your field during your level 0. Almost a must in every ZNT F deck due to the lack of level 0 advantage.
Next, we have:
ZM/WE13-26 R 無意識の力 ルイズ
[Auto] When this card is put to the Stage from your Hand, and if your Deck has 5 or less cards, from your Waiting Room, search up to 1 Character with the trait <Void> or <Familiar> and add it into your hand. After that, send all your cards from your Waiting Room back to your Deck. Shuffle your Deck.
[Auto] Change [(1) Send 1 card from your Hand to the Waiting Room, put this card into your Waiting Room] At the start of your Encore Phase, if this card is in Rest position, you may pay the cost. If so, search from your Waiting Room for 1相思相愛 ルイズ and place it onto this card's original Border.
This card allows a free refresh as long you have 5 or less card in your deck when you enter this card
furthermore, she allows you to take back 1 <Void> or <Familiar> character if you meet the condition of having 5 or less cards in your deck when this card enters. Not very hard to fulfill the conditions with the abundance of 集中 in the deck.
To make this card even better, this card actually change into:
ZM/WE13-28 R 相思相愛 ルイズ &
ZM/WE13-39 C ワールドドア
[Auto] When this card is put to the Stage from your hand, or put to the Stage by the ability of Change, you may put the top 1 card of your Clock to your Waiting Room.
[Auto] When you put the Climax ワールドドア into your Climax Zone, and if this card is in the Center Stage, choose one 途切れぬ想い サイト in your Memory and put it into your Stage in any Border. For this turn, this card gains +3000 Power.
[Auto] When this card is put to the Stage from your hand, or put to the Stage by the ability of Change, you may put the top 1 card of your Clock to your Waiting Room.
[Auto] When you put the Climax ワールドドア into your Climax Zone, and if this card is in the Center Stage, choose one 途切れぬ想い サイト in your Memory and put it into your Stage in any Border. For this turn, this card gains +3000 Power.
This card has upon entry and change "heal" and a climax combo that allow you to call her faithful servant from the memory:
ZM/WE13-27 R 途切れぬ想い サイト
[Continuous] All of your other Character with the <Void> trait gains Power +1500.
[Continuous] All of your other Character with the <Void> trait gains Power +1500.
This card boost all characters with <void> 1500 in power.
With the climax combo, the Level 3 Louise can easily reach 15.5k in power during that turn
Green
Tired of seeing "tsundere" and "Louise"? Not to fret, here comes the elf, she is one of the main highlights for this particular colour.
First up, we have:
ZM/WE13-14 R 森の妖精 ティファニア
[Auto][(1) Put 1 card from your Hand to your Waiting Room] When this card is put to the Stage from your Hand, you may pay the cost. If so, search from your Deck for up to 1 Character with the trait <Magic>, show it to your opponent and add it into your Hand. Shuffle your Deck.
[Auto][(1) Put 1 card from your Hand to your Waiting Room] When this card is put to the Stage from your Hand, you may pay the cost. If so, search from your Deck for up to 1 Character with the trait <Magic>, show it to your opponent and add it into your Hand. Shuffle your Deck.
This card allows a search of <Magic> trait character upon paying of cost upon entry to the field
Changing of hand... why not?
Secondly, we have this:
ZM/WE13-15 R 優しい友達 ティファニア
[Auto] Encore [Put one Character card from your Hand into your Waiting Room]
[Auto] When you use a Brainstorm ability, if any Climax card is sent to the Waiting Room by that effect, this turn this card gains +2000 Power.
[Auto] Encore [Put one Character card from your Hand into your Waiting Room]
[Auto] When you use a Brainstorm ability, if any Climax card is sent to the Waiting Room by that effect, this turn this card gains +2000 Power.
A Level 1, 1 cost character with アンコール[drop 1 character from hand to waiting room]
and an ability to power up if 集中 is successful. Making her a 8k hitter if done so,
Combined with “風使い”タバサ ability, she can reach 10k Power fairly easily.
アンコール[drop 1 character to waiting room] helps in maintain a field presence since you are able to drop level 2 and 3 characters that you might not be needing so soon or if you draw too much of the level 0 that you wont be needing anymore
Next, we have her level 3:
ZM/WE13-15 R もう一人の担い手 ティファニア
[Continuous] Experience For every 1 Brainstorm ability card in your Level Zone, this card gains +500 Power.
[Auto] When this card is put to the Stage from hand, you may take the top 1 card from your Clock and put it into your Waiting Room.
Might seem a little plain but...
Hey, she Tiffa. No complains over here
Lastly, a common card that I think is good:
ZM/WE13-22 C “忘却の魔法”ティファニア & ZM/WE13-23 C 忘却の魔法
[Continuous] If you have 3 or more Characters with the trait <Void> or <Familiar>, this card gains Encore [Put 1 Character card from your Hand to your Waiting Room].
[Auto] When this card attacks and the Climax card 忘却の魔法 is in your Climax Border, take your opponent's top 1 Stock and send it to the Waiting Room. Then, choose 1 card from your opponent's Waiting Room and send it to the Stock. Shuffle the Stock.
A 2 cost 8k character with a unique climax combo.
First, most people would think the cost doesn't justify her usage. However, her climax combo that allow you to "burn" off your opponent's top stock to Waiting Room and adding a card from Waiting Room to his stock allows for a "anti-meta" combo. By putting climax cards into your opponent's stock, you will significantly reduce his "compression rate" when he refresh.
First, most people would think the cost doesn't justify her usage. However, her climax combo that allow you to "burn" off your opponent's top stock to Waiting Room and adding a card from Waiting Room to his stock allows for a "anti-meta" combo. By putting climax cards into your opponent's stock, you will significantly reduce his "compression rate" when he refresh.
Blue
Last colour to be showcased and the fewest number of cards in this series
This colour is to mainly support 集中 by moving your cards' position and ensuring a safe "trigger" via checking of top deck.
ZM/WE13-40 R 恋のライバル シエスタ
[Continuous] During your opponent's turn, all your Characters gain +500 Power.
[Auto] When this card is put to the Stage from your Hand, look at the top 1 card of your Deck, choose to either put it on top or bottom of the Deck.
[Continuous] During your opponent's turn, all your Characters gain +500 Power.
[Auto] When this card is put to the Stage from your Hand, look at the top 1 card of your Deck, choose to either put it on top or bottom of the Deck.
Siesta here gives all your character power +500 during opponent's turn and allows you to look at your top deck upon entry and deciding to whether let it stay on top or move to the bottom.
ZM/WE13-43 C 入浴中のアンリエッタ
[Continuous] If you have 5 or more cards in your Hand, this card gains +1000 Power
[Auto] When this card is put to the Stage from your Hand, look at the top 1 card of your Deck, choose to either put it on top or bottom of the Deck.
[Continuous] If you have 5 or more cards in your Hand, this card gains +1000 Power
[Auto] When this card is put to the Stage from your Hand, look at the top 1 card of your Deck, choose to either put it on top or bottom of the Deck.
Queen Henrietta here has the similar effect of checking the top card of your deck and deciding whether to move it down or let it remain on top.
The only difference she has from siesta is that she is an attacker instead of a support.
Ok, I will end my review here with an image from Zero No Tsukaima F last episode.
The only difference she has from siesta is that she is an attacker instead of a support.
Ok, I will end my review here with an image from Zero No Tsukaima F last episode.
