Before I start, I would like to inform the readers that I would only be covering the various cards used in the more popular Red-Blue Student Council build. It is definitely not everything the trait has to offer.

Joining the Council – Level 0

DC/WE02-002R お雛様　音姫 / Doll Otome
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【A】 When this card attacks, reveal the top card of your deck. If it is a card with the trait 《Student Council》, during this turn, this card gains Soul +1. (Return the card to its original position)

Previously mentioned in another article, this card is a rather good attacker in a Student Council deck. Its ability allows you to easily increase your damage output with no additional cost, making this card a good attacker even throughout your later Levels. If your deck is made up of mostly Student Council characters, considering putting this card into your deck for better Soul outputs, something a Neo-Standard Student Council deck may lack.

DC/WE02-016R アジサイ畑のまゆき/ Hydrangea Field Mayuki
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【C】 All your other Character cards with the trait 《Student Council》 gains 『【A】 ENCORE [Put 1 Character card from your Hand into your Waiting Room]』.

It is not an understatement to say that this is the most important card in a Da Capo Neo-Standard Student Council deck. It allows you to keep your important attackers to serve whatever important duties they have for another turn, seeing as how the general power level of the Student Council trait in Da Capo is actually rather low. It also helps to conserve your stock in which you would most likely be using a lot in your Level 3. You also won’t have to worry about staying in any Level with a lack of attackers next turn, especially your Level 0s.

DC/W09-054R エリカ・ムラサキ/ Erika Murasaki
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【C】 If all your Character cards have the trait 《Student Council》, this card gains Power +1000.

A decent Level 0 beater. Its ability brings it to a 3500 power easily, and paired with Hydrangea Field Mayuki, you will have a pretty reliable Level 0, without any worries for a lack of decent attackers or even the bad situations of having to use your support cards to attack for that 1 extra stock you will need in your Level 1.

DC/W09-080R スキーウェアのまゆき / Ski Gear Mayuki
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【A】 When this card attacks, reveal the top card of your deck. If it is a card with the trait 《Student Council》, add that card to your hand, choose 1 card in your hand, and put it to the Waiting Room. (If not, return it to its original position)

A good utility card for a Student Council deck. It allows you to exchange unimportant cards in your hand with possible better cards that are revealed on attack. Or you can simply use the ability to thin your deck by a few cards. If your luck is good, you may even change your trigger for the better, let’s say you only want to deal 1 damage, so you may actually reduce the chance of triggering 1 more by first adding the card with the trigger into your hand. Of course, the opposite may also happen… It all depends on your luck.

DC/W09-089C 磯鷲　涼芽 / Isowashi Suzume
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【S】[Put 2 of your Character cards to 【Rest】 mode] Look at the top card of your Deck, and choose to put it at the top or bottom of your deck.

Yet another good Level 0 utility card. Many of the Student Council cards in Da Capo play by revealing the trait on attack for their effects. This card allows you to ensure success, or to simply increase your chances by pushing a card that isn’t of the trait to the bottom of your deck. You can also use it to push climax cards to the bottom of your deck for a chance to cancel when your deck is left with fewer cards.

DC/WE08-01R 完全無欠なお姉ちゃん　音姫 / Perfect and Faultless Older Sis Otome
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【C】 ASSIST: All of your Character cards in front of this card gain Power +500.
【C】 This card cannot be chosen for your Opponent’s card abilities.

Currently the only Level 0 Assist +500 support for Student Council in Da Capo. The extra 500 it provides may be crucial for your Level 0s or even Level 1s to better take down the opposing character. Its second ability also ensures that this card won’t be moving from your field during your opponent’s turn, providing a very reliable 500 power boost.

Fulfilling Duties – Level 1

DC/WE01-024PR デートを楽しむエリカ / Enjoying the Date Erika
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【C】 If you have 3 or more other Character cards with the trait 《Student Council》, this card gains Power +1000.

One of the better Level 1 attackers for Student Council in Level 1. Its ability brings its power to 6500, which was really good in past, way before the era of the Level 1 Cost 1 7000 power characters. Its condition can be quite a pain to fulfill as well, having need at least 3 other characters spotting the Student Council trait. But still, pair with the available support and perhaps even a Draw-1-2000-1-Soul type of climax, it is still able to take down certain Level 1 characters of the current metagame.

DC/W09-066C 決意のエリカ / Determined Erika
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【C】 For each Marker under this card, this card gains Level +1, Power +2500.
【A】[Put 1 「Truth」 from your Hand or the Climax area into your Waiting Room] When this card in battle is put to 【Knockout】 mode, you may pay the cost to activate this ability. Should you do so, put the top card of your deck under this card as a Marker, and put this card to 【Rest】 mode.

DC/W09-073CR 真実 / Truth
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【A】 When you put this card from your Hand onto the Climax area, put the top card of your Deck into your Stock. During this turn, all your Character cards gain Soul +1.

A rather strong Marker ability. Among all the character cards that uses Markers for abilities, this card gains the most boost per Marker, which is in this case, 1 Level and a 2500 Power boost. It also has no limit to how many Markers you can add to this card, but it only becomes harder to do so as you gain more Markers. The condition to add Marker to this card can also be rather difficult, as it requires to discard the specific climax in order to do so. However, you may also send the climax from your Climax area to fulfill the ability, so you can actually use the Climax to increase your soul output while getting to keep this character alive, bigger and better.

Players who want to use this card should be contended with just 1 Marker, as it becomes a Level 2 7500 character that is bigger than regular Level 1s. However, getting this card to 2 Markers makes it a whooping Level 3 with 10000 base power, which can easily defeat any Level 2 or even Level 3 characters with the appropriate support

DC/WE08-15R 恥ずかしがり屋　まゆき / Embarrassed Person Mayuki
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【A】 When this card attacks, and the Climax card 「Romantic Kiss」 is in play, reveal the top card of your deck. Should it be a Character card with the trait 《Student Council》, put it into your hand. (If not, return it to its original position.)

DC/WE08-018C ロマンチックなキス / Romantic Kiss
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【A】 When you put this card from your Hand into the Climax Area, draw 1 card. Choose 1 of your Character cards, during this turn, it gains Soul +3.

Currently the best Level 1 for a Student Council based deck. Its climax ability allows you to increase your hand advantage with only the Character cards, as compared to blind drawing, which may make you draw into Climax cards.  Its ability is also free of cost, in which the only cost is perhaps for the playing of the character. Its climax, while not being the ever-popular and useful Draw-1-2000-1-Soul type of Climax, it still allows you to draw a card to replace the hand lost in playing the Climax card, and the extra soul can be very useful in Side attacks or even to simply go for a chance to deal in big damage. Of course, there is always the chance that you may reveal events or even climax cards by the ability, which would prevent you from getting that 1 hand card, but the chances of hitting a Student Council character is relatively higher, in a Student Council based deck.

Making Decisions – Level 2

DC/WE02-010R 水着のエリカ / Swimsuit Erika
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【C】 For each of your other Character cards with the 「【A】 ENCORE [Put 1 Character card from your Hand into the Waiting Room]」 ability, this card gains Power +500.
【A】 When this card attacks, and the Climax card 「Sleepy Erika」 is in play, choose 1 Character card in your Waiting Room, and add it to your hand.

DC/WE02-013C 寝ぼけるエリカ/ Sleepy Erika
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【C】 All your Character cards gain Power +1000, Soul +1.
(【Pickup】 During Trigger Check and this card is revealed, you may choose 1 Character card from your Waiting Room and add it to your hand.)

A rather decent Level 2 character. Its ability is best played together with Hydrangea Field Mayuki for the best effect, which allows this card to reach a possible 9000 base power. If you also happen to have a Student Council Level x500 Assist character behind, this card can reach a power of 10000 with the Drop-Character-Encore ability, which isn’t too shabby.

Its climax synergy ability is nothing special, which is a free waiting room character retrieval. The climax is that of the Gate trigger, which is always a good addition to any deck. In this case, both triggering the gate on normal attack and saving a gate in hand to use this Climax synergy nets you a character back from the Waiting Room, hence it is rather ‘advantageous’.

DC/W09-082R 負けず嫌いで努力家まゆき / Hard-Worker that Hates to Lose Mayuki
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【C】 When your opponent have a Climax card in his Climax area, this card gains Power +2000.
【A】 When this card attacks, if you have the Climax card 「Last Chance」 in play, all your Character cards, until the end of your Opponent’s next turn, gains Power +1000.

DC/W09-098CR ラストチャンス / Last Chance
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【A】 When you play this card from your hand to your Stage, draw 1 card, choose 1 of your Character cards. During this turn that card gains Power +2000 and Soul +1.

Yet another decent (yes, I know, everything’s decent) Level 2 character. Its first ability makes opponent think twice about using their Climax cards, especially if it is to overpower this character, as playing a climax to do so only makes it more difficult. It also improves this card’s overall survivability, but sadly, doesn’t help you to survive.

Its second ability is that of a climax synergy ability, which provides a small boost in power for all your characters, improving both the offensive and defensive power. This can be crucial to a Student Council deck, seeing as how their power level are usually lower as compared to many other decks out there. Of course, there’s always Hydrangea Field Mayuki when your character’s power are not big enough, but surely it would be nice once in a while to be the one over-powering others. The climax is that of a Draw-1-2000-1-Soul type of climax also, further giving you the ability to take down opposing characters.

DC/WE08-12C 若き生徒会長　エリカ / Young Student Council President Erika
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【C】 ASSIST: All your Character cards in front of this card gain Power +X. X is equal to that character’s level x500.
【A】 ENCORE [Put 1 Character card from your Hand into the Waiting Room]

There are currently 2 Level x500 Assist spotting the Student Council trait, but I would say this is the better choice, simply because of that seemingly out-of-place Drop-Character-Encore ability. The main use of that ability is to give your Swimsuit Erika that additional 500 in case you don’t have a Hydrangea Field Mayuki, or simply refuse to use it in a Student Council based deck for reasons beyond my understanding.

In very bad situations where you simply have nothing else left, you can use this card to deal some damage, and Encore it to either block for more damage, or to let it leave until the next turn, in case you need the support it provides again.

Leader of the Elites – Level 3

DC/W09-077RR 新生徒会長　杏 / New Student Council President Anzu
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【A】 When you play this card from your hand to your Stage, you may put the top card of your Clock to your Waiting Room.
【A】［②］ When this card attacks, reveal the top card of your deck. If it is a Character Card with the 《Drama》 or 《Student Council》 Trait, you may pay the cost to activate this ability. Should you do so,put the the top card of your Clock to your Waiting Room. (Return the revealed card to its original position)

The most popular Level 3 character for a Da Capo Neo-Standard Student Council deck. Its healing abilities is tremendous, where you can easily heal 6 damage away if you play down 3 of this card, and scores a hit on each trigger check, all without the requirement of any specific climax card. The ability was rather well-designed, allowing players to only pay the cost after they reveal the correct traits, and also for them to choose to pay or not, which helps them prevent the wastage of stock. Coupled with Hydrangea Field Mayuki, you can ensure a rather long Level 3, so long as you don’t die in 1 turn. However, as the game progresses further, you would be struggling more to heal as your stock would be rather depleted after repeated uses of this ability. Still, it allows any player to hold on for a longer period of time, hopefully long enough to defeat their opponent before they eventually lose out in damage.

Overall review:

The whole trait, while being one of the smallest trait in Da Capo itself, has many cards that are very powerful, and together, they form a formidable opponent, that braved through even many of the other top metagame decks in past tournaments. It has easily sustainable field advantage, multiple ways to gain or to re-gain hand advantage, and also a rather reliable way to heal multiple damage constantly over a few turns.

Seeing as how Da Capo III is just around the corner, many players who have been following the official site should have already seen many Student Council trait cards. I believe there would be quite a number of cards that would be able to push the current deck further, or perhaps bring it to a whole new level altogether. Existing Student Council members and those wishing to join, do look out for the release of Da Capo III in about a week’s time!

In this article, I will be sharing about the more popular/ significant cards of the Music trait within the D.C. sets and expansions. Note that whatever covered here is not everything that D.C. can offer for the Music trait.
Intro – The Level 0s.

DC/W01-E07 C 水着の小恋 / Swimsuit Koko
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【S】[Put 2 of your characters with the 《Music》 trait to 【Rest】 mode] Choose 1 of your character, during this turn, it gains Power +2000.

This is a card first introduced in the initial D.C. D.C. II Extra Booster, later being reprinted in the D.C. D.C. II P.C. Extra Booster. This is a great tech card for any music-based deck, giving idle backstage supports a use. The 2000 it provide isn’t a small amount, and can be used to overpower any character your opponent have, considering the high base powers of Music characters (generally).

DC/W09-112 PR 気配り上手な奥さん　ことり / Caring Wife Kotori
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【C】 When you have 3 or less cards in your Stock, this card gains Power +1000.

The only card under the Kotori Love ExP series, but still neo-standard with any Da Capo sets and expansions. This is a great Level 0 beater, even outside of the Music trait. You would usually have 3 or less stock for at least 2 turns, making this card a viable Level 0 beater throughout your Level 0. The power of 3500 is rather decent, and together with various supports of the Music trait, it can easily overpower many other Level 0 beaters, or even attempt to defeat smaller Level 1 characters.
This card is however a Promo card from at least 2 years ago, and can be hard to obtain now.

DC/W09-029 R 縁日でデート　小恋 / Date at the Festival Koko
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【C】 If you have 1 or less other Character in your Center Stage, all your other Characters gain Power +1000.

Another good level 0 character for the Music deck. This card can serve as both a support for starting attackers, or even as an attacker itself. As it is better to conserve resources and only have 1-2 Level 0 attackers during your first few turn, this card’s condition would be easily fulfilled, and giving your sole attacker a 1000 boost. Having 2 behind can greatly improved your attacker’s survivability, making the power level unreachable even when your opponent use a Draw-1-2000-1-Soul type of climax, but still vulnerable to the top favourite Self-Destruct abilities, or even the rare Startup ability to send away Level 0s with the cost of 1.

By having 2 copies of this card in the front row, both of its condition can be fulfilled, giving you 2 3500 Level 0 attackers. You can put some simply support characters in the backstage to give them more power boosts, which can allow them to take down most of the Level 0 beaters.

DC/W09-033 U 白河　ことり/ Shirakawa Kotori
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【A】 When this card is put onto the stage from your hand, your opponent may reveal his hand. If there is a Climax Card in those cards, put this card to 【Rest】.

A popular level 0 character, even outside of the Da Capo context. For having 4000 power, its side ability can be advantageous to many, when used properly. If your opponent do choose to show his or her hand and there are any climax cards at all, this card would be disabled for 1 turn. It isn’t that much of a side effect, unless you have a rather bad hand for Level 0, and have no other possible attackers. Compared to sending it to the Waiting Room or even back to the deck like many other Level 0 characters with 4000 power, this is but a small cost to pay.

Looking at your opponent’s hand can allow you to better plan your attacks this turn. You can count the number of climax cards your opponent have left in the deck, knowing the number of climaxes in his Hand and Waiting Room, and perhaps his Stock. This would allow you to judge if it is the right time to play a Climax card to push for damage. You can also check your opponent’s hand for counters, which can allow you to know the exact amount to overpower, or to save resources by giving up on overpowering and going for side-attacks.

And even if your opponent chooses not to show you his or her hand, it can tell a lot of things about their current situation. They would either have too many climax cards in hand, or have none at all. There would also be players who just simply refuse to show their hand. You would just have to make them think twice with the 4000 power this card have.

DC/W09-038 C 軽音バンド　ななか＆小恋 / Light Music Band Nanaka & Koko
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【C】 All your other Character Cards with <> trait gain Power +500.

A global support for the Music trait. Serves as the key support for Music-based Da Capo decks. It can be used in Standard Music decks to provide a decent boost through the Levels as well.

Allegro – The Level 1s

DC/W01-033 U みっくん＆ともちゃん / Mik-kun & Tomo-chan
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【C】 ASSIST: Level 2 or above Character cards in front of this card gains Power +1000.
【S】[Put this card to 【Rest】 mode] During this turn, all your other Character cards with 《Music》 trait gains Power +500.

A decent support for Music-based decks that have more heavy usage on characters of Level 2 or above. It can provide a total of 1500 boost to any Level 2 or above music character in front of this card, making it as effective as a Power +X support (where X equal to Level x500).

DC/W01-034 U スキーウェアのななか / Ski Gear Nanaka
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【A】[①] When this card battles with your opponent’s Character and puts it to 【Knockout】 mode, you may pay the cost to activate this ability. Should you do so, search your deck for a Character card with the《Music》Trait, show it to your opponent, then add it to your hand. Shuffle Your Deck afterwards.
【S】[②] During this turn, this card gains Power +5000.

A decent Level 1 Music character that allows players to search up any Music character from their deck with a light cost of 1 Stock whenever they put any character to reverse using this card. This card has a relatively low power of 3000, but with appropriate supports and perhaps a Draw-1-2000-1-Soul climax, they can still attempt to defeat any Level 1 or above character. Players may also use the second ability should they have spare resources, or have a character that they simply have to take down.

DC/WE02-007C 歌姫ななか/ Songstress Nanaka
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【A】 When this card attacks, reveal the top card of your deck. Should it be a Character card with the 《Music》 trait, during this turn, this card gains Power +2000. (Return the revealed card to its original position)

A good Level 1 beater for a Music-based deck. Its ability allows it to reach a base power of 7000, rivaling the Level 1 7000 characters, all for the cost of 0. Players who use this card in a pure Music deck would see not much problem triggering the ability, besides the occasional climax or even event cards.

DC/W09-031R 料理中　小恋 / In the middle of Cooking Koko
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【A】 When this card attacks, and the Climax card 「Trust in You」is in play, during this turn, all your characters gain Power +X. X is the number of Character Cards other than this card with the trait 《Music》 x500.

A very good card to give your Music characters a little power boost on attack. Its ability allows you to give all characters, including this card and regardless of trait, 500 more power per other Music character you have. It is, of course, most efficient with a full Music trait field, which gives a whooping 2000 boost to all characters when this card attacks. Also, if you happen to have multiple copies of this card when attacking with the climax, the power level may even reach high enough to defeat most Level 2 or even Level 3 characters. Sadly, this IS a climax-synergy ability, and is highly dependent on whether you have the climax card in question. The climax card itself, sadly, isn’t that of a Treasure icon either, so it may be harder to get it during the game for some players.

DC/W09-035U 白河　ななか/ Shirakawa Nanaka
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【A】 When you use the BACKUP ability of this card, reveal the top card of your deck. If it is a Character Card with 《Music》 Trait, choose 1 of your Character Cards　involved in battle, during this turn, it gains Power +1000. (The revealed card is returned to its original position)
【S】【Counter】 BACKUP 1500 Level 1 [① Send this card from your hand into Waiting] (In response to your opponent’s Front Attack, choose one of your Character card in battle. During this turn, that card gains Power +1500.)

A good Level 1 Backup for any Music-based deck. Should you be successful and reveal a Music character upon counter, it becomes a 2500 Backup, which is just slightly more than a normal Level 1 cost 1 Backup, but that 500 tends to throw many people off course. This card, like the other Reveal Music cards, works best in a pure Music deck, preferably void of even Events to ensure a higher success rate.

DC/W09-042C パジャマのことり/ Pajamas Kotori
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This card is one of the best Level 1 attackers any Music-based D.C. deck can have, being a ever-popular Level 1 Cost 1 7000 attacker spotting the Music trait. With 2 of the global boost for Music, this card can reach a power Level of 8000, which is enough to challenge most Level 1 beaters. However, since it doesn’t spot an alternate Encore ability, one would need to prepare some Counters if they want to see this card live for another turn.

DC/W09-046C 告白!?/ Confession !?
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[Counter] Select one of your Character cards with the 《Music》 trait, during this turn, it gains Power +2000.

Not a bad event counter for Music characters, seeing how it can give a 2000 power boost on counter without any cost. However, regular Backup characters would be more easily searchable as compared to using this event, though saving cost for decent power is always welcomed.

DC/WE08-82 PR 悪魔の手のひらの上で/On the Palm of the Devil
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Select 1 of your Character cards with the trait 《Music》 or 《Snacks》 and put it into your clock. Should you do so, select a Character card with the trait 《Music》 or 《Snacks》 from your Clock other than that card, and return it to your hand.
Search your deck for up to 1 Cost 0 or less character card with the trait 《Music》 or 《Snacks》, and put it onto your Stage in any border. Then, shuffle your deck.

This cute PR event that came with the D.C. Generation Mix 3 trading cards has quite the peculiar effect. Following closely to the scene depicted in the picture, it switches your cards around a lot. You can use this card to swap away any unwanted Level 0 characters for perhaps your global support, or any Level 1 Cost 0 beaters. And since you do get back 1 hand from this effect, the net hand cost of this card is effectively zero. Though the effect sounds strange, it is worth using.

Accelerando – The Level 2s

DC/W09-026RR ショッピング中のことり/ In the Middle of Shopping Kotori
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【A】 When you put this card form your hand onto the Stage, you may select 1 card in your Clock and put it into your hand. Should you do so, choose 1 card in your hand, and put it into your Clock.
【A】 When this card attacks, if the Climax card 「Kotori’s Song」 is in play, during this turn, all your Character cards gain Power +2000.

An interesting Level 2 character. Its first effect allows you to exchange a card from your hand with a card in your clock, allowing you to get back any card you would possibly need that is stuck in your clock. Also, since you’ll place the card back at the top of your Clock, this card is excellent in any deck that plays around some Alarm abilities.
Its 2nd effect gives everyone a 2000 power boost regardless of field condition or trait when it attacks with the specific climax. The climax in question is also that of a Draw-1-2000-1-Soul, which would already mean a 4000 power boost for any 1 character of yours, for no additional stock or hand cost, which easily covers for most regular Counter limits, and even overcome some fearsome 4000+ Event counters.

DC/W09-032R 手を引く　ななか / Hand Holding Nanaka
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【A】 When this card attacks, and the Climax Card [What it means to Convey] is in play, reveal the top card of your deck. If it is a Character Card with the 《Music》 Trait, choose up to 2 of your opponent’s Character Card, during this turn, those cards gain Power -1500.

A Level 2 character with an unique Climax-synergy effect. There are many conditions you would have to fulfill, like attacking with the specific climax and revealing a Music character on attack, but the effect is rather rewarding. You can easily take down any still-existing Level 0 support your opponent may have, seeing how a lot of them has a base power of 1500 and below. You may also use it to reduce the front row’s character’s power which can throw opponent’s calculation for any possible counter off, which allows you to take down their characters more easily. Sadly, the ability is unable to concentrate the power reduce on 1 single character, which would have easily made this an even better card.

DC/WE08-81 PR サンタのことり/ Santa Kotori
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【S】 Until the end of your opponent’s next turn, this card gains Power +1000.

Yet another PR card from the D.C. Generation Mix 3 trading cards. This is a decent Level 2 character for the Music trait in D.C., seeing as how there aren’t really a lot of Level 2 Music characters in D.C. that has high defensive power. With each additional cost you choose to pay, this card can gain power that last until the end of your opponent’s turn, which allows this card to attack with high power and still stand strong on defend next turn. However, paying too much stock may be detrimental to your overall play, so it is wise to choose the correct timing to use this effect.

Al fine – The Level 3s

DC/W01-036U 私服のことり/ Casual Clothes Kotori
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【C】 BODYGUARD
【A】 When you play this card onto the stage, look at your opponent’s Hand.
【A】 When this card attacks and the Climax card 「Songstress at the Wedding Ceremony」, put the top card of your deck into your stock, and during this turn, this card gains Power +3000.

The Level 3 Music in the first Da Capo set. Like all initial Level 3 characters, it spots the Bodyguard ability, as well as the standardized climax synergy ability which you will see on all green climax-synergy effects in the earlier sets. Its 2nd ability is the one worth highlighting. It has the unique ability to force your opponent to show what is in their hand cards when you play this card onto the stage (Play = from hand to stage). You may look at your opponent’s hand to check for any counters they may be holding, and the power it can account for, so that you can better plan your attacks, especially with this card, as you can let it survive for 1 turn to let your opponent face the fearsome Bodyguard effect.

DC/W09-027RR 変わらない故郷　小恋/ Never Changing Hometown Koko
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【A】 When you have 6 or more cards in your Stock, this card gains 「【A】ENCORE [Put 1 Character from your Hand into your Waiting Room]」.
【A】 When this card is played from your hand onto the stage, or put onto the stage by 「CHANGE」, you may put the top card of your Clock into your Waiting Room.

Music was lucky enough to get a second Level 3 in the following booster. This card is the basis of many D.C. 8-Gate Music Variant that made it to the top few for some tournaments some years back. It has 2 rather simplistic abilities that works much wonders when put together. It is a stable attacker that has decent base power, allows healing of damage, can be advanced summon during Level 2 via Change, and even sustainability via the Drop-Encore ability after you hit the quota of 6 stock. What is not to be loved?

Concertino – Specific Card Combinations

This corner features some of the cards that were made in sets, and in which would work the best if played together.

DC/W01-026RR 晴れ着のななか/ Dolled up Nanaka
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【A】 All your other 「Tsukishima Koko」gains Power +1000.
【A】 BOND/「Tsukishima Koko」［①] (When this card comes into play from your hand, pay the cost to activate this ability, then search your Waiting Room for 1「Tsukishima Koko」 Character card and add it to your hand.)

DC/W01-030R 月島　小恋/ Tsukishima Koko
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【A】 ENCORE [Place 1 Character card from your hand into Waiting Room] (When this card leaves the Stage and is put to the Waiting Room, you may pay cost to activate this ability. Should you do so, this card is placed in 【Rest】 mode on its previous Border.)

Personal favourite combo from the ancient days of WS. Dolled up Nanaka allows you to retrieve its pump target via Bond, and by putting 2 of it in your backstage, you would gain access to a Level 1 Cost 1 7500 character with the Drop-Encore ability. In modern context, one would not usually attempt to put 2 Dolled Up Nanaka in the backstage, but instead push her to the front stage for possible direct/ side attack chances, while keeping your Backstage free for cards like the Global support or any other more generic support cards.

DC/W09-078 R “３バカ”杉並&義之&渉 / “3 Idiots” Suginami & Yoshiyuki & Wataru
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【A】 At start of your Opponent’s attack phase, you can move this card into any Border of Center Stage.
【A】[①］ When this card is put to 【Knockout】 mode during a battle, you may pay the Cost to activate this ability. Should you do so, put this card into your Memory.

DC/W09-081 R “雪月花”小恋&杏&茜 / "Setsugekka" Koko & Anzu & Akane
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【A】 RECOLLECTIONS: If you have 「"3 idiots" Suginami & Yoshiyuki & Wataru」 in your Memory, this card gains Power +2000.
【A】 ENCORE [Place 1 Character card from your hand into Waiting Room] (When this card leaves the Stage and is put to the Waiting Room, you may pay cost to activate this ability. Should you do so, this card is placed in 【Rest】 mode on its previous Border.)

2 Very power rare cards from the D.C. D.C. II P.C. Booster. The first card is a highly yearned-for Level 0 character for most D.C. decks, especially those who plays with the Recollection mechanic. It is a generic runner that everyone loves to use but hate to fight against. Upon its inevitable defeat during the later levels, you can pay an additional cost of 1 to contribute to the Memory pool.

The second card is an easily achievable Level 1 Cost 1 6500 Drop-Encore beater. However, there are still cases where you would actually be unable to fulfill the seemingly simple condition, just because the 3 Idiots seem to be running away from you also.

DC/W09-083U 超マイペース　萌 / Super My-Pace Moe
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【C】 During your opponent’s turn, all your other Character cards with 《Pot》 trait gain Power +500.
【A】 BOND/「Unyielding and Lively Mako」[Put the top card of your deck to your Clock] (When this card comes into play from your hand, you may pay the cost to activate this ability, then search your Waiting Room for 1 「Unyielding and Lively Mako」card and add it to your hand.)

DC/W09-087U 勝気で快活　眞子/ Unyielding and Lively Mako
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【C】 ALARM: When this card is in the top of your Clock, all your Character Cards with the ability 「【A】 ENCORE [Place 1 Character card from hand to Waiting Room]」gains Power +1000.
【S】 【Counter】 BACKUP 3000 Level 2 [① Send this card from your hand into Waiting] (In response to your opponent’s Front Attack, choose one of your Character card in battle. During this turn, that card gains Power +3000.)

A set of cards previously mentioned in the Bond Article. The focus of this set would be on Unyielding and Lively Mako, being a multi-purpose Backup that is easily retrievable because of the existence of a Bond character for it. This card’s Alarm ability works well with many D.C. decks, including a deck that mains Level 3 Koko and its Change, as it can gain Drop-Encore, and hence gain power boosts from this Alarm.

Overall Review:
Music is one of the more established traits in the D.C. sets and expansions. It has shown real results from tournaments, though it’s a bit outdated…
Nevertheless, it can still put up a good fight with many of the current series, as it spots considerable power and even early healing capabilities. Splashing red to access Comeback triggers is a popular and rather stable build for D.C. Neo-Standard Music. If anyone is interested in how D.C. actually made it to the top last time, this is one trait you should at least try.

With the release of two trial decks weeks before, namely Senki Zesshō Symphogear and Zero no Tsukaima F. I’m sure fans out there are as eager as me, wanting to try out the new weapons of choice. Stay with me as I review the construction for Kadingir.

Alright, before anything else, I humbly apologise for the long wait. There has been some technical issues on my side of this digital world and I assure you this delay will not happen again.

On to the actual article, first up, the trial deck specials.

SG/W19-101 未来の親友 響 / Miku’s Close Friend Hibiki
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【A】[ ①, put the top card into your clock] When this card is sent from the stage into the waiting room, you may pay the cost. If you do, search your deck for one 《Music》 trait character, reveal it to your opponent and add it into your hand. Shuffle your deck.

Currently this is the only deck-searching card available. However, being a level 1, it is slightly less viable as compared to generic level 0 searcher. Well, one cannot be too picky.

SG/W19-102 TD 戦いに身を置く翼 / Placing oneself into Battle Tsubasa
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【A】 When this card enters the stage from your hand, until end of your opponent’s turn, this card gains +1500 power.

Hmmm… Sounds good on first impression. Personally I feel that this card isn’t lasting enough as the level 1(s) in this trial deck already have the power/abilities to stay on stage and still remain as potent a threat as a level 2.

SG/W19-103 TD シンフォギアの装者　響 / User of Symphogear Hibiki
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【C】Level 2 Characters in front of this card gains +1000 power.
【S】[Rest 2 《Music》 trait characters] Choose one of your character, that character gains +1 level and +1000 power this turn.

Power~Control~ what more can I ask for. The boost allow a 1/0 5500 to reach 6500 power and then 7500 power due to it being level 2. Effortlessly overpowering a standard 1/1 7000 and by-passing level 1 limit bombs.

SG/W19-104 TD シンフォギアの装者　翼 / User of Symphogear Tsubasa
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【A】 When this card enters the stage from your hand, choose two of your characters, they gain +1000 power and +1 soul this turn.

【A】 When other 《Music》 trait character attacks, this character gains +1000 power.

A pretty decent level 3 for a trial deck. Does not offer a healing option but instead, offers a dominating power boost, staying true to the general theme of this deck. Coupled with two of User of Symphogear Hibiki, this card can easily reach a power of 15000, excluding buffs from climax or other card effects. The addition +1000 power and +1 soul does offer a flexible attack pattern for pin-point damage.

SG/W19-105 TD トップアーティスト　翼 / Top Artist Tsubasa
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【A】[①] When this character declares attack, you may pay the cost. If you do, choose one of your character. That character gains +1000 power until the end of opponent’s turn.

Nice boost for offense and defense. Furthermore, this card allows you to pay out climaxes that was previously triggered, ensuring a clean and healthy stock.

Now on to the main deck itself.

SG/W19-T04 TD 覚醒の鼓動　響 / Pulse of Awakening Hibiki
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【A】 When this character declares attack, you may choose one of your character. That character gains +1000 power.
【A】 Encore ［Discard 1 character card from your hand into the waiting room］

Yes, Control! One must wait till level 1 for this option to be unlocked. The boost is really god-sent throughout the game. Your characters can blitz through opponent’s characters with ease with the presence of this card. Combined with User of Symphogear Tsubasa, the latter can gain a devastating boost of 2000 power.

SG/W19-T06 TD 流されやすいタイプ　響 /Easily Swayed Type Hibiki
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【C】 When there are other level 3 character(s) on the stage, this character gains +1000 power.

As the ability states, this character is best reserve for level 3, despite being a level 2 card.
However, one way to by-pass the level restriction is by using the ability of User of Symphogear Hibiki to increase the level of another level 2 to 3, thus fulfilling the requirement for 1 turn.

SG/W19-T11 TD 防人の生き様　翼 / Way of the Sentinel Tsubasa

Text:
【A】 When this character declares attack, and you have the climax　「Ao no Issen」　in your climax zone, this character gains +1500 power until the end of opponent’s turn.

【A】 Encore [Discard 1 character card from your hand into the waiting room]

SG/W19-T14 TD 蒼ノ一閃 / Ao no Issen

【A】 Draw 1 card. Choose one of your character. That character gains +2000 power and +1 soul this turn.

The crème of the crop for this trial deck. This combo has the ability to reach level 2 power band. With a little stunt here and there, this combo can even challenge level 3 with ease.

On defense, you can use a normal +2000 power level 1  counter provided in this trial deck or simply encore this character.

Conclusion:
This trial deck does offer a fun definition for “power overwhelming”. I’m definitely looking forward to the booster’s release. Stay tune and have fun gaming. =)

Zen, signing off.

The draft is roughly complete, but I’ll have to leave this to the end of the month due to my End-of-Semester exams and submissions. Currently still providing more artwork for my FYP game.

An actual screenshot of the game =D

Wish me luck, and see you soon!

英語版着地 !

Fate/Zero English Edition Trial Deck: June 30th Release

Puella Magi Madoka Magica English Edition Trial Deck: June 30th Release

It is not surprising for Fate/Zero, also known for it’s multi-language online broadcast as well as heavy promotion, to have an English edition to be released. Puella Magi Madoka Magica is also a title that is enjoyed by a good range of audiences across the globe.

As there has been no restrictive rules for English edition cards, It is safe to assume you can mix English edition cards with Japanese edition cards (this has been true for Disgaea), thus there is no fear if you already have Japanese edition cards and would like to use it with English edition cards. Just note of the Japanese name of the card, which will also be in the card itself, so that you do not insert more then 4 copies of the same card.

There is currently no confirmation of Booster box releases for these two titles however, so do sit tight, fans of the series!

Seems like after a long break from an English edition attempt, there seems to be finally a confirmation on more English edition releases!

Hey guys, the recent 3 days Cardfight Festival was a blast! We hope that everyone had fun because we sure did! We’ve seen so many players, from the good ones, to the great ones. Check out more in the gallery coming up!

The official poster. Right click view image to enlarge!

Read more for more details!

Cardfight!! Festival at Suntec Topics Atrium

Date: 2^nd – 4^th March 2012 (Friday – Sunday)
Opening Hours: 10am – 6pm

Tournament and workshop schedules:

2^nd March 2012 – Mini 16 men Cardfight!! Vanguard Tournaments starting from 2pm (Japanese and English Version). Practice and pit yourselves against each other using our free playing space!

3^rd March 2012 – Weiß Schwarz 256 Neo-Standard Tournament (Double Elimination)

4^th March 2012 – Vanguard (English Ver.) 256 Tournament (Double Elimination)

Tournaments on both 3^rd and 4^th March. Tournament registration would be on a first come first served basis on the day itself so remember to come early!

Other Highlights!!

Japanese Guest: Mr Morishima Shuuta

Mr Morishima Shuuta, who voiced Nitta Shin, the shop owner of Card Capital in the Anime Cardfight!! Vanguard will be attending the event on 3^rd and 4^th March. Some lucky players might stand to win a chance to play Cardfight!! Vanguard with him. There will be also be autograph sessions with Mr Morishima in the afternoon for all those interested.

Come Experience Card Capital!!

Come and visit the Card Capital shown in the Anime Cardfight!! Vanguard, which will debut its first appearance in this event. Stand to play and learn Vanguard in the Card Capital with the unique standing dueling tables. Role-play your favourite character in the Anime and get a feel of what it is like to be a character in the animation in real life.

So WS players, what are you waiting for? Do remember to drop by the event for an action packed day of WS!

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Hey guys, the Puella Magi Madoka Magica booster box commemoration event has ended successfully! The turn-out was amazing, filling both timelines and surprising us with the sheer variety in deck builds. Congratulations to all the winners who managed to sign contracts with the kyuubei plushies! We hope to see you again at the next event!

Teaching workshops, booster pack sales, lucky draw and multiple tournaments, all at one place!

Walpurgis Night

A commemorative event to promote the launch of Puella Magi Madoka Magica booster release, hosted by Genesis Frontier.

Venue: PoMo B1 Space
Time: 12pm – 7pm

So what’s in stall for people going for the event? Luckily for Singaporeans, these will all be going on at the event!

• Sales of Puella Magi Madoka Magica merchandise, booster box and packs at the event
• WS teaching counters with coaches
• WS mini tournaments
• Lucky draw at the end of the event

Learn how to play WS, then join the tournament? How convenient!

Walpurgis Night Carnival

Items on sale that day include:

• WS Puella Magi Madoka Magica Booster boxes
• WS Puella Magi Madoka Magica Booster packs
• Puella Magi Madoka Magica tee-shirts (COSPA and Plus brands)
• Puella Magi Madoka Magica hand phone straps, iPhone covers and various merchandise
• More to be announced!

Puella Magi Madoka Magica Timeline A

Registration: 12pm- 12.30pm
Time: 1pm – 3.30pm
Player limit: 16
Tournament format: Modified swiss, Puella Magi Madoka Magica Title Deck Neo-standard tournament
Requirements: Purchase of 2 or more WS booster packs
1st Prize: Kyubei plushie and selection of 1 Puella Magi Madoka Magica shirt* worth $55

Players are reminded to be punctual and provide their own back sleeved WS decks.

Puella Magi Madoka Magica Timeline B

Registration: 1pm – 3.00pm
Time: 3.30pm – 6.00pm
Player limit: 16
Tournament format: Modified swiss, Puella Magi Madoka Magica Title Deck Neo-standard tournament
Requirements: Purchase of 2 or more WS booster packs and non participation in Timeline A
1st Prize: Kyubei plushie and selection of 1 Puella Magi Madoka Magica shirt* worth $55

Players are reminded to be punctual and provide their own back sleeved WS decks.

*Design and size of shirt limited to stock availability.

Final Battle of Walpurgis Night

Lucky draw for all WS players who joined either Timeline A or Timeline B!

Lucky Draw timing: 6.30pm
Lucky Draw Prize: 1 booster box of Puella Magi Madoka Magica WS Trading card game!

With such attractive prizes, why not come down and give it a shot! Who knows, you might get a signed card from the 2 packs required to enter the tournament!

Amongst the many Vanguard news, there are some tidbit news for WS as well~

Sword Art Online

Accel World

Also released, are news of Zero no Tsukaima F Extra booster and interestingly, a trial deck for it… Extra booster slated for a May release while Trial Deck is released in April 14th.

Look forward to everything!