


Loads and Loads of Characters: The game includes a large roster of characters within its Cray setting, divided across six nations and dozens of clans within each nation.Limit Break: Cards with the Limit Break keyword have abilities that can only be used when the player is sufficiently damaged.Flavor Text: A large amount of cards in Cardfight!! Vanguard have a short line of flavor text above their card effect description box.Constructed World: The world of Cray, which is populated by a large amount of nations and clans, and have their own storylines told across card releases.As such, additional info on the card stories can be found on these pages and their associated pages. The storyline and lore within the cards themselves is strongly integrated with the story of the Anime and the Franchise at large. Currently, there are three formats: a D Standard, a V Standard, and a Premium Standard where all cards can be used. Each time the game was rebooted, a new format exclusively using the post-reboot cards would be created. Cards would either have a D icon, a V icon, or no icon on their bottom left corner next to the card ID. The Cardfight!! Vanguard card game was "rebooted" twice alongside the Cardfight!! Vanguard (V Series) anime reboot and the Cardfight Vanguard Over Dress anime soft reboot.

A deck must contain exactly sixteen trigger cards, with a maximum limit of 4 heal trigger cards, which heal 1 damage when triggered, and 1 over trigger card, which grants an extremely powerful effect that varies by card. If it was the vanguard, then one (or more) damage is dealt.Īdditionally, when the Vanguard attacks or is hit, the game performs an additional trigger check (known respectively as "ride check" and "damage check"), where the top card from the deck is flipped up and its listed trigger effects would apply. If the hit card was a rear guard, it's retired and removed from the field. If the attacker's power is greater or equal to the attacked unit's power, the attack is considerd to have hit. The power values of the battling cards are compared, with a whole host of effects and mechanics that augment them. Units have two key values: a grade that determines its difficulty of being called, and a power value that determines its strength when battling.ĭuring the Battle Phase, the units on the front row (the vanguard and the two rear guards beside it) can attack the opponent's front row units. The central gameplay involves calling units onto the field, letting them battle the opponent's cards, and eventually defeat the opponent by dealing a total of six damage to the Vanguard unit, a specific unit that represents the player. Note It used to be that all cards in the game were Units, but a new card type known as Orders were introduced in 2020. These cards are known as Units, and the act of placing them onto the field to let them do battle is known as Calling. The rough premise of the game is that Cardfight!! Vanguard's cards depict beings from the planet of Cray, and the two players are astral spirits who call upon these fighters from Cray to battle for them. The game was first released in 2010, alongside the manga and anime components of the franchise. Cardfight!! Vanguard is a Japanese Trading Card Game developed and published by Bushiroad as the centerpiece of its Cardfight!! Vanguard multi-media franchise.
