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"The time of our return is coming. Our numbers will darken the sky of every world. You cannot escape your doom"
Deliberate Deletor, Ahodayen
(Stride)
[Act] (VC) :[Choose a face down in your G-Zobe card with the same name as this unit, and turn it face up & Choose one of your rearguards with "Deletor" in it's card name, and retire it]: If you have a heart with "Deletor" in it's card name, Delete all your opponent's vanguards, and until end of turn, all units in your front row get (Power) +2000 for every face up card in your G-Zone with the same name as this unit
Finally, after two years of waiting Deletor has a first stride and Egorg has a new friend... Must have been lonely for the poor thing... And incredibly annoying for any Deletor players such as myself.
Regardless, this card is pretty much Sanctuary Guard for Deletors... Technically yes the Sanctuary guard deck can do more attacks, but this card grows in power during the second stride, and Deletors can play very aggressively when going first and Deleting also, pretty much making another Sanctuary guard... All in all this is a great stride that I am going to love using in the future.
To be honest, I never really expected both a G-Guardian or a first stride for Deletors in the same set. The reason why is quite simply that Deletors have been Bushiroads least favourite child of link joker, so to speak, so for them to actively go out of their way to support this archetype as best as they can is really cool.
Powering down your opponents units on their turn can screw up magic numbers significantly. For example, say your opponent has a 12k Blaster Blade on RC, -2k makes it so it cannot hit the vanguard on it's own, lowering the amount of shield you have to guard from it's attacks, likewise reducing a stride by just 1k can make this card act as a 20k shield.
It also scales up to later in the game, which can make this card a life saver.
I really like how versatile and on-theme this card is.
Darkjet Deletor, Greiend
[Act] (VC) :[(CB)1 - Card with "Deletor" in it's card name & choose of your rearguards with "Deletor" in their card names, and retire them]: Delete all your opponent's vanguards.
[Auto] (VC)]: When your G-unit with "Deletor" in it's card name (Stride), reveal the top card of your deck. If that card has "Deletor" in it's card name, call it to (RC), if it does not, put that card into your drop-zone. Choose one of your units, and that unit gets (Power) +2000 until end of turn, and your opponent chooses two cards from his or her drop-zone, and binds them face down (Vanish Delete)
A stride break is not the kind of card you would really expect from Deletors, but the way this card has been handled is really fantastic.
Firstly, it has a Delete skill on G3 which can be used anytime with a reasonable cost. This pretty much automatically makes it an auto include in any deletor deck, as you have no reason to pay more for Delete. The -2 is slightly expensive, but is rectified both by other cards released in this set and this card's other skill.
This card's other skill is stupid value: Stride a Deletor, call top card of deck, +2k to a unit (Magic columns go!) then Vanish Delete 2 because this skill needed to be even more value.
Before now, Deletors have only really have one good vanguard: Docking Deletor Greion. This card makes Greion the backup, and I look forward to using this G3 in the future
Confront Deletor, Jagwokk
[Auto] :[(CB)1]: When this unit is placed on (RC), if your opponent's vanguard is deleted, you may pay the cost. If you do, all fighters look at the top card of their decks, and calls it to (RC). If the sum of the grades of all cards called with this effect is 3 or more, this unit gets (Power) +5000 until end of turn.
What exactly is the point of this card? Why would you risk a vanilla g3 ride in exchange for a worse Alba? Makes absolutely no sense! Especially since Deletors want to, you know; Delete!
This is the worst of the Deletor support in this set by far. It just isn't good at all.
Forbid Deletor, Zacuerad
[Act] (RC) :[(CB)-1 card with "Deletor" in it's card name]: If your opponent has a deleted vanguard, until end of turn, this unit gets (Power) +2000 & "[Auto] RC)]: When this unit's attack hits a vanguard, if your opponent has a grade 3 vanguard, that opponent cannot stride during his or her next ride phase."
This card sounds really really scary on paper, but I feel like people overestimate this card. It's really just a win-more card.
When you actually start to thing about this card, you realise that it is just an 11k beater you pay for with an effect that forces several decks to auto-lose the game... Sounds amazing but people will guard this. They're forced to. And because Deletors are naturally an aggressive sub-clan, it really is just an 11K beater that you pay for in advance.
Not only that, I genuinely think that there are simply better options in Deletors. Gio, Egotte and Gieron come to mind for creating beats... Though there is now an even better option then all of those...
Lie-down Deletor, Given
[Auto] (RC) :[(CB)1- Card with "Deletor" in it's card name & Retire this unit & Choose four of your rearguards with "Deletor" in it's card name, and retire them]: At the end of the battle that this unit attacked a vanguard, if you have a grade 3 vanguard with "Grei" in it's card name, you may pay the cost. If you do, [Stand] all your vanguards.
I know Given was released way back in Vanguard and Deletor, but there is a very specific reason I want to talk about him now... And it is simply that Given is now actually a really good card.
You see, there are two new cards printed in the Link Joker clan booster which happen to combo really well with this card, and give Deletors an insanely powerful grade 3 ride turn. (I will be talking about those two cards individually later on)
The best part about this combo is because you run these two cards because they are simply fantastic on their own, that means all you have to do is run given to get this insanely powerful grade 3 ride turn without having to really specialise the rest of the deck. Simply put: Given has gone from being trash to being treasure.
Higher Deletor, Falurn
[Cont] [Hand]: While you are paying the cost to stride a card with "Deletor" in it's card name, this card may be regarded as a grade 3.
[Auto] :[(CB)1]: When this unit is put into drop zone for the cost of (Stride), if you have a vanguard with "Deletor" in it's card name, you may pay the cost. If you do, call this unit to
(RC)
Not going to lie, Deletors have really needed a stride fodder for a long time... That being said, I have absolutely no complaints about this card. Discarding this card is even better then discarding a G3 as you can call it to +1 for CB1, which is pretty amazing.
Deletors as an archetype are one that minus a lot, so more plusses are always welcome!
Remove Deletor, Igarga
(Cont)]: Sentinel
(Auto) :[Discard a card]: When this unit is placed on (GC), you may pay the cost. If you do, choose one of your cards with "Deletor" in it's card name that is being attacked, and until end of battle that unit cannot be hit.
(Auto) [Drop Zone] :[Bind this card face down (Vanish Delete)]: When your opponent's vanguard is deleted, you may pay the cost. If you do, choose one of your units with "Deletor" in it's card name, and until end of turn that unit gets (Power) +4000
Let's be honest here. This card is a straight upgrade of a normal PG for the Deletor sub-clan. Sure it can only protect Deletors, but Deletors are such a xenophobic archetype that you shouldn't be running anything but Deletors anyway. (And their xenophobia certainly has not changed with the support in this clan booster)
The second skill is rather interesting, but also very useful. By vanish deleting your own PG, you get to power up another Deletor by 4000 power for that turn. 4k in Deletors can create many valuable magic numbers depending on your field's formation. Some examples of these is turning a 16k column into a 20k column, and turning a 7K G1 to an 11k G1.
And this card is obviously better than both Ender and Evil, so I see no reason why you wouldn't run this card.
Flutter Deletor, Zuigge
[Auto]: When this unit is retired from (RC) for the cost or effect of your ability, if your opponent's vanguard is deleted, look at the top card of your deck, and call it to (RC). If the card called with this ability is a card with "Deletor" in it's card name, move this unit to soul and (CC)1.
Oh Igor, while I have loved your years of service because you quite simply are a great starter, I'm afraid you have been replaced by this glorious specimen.
This card is pretty much Luchi's retire soaking combined with Igors CC and soul replacement. This means as long as our starter is not sniped, we do not have to call anything to delete with Greion, or we only have to call a single card to delete with Greiend. As well as that, it completely refunds the retire part of the delete, which is great.
Also, this is one of the cards that combos with Given... And talking about cards that combo with Given...
Rendering Deletor, Ephames
[Auto]: When this unit is retired from (RC) for the cost or effect of your ability, if your opponent's vanguard is deleted, look at the top card of your deck, call it to (RC) and until end of turn that unit gets (Power) +5000.
I don't understand how this is fair. I retire this card, I call the top card of my deck and it gets +5k. Thats a minimum of a 9K RG for retiring this if my opponent's vanguard is Deleted (Which it will always be when I can trigger this anyways), and a maximum of a 16k rearguard.
So like Zuigge. it is a card that refunds your retire cost for delete pretty much, just in exchange for a SC and a CC, you get +5k, which is fair.
Not only that, like Zuigge it can be retired by given to call more rearguards after you nuke your own board, and generate even more attacks... Which is both really fun and just plain borked.
Deletor decklist post GCB-06 (Salvation Through Destruction)
SVG: Flutter Deletor, Zuigge
Grade 0:
3 X Flutter Deletor, Zuigge
4 X Taunting Deletor, Gotho (Heal)
4 X Biting Deletor, Geeva (Critical)
4 X Cramping Deletor, Edy (Stand)
4 X Rendering Deletor, Ephames (Stand)
Grade 1:
4 X Remove Deletor, Igarga
4 X Higher Deletor, Farlum
4 X Ill-fate Deletor, Drown
Grade 2:
4 X Pursing Deletor, Egotte
4 X Lie Down Deletor, Given
3 X Bloating Deletor, Gio
Grade 3:
4 X Darkjet Deletor, Greiend
3 X Docking Deletor, Greion
G-Zone
4 X Deliberate Deletor, Ahodayen
3 X Original Deletor, Egorg
2 X Genesis Dragon, Amnesty Messiah
3 X Blaming Deletor, Ibiorrues
2 X Darkness that lights up demise, Lacus Carina
2 X Genesis Beast, Destiny Guardian
"The time of our return is coming. Our numbers will darken the sky of every world. You cannot escape your doom"
I have waited for this day for at least two years now: The day that Deletors are viable in the meta game... It has finally arrived, and it is glorious!
This is by far the best set of support Deletors have ever got, even if it is only 9 cards... Quality over quantity, as they say.
(Stride)
[Act] (VC) :[Choose a face down in your G-Zobe card with the same name as this unit, and turn it face up & Choose one of your rearguards with "Deletor" in it's card name, and retire it]: If you have a heart with "Deletor" in it's card name, Delete all your opponent's vanguards, and until end of turn, all units in your front row get (Power) +2000 for every face up card in your G-Zone with the same name as this unit
Regardless, this card is pretty much Sanctuary Guard for Deletors... Technically yes the Sanctuary guard deck can do more attacks, but this card grows in power during the second stride, and Deletors can play very aggressively when going first and Deleting also, pretty much making another Sanctuary guard... All in all this is a great stride that I am going to love using in the future.
Blaming Deletor, Ibiorrues
(G-Guardian)
[Auto] :[(CB)1 & (SB)1]: When this unit is placed on (GC), if you have a vanguard with "Deletor" in it's card name, you may pay the cost. If you do, choose up to 3 units in your opponent's front row, and until end of turn those units get (Power) -1000 for each face up card with "Deletor" in it's card name on (VC), (RC) and G-Zone.
Powering down your opponents units on their turn can screw up magic numbers significantly. For example, say your opponent has a 12k Blaster Blade on RC, -2k makes it so it cannot hit the vanguard on it's own, lowering the amount of shield you have to guard from it's attacks, likewise reducing a stride by just 1k can make this card act as a 20k shield.
It also scales up to later in the game, which can make this card a life saver.
I really like how versatile and on-theme this card is.
[Act] (VC) :[(CB)1 - Card with "Deletor" in it's card name & choose of your rearguards with "Deletor" in their card names, and retire them]: Delete all your opponent's vanguards.
[Auto] (VC)]: When your G-unit with "Deletor" in it's card name (Stride), reveal the top card of your deck. If that card has "Deletor" in it's card name, call it to (RC), if it does not, put that card into your drop-zone. Choose one of your units, and that unit gets (Power) +2000 until end of turn, and your opponent chooses two cards from his or her drop-zone, and binds them face down (Vanish Delete)
A stride break is not the kind of card you would really expect from Deletors, but the way this card has been handled is really fantastic.
Firstly, it has a Delete skill on G3 which can be used anytime with a reasonable cost. This pretty much automatically makes it an auto include in any deletor deck, as you have no reason to pay more for Delete. The -2 is slightly expensive, but is rectified both by other cards released in this set and this card's other skill.
This card's other skill is stupid value: Stride a Deletor, call top card of deck, +2k to a unit (Magic columns go!) then Vanish Delete 2 because this skill needed to be even more value.
Before now, Deletors have only really have one good vanguard: Docking Deletor Greion. This card makes Greion the backup, and I look forward to using this G3 in the future
Confront Deletor, Jagwokk[Auto] :[(CB)1]: When this unit is placed on (RC), if your opponent's vanguard is deleted, you may pay the cost. If you do, all fighters look at the top card of their decks, and calls it to (RC). If the sum of the grades of all cards called with this effect is 3 or more, this unit gets (Power) +5000 until end of turn.
What exactly is the point of this card? Why would you risk a vanilla g3 ride in exchange for a worse Alba? Makes absolutely no sense! Especially since Deletors want to, you know; Delete!
This is the worst of the Deletor support in this set by far. It just isn't good at all.
Forbid Deletor, Zacuerad[Act] (RC) :[(CB)-1 card with "Deletor" in it's card name]: If your opponent has a deleted vanguard, until end of turn, this unit gets (Power) +2000 & "[Auto] RC)]: When this unit's attack hits a vanguard, if your opponent has a grade 3 vanguard, that opponent cannot stride during his or her next ride phase."
This card sounds really really scary on paper, but I feel like people overestimate this card. It's really just a win-more card.
When you actually start to thing about this card, you realise that it is just an 11k beater you pay for with an effect that forces several decks to auto-lose the game... Sounds amazing but people will guard this. They're forced to. And because Deletors are naturally an aggressive sub-clan, it really is just an 11K beater that you pay for in advance.
Not only that, I genuinely think that there are simply better options in Deletors. Gio, Egotte and Gieron come to mind for creating beats... Though there is now an even better option then all of those...
[Auto] (RC) :[(CB)1- Card with "Deletor" in it's card name & Retire this unit & Choose four of your rearguards with "Deletor" in it's card name, and retire them]: At the end of the battle that this unit attacked a vanguard, if you have a grade 3 vanguard with "Grei" in it's card name, you may pay the cost. If you do, [Stand] all your vanguards.
I know Given was released way back in Vanguard and Deletor, but there is a very specific reason I want to talk about him now... And it is simply that Given is now actually a really good card.
You see, there are two new cards printed in the Link Joker clan booster which happen to combo really well with this card, and give Deletors an insanely powerful grade 3 ride turn. (I will be talking about those two cards individually later on)
The best part about this combo is because you run these two cards because they are simply fantastic on their own, that means all you have to do is run given to get this insanely powerful grade 3 ride turn without having to really specialise the rest of the deck. Simply put: Given has gone from being trash to being treasure.
Higher Deletor, Falurn
[Cont] [Hand]: While you are paying the cost to stride a card with "Deletor" in it's card name, this card may be regarded as a grade 3.
[Auto] :[(CB)1]: When this unit is put into drop zone for the cost of (Stride), if you have a vanguard with "Deletor" in it's card name, you may pay the cost. If you do, call this unit to
(RC)
Not going to lie, Deletors have really needed a stride fodder for a long time... That being said, I have absolutely no complaints about this card. Discarding this card is even better then discarding a G3 as you can call it to +1 for CB1, which is pretty amazing.
Deletors as an archetype are one that minus a lot, so more plusses are always welcome!
(Cont)]: Sentinel
(Auto) :[Discard a card]: When this unit is placed on (GC), you may pay the cost. If you do, choose one of your cards with "Deletor" in it's card name that is being attacked, and until end of battle that unit cannot be hit.
(Auto) [Drop Zone] :[Bind this card face down (Vanish Delete)]: When your opponent's vanguard is deleted, you may pay the cost. If you do, choose one of your units with "Deletor" in it's card name, and until end of turn that unit gets (Power) +4000
Let's be honest here. This card is a straight upgrade of a normal PG for the Deletor sub-clan. Sure it can only protect Deletors, but Deletors are such a xenophobic archetype that you shouldn't be running anything but Deletors anyway. (And their xenophobia certainly has not changed with the support in this clan booster)
The second skill is rather interesting, but also very useful. By vanish deleting your own PG, you get to power up another Deletor by 4000 power for that turn. 4k in Deletors can create many valuable magic numbers depending on your field's formation. Some examples of these is turning a 16k column into a 20k column, and turning a 7K G1 to an 11k G1.
And this card is obviously better than both Ender and Evil, so I see no reason why you wouldn't run this card.
Flutter Deletor, Zuigge[Auto]: When this unit is retired from (RC) for the cost or effect of your ability, if your opponent's vanguard is deleted, look at the top card of your deck, and call it to (RC). If the card called with this ability is a card with "Deletor" in it's card name, move this unit to soul and (CC)1.
Oh Igor, while I have loved your years of service because you quite simply are a great starter, I'm afraid you have been replaced by this glorious specimen.
This card is pretty much Luchi's retire soaking combined with Igors CC and soul replacement. This means as long as our starter is not sniped, we do not have to call anything to delete with Greion, or we only have to call a single card to delete with Greiend. As well as that, it completely refunds the retire part of the delete, which is great.
Also, this is one of the cards that combos with Given... And talking about cards that combo with Given...
Rendering Deletor, Ephames[Auto]: When this unit is retired from (RC) for the cost or effect of your ability, if your opponent's vanguard is deleted, look at the top card of your deck, call it to (RC) and until end of turn that unit gets (Power) +5000.
I don't understand how this is fair. I retire this card, I call the top card of my deck and it gets +5k. Thats a minimum of a 9K RG for retiring this if my opponent's vanguard is Deleted (Which it will always be when I can trigger this anyways), and a maximum of a 16k rearguard.
So like Zuigge. it is a card that refunds your retire cost for delete pretty much, just in exchange for a SC and a CC, you get +5k, which is fair.
Not only that, like Zuigge it can be retired by given to call more rearguards after you nuke your own board, and generate even more attacks... Which is both really fun and just plain borked.
Deletor decklist post GCB-06 (Salvation Through Destruction)
SVG: Flutter Deletor, Zuigge
Grade 0:
3 X Flutter Deletor, Zuigge
4 X Taunting Deletor, Gotho (Heal)
4 X Biting Deletor, Geeva (Critical)
4 X Cramping Deletor, Edy (Stand)
4 X Rendering Deletor, Ephames (Stand)
Grade 1:
4 X Remove Deletor, Igarga
4 X Higher Deletor, Farlum
4 X Ill-fate Deletor, Drown
Grade 2:
4 X Pursing Deletor, Egotte
4 X Lie Down Deletor, Given
3 X Bloating Deletor, Gio
Grade 3:
4 X Darkjet Deletor, Greiend
3 X Docking Deletor, Greion
G-Zone
4 X Deliberate Deletor, Ahodayen
3 X Original Deletor, Egorg
2 X Genesis Dragon, Amnesty Messiah
3 X Blaming Deletor, Ibiorrues
2 X Darkness that lights up demise, Lacus Carina
2 X Genesis Beast, Destiny Guardian
