Cards of the week! 6th Edition

New Card:

Blue Storm Dragon, Maelstrom

Glory, Glory Glory Mael-stronk!

[Auto] [VC] [LB4] [CB1] When an "Aqua Force" rides this unit, you may pay the cost. If you do, choose one of your vanguard, and until end of turn it gets [Power] +10000 & [Auto] [VC] [Wave 4th time or more] When this unit attacks a vanguard, draw a card, choose one of your opponent's rearguards, retire this, and until end of battle, your opponent cannot normal call grade 0's from hand to [GC]

[Auto] [VC] [Wave 3rd time or More] When this unit's attack hits a vanguard, search your deck for a card with "Maelstrom" in it's name, add it to your hand, and shuffle your deck.

When this card was announced, the Vanguard Wiki was saltier then the dead sea, but was it justified? 

First of, the actual Break-Ride skill. It's not actually overpowered. It makes Glory Easier, yes, it also can be cross-ridden, but Cross Ride defense barely matters anymore.

The other skill is what makes this card: A way to pressure and possibly get advantage in Maelstrom pre-stride without needing any type of enabler? Yes please!

In theory, this BR can also work in Ripple, so there's that.

Verdict: Stronk? Yes, Broken? No.


Old Card:

Blue Storm Soldier, Rascal Sweeper

Maelstrom's right hand man, if he(?) ever
had one.

[Auto] [RC] When this unit attacks, if you have a vanguard with "Maelstrom" in it's card name, this unit gains [Power] +2000

[Auto] [RC] [Wave 1 only] At the end of the battle that this unit attacked a vanguard, if you have a vanguard with "Maelstrom" in it's card name, choose one of your rearguards in the same column as this unit, and exchange positions with the unit.

Maelstrom's Miranda clone, Rascal Sweeper is combination of two good Aqua Force cards: Storm Rider, Basil (But free) and Gregorious, Blue Storm's 12k attacker.

This makes Rascal Sweeper very flexible, and having several of him in your hand or on the field means that he isn't dead on draw.

Verdict: Strong and Flexible