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Hector SR confirmed! He brings Armads to battle with swings so mighty it can destroy an opponent's orb in addition to defeating a given foe. Really love the full art in all its glory. I wasn't thinking Hector was actually going to be included but he really completes it.

Just want to gather some thoughts regarding promo card numbers. From the looks of it, even though we don't have everything explicitly listed, it all seems consistent. 001 and 002 should be Lucina and male Corrin 003 to 008 are the tourney promos according to the official site 010 is Fjorm according to Dengeki Nintendo Sharena is most likely 009 Marth and Chrom should be printed as P04-009PRr and P08-011PRr respectively Chibi Laevatein is probably going to be a promo card for the Summer Party event I think, maybe as 011 assuming there are no other new promos preceding her. As another observation, I'm just noticing that the Fjorm promo actually has the mysterious 4th mark as well, so whatever it is, it isn't limited to only the tourney promos. I don't have any other ideas as to what it could mean though.

Where's that image with all those pictures of space zooming out from Earth and at the end Ridley is there?

New cards for Norne! These are in addition to another one she should be getting this set, though we haven't seen the actual card for that yet. As a Sniper in FE Cipher, Norne's shots attacks will seldom miss and are stronger on initiation, but she comes with a drawback that if she doesn't destroy her target, she ends up destroying herself... It seems like a dumb handicap, but it balances out how strong she is.

Wow, they actually revealed another card for today, and it's an SR for Sharena! Love the art for it and all the other characters in it. Sharena's card has the unique ability to let all allies be deployed or leveled up/promoted without needing the bonds of the corresponding colors. This is what true friendship looks like! I should also say that they uploaded the new tourney promos on the site, but the cards have a weird mark near the card number which I've never seen before. I wonder what it means?

Official reveals for the aforementioned cards came early today! Sharena's done by 40hara who's done many cards before, while Fjorm was done by Natsuki Kamui, an artist who only rarely contributes. I like them both but I like Sharena's more personally. I should mention that the magazine that Sharena comes in, Nintendo Dream, also includes an interview with Mr. Kawade about FE Cipher's third anniversary. I hope that can get translated sometime. But that was for yesterday. For today we get a look at Kiran, including an all-new card! I really like it since its art recreates the opening movie of FE Heroes, with all the other different characters.

I'll try to keep that in mind then. If I were to guess it sounds like a personal issue with loading Twitter, especially if it happens beyond here. We didn't get an official card reveal today for whatever reason, but Nintendo Dream shows us a new promo for Sharena for their next issue! Edit: Just noticed there's also to be a Fjorm promo for Dengeki Nintendo. That should be both of them.

Probably.

Last card of this week is an SR for Canas! At first sight, he might seem fairly average, but he has a skill which opens way for several opportunities to combo with other cards just because he allows the player to choose up to two of any tome cards of their choosing to the top of the deck. For example, you could choose two copies of Limstella and have two cards ready to support with which have a support value of 50 for an ultra offensive/defensive battle, or make use of cards with specific support skills that you may need at a specific time. It's not new to be able to send a card of one's choosing to the top of the deck, but Canas offers a lot more flexibility and control than others because he can send up to two cards and there's no restriction beyond the weapon type. Definitely a card for players if they know how to use him well.

I had actually made a preliminary Smash discussion thread shortly after it was announced a few months ago but people stopped using it not too long after (understandably so since you could only say so much about it after the initial reveal). But I don't mind there being a new one made if that's what people would like. Either way I do think it'd be a good idea to move Smash discussion to a different thread now since the Super Smash Blog on the official site is being updated daily with new content.

This week’s Nintendo Download includes the following featured content: Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch Fortnite – Jump in to be the last one standing in the free-to-start 100-player Battle Royale. Build huge forts. Outwit your opponents. Earn your Victory. Squad up together online* with friends in the same room or around the world. Hollow Knight – Forge your own path in Hollow Knight, an epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style. Paladins – Founder’s Pack – Wield guns and magic as a legendary Champion of the Realm, customizing your core set of abilities to play exactly how you want to play. The Founder’s Pack is now available for $29.99. Paladins will be available as a free-to-start game later this year. Owners of the Founder’s Pack get early access, immediately unlock all Champions and their voice packs now and forever, and receive exclusive cosmetics. LEGO The Incredibles – Experience the thrilling LEGO adventures of the Parr family as they conquer crime and family life through both Disney-Pixar films The Incredibles and Incredibles 2. LEGO The Incredibles allows players to explore action-packed story levels and an epic hub world, including Municiberg, as they use their unique “Super” abilities to bring the city’s Super Villains to justice. The LEGO The Incredibles game for the Nintendo Switch system will be available on June 15. Fallout Shelter – Fallout Shelter puts you in control of a state-of-the-art underground Vault from Vault-Tec. Build the perfect Vault, keep your Dwellers happy, and protect them from the dangers of the Wasteland. From time to time, idyllic Vault life may be disrupted by the dangers of post-nuclear life. Prepare your Dwellers to protect against threats from the outside…and within. New DLC: Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion – Play as an Octoling for the very first time in this large-scale downloadable content for the Splatoon 2 game. This full-on single-player adventure spans 80 missions starring Agent 8, a new character who awakens on a dark subway platform. Navigate this mysterious underground test facility in a desperate battle to reach the surface of Inkopolis. Escape from these twisted depths, and you’ll be able to join multiplayer* matches as an Octoling. You may think you know everything about the world of Splatoon, but these waters run deep, and so does the lore. The Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion DLC is available now. Full game is required to use DLC. Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – New DLC is releasing for owners of the Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Expansion Pass. Buy the Expansion Pass to gain access to titanic new content, including the Challenge Battle Mode as well as Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna ~ The Golden Country this September. Challenge Battle Mode, launching today at 10 p.m. PT. This additional battle mode will test players’ skills with new battle rules in challenging new scenarios that highlight minor story elements and bring the characters Shulk and Fiora from the original Xenoblade Chronicles into the Nintendo Switch game for the very first time as new Rare Blades. For full patch notes, please visit the Xenoblade Chronicles 2 site. Nintendo eShop sales: Save up to 50 percent on select digital games – Super Smash Bros. is back! Celebrate E3 2018 with savings on select digital games that helped make some of your favorite fighters famous, as well as other great games. Offer starts today at 9 a.m. PT and ends June 21 at 8:59 a.m. PT. Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch, Nintendo 3DS and Wii U Great deals this week! Check out the full list of deals available this week at http://www.nintendo.com/games/sales-and-deals. Also new this week: ACA NEOGEO SUPER SIDEKICKS 3 : THE NEXT GLORY (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch) Alchemic Jousts (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch) Beekyr Reloaded (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch) Bloons TD 5 (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch) Chameleon Run Deluxe Edition (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch) Grab the Bottle (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch) – Available June 20 INK (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch) – Available June 19 Jolt Family Robot Racer (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch) Lanota (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch) Moorhuhn Remake (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch) Otto (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch) Parallel (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch) Pub Encounter (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch) R.B.I. Baseball 18 (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch) Soccer Slammers (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch) The Lost Child (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch) – Available June 19

New cards for Lena as a Bishop! Well they're the same card technically but they're printed differently, mainly with the art. I think I prefer the + just for the Navarre and Julian cameo but they're both nice to me. This Lena's heal function is very lean, so to speak; pay a small cost for a small gain, but that's not her main appeal and what you'd really play her for if you wanted to heal. She has an outstanding ability to essentially reset the opponent's deck by returning all of their retreat cards back into it. This creates an annoying disruption in certain deck strategies that rely on having specific cards in their retreat to pull from later with skills like healing in order to proceed with their game plan. Because FE Cipher lacks a 'search your deck' function, moving the opponent's cards from the retreat back to the deck is a valuable tactic to slow them down.

Even though they both use magic, I wouldn't think Tharja would be an echo fighter of Robin. The big difference between the two is that Tharja never uses swords like Robin does, and I highly doubt they would change that in Smash Bros. just to make her one. No one associates Tharja with swordsmanship.

Karla is officially shown, both cards drawn by PenekoR! Like other Swordmaster characters, she's very adept at dealing critical hits, and that's still the case in FE Cipher too. By doing so, she allows herself to draw more cards of herself from the retreat to continue dishing out more, and whenever she deals any she can shatter two of the opponents orbs each time. She's definitely got an aggressive style. They've also updated the product page for Series 13 to let us know of the booster box goodies. Looks like Lucina and male Corrin are the two preview promos for the next set, while we have reprints of existing promos of Marth and Chrom in here as well, now with a 3rd anniversary seal. Shadow Dragon and Heroes Book II are the two sleeve designs which can be included in the box too.