#cfvanguard

Firstly! The big new card from Set 12 outside of Accord himself, Grandeur Edge!

[CONT](Hand):When a grade 3 card would be revealed from your hand for the cost of your card's ability, this card may be regarded as revealing two cards. [CONT](RC/GC):If you have a vanguard with "Bastion" in its card name, this unit gets [Power]+10000/[Shield]+10000. (Active on opponent's turn too)

This card is one of the best things that Bastion's ever gotten, and it shouldn't be too hard to see why! By counting as 2 g3s, if you choose to use the Bastion ride-line, you dont need to keep as many g3s in hand in order to pay their costs! Also gaining +10k power as well as shield with a Bastion VG? It's Kokabiel and Pride Protection Dragon but way better because you can use it as a body on the board as well!

Now onto a pair of cards where one shines way more than the other, but the latter is still important! Sapient Owl and Rondahlia!

[CONT](RC/Hand/Trigger Zone):During your turn, if you have a vanguard with "Bastion" in its card name, this card gets grade+2/[Power]+2000. [AUTO]:When this unit is placed on (RC), if you have a vanguard with "Bastion" in its card name, COST [put a grade 3 or greater card from drop into soul], choose one of your vanguards, and it gets [Power]+5000 until end of turn. If a card with "Bastion" in its card name was put for this cost, and you did not Counter Charge this turn, Counter Charge (1).

This card single handedly plungles Bastion into Promo Hell, but for those who truly want to make Accord shine, the price is worth it! This card supplies early aggression, easy boosting, soul fuel and counter-charging! And even if you can't put a Bastion into soul with its effect, theres one other card that feels Great to target with Owl who also segues well into the Choices section of the article: Brave On Sky-Trimmer, Rondahlia!

An English version of a card?? Revolutionary!!

Jokes aside, its synergy with Owl should be quite obvious, by dropping Rondahlia for a ride-up, you can send it to soul with Owl and give a backrow Grandeur boost for a Massive Alden Swing, or any other massive swing if you like!

This synergy is also why we dont run Dark Strain, alongside the fact it works better in the long term, where you might want to Persona Ride on Accord before you ride to Prime next turn but you only have a single rear to give boost to? If you used Rondahlia the turn before, it feels so nice to get to use her second skill!

Now onto a more avant-garde choice, the Blaster Rideline

Anybody who's played Bastion even during OverDress's infancy will know what it feels like to call a trigger off of Fort's skill, and that's what we're aiming to prevent! It also helps to avoid calling a top-deck Prime (thats happened to me more than you would think) and losing a copy of our Kill Button. Yes it needs counter-blast to work, but with the speed the meta is at right now, you'll likely be eating an early damage, especially if you're going 2nd which this rideline really shines in the case of!

Those are the big power-cards, with units other than that feeling fairly obvious in use (Sajess to get over defensives, Alden for Draw, Prime as Kill Button, Surrogate to search Prime and a Rear) with Form Up being a flex-spot but also nice to help force extra guard on a accord swing boosted by Owl

Overall this deck is extremely strong, it can light people up without even needing to rely on Prime, but if they can get to Prime with a Rondahlia moving to soul? You better pray that you've worn them down with a rush enough that you kill on next turn if you even get one!

I feel like I have a pretty good idea of what next week's deck is going to be! It has something in common with 2 other decks I've shown off, but it isn't a Masques deck, I wonder if anyone's willing to try guess!

As always thanks for reading! If you have any suggestions, questions or just wanna chat about vg, message me or reply to this post!

Until next time!