Are there any characters you’d like to see in this game? I know a few I’d like. You may be wondering where this came from; it’s the Energon Invitational this weekend. The overall winner gets to design a card for the game. Not sure if this is a character card (I think it is, but I’m not 100% sure) or a battle card. If it’s a character card… just imagine who might be added to the game! So… here is my list of characters that I would like in this game.

Knock Out (either as an Autobot or Decepticon). He would be fun! Possibly with some sort of healing ability (so he can team with Ratchet) although; as he said, he is better at breakin’ ‘em than fixin’ ‘em. He would give us another Decepticon car (possibly) to put into decks and tinker with. My favourite character is already in game (Decepticon King Starscream; that one made me so happy when he got revealed!) so my second favourite needs to be in the game too. Speaking of favourites…

Steeljaw. Not Blaster’s Cassette, the other one! The wolf one from RiD2015. Yeah… he won’t be put in the game… He’s not been in any form of G1 (Knock Out has been in the comics); since this game only seems to include G1 characters (and Demolisher, but he was an unusual exception). Since I’m on about the comics…

The Decepticon Justice Division. I highly doubt they’d be put into this game (try explaining them to a kid!) since… well, what they do. If they were added; I’d like them as a 25 star team; so you could run all five of them (or perhaps as a 30 star team with a skill on Tarn like Blaster’s or Soundwave’s; +1 star to your starting team for each D.J.D. on your starting team). Another comic character (and another fan-favourite) that I’d like to see is…

Sky-Byte, that’s him! Not like they haven’t got an alt mode type for him (Beast, Apeface gave us that!) and perhaps he could do something with Actions (like he’s saying a haiku, or something). He’d also then make a good teamie for Wave 1 Thundercracker. Also, like the D.J.D., he has appeared on a battle card (Rest and Relaxation); so could show up in future (Lockdown did, and I wasn’t expecting him!) Since I’m listing comic characters… why not?

Pharma. I’d LOVE to team him with Ratchet and another healer. His skills could be… His flip to alt could be the same as Wave 1 Arcee’s (Repair 1 damage from each of your characters) and his bot mode skill could be triggered when he does a certain amount of damage (let’s say 4) to an enemy to repair 1 damage from himself.

Now on to the point to this article… I’m not going to the Energon Invitational (didn’t get a ticket, couldn’t afford to get to the U.S.A. even if I did) so I’m going to imagine what the character card I’d design would look like IF (very big if) I won…

Yes, of course it is Steeljaw; he wouldn’t get into this game any other way… His stats are right for a 7 star character, or don’t seem over the top (like say 8 base attack). 8 attack, where did I get that from…? Oh, if he has 4 teamies on the battlefield when he attacks in bot mode… he’ll have 8 attack (if he has no other attack boosts). Not bad (like that lovely Battlefield Legend, a card I hope doesn’t dominate; the top tier deck should change, not be the same as Wave 1’s!) You’ll note this will get less powerful as the game wears on and his teamies get KO’d… but that’s fine. When he flips to alt, he does 1 damage to the enemy for each of his teamies that has been KO’d! Kinda like the skills on Tailwind, Blackjack, Seawatch, Sunrunner and Powertrain; it gets better the more of his teamies bite the dust! Only, unlike them; Steeljaw doesn’t care who his teamies are! He would just like there to be lots of them; so they can take the hits for him and increase his power with his flip to alt skill!

Note: When I deck build; I don’t look at any online deck lists. Any similarities to other listed decks are completely coincidental. That said; if someone else has built the same deck beforehand, I will credit them by saying that this deck matches _’s deck.

In these articles I’m going to build a deck for a Transformer who seems interesting; but you don’t ever seem to see. Today’s is Predaking, Ferocious Hunter.

A character who seems to want an orange deck, doesn’t he? I mean, he has 5 Weapon slots with the potential of getting stupid amounts of Bold that not even Kickback can match (try 2 Flamethrowers and 3 Power Swords since he is Melee, with a Supercharge on him). The problem there is actually getting (and keeping) all of those Weapons on him. Especially with Sabotaged Armaments (both Predaking and Megatron, Living Weapon must have gone off to cry in the corner when that Secret Action got revealed!) floating about in every blue deck. He does, however have one thing going for him; unlike Volcanicus, he could actually helm a blue deck quite well. On to the deck!

Deck Name: Welcome To The Jungle

Bots:

Divebomb, Aerial Assault

Predacon Headstrong, Ground Assault

Predacon Rampage, Savage Hunter

Razorclaw, Predacon Leader

Torox, Fueler

Deck: (40)

Bashing Shield x2

Body Armor x3

Crude Club x3

Energon Axe x3

Handheld Blaster x3

Heavy Handed x3

Laser Cutlass x3

Piercing Blaster x2

Predacon Enigma x2

Scoundrel’s Blaster x2

Security Checkpoint x3

Smoke Cloak x2

Steady Shot x3

Surprise Attack x3

Vaporize x3

featuring a basic How-to-Play segment!

Note: When I deck build; I don’t look at any online deck lists. Any similarities to other listed decks are completely coincidental. That said; if someone else has built the same deck beforehand, I will credit them by saying that this deck matches _’s deck.

In these articles I’m going to build a deck for a Transformer who seems interesting; but you don’t ever seem to see. Today’s is Windblade, Combiner Hunter.

Who also got a stratagem in Wave 5; hence the second look. Which, honestly… I’m not sure she deserves. That stratagem… isn’t all that helpful. If only her stratagem had given her a helpful ability (like Pierce 2 to all of your bots when she attacks in bot mode; with that becoming Pierce 4 when attacking a combiner). On to the deck for her!

Deck Name: These Wings Are Made To Fly

Bots:

Windblade, Combiner Hunter

Windsweeper, Air Defense

Stratagems:

Camien Toughness

Saturation Bombing

Deck: (40)

Bashing Shield x1

Concealing Contrails x3

Energy Transfer x3

Escape Route x2

Extra Padding x3

Immersed In Shadow x2

Noble’s Blaster x1

Point Position x2

Precision Fire x2

Recon System x1

Roll Out! x3

Scoundrel’s Blaster x1

Scouting Mission x3

Smoke Cloak x3

Steady Shot x3

Swerve x3

Terrifying Resilience x2

Unflinching Courage x2

Note: When I deck build; I don’t look at any online deck lists. Any similarities to other listed decks are completely coincidental. That said; if someone else has built the same deck beforehand, I will credit them by saying that this deck matches _’s deck.

In this article series I’m going to build some (hopefully) different decks with characters that can be (or have been) found in the meta. Today’s is General Optimus Prime, Galactic Commander. And you have to give him two teamies to be good, right?

His bot mode ability got me thinking… when he was revealed, someone remarked how he and Turbo Board would work really well together! So I decided, why not? Time to turn our thinking about!

Deck Name: Pulling Tricks

Bots:

General Optimus Prime, Galactic Commander

Private Turbo Board, Air Command - Evac

Stratagems:

Heroic Spotlight

Deck (40):

Armed Hovercraft x1

Backup Beam x1

Bashing Shield x1

Brass Knuckles x2

Energon Mace x2

Energy Pack x3

Energy Transfer x2

Enforcement Batons x1

Grenade Launcher x2

Guarded Posture x2

Heroic Resolve x3

Incoming Transmission x2

Leap Into Battle x3

Marksmanship x1

Matrix of Leadership x3

Mounted Missiles x1

Quartermaster x2

Reckless Charge x2

Sparring Gear x1

Vaporize x2

Work Overtime x3

Note: When I deck build; I don’t look at any online deck lists. Any similarities to other listed decks are completely coincidental. That said; if someone else has built the same deck beforehand, I will credit them by saying that this deck matches _’s deck.

In these articles I’m going to build a deck for a Transformer who seems interesting; but you don’t ever seem to see. Today’s is Clobber.

Who… appears to be Grimlock’s head. Grimlock didn’t get a body in this set though… how strange. Anyway, he has Bold 3 while he is in bot mode; and gives it to the bot he is the head of while in head mode. Which then begs the question; who is he going to be the head of? On to the deck for him!

Deck Name: Me Grimlock No Kisser, Me Wrecker!

Bots:

Clobber (Head for Topspin)

Topspin, Air & Space Assault

Dinobot Sludge, Mighty Stomper

Stratagems:

Me Grimlock, You Grimlock!

Heroic Spotlight

Deck: (40)

Battlefield Report x3

Enhanced Power Cell x3

Extra Padding x3

Handheld Blaster x3

Head-On Collision x3

Heat of Battle x2

Heroic Resolve x3

I Still Function! x2

Scout Armor x3

Scouting Mission x3

Security Checkpoint x3

Smoke Cloak x2

Steady Shot x3

Unflinching Courage x3

Universal Network Access x1

Note: When I deck build; I don’t look at any online deck lists. Any similarities to other listed decks are completely coincidental. That said; if someone else has built the same deck beforehand, I will credit them by saying that this deck matches _’s deck.

In these articles I’m going to build a deck for a Transformer who seems interesting; but you don’t ever seem to see. Today’s is Blitzwing, Relentless Foe. Huh, haven’t I done him before? With Titan Masters Attack, he received a stratagem. One which means he deserves a second look.

This gives him both the Plane and the Tank traits whichever alt mode he is in. Doesn’t seem like much, does it? Then a certain card from Wave 3 sprung to mind; one that he can trigger both abilities of (like Novastar does with Team-Up Tactics). On to the deck for him!

Deck Name: Ballroom Blitz

Bots:

Blitzwing, Relentless Foe

Raider Tailwind, Air Strike Patrol - Strategist

Raider Storm Cloud, Infantry - Electronic Warfare

Raider Nightflight, Air Strike Patrol - Spy

Stratagems:

Master Converter

Deck: (40)

Armed Hovercraft x3

Backfire x3

Bombing Run x3

End Hostilities x3

Extra Padding x3

Frag Toss x2

Magnetic Dysfunction Ray x3

Precision Fire x3

Scoundrel’s Blaster x3

Smelt x2

Sturdy Javelin x3

Terrifying Resilience x3

Two-Pronged Attack x3

War of Attrition x3

Note: When I deck build; I don’t look at any online deck lists. Any similarities to other listed decks are completely coincidental. That said; if someone else has built the same deck beforehand, I will credit them by saying that this deck matches _’s deck.

In this article series I’m going to build some (hopefully) different decks with characters that can be (or have been) found in the meta. Today’s is Horri-Bull, Ground Trooper. Who has to be in an aggro build, right?

He’d work quite well with a defensive build too. He’s very good; you just need to give him a head to boost his health (and there are 3, depending on how may stars you have floating!). Whenever you play a black card while he is in body mode; he does 1 damage to himself and 1 damage to an enemy. Then you flip him to alt and he flings 1 damage from himself at an enemy. Which is pretty mean! It even gets around Motormaster and Captain Ironhide! Time to turn our thinking about!

Deck Name: Take It By The Horns

Bots:

Horri-Bull, Ground Trooper

Grax (Head for Horri-Bull)

Sergeant Thundercracker, Infantry - Seeker

Raider Nova Storm, Infantry - Combustion Specialist

Deck (40):

Bashing Shield x1

Concealing Contrails x3

Enhanced Power Cell x3

Hit and Run x3

Magnetic Dysfunction Ray x3

Point Position x3

Precision Fire x3

Roll Out! x3

RR Disruptor Blade x3

Scouting Mission x3

Smoke Cloak x3

Steady Shot x3

Surprise Attack x3

Terrifying Resilience x3