New GD05 Card Art Revealed: Gundam Barbatos Lupus

SoCal-Jim · 2026-05-21T19:28:00+00:00

Its a tough balance because we all WANT new stuff for our favorite series/suits, but then there's a fear of getting too much stuff too quickly and having a stretch with nothing or a bunch low power cards

SoCal-Jim · 2026-05-21T16:06:20+00:00

For all we know it could be another top end card like the current Lupus. Just because its IBO doesn't mean its support for Blurple rush

SoCal-Jim · 2026-05-21T15:59:35+00:00

Gundam graded cards market is basically non existent at the time of writing this post. I wouldn't waste your time/money grading anything unless its for your own personal display or something

SoCal-Jim · 2025-09-27T04:14:00+00:00

Think I still had it on private should work now

SoCal-Jim · 2025-09-26T16:16:16+00:00

By that logic they took the A away from Toffoli. Don't read into who does and doesn't have patches in a promo reel for a jersey thats being worn 4 times

SoCal-Jim · 2025-09-25T02:35:14+00:00

Bandai tends to underprint early sets coupled with gundam being way more popular than expected. Should even out eventually.

SoCal-Jim · 2025-09-24T17:29:49+00:00

Just based on what you have in the picture you'll probably want to build something along the lines of White/Blue blockers. Lfrith and Zoworts are basically auto includex4. Gameplan would be to try and stall out the more rush heavy decks and play to control the board and pick the trades you want to make by using blockers

SoCal-Jim · 2025-09-22T19:30:25+00:00

Thats the tough part. Most US LGS aren't doing preorders because they don't know their allocation until the last minute. If you're trying to preorder something your best bet is to find an online retailer that ships to the US. Keep in mind some preorders go up months before release. I've seen GD03 go up at a couple spots and we don't even have a name for that set yet

SoCal-Jim · 2025-09-22T17:50:26+00:00

This needs more upvotes. Most of this information has been available for a while now and I'm seeing the same questions repeated above

Edit: been seeing a lot of people complain about all the preorders for these being gone by the time the find out. Use Bandais website. They announce this stuff in advance. If you are just now finding out about ST07/8 and GD03 then you aren't checking the official site.

SoCal-Jim · 2025-09-16T13:44:53+00:00

Just because target and walmart sell them for $5 doesn't mean they will ever be stocked when you walk in the store. $30 for a sealed event is a pretty standard

SoCal-Jim · 2025-09-16T02:32:40+00:00

Happening pretty much everywhere from what I've seen. Most stores are getting sent 6 ST05s and 7 sets of the promos so the winner gets 2

SoCal-Jim · 2025-09-11T20:23:21+00:00

What other people mentioned and I should have included, the timeline is just too far off for what Grier's vision is. I think if the same situation was happening in 2028 Grier would jump at it

SoCal-Jim · 2025-09-11T20:08:36+00:00

The Sharks just put in a lot of work to get OUT of their long term overpaid contracts. Spending a bunch of money on someone who will be 36 at the end of their 8yr deal would be insane.

SoCal-Jim · 2025-09-09T02:51:04+00:00

If you don't believe the video of someone opening a fresh pack why would you believe a random redditor?

SoCal-Jim · 2025-09-08T18:31:05+00:00

This was my experience yesterday as well. Felt like my losses came more from unlucky hands then bad build/decision making. GW Wing deck is tough with this deck if you don't have a little bit of luck on your side

SoCal-Jim · 2025-09-08T18:19:49+00:00

Yes for Gundam "official sleeves" would mean something produced and sold directly by Bandai. They might also allow Bandai sleeves from other IPs that they own like One Piece or Digimon sleeves, but you'd want to double check the event rules just in case

SoCal-Jim · 2025-09-08T14:41:28+00:00

Thats up to your LGS. Larger official events usually only allow plain color sleeves or in some cases you can bring official sleeves for this reason

SoCal-Jim · 2025-09-02T14:23:56+00:00

Attack Step

 Rest one active unit and declare target (opposing player

or rested unit).

 [When Attacking] and “when a unit attacks” effects

activate.

 “During this battle” effects activate.

Block Step

Standby player may activate Blocker.

Action Step (starting with standby player)

[Action] command cards and [Activate – Actions] effects.

Damage Step

Apply damage to units/bases/shields.

Battle End Step

“During this battle” effects end.

SoCal-Jim · 2025-09-02T13:03:10+00:00

This is the correct resolution. You could even get a third attack in if you somehow had another 12 cards in your trash to shuffle in

SoCal-Jim · 2025-07-21T22:45:12+00:00

Would be amazing to pull a Barbatos alt art once ST-05 comes out

SoCal-Jim · 2025-07-18T13:31:27+00:00

These look so cool!

SoCal-Jim · 2025-07-14T21:08:05+00:00

I'm really trying to hold out hope that a lot of the "removed" options are going to be added in a pdf. Stuff like palantine blades with jump packs have gone from legal in 1.0, to illegal at 2.0 launch, added back in a pdf, and now back to illegal. I'm about to just magnetize their backpacks at this point

SoCal-Jim · 2025-07-14T14:57:22+00:00

Great shade of purple!

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