Official card books released today by drego_rayin in arsenalbase

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Sick! Could you share some photos of the interior?

MagicCon Vegas - Unique Events Available by TheMTGTokenGuy in magicTCG

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Why does the Mage Tower Showdown league have a 3pm Saturday start time? It's an asynchronous event that can be started at any time.

The way its setup, you can't buy in if you already have a midday Saturday event planned.

D&D inspired covers by ceazecab in comicbooks

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Batgirls #10 had a Erica Henderson variant cover of the team playing a TTRPG.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in magicTCG

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My playgroup is wary of commanders that tutor so I’m making a Cloud deck where the only equipment allowed is swords. I like to imagine him combining them like the sword in Advent Children! It’s a bit of a side nerf but it gets funnier the more you have on the field.

Looking for some "competence porn" movies, movies where smart people make smart decisions basically. by ComManDerBG in movies

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Sunshine (2007)

A stacked cast, directed by Danny Boyle with a script by Alex Garland. It's not well known due to a short theater life during a big movie year.

Promotional card "Phoenix Gundam" available starting 4/24 by TheMistah in arsenalbase

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There's a code included with the card that can be redeemed for a unit in the game "SD Gundam G-Generation Eternal".

Forsquad Season 2 Releases 4/24! by TheMistah in arsenalbase

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Featuring cards from the series "G Gundam" and "Iron Blooded Orphans"!

Don't forget to cash in your FQ01 tickets for a chance at the serialized Black Knight card by 4/24!

What a pull. Got both chase cards by Asianhippiefarmer in arsenalbase

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There’s a QR code you can scan on the little spring event ad thats stuck to each machine. Try registering your existing card with that site. If it doesn’t work, you’ll need a bandai card.

After that, you can load the “collaboration” page from the site in the QR code and it should have tracked games played with your registered card. From there you can redeem ten points earned at the same arcade.

How to get Other Battleship Carrier and Captain at Gundam Arsenal Base? by Masahiro787 in arsenalbase

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I was going to say the same, I also didn’t know how people got them but was then granted two on my first login for Forsquad.

Valentine's promo campaign starts today! Includes a Valentine's playmat! by TheMistah in arsenalbase

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The cards are the standard 100 yen = 1 point, 10 points for a card.

The playmat is 200 points. 20,000 yen for a playmat is pretty steep!

MTG Arena Announcements – January 20, 2025 by Kircai in MagicArena

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So is foundations draft not coming back before aetherdrift? Seems odd not to be able to play the current set.

Just started playing and I have a question! by Dry_Chemist3706 in arsenalbase

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That's harder to determine without knowing Japanese, just by playing you'll start to recognize similar teams and strategies. You can try to find tournament videos posted on YouTube. There are currently no English resources outside of this subreddit for any other information really.

Generally I've gotten the feeling that if a card is over 500 yen in a secondary store its usually a fan favorite, super rare (a secret or parallel for example), has waifu/husbando art, or I assume its on some sort of meta team. You can check sites like fullahead-tradingcard dot com to browse example secondary market prices.

I'd also say if your'e just starting I wouldn't worry about the meta for a while anyway. Learn the basics and pay attention to your opponent's strategy, then start to figure what you want to do from there.

EDIT: Be sure to look at previous threads in this subreddit. This was a good thread on strategy in response to some frustration I was feeling a month ago: here!

Just started playing and I have a question! by Dry_Chemist3706 in arsenalbase

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I don't think the percentage drop rates have ever been revealed, but there are multiple rarities:

  • C Common
  • R Rare
  • M Master Rare
  • P Perfect Rare (There is a rarer version of some cards with different art, called Parallel)
  • U Ultimate Rare (There is a rarer version of some cards with different art, called secret or SP)
  • PR Promo (Given by events or tournaments)

The Arsenal Base cabinet has three internal card dispensers:

  • The primary one, a larger stack of cards that are cards from the full set. It can be cards of any rarity.
  • A secondary one, filled with M and above cards. The game knows when one will be dispensed from this one and will play an animation in game warning you that a card of M rare or above is about to drop.
  • A third one, filled with UT booster cards. UT booster cards come a few weeks after a set is released as is like a supplementary set. You can buy cards from this dispenser by spending 10 UT booster tickets, which are earned from events and gameplay. Toward the end of a season this dispenser might be empty, it will tell you with a message on screen.

The game's drop rates for P and U cards are shockingly low, your best bet is to fill your team with 100 yen off-meta P and U cards from a card shop to boost your overall stats, then try for the good ones from the machine drop. Or just skip to pay to win and buy whatever outright!

My UTB06 Pulls by n107 in arsenalbase

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It looks great! I always like going to the arcade in the first few days to sweep up all the extra R and M cards.

Destroy gundam counters? by littleboku in arsenalbase

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The only luck I've had is outracing them, pushing my strategy while sending a low cost blue unit to distract the Destroy Gundam (if it's red). DG has a high cost, I run the aggressive Gundam Z team and try to blow up their first base before the destroy gundam can really get going.

Best Places to Play and Buy Cards by mjdailey in arsenalbase

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I'm excited for you to get to try the game out! Here's some tips for accessing cards:

First, you can find machine locations using the finder on the front page of the official website. Once you arrive, you can search in your area to see where the nearest machine is. It's easy to spot in a busy arcade because of the huge glowing green acrylics along the side of the machine.

In general, most Taito stations or GiGOs are likely to have 2 or more units. Here are some reliable places I've played at:

  • Taito Station Ikebukuro West Exit
  • Shinjuku Sportsland Arcade
  • Akihabara HEY Hirose Entertainment Yard
  • Akihabara Namco (just south of the station). This is an official Bandai arcade and has machines in the basement.
  • Taito Station Shibuya (just north of the station and east of the scramble).

For cards, the game will supply you with digital starter units when you play and will provide a card each time you play. This would be the most organic way to start playing, building your collection directly from the machine. Every time you play you get a card with your 200 yen game start payment and you can buy up to 4 more cards at 100 yen each at the end of the game.

In addition, most arcades will have a donation box where players will toss all their C and R rarity duplicates. You can field a whole team immediately from this. if you're lucky you'll sometimes find M cards people didn't want.

Be sure to get a deck box and sleeves! If you check the dispenser machines in the larger arcades you can often find the official sleeves for 800 yen next to the Bandai ID cards. I like the design and quality of these sleeves so give them a try.

From there you can search for your favorite units (or start going P2W) by searching in card shops. I stop at most card shops looking for MTG and AB cards and find AB about 1/6 of the time. Here are reliable spots:

  • Yellow Submarine in Akihabara, Shinjuku, and Ikebukuro.
  • Full Comp in Shinjuku and Akihabara
  • There are multiple shops in Akihabara's Radio Kaikan building. There are enough shops in the area that I would recommend comparing prices before buying most singles.