Back at it again I am! The last three posts were all about my boys the Thunder Dergons in Zero's Legion Format which at the time of this post is about half a month away in Japan. How will the first set go? I have my theories (RP/NK/NG/GE) and one of them is that Spike Brothers won't be in the first Legion set like in the TCG. They'll get their own event as usual. Guess who's the next clan event after Spikes? Granblue.
Historically speaking Granblue did a whole jacksquat in Legion Format as the deck was too fair for its time. What good is calling a board going to do when the meta decks have multi attack/guard restrict? Exactly.
So how will it be different in Zero? Well aside from minor buffs the Granblue Legion deck has some cards that are deceptively decent in Zero format. Enough to make the deck borderline passable. Meta? Oh hell no but at the very least it has a chance of being Tier 2 and for any event clan that's not named Spike Brothers that's a victory. Sad ain't it? Granblue's Legion options are also kinda iffy so you'll be relying on some older cards to fill out your triggers. I recommend Thanatos and 7Cs Nightmist.
This will likely be one of the two RRRs of the set and he's your basic "When this unit Legion do X" unit that goes +1 and doesn't cost any CB or SB. In fact Noir mills 3 to help offset cycling units back into the deck to perform Legion. His second effect is whatever given Zero's guarding mechanics. He does scale over a damage though. I'm hoping like Cocytus R that this guy gains a buff based on how many units in the drop. 15+ in drop for an extra crit?
Noir's Legion Mate is one of the few self revivers that doesn't eat another rear. Therefore she's a straight +1 and with Noir you're basically going CB1 + Mill 3 for a +2 which isn't awful. Mind you she requires you to ReRide and ReLegion every turn if you want to call "infinite intercepts."
I'll laugh if this ends up as more than a RR as he's arguably better than Pinot Noir as a boss monster. Negrobolt allows the deck to do something it could never do in the past which is have extra pressure. Up until now Granblue's had to rely on Crits or Stands to deal more than 1 damage a turn through double intercepts (or a well timed Thanatos) and Negrobolt solves this by allowing you to sack an attacker that killed an intercept and revive one of your own. This not only allows the deck to force more than 1 PG a turn but you can now justify playing 9 draws which is superior to split triggers or going 9 crit/stand. With Legion's mechanic decking out is harder too. Honestly this is the card you should put your materials towards crafting if you can't pull a set.
Bolt's Legion Mate isn't locked to Legion for his effect? That's not awful. I don't expect his skill to go off frequently but is is free and easy to use.
It's a 10k beater/booster as long as you revive it which makes him an option. GB's G1 space is surprisingly tight with Banshee, Chappie, Dancing Cutlass and another card that's coming up.
Blazing Perdition is when we started seeing the Limit Break removers come into the game. They're all 7k Grade 1s that are Subclan named and having them in play lets you use your powerful LBs at any point in the game regardless of what your opponent does. Why yes I do hear MLB and Reijy mains going REEEEEEEEEEE over not being able to cancer people out of games they don't deserve to win. Fuck those decks.
In Granblue's case there aren't any powerful Limit Breaks that this guy can be abused with outside of BR Nightmist and this ultimately saw no play in the deck. Now the LB remover for Eradicators on the other hand just may see play...
Pass.
This is not a bad starter. But is he worth playing over Captain Nightkid or Peter the Ghostie? Probably not as those two starters are live turn 1 and set up the drop zone.
And that's it. Yeah Legion Granblue is sparse. They don't even have the 10k Vanilla Legion common that most other clans got! No wonder Raul ditched these guys for Link Joker. They at least have a subclan name to fall back on. Regardless you don't need to pick up alot from this event in order to update the deck. Just the Legions, Mates and hopefully King Serpent. As a whole the Clan's playstyle remains largely the same in setting up double intercepts through self revival every turn but now with cheaper costs and a new boss monster that allows for easier multi attacks. Again I doubt this deck will be more than Tier 2 unless some extra buffs are handed out but it'll at least be less of a chore to play it on Ranked which is all I ask.
Then we wait for Nightrose.
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