THE SWORD THAT CONNECTS HEAVEN AND EARTH! | WILL DRESS SEASON 3 WATCHALONG | CARDFIGHT!! VANGUARD

Born on the ground, rose to the sky as a cloud knight, and now Alden connects the two. Its so sweet that Griphogilla decided to follow Alden's example and connect one side of Cray with the other.

From a design/flavor stand point it focuses on three different grades with its additional attack (Groan) being tied to that. Nice touch is that instead of requiring three grade 3 specifically for its on attack it now requires three different original grades (Validating something I'm working on as well, which is a nice bonus). Found it neat that its costs are a flipping of its original forms cost. I also just happy to get a new boss unit for my drafts which is a huge plus in my books.
Now I want to do some customs where you take an important rear-guard and spin it off for its own deck. Think it be fun.

Gripho Eschatolo"gui" I see what they did there.

Gonna have to wait and see exactly what the wording on that set order is. Specifically the Calamity removal ability. It put the top card of the deck into the damage zone facedown, but was it as part of a cost, a part of the ability, do I put it if I have four or less or if I have five am I just dead? Questions to be answered on Tuesday I suppose, though in the episode Gui took the single damage hit instead of the two damage hit, so maybe?

Of course it wouldn't be a vanguard anime without Cray being destroyed

Jokes aside, amazing episode and definitely worth waiting 2 weeks for

To start, I really like the new Griphogila in terms of art. Skill wise it’s cool too, but I will say there are a few deck building issues to consider: for one, since both the new Griphogila and its order are Grade 11, they’re literally dead cards in your hand until you ride up, which isn’t until at the earliest Turn 4. But the other issue is they’re vital to have ready, so you might need to run extra copies to make sure you see them. In addition, we don’t know enough of what effects belong to the order and the new Griphogila, but judging by the wording in the episode, most of the effects belong to the set order (GUI never actually says “Griphogila Vartex’s skill” until the literal Overtrigger and Power/Crit gain). Not only that, while the Calamity acceleration is neat, you’re also praying you don’t get aggro’d and needing to heal constantly to make sure you don’t die, especially given how aggressively offensive the meta is. To top it all, safe to assume you specifically need the OG Griphogila to use the set order, which means you need to have by the start of turn 4/5 a total of three bricks in your hand unless you’re lucky and draw into one. I do think Vartex is gonna be good for the deck, but the deck builds and ratios are gonna have to be perfect by a single card to be consistent enough to work against half the decks out there. Also gonna say the best Vartex nation is gonna be the one that draws the most cards, so make of that what you will. Personally gonna stick with a Brandt Gate build myself, but once DE also once again benefits a LOT from this being able to go Espereridea a turn early and deckout not being as much of a concern for the restand

i Like The Fact This New Griphogila Vertex Is Basically The First And Possibly Only Cross Break Ride For Overdress lol. My Question With This New Alden Is Can He Combo With The Rear Guard Alden For A 5th Attack

This episode was pretty cool and does a critic to the current state of vanguard if you ask me. The new grade 11 is amazing and does make sense gived one of the calamity cards does spoil you on it since this is the last stage of this parasitic being evolution from a seed to a beast of destruction that ends up getting rid of it's host.

The new Alden is neat but is kinda of a shame they brought back Ezel instead of giving this guy his effects and printing more support for it

Gripho Eschatalogui:

Japanese kanji: 龍樹開花 • 天地終焉
Romaji: Ryuju Kaika • Tenchi Shuēn

(translated as Dragontree Bloom • Demise of Heaven and Earth)

Hello, my name is LEE Sang-Hun, Korean and I've enjoyed the video.
Actually, the Griphogila Vartex and Gripho Eschatologui, I have found some words.
Vartex is actually the correct spelling Vertex, is the means of the highest point; the top or apex. And, the Eschatologui which the correct spelling is Eschatology, is the part of theology concerned with death, judgment, and the final destiny of the soul and of humankind which is a perfect fit for the name of this unit.
Also, For Alden, he actually became a Gold Paladin. So, to clarify the Keter Sanctuary by only Knights, Bastion and Cloud Knights are Royal Paladin, Youthberk and Ground Knights are Shadow Paladin, Alden is the Gold Paladin, Sorceress and Solrarion are Genesis and Oracle Think Tank. I'm surprised that Alden's history has been this complicated.
I am also really considering Unit Story which will be released next Tuesday. Also, what will happen in Planet Cray? Is there a hope or despair? What future awaits at the end of the Will + Dress.
Also, It was a good foreshadowing recovery from Will + Dress Season 2 Episode 3, when Michiru saw two colors in Jinki's mind, and Episode 12, in which Jinki expresses anger toward Gui. Is this good support for you?

I'm looking forward to Episode 8, which the Tohya and Masanori's story is wrapped up. Bastion Accord VS Zorga Masques. Who will be the Victor? Also, I think the Bastion Accord will be the next Check Out My Card!
Thank you for your work and have a nice day. ^^

This is why they took the break

Probably too late, but there's kind of a reason for it being grade 11. The OG Griphogila is G10 due to Dragontree being pronounced as ryuju with the ju sounding like 10 in Japanese. Not only that, Griphogila is a reference to the Qliphoth in Kabbalah, which is the inverted evil tree as opposed to the tree of life, Sephiroth. I will make reference to the Sephiroth rather than Qliphoth as the Qliphoth, while is what Griphogila is based on, is not as well explored. However it being a direct opposite of the Sephiroth gives a vague idea of the meaning.

The Sephiroth has 10 spheres (sephirah) that all represent a state of being with the top sephirah, Keter (yes that same Keter) being where God resides in. Each sephira also has a name of the angel that guards it. However there is a hidden sephirah that some people argue isn't technically one. Da'at is the "11th sephirah" that represents knowledge and to get assess to this sphere, you will need to cross the Abyss.

Vartex refers to that 11th sephirah but on the Qliphoth instead of the Sephiroth. An interesting note is all 9 Dragontree Wretches revealed so far (with the DE G2 most likely revealed soon) all are references the names of the demons that guard the spheres of the Qliphoth.

I don't have much to mention about this episode, but hi! I only missed one reaction which is the Megumi episode I skipped it for my little sensitive heart lmao (I personally enjoyed that episode except for how Danji acted) but finally getting back into this now, this episode was really good I just don't really have much to comment, also don't forget we also haven't seen a Brandt Gate Dragontree and I can see why because like post Vartex there's no build for Brandt Gate that can really make it work without being crappy, I used a Monster build pre Vartex and it worked pretty good but post Vartex there's no space :/

Also I prefer using Cadwalla and the new Dragontree wretch g2 for Keter, I add some of the three damage face down ccer too or the g0 blitz order, the 15k shield intercepts are unreliable in a removal meta