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Opus 6

• Fire

  
  • 【6-005C】Illusionist
    If the Forward you've chosen is able to attack, the Attack Phase will not end until it has attacked. However, this attack does not need to happen first.
  • 【6-006C/1-011C】Evoker
    This card is the same as【1-011C】Evoker. You may not have more then three of these cards in your deck.
  • 【6-012R】Zell
    The damage dealt is based on Zell's power when resolving.
  • 【6-016H】Dark Lord
    All cards removed are placed face-up
  • 【6-018R】Neo Bahamut
    If the targeted Forward is not longer a legal target at the time of resolving, your hand is not discarded.
  • 【6-020H】Montblanc
    The number of Category FFTA2 Forwards is calculated during resolution.

• Ice

  
  • 【6-027L】Kuja
    Only Backups you control can be placed in the Break Zone to pay cost.
  • 【6-032C/1-040C】Summoner
    This card is the same as 【1-040C】Summoner. You may not have more than three of these cards in your deck.
  • 【6-033H】Squall
    If your opponent has 0 cards, you gain the effects of both abilities.
  • 【6-037C】Shock Trooper
    The Forward chosen by Shock Trooper is broken during the Attack Declaration step. It is broken before a Forward can be chosen to block.
  • 【6-041L】Hades
    If the targeted Forward is not longer a legal target at the time of resolution, your opponent do not have to discard.
  • 【6-041L】Rinoa
    A Forward removed from and then played back on to the field is treated as a newly played Forward. Unless it has Haste, it may not attack or use any abilities with the dull icon this turn. All temporary power modifiers and all damage is removed.

• Wind

  
  • 【6-043C/1-068C】Evoker
    This card is the same as【1-068C】Evoker. You may not have more then three of these cards in your deck.
  • 【6-044L】Zidane
    This card has an Erratum. The second auto-ability allows "1 Wind Character" to be chosen, not any character.
    If your opponent discard 2 or more cards, the auto-ability occurs the same number of times as the number of cards discarded.
  • 【6-052R】Diablos
    Diablos changes the Forward's base power (as displayed on the card) to 4000. All other card or ability effects that modify the power are applied after this has taken place.
  • 【6-062R】Rikku
    "When Rikku is in Battle" refers to when Rikku is either blocking or being blocked. She is not considered to be "in Battle" when her attack is not being blocked by your opponent's Forwards.
    "Remove Rikku from the battle" means that Rikku will no longer be attacking or blocking. If Rikku is removed from the Battle, Rikku and the Forward attacking her will do no damage to each other.
  • 【6-063H】Leon
    When your opponent gains control of Leon, unless he has Haste, he may not attack during that turn.
    Even if control has changed, the card keeps the same status. For example, if Leon is dulled he stays dulled, and effects such as "Add +1000 power until the end of the turn" stay in effect.
  • 【5-071R】Leyak
    If using a card like【1-176H】Yuna, with which Leyak can be removed from the game instead of put into the Break Zone, Leyak can still activate the Characters you control and make you draw 1 card.
    If on the other hand Leyak is removed from the field before its auto-ability resolves, it can’t be put into the Break Zone and therefore cannot activate the Characters you control and make you draw 1 card.

• Earth

  
  • 【6-073C/1-105C】Evoker
    This card is the same as 【1-105C】Evoker. You may not have more then three of these cards in your deck.
  • 【6-075R】Titan
    Cannot be cast or used as an Ex Burst unless 2 Forwards are chosen.
  • 【6-083H】Y'shtola
    The first ability keeps Y'shtola from being broken by summons or abilities such as【1-124R】Odin's "Choose 1 Forward. Break it." If Y'shtola takes more then her power level in damage from a summon or an ability, she breaks as per normal rules.
  • 【6-084L】Leo
    Backups can produce CP of any Element, but they do not become that Element. Their Element remains as it is on the card.

• Lightning

  
  • 【6-087R】Edea
    
    You cannot choose this card from the Break Zone
  • 【6-088L】Estinien
    The Forward blocking Estinien is broken during the Block Declaration step. They do not damage each other.
  • 【6-090H】Kain
    When your opponent gains control of Kain, unless he has Haste, he may not attack during that turn.
    Even if control has changed, the card keeps the same status. For example, if Kain is dulled he stays dulled, and effects such as "Add +1000 power until the end of turn" stay in effect.
  • 【6-092C】Quezacotl
    Cannot be cast or used as an Ex Burst unless 2 Forwards are chosen.
  • 【6-094L】Seifer
    Seifer's auto-ability is triggered when he blocks or is blocked. This occurs before damage resolution.
  • 【6-096C/1-138C】Summoner
    This card is the same as【1-138C】Summoner. You may not have more then three of these cards in your deck.
  • 【6-099H】Frimelda
    The number of Job Sword Saint is calculated during resolution.
  • 【6-101R】Raijin
    When resolving this special ability, is still resolves even if you have lost control of Card Name Seifer or Card Name Fujin.

• Water

  
  • 【6-110C/1-159C】Evoker
    This card is the same as【1-159C】Evoker. You may not have more then three of these cards in your deck.
  • 【6-112H】Shuyin
    Unless the Forward you have gained control of has Haste, it may not attack or use any abilities with the dull icon this turn.
    Even if control has changed, the card keeps the same status. For example, if it's dulled is stays dulled, and effects such as "Add +1000 power until the end of the turn" stay in effect.
  • 【6-124L】Yuna
    The decision of whether to play the Forward from your hand onto the field or search for the Forward occurs when resolving.

• Light

  
  • 【6-127L】Hraesvelgr
    If the Attack Phase is skipped, Main Phase 2 begins immediately after Main Phase 1. Auto-abilities that include "At the start of the Attack Phase" are not triggered.

• Dark

  
  • 【6-130L】Nidhogg
    Your opponent must have their cards face-down and shuffled so that they do not know which is which when removing a card. The removed card is placed face-up

• GENERAL QUESTIONS

  • Is there a limit to the number of Forwards I can play onto the field?
    No.
  • Is there a limit to the number of Forwards in a Party?
    No.
  • Is there a limit to the number of cards I can discard from my hand?
    No. You can discard as many cards as you like, during your turn to play Characters or use Summons & abilities and during your opponent’s turn to play Summons and abilities. Starting with an empty hand might not be the best strategy though!
  • If I already control 5 Backups, how can I play another one onto the field?
    You can only have 5 Backups on your field at a given time but there are some abilities that can break Backups or return them to your hand in order to play different ones. Certain Backups like 1-120C Monk also need to be put into the Break Zone as part of their ability's cost so this is another way to free up some space on your field while using certain abilities.
  • When a Backup ability requires to dull it, does doing so also generate 1 Crystal Point?
    No. For example, if a Backup ability requires you to pay 1 Crystal Point and dull that Backup as part of the cost, the CP must be generated by dulling a different Backup or discarding a card from your hand. Dulling a Backup as part of its ability’s cost and dulling a Backup to generate 1 Crystal Point are two different actions you have to choose from.
  • I discarded 2 cards to play a Forward of cost 3, can I use the extra Crystal Point left towards another cost?
    No, any extra CP generated is lost, this is also why Backups are important to top up when the cost of the card you want to play is an odd number. CPs are always generated towards a single use/cost, there will be one exception called “Overdrive” in the future but none of the cards in Opus I have this ability yet.
  • What do card categories like 1-182L Cloud’s “DFF·VII” stand for?
    These are actually two distinct categories. “DFF·VII” means that the card is of both Dissidia Final Fantasy and Final Fantasy VII. For example, when you are using a card ability like 1-204S Jessie’s: “When Jessie enters the field, you may search for 1 [(Category (VII)] Forward and add it to your hand.”, you can actually add 1-182L Cloud to your hand as his category is DFF·VII.
  • After attacking with a Forward, can I use a Summon like 1-074R Sylph while still during my Attack Phase to re-activate that Forward and attack again?
    No. Forwards can only attack once per turn.
  • How does Freeze work exactly?
    If any of the dull Characters you control gets Frozen, it simply won’t activate during your next Active Phase. You can use an ability like 1-200S Baralai’s to activate the Character before this Phase but bear in mind that the Freeze effect will still remain. If the frozen Character gets dull again before your next Active Phase, it will not activate then.
  • Can I use First Strike when attacking with a party?
    You can only benefit from First Strike if all members of your party have this trait. Other abilities and traits like Brave work on an individual level (e.g. if a Forward in the Party has Brave, he doesn’t dull when attacking).
  • If I attack with a Party and the blocker has First Strike, how is the damage exchanged?
    e.g. if you have a party made up of two 5000 power Forwards and your opponents blocks with a 5000 power Forward that has first strike, he will inflict 5000 damage first and can break one of the two Forwards in your Party (if he chooses to allocate the full 5000 on 1 Forward). Then, your other Forward will deal 5000 damage to his and break it. Result: 1 of the two Forwards forming your Party will survive.
  • If I attack with a Forward, my opponent declares a blocker and I then use a Summon to destroy that blocker before the damage is exchanged, does my opponent take 1 point of damage or does he have a chance to choose another blocker?
    Neither of the two. A blocker was already declared meaning that the block will be successful regardless if the blocking Forward is destroyed, your opponent won’t receive any point of damage. It is not possible for him to choose another blocker either as there can be only one Forward blocking another and the block was successful. So in this case, the blocking forward is destroyed and no damage exchanged at all.
  • If an ability inflicts damage to several Forwards, is the damage dealt to all of them at the same time?
    Yes, Forwards receive the damage at the same time. Any bonus granted by a Forward to another Forward doesn’t apply anymore if the former is broken at the same time.
    e.g. My opponent controls Rikku 1-201s as well as 1-214S Yuna meaning Rikku gains +2000 power and has now 8000 (If you control [Card Name (Yuna)], Rikku gains +2000 power and Rikku cannot be chosen by Summons.)
    
    If I cast 1-191S Red XIII’s Cosmo Memory “Deal 6000 damage to all the Forwards opponent controls.”, Yuna is broken so Rikku loses 2000 power falling back to 6000 and is thus broken by RED-XIII’s special ability.

• Fire

  
  • 【5-003C】Ifrit
    The choice to discard 1 “Card Name Ifrit” happens when the ability resolves.
  • 【5-008R】Grenade
    If 2 or more Forwards with less than 8000 power enter the field at the same time, Grenade’s auto-ability is triggered for each of them. You can stack the abilities in your preferred order, but as you cannot deal damage with Grenade’s ability unless you put Grenade into the Break Zone, you can only do 8000 damage once.
    If using a card like Yuna【1-176H】, with which Grenade can be removed from the game instead of put into the Break Zone, Grenade can still deal the 8000 damage.
    If on the other hand Grenade is removed from the field before its auto-ability resolves, it can’t be put into the Break Zone and therefore cannot deal the 8000 damage.
  • 【5-011H】Vermillion Bird l’Cie Zhuyu
    The number of times Vermillion Bird l’Cie Zhuyu can attack this turn increases by one each time a Forward damaged by it is put into the Break Zone.
  • 【5-015H】Tellah
    ”Recall” Special ability - The top card of your deck is removed when the ability resolves.
  • 【5-019L】Phoenix
    If you don’t have any Forwards of cost 3 or less in your Break Zone, Phoenix cannot be cast.
  • 【5-024H】Luneth
    If a Forward is both Fire Element and Job Warrior of Light, it still only gains +1000 power.
  • 【5-149S】Amodar
    ”Double the power of Amodar” means his current power plus any adjustments. For example, if he has had +1000 power added by using【1-030R】 Lebreau, then his power would go up +9000.

• Ice

  
  • 【5-028C】Arcanist
    The number is selected when the ability resolves.
  • 【5-032H】Glasya Labolas
    Actions are selected when casting.
    Actions are performed in the order they’re written, from top to bottom.
  • 【5-036L】The Emperor
    If your opponent draws two or more cards, the auto-ability is triggered for each card drawn.
  • 【5-037R】Zeid
    Even if Zeid is attacked simultaneously by multiple Forwards during a party attack, only 1 card is discarded. (A party is considered as 1 Character.)
  • 【5-041R】Snow
    X is paid when the ability resolves.
  • 【5-042C】Trickster
    This doesn’t apply just for attack or block. Trickster doesn’t receive any damage from cards like 【4-093R】Hecatoncheir either.
  • 【5-046R】Buccaboo
    If 2 or more Characters enter the field simultaneously, Buccaboo’s auto-ability is triggered for each of them. You can stack the abilities in your preferred order, but as you cannot force your opponent to discard with Buccaboo’s auto-ability unless you put Buccaboo into the Break Zone, you can only force your opponent to discard once.
    If using a card like【1-176H】Yuna, with which Buccaboo can be removed from the game instead of put into the Break Zone, Buccaboo can still make your opponent discard 2 cards.
    If on the other hand Buccaboo is removed from the field before its auto-ability resolves, it can’t be put into the Break Zone and therefore cannot make your opponent discard 2 cards.
  • 【5-048H】Lugae
    The choice between Dull and Freeze is made when the ability resolves.

• Wind

  
  • 【5-049C】Asura
    ”Negate all damage dealt to it” means all damage that the Forward has received since the beginning of the current turn.
  • 【5-052H】Arc
    If a Forward is both Wind and Job Warrior of Light, it still only gains +1000 power.
  • 【5-053R】Echo
    Actions are selected when the auto-ability activates.
    Actions are performed in the order they’re written, from top to bottom.
  • 【5-060C】Chocobo
    If Chocobo ceases to be in a party due to an effect occurring during an attack, it takes damage.
  • 【5-062L】Diabolos
    Actions are selected when casting.
    Actions are performed in the order they’re written, from top to bottom.
  • 【5-071R】Leyak
    If using a card like【1-176H】Yuna, with which Leyak can be removed from the game instead of put into the Break Zone, Leyak can still activate the Characters you control and make you draw 1 card.
    If on the other hand Leyak is removed from the field before its auto-ability resolves, it can’t be put into the Break Zone and therefore cannot activate the Characters you control and make you draw 1 card.

• Earth

  
  • 【5-074H】Ingus
    If a Forward is both of Earth Element and Job Warrior of Light, it still only gains +1000 power.
  • 【5-075L】Wol
    Actions are selected when the auto-ability activates.
    Actions are performed in the order they’re written, from top to bottom.
  • 【5-078R】Gabranth
    Even if receiving 2 or more damage at once, that damage becomes 0.
  • 【5-079H】Calbrena
    Once Calbrena returns to the field, it is no longer a Forward.
  • 【5-081C】Cockatrice
    If selecting a Forward in the midst of attacking or blocking, that attack or block does not become invalidated.
  • 【5-086L】Cecil
    If the damage dealt by the special ability “Dark” causes the EX BURST to occur, the effects of the EX BURST resolve after the effects of “Dark.”
  • 【5-090R】Hill Gigas
    If using a card like Yuna【1-176H】, with which Hill Gigas can be removed from the game instead of put into the Break Zone, Hill Gigas can still cancel the effect and break the Character.
    If on the other hand Hill Gigas is removed from the field before its auto-ability resolves, it can’t be put into the Break Zone and therefore cannot cancel the effect or break the Character.

• Lightning

  
  • 【5-099H】Illua
    Illua’s auto-ability is triggered only when she is first chosen in that turn. Following that, it isn’t triggered even if she’s chosen again.
  • 【5-100H】Odin
    Actions are selected when casting.
    Actions are performed in the order they’re written, from top to bottom.
  • 【5-106R】Black Knight
    If 2 or more Forwards of cost 4 or less enter the field simultaneously, Black Knight’s auto-ability is triggered for each of them. You can stack the abilities in your preferred order, but as you cannot break the Forward with Black Knight’s auto-ability unless you put Black Knight into the Break Zone, you can only break 1 Forward.
    If using a card like Yuna【1-176H】, with which Black Knight can be removed from the game instead of put into the Break Zone, it can still break a Forward.
    If on the other hand Black Knight is removed from the field before its auto-ability resolves, it can’t be put into the Break Zone and therefore cannot break any Forwards.

• Water

  
  • 【5-130R】Tonberry
    If using a card like【1-176H】Yuna, with which Tonberry can be removed from the game instead of put into the Break Zone, Tonberry can still break the Character.
    If on the other hand Tonberry is removed from the field before its auto-ability resolves, it can’t be put into the Break Zone and therefore cannot break the Character.
  • 【5-133H】Bismarck
    Actions are selected when summoning.
    Actions are performed in the order they’re written, from top to bottom.
  • 【5-135L】Porom
    Porom’s action ability can only choose action abilities that are on the stack.
  • 【5-137C】Green Mage
    Green Mage’s action ability can only choose action abilities that are on the stack.
  • 【5-139C】Leviathan
    The number of cards in your hand is calculated when the ability resolves.
  • 【5-141H】Refia
    If a Forward is both of Water Element and Job Warrior of Light, it still only gains +1000 power.

• Light

  
  • 【5-145L】Vaan
    Actions are selected when the auto-ability activates.
    Actions are performed in the order they’re written, from top to bottom.

• Dark

  
  • 【5-147L】Eald’narche
    If the game ends by the end of the turn in which “Paradise” is played, the self-defeat ability of “Paradise” doesn’t occur. However, if you take damage or become unable to draw from your deck, you lose the game as usual.
    If “Paradise” is played again in the additional turn gained by playing “Paradise,” you still lose at the end of the original additional turn.
  • 【5-148H】Kam’lanaut
    Kam’lanaut’s Element switching ability overwrites his current Element. (He ceases to have that Element.) You can select the same Element that he already has again.

• GENERAL QUESTIONS

  • Is there a limit to the number of Forwards I can play onto the field?
    No.
  • Is there a limit to the number of Forwards in a Party?
    No.
  • Is there a limit to the number of cards I can discard from my hand?
    No. You can discard as many cards as you like, during your turn to play Characters or use Summons & abilities and during your opponent’s turn to play Summons and abilities. Starting with an empty hand might not be the best strategy though!
  • If I already control 5 Backups, how can I play another one onto the field?
    You can only have 5 Backups on your field at a given time but there are some abilities that can break Backups or return them to your hand in order to play different ones. Certain Backups like 1-120C Monk also need to be put into the Break Zone as part of their ability's cost so this is another way to free up some space on your field while using certain abilities.
  • When a Backup ability requires to dull it, does doing so also generate 1 Crystal Point?
    No. For example, if a Backup ability requires you to pay 1 Crystal Point and dull that Backup as part of the cost, the CP must be generated by dulling a different Backup or discarding a card from your hand. Dulling a Backup as part of its ability’s cost and dulling a Backup to generate 1 Crystal Point are two different actions you have to choose from.
  • I discarded 2 cards to play a Forward of cost 3, can I use the extra Crystal Point left towards another cost?
    No, any extra CP generated is lost, this is also why Backups are important to top up when the cost of the card you want to play is an odd number. CPs are always generated towards a single use/cost, there will be one exception called “Overdrive” in the future but none of the cards in Opus I have this ability yet.
  • What do card categories like 1-182L Cloud’s “DFF·VII” stand for?
    These are actually two distinct categories. “DFF·VII” means that the card is of both Dissidia Final Fantasy and Final Fantasy VII. For example, when you are using a card ability like 1-204S Jessie’s: “When Jessie enters the field, you may search for 1 [(Category (VII)] Forward and add it to your hand.”, you can actually add 1-182L Cloud to your hand as his category is DFF·VII.
  • After attacking with a Forward, can I use a Summon like 1-074R Sylph while still during my Attack Phase to re-activate that Forward and attack again?
    No. Forwards can only attack once per turn.
  • How does Freeze work exactly?
    If any of the dull Characters you control gets Frozen, it simply won’t activate during your next Active Phase. You can use an ability like 1-200S Baralai’s to activate the Character before this Phase but bear in mind that the Freeze effect will still remain. If the frozen Character gets dull again before your next Active Phase, it will not activate then.
  • Can I use First Strike when attacking with a party?
    You can only benefit from First Strike if all members of your party have this trait. Other abilities and traits like Brave work on an individual level (e.g. if a Forward in the Party has Brave, he doesn’t dull when attacking).
  • If I attack with a Party and the blocker has First Strike, how is the damage exchanged?
    e.g. if you have a party made up of two 5000 power Forwards and your opponents blocks with a 5000 power Forward that has first strike, he will inflict 5000 damage first and can break one of the two Forwards in your Party (if he chooses to allocate the full 5000 on 1 Forward). Then, your other Forward will deal 5000 damage to his and break it. Result: 1 of the two Forwards forming your Party will survive.
  • If I attack with a Forward, my opponent declares a blocker and I then use a Summon to destroy that blocker before the damage is exchanged, does my opponent take 1 point of damage or does he have a chance to choose another blocker?
    Neither of the two. A blocker was already declared meaning that the block will be successful regardless if the blocking Forward is destroyed, your opponent won’t receive any point of damage. It is not possible for him to choose another blocker either as there can be only one Forward blocking another and the block was successful. So in this case, the blocking forward is destroyed and no damage exchanged at all.
  • If an ability inflicts damage to several Forwards, is the damage dealt to all of them at the same time?
    Yes, Forwards receive the damage at the same time. Any bonus granted by a Forward to another Forward doesn’t apply anymore if the former is broken at the same time.
    e.g. My opponent controls Rikku 1-201s as well as 1-214S Yuna meaning Rikku gains +2000 power and has now 8000 (If you control [Card Name (Yuna)], Rikku gains +2000 power and Rikku cannot be chosen by Summons.)
    
    If I cast 1-191S Red XIII’s Cosmo Memory “Deal 6000 damage to all the Forwards opponent controls.”, Yuna is broken so Rikku loses 2000 power falling back to 6000 and is thus broken by RED-XIII’s special ability.

• CARD-SPECIFIC

  • 1-213S – Tidus “When the Forward [Card Name (Yuna)] is put from your field into the Break Zone, draw 2 cards.” If I control Tidus and Yuna and both Forwards are broken at the same time, can I still draw two cards?
    Yes you can.
  • If I control 1-201s Rikku and [Card Name (Paine)], Rikku can’t be chosen abilities. If my opponent uses a special ability like 1-191S Red XIII’s Cosmo Memory, does Rikku receive damage?
    Yes, this is because 1-191S Red XIII’s special ability text reads: “Deal 6000 damage to all the Forwards opponent controls.” so Rikku is not “chosen” as all opposing Forwards are affected. If instead the ability text read: “Choose 1 Forward opponent controls, deal it 6000 damage”, then it would not be possible for your opponent to target Rikku with this ability.
  • 1-074R – Sylph – “Choose 1 Forward. Activate it. All the Forwards you control gain +1000 power until the end of the turn.” If I cast Sylph to activate one of my Forwards and then that Forward is broken by my opponent’s Summon or ability placed in the stack, do my other Forwards still gain + 1000 power?
    As the Forward activated by Sylph is actually broken by your Opponent’s Summon or ability (played last so occurring first in the stack), Sylph’s condition can no longer be fulfilled therefore your other Forwards don’t gain 1000 power.