Just hours ago the set release details for VGE-BT16:
Legion of Dragons & Blades ver. E came out, making public some of the set's contents and teasing upcoming cards. Unlike standard booster set releases, BT16 ver. E will differ significantly from its Japanese counterpart, already stated in a
preceding press release to contain cards from multiple sets. We now know that the English edition set has
42 additional cards over the Japanese
edition, totaling 144 cards versus 102. Furthermore, each display for the set will include a promo card, PR/045EN
Harmonics Messiah as a box topper, and the set will also contain an original English Edition Special Parallel card. Harmonics is one of the game's
most closely kept open secrets at the time of this writing, distributed to those who attend the
Neon Messiah animated film in Japan. The grade 4 unit has a unique mechanic "Stride" which currently prevents it from being used as the mechanics of Stride have not been explained and Harmonics' own skills prevent it from being placed in the main deck. The main deck is currently the only deck that
Vanguard has, but this fact is imminently about to change.
BT16 Ver. E includes adds
additional cards in the following rarities; 2 RRRs, 4 RRs, 8 Rs, 28 Cs, 2
SPs and 4 Legion Rares. Based on promotional images
the
two new Triple Rares are inferred to be MBT01's
Bluish Flame Liberator Prominence Glare and
MTD01's
Daunting Deleter Woksis, and the new RRs would include
Prominence Core's Legion Mate
Liberator of Destiny Aglovale. The Sneak Preview prerelease event for BT16 ver. E will feature a playmat with Prominence Core and Aglovale's Legion as its artwork, while the set will feature Thing Saver Dragon and Blaster Blade Liberator. The promotional cards for the prerelease are stated to be Dark Irregulars units, suggesting them to be the Legion pair Psychicers Hadar and Izaya.
The increased set size may prove problematic, as each box is still to contain just 30 packs, and the drastically increased size will make it more difficult to acquire a playset of each rarity. The situation recalls English
Vanguard's early infamous releases, which added several Rares to BT03, BT06 and BT04. The addition of just two cards to the
Eclipse of Illusionary Shadows caused Blaster Dark to become a $16 Rare for a brief time, and even today the card hovers between $6 and $8. The decision to include Harmonics Messiah in the set was likely done to move the game closer to a simultaneous worldwide release schedule, which Bushiroad has been discussing since
Anime Expo 2013.
VGE-BT16:
Legion of Dragons & Blades ver. E will be released worldwide on December 19th 2014, six days before the Christmas holiday. The set will include 144 types of cards (RRR: 10 / RR: 16 / R: 30 / C: 88) with 14 Special Parallel prints and 6 Legion Rares.
