News: VGE-BT03, VGE-EB03 and VGE-BT07 Announced for International Release

This morning Bushiroad announced the international release of VGE-BT03: Demonic Lord Invasion, Cardfight!! Vanguard's third booster set overall and the fifth booster set to be released in English-speaking territories. Featuring the proper introduction of the major figure clans Dark Irregulars and Pale Moon, as well as Oracle Think Tank's powerful Tsukuyomi series, Demonic Lord Invasion has been the subject of much controversy and debate in the English-speaking world, where its perceived upstaging by limit break-focused sets and main character clans was subject to fan outrage. Being one of three main booster sets initially speculated to never receive an international release, the news comes as a welcome reprieve to fans in English-speaking territories. Demonic Lord Invasion is set for a release in Singapore on August 4, 2012 and an international release of August 11, 2012.

Immediately on its heels is VGE-BT07: Rampage of the Beast King, a core booster set intended to complement the Great Nature units BT02 by expanding them into a full clan with the powerful Locks series cards and limit break units. BT07's full contents is still not known, as it has yet to be released in the Japanese game, but will feature units primarily used by Team SIT Genius and members of Team Foo Fighter AL4, Narumi Asaka and Shinjou Tetsu. Rampage of the Beast King is being slated for a fall release.

Likewise due for a fall release is VGE-EB02: Banquet of Divas, the second extra booster set and sixth booster set overall. Being solely dedicated to the Bermuda Triangle clan used by Sendou Emi, and carrying a lower overall card count than main sets, Banquet of Divas by far offers the easiest to complete clan out of any in Cardfight's history.

It is currently under speculation that as with past English booster sets BT06 and EB03, the chief reason for this rapid release schedule is to expand the sets' card count by including promo cards in them, thereby increasing card availability in the English game. How this will affect Banquet of Divas' single-clan take is currently unknown.

Update: Bushiroad has confirmed on their blog that BT03 contains 2 more R-rarity cards than the Japanese release.

Bushiroad Announces Extra Booster 03

Here's the scoop;

• This new pack is EB03 "Black Iron Cavalry"(Kurogane no Senki)
• The release date is May 26th, 2012
• This pack will feature cards from season 2, Asia Circuit.
• The pack is geared towards giving the much-anticipated Limit Break skill to existing clans.
• There will be 35 cards in the pack.
• Additional Gold Paladin cards will be released.
• The pack will be available early on May 5th and 6th, at Vanguard Fest

For anyone interested, the Japanese word for "Cavalry" in the pack name is completely made up. Senki can be written a number of ways, and Bushiroad chose to combine the "戦 sen" which refers to war and military strategy, with the "騎 ki" used as a way of counting horsemen(so "juuki" is ten horsemen, "sanki" is three horsemen, etc.) "Senki" is a real word, but it normally refers to battleflags or as stated, military strategy and secrets.

More than that though, the entire booster name is strange. Kurogane means iron, but the kanji reads black steel. Being that all steel is an ally of iron, it is technically correct to call the pack both Black Iron Cavalry and Black Steel Cavalry.

There is currently speculation that the pack will feature remnants of the Shadow Paladins and that the figure at the top is a revived Phantom Blaster Dragon.