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Wave 3A: Blaster vs Soundwave Set

Number: 006

Rare

0★

Upgrade - Armor

For each Mini-Cassette

you have on the battlefield 🠪 The upgraded character has Tough 1.

Can I have more than one of the same Upgrade on the battlefield?

Yes. Upgrades aren’t unique. You could have two characters each with the same Weapon, for
example.

Source: Wizards of the Coast (2018-10-11) 【Link to Ruling】

Tags: Upgrade

Some Upgrades say "Put on [something] only." How does that work?

These abilities describe what kind of character the Upgrade can be put on. This is usually a trait such
as Melee, Plane, or Insecticon. An Upgrade can be put on a character only if that character matches the
listed requirement.

Source: Wizards of the Coast (2018-10-11) 【Link to Ruling】

Tags: Upgrade

Let’s say I have an Upgrade that says "Put on Planes only" and I put it on a Plane. But then next turn I
flip the Plane to its other mode, and it’s no longer a Plane. What happens?

The Upgrade stays with the character it’s on. That ability limits only what the Upgrade can initially be
put on. Once that happens, the Upgrade doesn’t check again.

Source: Wizards of the Coast (2018-10-11) 【Link to Ruling】

Tags: Upgrade

Deck of the Day #4 (April 4th 2023)

Deck Traits: Decepticon

40🂠 25★ in deck and 0🂠 0★ in sideboard Added by Deck of the Day Modified on Apr 5, '23

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Characters

Buzzsaw 5★

Spy

Frenzy 5★

Warrior

Ravage 5★

Saboteur

Ratbat 5★

Calculating Scout

Rumble 5★

Demolition Expert

Sideboard

None

Actions

Regular Actions

2 Inspiring Leadership
3 The Bigger They Are
3 Inferno Breath
1 Smelt
1 Vaporize
3 Frag Toss

Secret Actions

3 Backfire

Rolling Actions

3 Lie in Wait

Upgrades

Weapons

3 Drill Arms
3 Handheld Blaster
3 Scoundrel's Blaster
3 Laser Cutlass

Armor

2 Reinforced Plating
1 Sparring Gear
3 Obstructive Rhythm

Utilities

3 Inner Groove

Deck Stats

19 action cards
  13 regular action cards
  3 secret action cards
  3 rolling action cards
21 upgrade cards
  12 weapon cards
  6 armor cards
  3 utility cards

Battle Icons in Deck

1 icons on 1 cards (3%)

36 icons on 30 cards (75%)

9 icons on 9 cards (23%)

5 icons on 5 cards (13%)

0 icons on 0 cards (0%)

Battle Simulator

Set Tough/Bold:

25%

15%

10%

Likelihood of Flipping

+2 Bonus Flip: 40%

Scoundrel's Blaster: 21%

Smelt: 7%

Sparring Gear: 7%

Sets Used In Deck

Wave 1: 13 cards

Wave 2: 9 cards

Wave 3: 6 cards

Wave 3A: 9 cards

Wave 4: 3 cards

Wave 8: 3 cards

Wave 9: 2 cards

Notes from Deck of the Day:

"Todays card of the day is Inner Grove from wave 3A.

Not a very heavily played card, this is usually the first card to get cut from the Blaster versus Soundwave decks. However, it is the best stat boost on a utility in the game (at least in terms of attack and defense), even though it's limited to mini-cassettes. There's a few ways to play with the mini-cassettes to make this work, pairing them with their masters is always a good option for that extra star reduction and effect on their bot flips, playing them as your 5 star support can be pretty worthwhile in most cases, and a full team of them is pretty fun too. Which is what I've decided to go with here, removing that downside of Inner Grove by playing a full team of characters that can use it.

You could really play any mini-cassettes here, I just opted for the mostly blue oriented decepticon ones, also going with perhaps a more thematic angle by playing the most prominent ones in the G1 cartoon. Ravage is a nice way to push damage through in a blue deck with both modes, Buzzsaw can allow you to play extra pierce weapons and get more use out of them, Frenzy can turn off opposing player's tough against other blue shell decks, Ratbat can mess up extra draws, and Rumble can push damage through and perhaps deal with some nasty upgrades in the right circumstances. One argument to playing Autobot mini-cassettes, despite having less options, is being able to use Daring Counterattack, you won't get the pierce 6 whilst playing only mini-cassettes, but that attack boost can get really big in the late game, though they more lend themselves to an orange build that doesn't really value Inner Grove as much as a blue deck does, so I opted for the decepticon blue shell.

As far as battle card choice, we've got Inner Grove as well as Obstructive Rhythm to take advantage of having a full team of mini-cassettes. Obstructive Rhythm is particularly good in the early game, being the most efficient tough armor in the game whilst you have all of your characters around, and still pretty good even late game when there's two of them, it's equivalent to Reinforced Plating and Sparring Gear. The Bigger They Are, Scoundrel's Blaster and Laser Cutlass are nice ways to push damage through using the small star cost of these characters, and Frag Toss and Backfire are really nice direct damage options for a decepticon deck. One of the really fun cards in my opinion is Inferno Breath, being able to tap one of your mini-cassettes that you weren't able to flip before they attack to shoot someone for 3 is really nice in the right circumstances. Otherwise, pretty typical blue shell, double blues, drill arms to get rid of annoying armors and perhaps draw some cards, nice fodder for Buzzsaw to play and move around, Handheld Blaster and Lie In Wait to tank a little more than these guys probably should, some removal in Smelt and Vaporize, though if you get enough flips in Rumble can provide even more removal when necessary, Inspiring Leadership allows you to get rid of double blues and hopefully draw into more helpful cards. Some additions that could be helpful would be Rapid Conversion to flip all of your guys to bot mode before they need to attack, perhaps running blue/black cards to help get pierce damage through against more tanky decks, or weapons and actions more focused on attack than pierce to work better against more aggressive decks.

I think the main strategy for this deck is to flip each of your characters and swing with them when able, early Buzzsaw and Ravage attacks can be particularly annoying for blue decks. Ratbat and Frenzy are likely more situational, only doing well in particular matchups against high draw or high tough decks. Rumble seems best against aggro decks, swinging for 6 in bot by scrapping a card isn't much effort, and is more effective against lower defence characters than the pierce granted by Ravage and Buzzsaw's weapon plays. His alt flip is also more helpful against decks whose upgrades are few and rarely stick around. Against most teams, you won't be able to flip all of your characters to bot mode before they attack, much less get them back down again, so Inferno Breath and Ratbat's alt mode ability can be really good uses of them instead of swinging for 0. Also, keep in mind the stealth on their alt modes, if one of your characters is really important against your opponent, perhaps leaving them in alt mode until after the first untap can be helpful to protect them from incoming attacks. However, if you go second, all of your characters have stealth, so unfortunately, none of them will, so keep that in mind when choosing who gets to play first."

Soundwave -ATP

Deck Traits: Decepticon

40🂠 30★ in deck and 4🂠 0★ in sideboard Added by Epik Modified on May 29, '22

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Characters

Soundwave 10★

Communications

Frenzy 5★

Warrior

Ravage 5★

Saboteur

Decepticon Wingthing 5★

Loyal, Lethal Cohort

Stratagems

Villainous Spotlight 1★

Decepticons

Materiel War 1★

Decepticons

Sideboard

Beastbox 5★

Savage Interrogator

2 Energon Mace
2 Die Autobots!

Actions

Regular Actions

2 Backup Plan
2 Battle Ready
1 Brainstorm
1 I Still Function!
1 Leap Into Battle
1 Bad Attitude
2 Swindled
2 Recover Cassette
2 Showing Off
1 Assuming Control

Secret Actions

1 Bolster
1 Infiltrate
2 Backfire
1 Bend to My Will

Upgrades

Weapons

2 Handheld Blaster
3 Mounted Missiles 1★
2 Anticipation Engine
2 HV Electron Breacher
1 Tsunami Blaster

Armor

3 Obstructive Rhythm
2 Hazardous Shield
2 Terrifying Resilience

Utilities

1 Decepticon Crown
2 Inner Groove

Deck Stats

20 action cards
  15 regular action cards
  5 secret action cards
  0 rolling action cards
20 upgrade cards
  10 weapon cards
  7 armor cards
  3 utility cards

Battle Icons in Deck

15 icons on 12 cards (30%)

11 icons on 9 cards (23%)

10 icons on 10 cards (25%)

2 icons on 2 cards (5%)

7 icons on 7 cards (18%)

4 icons on 4 cards (10%)

Battle Simulator

Set Tough/Bold:

Likelihood of Flipping

+2 Bonus Flip: 44%

Decepticon Crown: 6%

Tsunami Blaster: 7%

Sets Used In Deck

Wave 1: 9 cards

Wave 2: 7 cards

Wave 3: 6 cards

Wave 3A: 10 cards

Wave 4: 8 cards

Wave 5: 3 cards

Wave 6: 1 cards

Wave 7: 2 cards

Wave 8: 2 cards

Wave 9: 2 cards

Outlier 1: 1 cards

Soundwave

Deck Traits: Decepticon

40🂠 18★ in deck and 4🂠 0★ in sideboard Added by Epik Modified on May 27, '22

Sort by wave

Characters

Raider Laserbeak 5★

Espionage • Interrogation

Soundwave 10★

Communications

UNSUPPORTED CARD 0★

Stratagems

Villainous Spotlight 1★

Decepticons

Sideboard

2 Energon Mace
2 Die Autobots!

Out of Game

Ravage 5★

Saboteur

Beastbox 5★

Savage Interrogator

Actions

Regular Actions

1 Backup Plan
2 Battle Ready
2 Brainstorm
1 Bad Attitude
2 Swindled
2 Recover Cassette
1 4-Wheel Drive
2 Assuming Control

Secret Actions

1 Bolster
2 Backfire
1 Bend to My Will

Upgrades

Weapons

2 Handheld Blaster
2 Mounted Missiles 1★
2 Anticipation Engine
3 Tsunami Blaster

Armor

3 Obstructive Rhythm
2 Hazardous Shield

Utilities

2 Decepticon Crown
2 Inner Groove

Deck Stats

17 action cards
  13 regular action cards
  4 secret action cards
  0 rolling action cards
18 upgrade cards
  9 weapon cards
  5 armor cards
  4 utility cards

Battle Icons in Deck

15 icons on 13 cards (33%)

12 icons on 10 cards (25%)

12 icons on 12 cards (30%)

7 icons on 7 cards (18%)

5 icons on 5 cards (13%)

1 icons on 1 cards (3%)

Battle Simulator

Set Tough/Bold:

Likelihood of Flipping

+2 Bonus Flip: 52%

Decepticon Crown: 15%

Tsunami Blaster: 22%

UNSUPPORTED CARD: 15%

Sets Used In Deck

Wave 1: 7 cards

Wave 2: 7 cards

Wave 3: 4 cards

Wave 3A: 9 cards

Wave 4: 5 cards

Wave 5: 3 cards

Wave 6: 2 cards

Wave 7: 2 cards

Wave 9: 4 cards

ATP-2: 1 cards

ATP-3: 1 cards

ATP-5: 4 cards

Outlier 1: 1 cards

Face The Music

Deck Traits: Autobot

40🂠 25★ in deck and 0🂠 0★ in sideboard Added by g3holliday Modified on May 12, '22

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Characters

Eject 5★

Electronic Surveillance

Steeljaw 5★

Tracker

Buzzsaw 5★

Spy

Frenzy 5★

Warrior

Ravage 5★

Saboteur

Sideboard

Raider Ravage 5★

Espionage • Saboteur

Actions

Regular Actions

3 Incoming Transmission
2 Inspiring Leadership
2 New Designs
2 Plasma Burst
2 Ready For Action
2 Repair Bay
2 Zap
3 Calculated Strike
3 Pep Talk
3 Steady Shot
3 Buzzsaw, Ravage, Frenzy Attack!

Upgrades

Weapons

3 Handheld Blaster

Armor

3 Obstructive Rhythm

Utilities

2 Data Pad
2 Debilitating Crystal
3 Inner Groove

Deck Stats

27 action cards
  27 regular action cards
  0 secret action cards
  0 rolling action cards
13 upgrade cards
  3 weapon cards
  3 armor cards
  7 utility cards

Battle Icons in Deck

9 icons on 9 cards (23%)

14 icons on 11 cards (28%)

10 icons on 10 cards (25%)

0 icons on 0 cards (0%)

9 icons on 9 cards (23%)

4 icons on 4 cards (10%)

Battle Simulator

Set Tough/Bold:

Likelihood of Flipping

+2 Bonus Flip: 45%

Sets Used In Deck

Wave 1: 19 cards

Wave 2: 3 cards

Wave 3: 10 cards

Wave 3A: 14 cards

Eject! Eject! Eject!

Deck Traits: Decepticon

40🂠 25★ in deck and 14🂠 0★ in sideboard Added by Botch the Crab Modified on Jan 9, '21

Sort by wave

Characters

Buzzsaw 5★

Spy

Frenzy 5★

Warrior

Ravage 5★

Saboteur

Ratbat 5★

Calculating Scout

Rumble 5★

Demolition Expert

Sideboard

Beastbox 5★

Savage Interrogator

3 Body Armor
3 Evasive Maneuvers
1 Hidden Fortification
1 Stable Cover
3 Lose the Initiative
3 Cloud Cover

Actions

Regular Actions

3 Leap Into Battle
2 Roll Out!
3 The Bigger They Are
3 Steady Shot
3 Buzzsaw, Ravage, Frenzy Attack!
3 War of Attrition
2 Hit and Run
3 Scouting Mission

Upgrades

Weapons

3 Drill Arms
2 Scoundrel's Blaster
3 Fusion Borer

Armor

3 Force Field
1 Bashing Shield
3 Obstructive Rhythm

Utilities

3 Inner Groove

Deck Stats

22 action cards
  22 regular action cards
  0 secret action cards
  0 rolling action cards
18 upgrade cards
  8 weapon cards
  7 armor cards
  3 utility cards

Battle Icons in Deck

3 icons on 3 cards (8%)

22 icons on 22 cards (55%)

11 icons on 11 cards (28%)

6 icons on 6 cards (15%)

14 icons on 14 cards (35%)

0 icons on 0 cards (0%)

Battle Simulator

Set Tough/Bold:

Likelihood of Flipping

+2 Bonus Flip: 48%

Bashing Shield: 7%

Scoundrel's Blaster: 15%

War of Attrition: 23%

Sets Used In Deck

Wave 1: 17 cards

Wave 2: 6 cards

Wave 3: 3 cards

Wave 3A: 12 cards

Wave 4: 5 cards

Wave 5: 11 cards

Wave 9: 6 cards

[Preconstructed] Blaster Set

Deck Traits: Autobot

40🂠 28★ in deck and 0🂠 0★ in sideboard Added by Teletraan I Modified on Oct 5, '20

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Characters

Blaster 10★

Communications

Eject 5★

Electronic Surveillance

Ramhorn 5★

Warrior

Steeljaw 5★

Tracker

Sideboard

None

Actions

Regular Actions

2 Incoming Transmission
2 Zap
3 Escape Route
3 Pep Talk
3 Vaporize
3 Interpret The Airwaves 1★
3 Recover Cassette
3 Daring Escape

Upgrades

Weapons

2 Flamethrower
2 Grenade Launcher
3 Backup Beam
3 Handheld Blaster

Armor

3 Force Field
3 Obstructive Rhythm

Utilities

2 Basic Combat Protocol

Deck Stats

22 action cards
  22 regular action cards
  0 secret action cards
  0 rolling action cards
18 upgrade cards
  10 weapon cards
  6 armor cards
  2 utility cards

Battle Icons in Deck

16 icons on 13 cards (33%)

21 icons on 18 cards (45%)

9 icons on 9 cards (23%)

0 icons on 0 cards (0%)

Battle Simulator

Set Tough/Bold:

11%

Likelihood of Flipping

+2 Bonus Flip: 39%

Backup Beam: 21%

Escape Route: 20%

Daring Escape: 22%

Sets Used In Deck

Wave 1: 8 cards

Wave 2: 15 cards

Wave 3: 5 cards

Wave 3A: 13 cards

Wave 4: 3 cards