Action Master is a new character trait introduced in Wave BFA World|Strike. Most Action Masters cannot transform. Most begin in bot mode.
Allicon is a new character trait introduced in Wave BFA World|Strike.
Characters like Optimus Prime, Dark Awakening belong to multiple factions at once - Autobot and Quintesson. Characters with multiple factions will not allow for card effects that require only one faction to be on your starting team to be used. However, characters with more than one faction may qualify to use certain upgrades that require one of those factions.
For example, if Optimus Prime, Dark Awakening (Autobot/Quintesson) is on your starting team, you cannot use Heroic Spotlight to include 2 ★ worth of blue cards in your deck.
For battle cards like Confidence that requires your starting team to be only Autobots would not work in this example. You could draw 2 cards, then scrap 2 cards, but you would not get to play another action.
Additionally, both Armada, Herald of Shrouds (Decepticon/Unicronian) and Decepticon Exhaust (Decepticon/Mercenary) would be able to use a Scoundrels Blaster.
Judge is a new character trait introduced in Wave BFA World|Strike. Judges cannot transform. Judges begin the game in bot mode.
Sharkticon is a new character trait introduced in Wave BFA World|Strike.
Similar to Battle Master, Tentacle is a new Upgrade Trait introduced in Wave BFA World|Strike.
This errata was issued by the Aequitas rulings committee.
Unicron, Chaos Bringer is a character from the community-created Unicron Raid.
As of this (FAQ's) writing, the only characters in the abilities box that are relevant to play either with cards in the official game or cards created by Team Bayformers are the following:
Beasts (introduced in Wave 4)
Dinobots (Wave 1)
Firecons (Wave 3)
Trypticon (Wave 4)
This card will also allow you to play in multiples Weapons that can fit into a single Weapons slot, including Tentacle Upgrades and Multi-Missile Pod.
As of this (FAQ's) writing, the only characters in the abilities box that exist either in cards in the official game or cards created by Team Bayformers are the following:
Judges (introduced in Wave BFA)
Bombshell (Wave 1 and 2)
Mindwipe (Wave 5)
Soundwave (Wave 3 and Blaster vs. Soundwave)
Trypticon (Wave 4)
As of this (FAQ's) writing, the only Upgrades that can be returned from the scrap pile via CNA-Encoded Armory are the following:
Body Armor
Covert Armor
Polydermal Graft (Wave BFA)
Power Sword
As of this (FAQ's) writing, the only characters in the abilities box that exist either in cards in the official game or cards created by Team Bayformers are the following:
Motorcycles (introduced in Wave 1)
Blaster (Blaster vs. Soundwave)
Frenzy (Blaster vs. Soundwave)
Jazz (Wave 1)
Soundblaster (Wave 4)
Soundwave (Wave 3 and Blaster vs. Soundwave)
Using multiple Forked Tentacles does not allow you to select more than two separate choices from a list of abilities.
Play 3 Loading the Cannons in conjunction with Sergeant Kup, Veteran Sergeant and the Stratagem Death Crystal Cannon.
Shield Crash effectively swaps your chosen character’s Attack and Defense values at the moment of play. Events that modify those values after the moment of play (like flips) work as normal.
For the Decepticon chosen for Squid Pro Quo, the bonus attack can stack due to counters placed on that Decepticon from other cards that turn.
This is revealed whenever the opponent plays an Action that would reveal or trigger any Secret Action in play. For example, if you have a face-down Infiltrate and a face-down The Dweller Awakens and the opponent plays a Peace Through Tyranny, you would flip both since the Peace Through Tyranny triggers Infiltrate.
At reveal, Turnabout Snare effectively swaps the attacker’s Attack and Defense values. Events that modify those values after reveal (like flips) work as normal.
Press the Advantage is banned in many formats (including Bayformers-sponsored formats), but recent tournaments have shown its ability matches current card power levels post-Wave 5. United Against Tyranny is intended to be a PtA replacement that allows for PtA’s general card utility without PtA’s degenerate green battle icon.
We recommend that formats that have both unbanned Press the Advantage and support Team Bayformers cards also ban United Against Tyranny, as it is intended to be a replacement for PtA.
When Axor, Opportunistic Fencer’s ability is activated for your Mercenary, the Bounty activated still belongs to the Mercenary and not to Axor. For example, Axor cannot repair 3 of his damage due to activating Detritus’s Bounty, though Detritus should repair 3 damage on Detritus.
For his alt mode ability, the enemy is not required to take the damage in order to be flipped. For example, where the opponent’s Flamewar is Upgraded with a Holomatter Projector, it can still be flipped by your Gilthor, Chained Amalgamation when Gilthor is flipped to alt mode.
Its bot mode ability triggers KO effects normally, like Decepticon Quake’s.
Its bot mode ability triggers KO effects normally, like Decepticon Quake’s.
As of this (FAQ's) writing, these are all the Decepticons that can benefit from his abilities.
Arcana
Blackwing, Aerial Attacker
Bombshell, Insecticon Mind-Controller
Breakdown, Paranoid Scout
Brisko
Chasm
Deadlock, Bounty Hunter
Divebomb, Aerial Assault
Grax
Kreb
Mixmaster, Materials Fabrication
Monxo
Predacon Headstrong, Ground Assault
Raider Ion Storm, Infantry – Rainmaker
Raider Nightstick, Ground Force – Weapons
Raider Ravage, Espionage – Saboteur
Raider Runabout, Infantry – Soldier
Raider Runamuck, Infantry – Soldier
Ramjet, Sky Smasher
Ruckus, Combat Assault
Starscream, Decepticon Lieutenant
Thrust, Supersonic Interceptor
In bot mode, Optimus Prime, Dark Awakening gains the benefits of his faction Upgrade ability as long as the faction Upgrades on him aren’t Autobot or Quintesson.
As of this (FAQ's) writing, these are all the faction Upgrades that Optimus Prime, Dark Awakening can utilize to buff your team.
Autobot:
Any Autobot Upgrade, though Noble’s Blaster also has a
pip
Decepticon:
Electro-Optical Visor
Energon Mace
Fusion Cannon of Megatron
Hazardous Shield
Null-Ray of Starscream
Mercenary:
Black Mail (Wave BFA)
Dutch (Wave BFA)
Subcontractor Agreement (Wave BFA)
Valuable Contract
Quintesson:
Any valid Quintesson Upgrade
Tow-Line’s bot mode ability, when it qualifies on the battle flip, can return a face-up Secret Action or an Action you played during the turn in your hand after the battle.
Knowing the current amount of damage on Autobot Jazz, Special Ops is important to determine how much damage he takes when his alt mode ability triggers. For example, if he is at full health and an incoming attack triggers his alt mode ability, he first takes 1 point of damage, and then cannot take more than 1 damage for the attack. If he has 4 damage counters, first he takes 1 damage, and then cannot take more than 5 damage for the attack.
Your Orbital Command only grants the Guardian trait to the combined Captain Omega Supreme, Transport • City Defender, and not to each of his three individual components.
Your Judge must currently be on the battlefield (and not only in your KO area) in order to use Pit of Judgement to return KO’d Sharkticons to the battlefield. If you use I Still Function! or a similar effect to return a KO’d Judge to the battlefield, you may use Pit of Judgement to return a KO’d Sharkticon to the battlefield while the Judge is still on the battlefield. There are currently no methods to add swarm counters to Pit of Judgement beyond the initial starting team composition.
You are required to have a single Mercenary amongst the members of your starting team. The Mercenary can be a dual-faction Mercenary, like Decepticon Exhaust.
The stat bonuses on Thermal Reciprocation affect all stat boxes in each mode of Autobot Powerglide, Haughty Show-Off. Therefore, with this Stratagem in play, Powerglide in alt mode has 3 Attack and 10 Health, Powerglide in bot mode has 4 Attack and 10 Health, and the S2 Thermal Reciprocator grants +3 Attack to an upgraded character.
Unlike when playing Recon System, when playing this Stratagem and attacking with your Combaticons, you do not flip an additional card after scrapping the first black pip card you flip. This is a designed drawback of playing this Stratagem.
The stat bonuses on This Gun for Hire affect all stat boxes in each mode of Shockblast, Galactic Man. Therefore, with this Stratagem in play, Shockblast in alt mode has 4 Attack and 9 Health, Shockblast in bot mode has 3 Attack and 9 Health, and the Astro Magnum grants +3 Attack to an upgraded character.
If your opponent attacks one of your characters when all of your characters are untapped and you tap your Raider Ravage, Espionage · Saboteur to boost their defense, Raider Ravage does not become the sole valid target for the opponent’s attack due to its tapping, as it is being tapped after the opponent has chosen a defender. See the Official Expanded Rules for further questions on the relevant attack timing.
This Stratagem primarily exists as a teaser for future new mechanics. The Vehicle descriptor does not currently grant any additional abilities beyond what is stated in the reminder text. When this is flipped, return a Sidecar Artillery from your scrap pile to your hand. This can only happen once per game.
