News: Multicolor Sword of Light Deck Places First in Akihabara Shop Tourney

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July 1st, 2015. The second month of Fire Emblem Cipher shop tournaments is opening with another multicolor deck taking first place, the second after last month's Inigo harem. Piloted by Sword of Light player Lyndis, the deck capitalizes on Cordelia's Galeforce ability to execute additional attacks in the endgame, and supports its heavy bond costs with the Manakete Princess Tiki line to accelerate the bond area with additional bonds, making it easier to promote Cordelia and Caeda. The 16-person Double Elimination tournament was held at the Akihabara branch of Card Kingdom. Lyndis' complete decklist is given below.

Unlike other decks that run the cost 1 Tiki for her support check skill, Lyndis primarily relied on the cost 2 Sentimental Divine Dragon promotional card. Once per turn, Tiki's Voice of Naga ability can place a card directly from hand to the bond zone by reversing 2 existing bonds, bypassing the normal once-per-turn restriction on putting bonds into play. By using this ability it ensures that there will be at least four bonds in play at the beginning of the next deployment phase, as Tiki requires 2 bonds to play on her own. This allows her to level up into the cost 5 Manakete Princess as early as the fourth turn of the game instead of the fifth, in doing so becoming able to use Manakete Princess' skill to add her support check directly to the bond zone. Because this particular Tiki is blue and associated with the Awakening symbol, playing her with Manakete Princess is only possible through running a multicolor deck, giving the mixed option a leg up over pure Sword of Light decks that choose to run the cost 1 Tiki.

Fire Emblem Cipher's tournament scene is growing rapidly. At the time of this writing there are 626 shop tournaments scheduled for the month of July, taking place in 35 of Japan's 47 prefectures. More than a hundred tournaments have been scheduled in the last sixteen days, by over twenty card shops.

First place: Lyndis/リンディス
Cost 5: 3
x1 Hero to His Country, Marth
x2 Manakete Princess, Tiki
Cost 4: 7
x4 Lodestar, Marth
x3 Angelic Advocate of Affection, Caeda
Cost 3: 12
x4 Pegasus Knight Paragon, Cordelia
x3 Archanean League Bowman, Gordin
x4 Gentle Flower of the Shepherds, Sumia
x1 Aura's Heiress, Linde
Cost 2: 9
x4 Sentimental Divine Dragon, Tiki
x2 Princess of Altea, Elice
x3 Wellspring of Youth, Nowi
Cost 1: 19
x1 Crown-Prince of Altea, Marth (Main Character)
x4 Young Prodigy, Cordelia
x4 Maiden of Flower Fortunes, Sumia
x2 Ascetic Saint, Lena
x4 Crown-Princess of Talys, Caeda
x4 Liberation Army Archer, Gordin