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Shadowverse Next Announcement

The new class that is being announced, Portalcraft looks interesting. Featuring deck manipulation, resonance and 1 cost 2/1 followers, it may be the new meta class in December.

But what you should be more concerned about, is the new ranked game mode that will be released, rotation. Rotation will only allow the last 5 card sets and basic cards to be played.

This is a huge news, and what's more surprising is Cygames will be supporting both Unlimited and Rotation format in official competitions. To put this into perspective, Blizzard was not able to do this, as they had abandoned the 'wild' format from tournaments.

This new game mode will mean the end for many decks, and the beginning of something fresh, and without more information, it's close to impossible to tell which class will come out on top.

First, let's take a look at what commonly used cards will not be used in Rotation.

Neutral	Forest	Sword	Rune
Prince of Darkness	Ancient elf	Alexander	Merlin
Odin	Rhinoceroach	White Paladin	Timeworn Mage Levi
Urd	Elf GIrl Liza	Alwida's Command	Calamitous Curse
Lucifer	Silver Bolt	Frontguard General	Dimensional Shift
Angelic Snipe	Elven Princess Mage	Leonidas	Sorcery Cache
Unica	Elf Child May	Princess Vanguard	Petrification
Dance of Death	Nature's Guidance	Whole Souled Swing	Kaleidoscopic Glow
	Fairy Circle	Vanguard	Fate's hand
	Pixie Mischief	Palance Fencer	Red-Hot Ritual
		Centaur Vanguard
		Veteran Lancer
		Novice Trooper

 

Dragon	Shadow	Blood	Haven
Dark Dragoon Forte	Cerberus	Vania, Vampire Princess	Enstatued Seraph
Polyphonic Roar	Lord Atomy	Demon Commander Laura	Elana's Prayer
Genesis Dragon	Foul Tempest	Righteous Devil	Winged Sentinel Garuda
Ivory Dragon	Phantom Howl	Revelation	Themis's Decree
Aiela, Dragon Knight	Deathly Tyrant	Temptress Vampire	Beastcall Aria
	Death's Breath	Diabolic Drain	Temple Defender
	Mordecai the Duelist	Night Horde	Cleric Lancer
	Bone Chimera	Azazel	Radiance Angel
	Skull Beast	Alucard	Pinion Prayer
	Soul Conversion	Ambling Wraith	Sacred Plea
	Spartoi Soldier	Blood Wolf	Mainyu
	Deathbrand	Summon Bloodkin	Heavenly Hound
		Vampiric Kiss	Sister Initiate
		Succubus	Divine Birdsong

One look, and you'll notice many amazing decks will no longer be usable as their key cards are gone.

D-shift and Rhinoceroach will no longer be used. Storm and aggro is gone. Control takes a hit with the lost of Themis, Revelation, Drain and Frontguard general. What's most interesting is the lost of Odin and all the cards that Odin counters, which include Seraph, Leonidas, Mordecai and Polyphonic Roar.

In short, in one fell sweep, Cygames has removed all classes of their current meta identity. Players will have to adapt, if they wish to play in this new rotation format.

Only two playstyles remain after this move. From the last four sets, we can see that Burn Rune and Ramp Dragon will still be usable.

Burn rune has magician to apply pressure, and gingerbread house to replace Red-hot. Concentration can replace Fate's hand, and burn rune never relied on spell boost in the first place.

Ramp dragon still has the neutral package with Sahaquiel, Israfil, Zeus and Bahamut. Though Siegfried and Wild hunt can no longer be used, Dragon warrior and Rahab can make up for the slack.

It is an interesting time for sure, and we'll have to wait until December to see how Shadowverse implements their 7th card set, and to see if the current classes gain new identities, or if the new cards will replace the old