My Top 5 Wasted Art Cards

Vanguard is a game notorious for its art. Plenty of people jumped ship from other games to play Cardfight strictly for the art. However, as any player knows, there are far more useless cards than there are usable ones, and plenty of card art has gone to waste over the years. We've all had those moments where you saw a card revealed and just couldn't wait to see what it did, simply because you thought it looked so cool you would play it no matter what. Most of the time, you're met with disappointment when you find out its a Grade 3 12k attacker, or some garbage Grade 2 unit. This is my list of the Top 5 Wasted Card Arts in the game. Do note that this is strictly my opinion, and I'm not trying to tell people "these are the best arts in the game," I simply thought this would be something interesting to get people thinking about. Also note that these aren't in any particular order.

Revenger, Desperate Dragon

The art on this guy is simply amazing. He's realistic, he's got a horn, and he's got chains. What more can you want? Dark, gloomy looking art captures the essence of Shadow Paladin perfectly, and anyone starting down something like this would be sure to quake in their boots. But his skill? Nearly unplayable garbage. He has a 1-for-1 skill that doesn't really help out with anything other than his Limit Break, which doesn't give you much bang for your buck at all. He costs 1 counterblast, and in Revengers that's a tall order for something that doesn't plus you directly. Even at that, he only gains 5,000 Power and a critical, and crit-gaining Limit Breaks have always been terrible. Limit Break unlockers remedy that curse a bit, but there are plenty of better decks to use them with.

Perdition Dragon, Heat Wing Dragon

There isn't much to say about this guy that doesn't speak for itself. His art is simply amazing; Realistic, imposing, fiery, everything a Kagero card could want in art. He's large and badass enough to be a boss unit in just about any Kagero deck, but I guess since he doesn't look like Overlord, he doesn't qualify for boss status. He'll never see play in any Kagero deck, but he'll definitely see play in my heart,

Satellitefall Dragon

Gold Paladins just don't have a good track record when his comes to dragons. For every Spectral Duke and Prominence Glare, they have a Chromejailer and a Spearcross. For me, Satellitefall Dragon was the biggest tragedy. He's large, has a nifty Gold/Red color scheme, wears lion armor, has four swords at the ready, and is holding a meteor. A freaking meteor. And yet, his skill is garbage. Even for his time, it was unusable. His art is perfect for some type of finisher or boss unit! I mean, it just looks like a card that would gain a critical. But alas, Bushi is not a generous god.

Ravenous Dragon, Gigarex

Obviously Tachikaze was going to make its way onto this list somewhere. Gigarex had the most potential of any unrevealed card we've had: It was RRR, so it was supposed to be some kind of boss unit deserving of its rarity. Even his art was godly. This thing is a giant, golden dinosaur with spikes going everywhere. Its bearing its teeth, roaring, and its crouched, ready to pounce for the kill. But then we got his skill, which was unplayable garbage. The only RRR Tachikaze has ever gotten, and this is it? I expected so much more, Bushiroad.

God-Eating Zombie Shark

This is a zombie shark, coming out of another zombie shark, coming out of another zombie shark. That apparently eats gods. Is there a more badass unit in the game? The answer is no. But just about every other card in the game has a better skill. It is truly a tragedy that this thing hasn't gotten a retrain, and that it can't be put into any deck. When Granblue finally gets more support, this thing needs to come back as a stride. Make it happen, Bushiroad. I just can't even write a paragraph complaining about how bad this skill is in relation to its art and name, because there are no words that can come close to describing how disappointing it is as well as looking at the card then reading the skill can.