Episode 8: The King of Knights Enters The Fray!

The King of Knights Enters The Fray!
OCG Name:	騎士王、出陣！
Aired Date	February 25th, 2011
Previous Episode:	The Fearsome Soulblast!
Next Episode:	The Shop Tournament Begins!

The King of Knights Enters The Fray! (騎士王、出陣！) is the 8th episode of Cardfight!! Vanguard: Season 1 in the Cardfight!! Vanguard Anime.

Summary

The Card Capital Shop Tournament begins soon, but Aichi is hesitant to play in it, even after making a new deck. However, when he learns that Kai will be in the tournament, Aichi decides to enter as well. But when he submits his entry application form, another Vanguard player, Osamu Kishida, places his application at nearly the same time as Aichi. Both of them want to enter, but there is only one open spot left in the tournament. To resolve this issue, Shin recommends to have Aichi and Osamu play against each other to see who gets the last entry spot. Using his Megacolony units' effects, Osamu restricts Aichi's units from standing while scoffing at him for calling so many weak units. However, Aichi uses his new card King of Knights, Alfred, whose power is increased by the number of other Royal Paladins in play. With Alfred, Aichi defeats Osamu and is therefore officially in the tournament.

Characters introduced

• Osamu Kishida

Featuring battles

Aichi Sendou vs. Osamu Kishida

Both players reveals their units. Aichi's unit is a Barcgal (Grade 0/No Trigger/4000 power) and Osamu's unit is Madame Mirage (Grade 0/No Trigger/6000 power).

Turn 1: Aichi (Aichi damage: 0, Osamu damage: 0)

Aichi draws a card. He rides Wingal (Grade 1/6000 power). He uses Barcgal skill and moves it to a rear-guard circle. Aichi rest Barcgal and activates his effect, Superior Calling Flogal (Grade 0/5000 power). Aichi ends his turn.

Aichi's Field:

[Nothing][Wingal][Nothing]

[Barcgal][Flogal][Nothing]

Osamu's Field:

[Nothing][Madame Mirage][Nothing]

[Nothing][Nothing][Nothing]

Turn 2: Osamu (Aichi damage: 0, Osamu damage: 0)

Osamu draws a card. He rides Phantom Black (Grade 1/8000 power). He calls Embodiment of Armor, Bahr (Grade 1/8000 power). Osamu attacks Wingal (6000 power) with Bahr (8000 power). Aichi Damage Checks reveals Flash Shield, Iseult (Grade 1/No Trigger). Aichi damage becomes 1. Osamu attacks Wingal (6000 power) with Phantom Black (8000 power). Osamu Drive Checks reveals Bloody Hercules (Grade 2/No Trigger). Aichi Damage Checks reveals Solitary Knight, Gancelot (Grade 3/No Trigger). Aichi damage becomes 2. Osamu ends his turn.

Osamu's Field:

[Embodiment of Armor, Bahr][Phantom Black][Nothing]

[Nothing][Nothing][Nothing]

Aichi's Field:

[Nothing][Wingal][Nothing]

[Barcgal][Flogal][Nothing]

Turn 3: Aichi Sendou (Aichi damage: 2, Osamu damage: 0)

Aichi stands his units and draws a card. He rides Blaster Blade (Grade 2/9000 power). Aichi calls Knight of Silence, Gallatin (Grade 2/10000 power) and Little Sage, Marron (Grade 1/8000 power). Aichi boosts Gallatin with Barcgal (total power: 14000 power) and attacks Phantom Black (8000 power). Osamu Damage Checks reveals Dragon Knight, Nehalem (Grade 2/No Trigger). Osamu damage becomes 1. Aichi supports Blaster Blade with Flogal (total power: 14000 power) and attacks Phantom Black (8000 power). Aichi Drive Checks reveals Little Sage, Marron (Grade 1/No Trigger). Osamu Damage Checks reveals Embodiment of Armor, Bahr (Grade 1/No Trigger). Osamu damage becomes 2. Aichi attacks Phantom Black (8000 power) with Marron (8000 power). Osamu guards with Lizard Soldier, Ganlu (Grade 0/10000 shield) (Total Shield: 18000 power). Aichi ends his turn.

Aichi's Field:

[Knight of Silence, Gallatin][Blaster Blade][Little Sage, Marron]

[Barcgal][Flogal][Nothing]

Osamu's Field:

[Embodiment of Armor, Bahr][Phantom Black][Nothing]

[Nothing][Nothing][Nothing]

Turn 4: Osamu (Aichi damage: 2, Osamu damage: 2)

Osamu stands his units and draws a card. He rides Bloody Hercules (Grade 2/10000 power). He calls another Bloody Hercules (Grade 2/10000 power). He moves Bahr and calls Karma Queen (Grade 1/7000 power). He activates Karma Queen's skill by Counter Blast (2), putting Gallatin to rest the next turn. Osamu attacks Blaster Blade (9000 power) with his rear-guard Bloody Hercules (10000 power). Aichi guards with Marron (total shield: 14000). Osamu attacks Blaster Blade (9000 power) with Vanguard Bloody Hercules (10000 power). Osamu Drive Check reveals Phantom Black (Grade 1/No Trigger). Aichi Damage Checks reveals  Knight of Rose, Morgana (Grade 1/No Trigger). Aichi damage becomes 3. Osamu boosts Karma Queen (7000 power) with Bahr (8000 power) (total power: 15000 power) and attacks Blaster Blade (9000 power). Aichi Damage Checks reveals Great Sage, Barron (Grade 2/No Trigger). Aichi damage becomes 4. Osamu ends his turn.

Osamu's Field:

[Karma Queen][Bloody Hercules][Bloody Hercules]

[Embodiment of Armor, Bahr][Nothing][Nothing]

Aichi's Field:

[*Knight of Silence, Gallatin*][Blaster Blade][Little Sage, Marron]

[Barcgal][Flogal][Nothing]

Note: * means cannot stand at next turn

Turn 5: Aichi Sendou (Aichi damage: 4, Osamu damage: 2 face-down)

Aichi stands all his units, except Gallatin, and draws a card. He rides King of Knights, Alfred (Grade 3/10000 power). He moves Marron, then calls Solitary Knight, Gancelot (Grade 3/9000 power). Aichi attacks Bloody Hercules (10000 power) with Alfred (10000 power). With Alfred effect, in exchange for not being supported, he gains + 2000 power for each <Royal Paladin> rear-guard on the field (total power: 20000 power). Aichi Twin Drive Checks reveals Wingal (Grade 1/No Trigger) and Future Knight, Llew (Grade 0/Critical Trigger). He adds the critical to Alfred (total power: 20000 power/2 critical) and the power to Gancelot (total power: 14000 power). Osamu Damage checks reveals Lady Bomb (Grade 2/No Trigger) and Demonic Dragon Mage, Rakshasa (Grade 0/Critical Trigger). He adds the power to Bloody Hercules (total power: 15000 power). Osamu damage becomes 4. Aichi boosts Gencelot with Marron (total power: 22000 power) and attacks Bloody Hercules (15000 power). Osamu guards with Rakshasa (total shield: 25000 power). Aichi ends his turn.

Aichi's Field:

[*Knight of Silence, Gallatin*][King of Knights, Alfred][Solitary Knight, Gancelot]

[Barcgal][Flogal][Little Sage, Marron]

Osamu's Field:

[Karma Queen][Bloody Hercules][Bloody Hercules]

[Embodiment of Armor, Bahr][Nothing][Nothing]

Turn 6: Osamu (Aichi damage: 4, Osamu damage: 4)

Osamu stands his units and draws a card. He rides Hell Spider (Grade 3/10000 power). He activates Hell Spider's skills by Counterblast (2), putting Gallatin to rest next turn. Osamu calls 2 Phantom Black (Grade 1/8000 power). Osamu boosts Bloody Hercules (10000 power) with Phantom Black (8000 power) (total power: 18000 power) and attacks Alfred (10000 power). Aichi guards with Future Knight, Llew (total shield: 20000). Osamu boosts Hell Spider (10000 power) with Phantom Black (8000 power) (total power: 18000 power) and attacks Alfred (10000 power). Aichi guards Flash Shield, Iseult (Grade 1/0 shield) by discard one <Royal Paladin> card from his hand and make the attack nullified. Osamu Twin Drive Checks reveals Hell Spider (Grade 3/No Trigger) and Flame of Hope, Aermo (Grade 1/No Trigger). Osamu boosts Karma Queen (7000 power) with Bahr (8000 power) (total power: 15000 power) and attacks Alfred (10000 power). Aichi guards with Yggdrasil Maiden, Elaine (total shield: 20000 shield). Osamu ends his turn

Field:

[Karma Queen][Hell Spider][Bloody Hercules]

[Embodiment of Armor, Bahr][Phantom Black][Phantom Black]

Aichi's Field:

[*Knight of Silence, Gallatin*][King of Knights, Alfred][Solitary Knight, Gancelot]

[Barcgal][Flogal][Little Sage, Marron]

Turn 7: Aichi Sendou (Aichi damage: 4, Osamu damage: 4)

Aichi stands his units, except Gallatin, and draws a card. He calls Wingal (Grade 1/6000 power). Aichi boosts Gancelot (9000 power) with Marron (8000 power) (total power: 17000 power) and attacks Hell Spider (10000 power). Osamu guards with Aermo (Grade 1/5000 shield) and intercepts with Bloody Hercules (Grade 2/5000 shield) (total shield: 20000 power). Aichi supports Wingal (6000 power) with Barcgal (4000 power) (total power:10000 power) and attacks Hell Spider (10000 power). Osamu Damage Checks reveals Master Fraude (Grade 3/No Trigger). Osamu damage becomes 5. Aichi attacks Hell Spider (10000 power) with Alfred (10000 power). Alfred skill activates, and he gains + 2000 power for each <Royal Paladin> rear-guard (total power: 20000 power). Osamu damage becomes 6.

Aichi wins the fight.

Field:

[Wingal][King of Knights, Alfred][Solitary Knight, Gancelot]

[Barcgal][Flogal][Little Sage, Marron]

Key Cards

• Karma Queen
• Hell Spider
• King of Knights, Alfred

Trivia

• The clan: Megacolony debuts.
• Although Hell Spider did made an appearance in an earlier episode, it wasn't until in this episode that had an appearance on the battlefield along with it's effect.
• This episode also shows a concept of a mixed deck in which a player may combined two different clans into a deck in order to benefit each other.

Video

Episode 8 Official Cardfight!! Vanguard 1st Season

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