CH.485 Figuring Birth Dates and Opening Packs

CH.485 Figuring Birth Dates and Opening Packs

With the year’s end coming closer and closer, I wanted to make sure I didn’t have another forgotten Christmas situation, so I wanted to hear what the birthdays of all of my fiancés

are. I never asked for them, and most birthdays aren’t celebrated here.

Yes, I know that is ironic, considering the first big party I was at was a birthday party. But that was for a high ranked noble and it was his sixtieth. Normal people don’t celebrate birthdays, and even nobles only really celebrate the tens.

As well as the thirteenth, because after that the child can enter the Royal academy. And if they aren’t planning on that, the ‘coming of age’ party at fifteen.

So I guess I can run over all of our birthdays real quick. Mine is in January, and luckily it fits in the 28 day month, so I won’t have to change it.

Alice’s is on the eighth of the second month, soon after mine. Alice’s birthday is the US airing date of Yugioh Episode 62, the first episode Dark Magician Girl appeared in. Just felt like it fit her.

So we haven’t managed to skip either of them. But then there are the three more problematic harem members.

First of all, Janina doesn’t even remember when she was born, she isn’t even exactly sure how old she is. But she was born way before the modern calendar was invented, so it is literally impossible to tell her birthday.

Second, Cailie. She lived with a tribe that doesn’t use the calendar system the locals use. They don’t count the days the same, so she doesn’t have a dedicated birthday. It is sometime in the summer from what she remembers, but the Nixie clan celebrates everyones birthdays during the new years celebration.

Thankfully, because of System Supports, we were able to learn Cailie’s true birthday, because even if the mer-folk never recorded it, the System knows it. And while usually we couldn’t get that info, Cailie was able to ask Naidalie, her System Support, for her real birthday. She was born on the thirteenth of the seventh month.

Third, Lua. She knew her birthday, because her village did have contact with the outside world, in the way of the adventurers bringing blood to the village, so her birthday was recorded. She just didn’t at first want to tell us the date, but with some minor pressure, she told us it is the twenty fourth of the fourth month.

Which now that I know it and can compare it to what has happened, is the exact same day as the day Lua asked me to marry her. The day I had my talk with Laura and accepted some things. ... yeah. It was a day.

Did Lua confess to me because it was her birthday? Did she feel it was appropriate to ask that on her birthday? That it would give her extra luck? Well, it worked out in the end, so maybe it did.

So yeah. All we really needed to come up with was a birthday for Janina, and she had the perfect date in mind. The day Ra almost burned her to death. A ‘rebirth’ day of sorts. That was on the first of the thirteenth month, so that is now her birthday.

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And there was all the important stuff for this chapter, as with the rest, I just plan to open 30 packs. Because I can and because I want.

First 10 packs of , followed by 20 packs of .

So let’s get to it.

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ANPR 1

Infernity Beast; Darksea Float; Rekindling; Water Hazard; Ancient Leaf; White Potan; Depth Amulet; Koa'ki Meiru Boulder; Turbo Rocket

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Starting off bad with no new cards, but I guess that is to be expected.

Next pack.

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ANPR 2

Advance Draw; Iron Core Luster; Shiny Black "C"; At One With the Sword; Divine Dragon Aquabizarre; Cyborg Doctor; Core Blaster; Sunlight Unicorn; Fortune Lady Fire

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Second pack is better, because Fortune Lady Fire is new. I don’t know if I ever mentioned this, but I do like the Fortune Ladies. I like the idea of them growing stronger as the duel goes on. Sadly that means their attack gain effect isn’t that good, because modern duels always end before turn 5.

But I do like the idea, if just the game would be a bit slower.

Next pack.

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ANPR 3

Armored Axon Kicker; Brain Research Lab; Slip of Fortune; Hydro Pressure Cannon; Aegis of the Ocean Dragon Lord; Water Hazard; Imperial Custom; Beast Machine King Barbaros Ür; Falchion Beta

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Hydro Pressure Cannon is new, but not all that good. But I guess I could reverse engineer it to make a powerful water cannon.

Beast Machine King Barbaros Ür is a bit better. It has a really nice attack stat and a simple summoning condition, just a shame it can’t actually inflict any damage. ... though that might also be a good thing for practice.

Next pack.

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ANPR 4

Sunny Pixie; Blackwing - Mistral the Silver Shield; Pixie Ring; At One With the Sword; Silver Wing; Release Restraint Wave; Sunlight Unicorn; Gaap the Divine Soldier; Ancient Sacred Wyvern

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Ancient Sacred Wyvern is a bit situational, but nice. Because it gains, or more importantly loses, attack based on my opponents and my HP, it can either be really good, or a piece of garbage.

Though for someone like Janina, who has over 100,000 HP, Ancient Sacred Wyvern would be overpowered as anything. We will just have to find out if she can somehow emulate Card Summoner.

And if she can, she can then summon Ancient Sacred Wyvern, and then she can use her own skills to copy the powerboost Ancient Sacred Wyvern gets from its effect to get stupidly powerful.

... Yeah. She will break all sense of balance even worse than she already has. Let’s just move onto the next pack.

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ANPR 5

Cyborg Doctor; Armed Sea Hunter; Morphtronic Magnen Bar; Sunny Pixie; Core Blaster; Battle Teleportation; Fishborg Blaster; Aegis of the Ocean Dragon Lord; Kuribon

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Nothing new here, next.

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ANPR 6

Morphtronic Magnen Bar; Blackwing - Fane the Steel Chain; Flamvell Counter; Scary Moth; Rekindling; Imperial Custom; Armed Sea Hunter; Hydro Pressure Cannon; Pseudo Space

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Nothing new here, next.

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ANPR 7

Genetic Woman; Divine Dragon Aquabizarre; Darksea Float; Water Hazard; At One With the Sword; Scary Moth; XX-Saber Ragigura; Koa'ki Meiru Hydro Barrier; Turbo Rocket

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Nothing new here, next.

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ANPR 8

Flamvell Counter; Morphtronic Magnen Bar; Sunny Pixie; White Potan; A Major Upset; Release Restraint Wave; Brain Research Lab; Ancient Crimson Ape; Koa'ki Meiru Speeder

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Nothing new, next.

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Time Passage; Ground Spider; Savage Colosseum; Energy Bravery; Reptilianne Spawn; Roar of the Earthbound Immortal; Reptilianne Medusa; Solitaire Magician; Shine Palace

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Shine Palace is new. And a 700 attack boost is decent. But it kind of falls into the same category as Dark Rabbit where it should have come out ages ago. And it probably did in the OCG, but TCG was just taking its sweet time.

Next pack.

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SOVR 10

Faustian Bargain; Time Passage; Tuned Magician; Enlightenment; Infernity Necromancer; Synchro Barrier; Solitaire Magician; Majestic Dragon; Shine Palace

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That is all repeats, but I guess a second Majestic Dragon is fine to have.

This is also the halfway point, with Stardust Overdrive. Ten more packs to go.

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SOVR 11

Iron Core Armor; Appointer of the Red Lotus; Ritual Buster; Roar of the Earthbound Immortal; Reptilianne Gorgon; Oshaleon; Savage Colosseum; Dark Spider; Shine Palace

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Nothing new here, but Shine Palace clearly wants to shine, as it has been in all of the last three packs.

Next pack.

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SOVR 12

Insect Neglect; Reptilianne Scylla; Koa'ki Meiru Sea Panther; Energy Bravery; Spider Web; Solitaire Magician; Moray of Greed; Faustian Bargain; Inherited Fortune

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Inherited Fortune is new, but it is trash, so let’s just go to the next pack.

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SOVR 13

Gemini Spark; Wolf in Sheep's Clothing; Infernity Force; Oshaleon; Stygian Dirge; Regulus; Insect Neglect; Reptilianne Viper; Fortune Lady Wind

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Nothing new here, next.

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SOVR 14

Wolf in Sheep's Clothing; Reptilianne Viper; Level Eater; Limit Impulse; Insect Neglect; Herculean Power; Ground Spider; Zero Gardna; Metabo-Shark

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Metabo-Shark is new, and it is ... okay. Again, not amazing, but not terrible either.

Next pack.

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SOVR 15

Tuned Magician; Insect Neglect; Gemini Counter; Spiritual Forest; Spyder Spider; Swap Frog; Herculean Power; Dark Spider; Djinn Releaser of Rituals

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Swap Frog is new. And it isn’t that good. For me.

So next pack.

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SOVR 16

Moray of Greed; Enlightenment; Regulus; Infernity Force; Reptilianne Viper; Reptilianne Gorgon; Wolf in Sheep's Clothing; Level Eater; Fortune Lady Dark

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Fortune Lady Dark is new, and like the other Fortune Ladies, I like her. Not because she is actually all that good, but because I just like her design.

Next pack.

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SOVR 17

Spider Web; Energy Bravery; Appointer of the Red Lotus; Herculean Power; Spider Egg; Ground Spider; Iron Core Armor; Dark Spider; Shine Palace

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Nothing new here, next.

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SOVR 18

Limit Impulse; Dark Spider; Attack Pheromones; Energy Bravery; Faustian Bargain; Solitaire Magician; Reptilianne Medusa; Synchro Barrier; Shine Palace

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Nothing new, next.

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SOVR 19

Regulus; Spyder Spider; Stygian Dirge; Gemini Booster; Wolf in Sheep's Clothing; Infernity Force; Bending Destiny; Energy Bravery; Reptilianne Poison

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Reptilianne Poison is new, and it is alright. Not crazy good, but not bad either.

Last pack. Hopefully I can get one more new card.

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SOVR 20

Swap Frog; Iron Core Armor; Level Eater; Reptilianne Spawn; Spider Web; Earthbound Wave; Ritual of Grace; Dark Spider; Gemini Scorpion

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Well, I got what I wanted. Gemini Scorpion is new. And it is another alright card. Sadly it is Gemini support and most Gemini monsters suck, but Scorpion is okay.

Overall a decent opening, I’d say. Ancient Sacred Wyvern, Arcana Knight Joker and Earthbound Immortal Uru are all great cards to have in my Collection.

But let me summon my new cat, Rinyan. Give her some pets while I keep working on my smartphone design. I don’t think I’ll have it ready by the new year, but eventually I’ll get it done.

I mean, I already figured out the regular phone from Morphtronic Celfon, so a smartphone is only a matter of time.

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