Drive Check - A Cardfight!! Vanguard Podcast

It's the end of Summer and that means it is time for the first annual clan rankings argument! Which clan will come out on top? Which clans will be ruthlessly cut? Which clans will not be considered at all? You must listen to find out. Follow @drive_check on Twitter for the written list to come out soon!

Jack and Will start it out discussing news of a Genesis infinite loop and the newest Japan restriction list. Will it hit the states? Nobody plays Tick Tock Worker anyways. They then review the top three decks played at Puerto Rico regionals. Cole joins for a last tidbit after the outro music as Jack reveals a dream deck he thought up.

Hop aboard the train with Will, Cole, and Jack as they travel down the tracks towards a wreck - the episode most wrought with technical problems yet! With hilarious sidestepping around the numerous recording problems they each selected cards they liked from the new set. Everything is capped off with your last resort in a Cardfight disaster, term of the week: G-Assist!

Squad is back together - Jack, Cole, and Will discuss the surprise changes announced in the NY Regional format. They give a brief overview of the Genius Strategy contents and a quick review of the Murakumo clan play mechanics.

Just Cole and Will this time discussing the last two days of their Gen Con adventures. Do the Link Jokers destroy everything? Will Cole be able to build a Genesis deck? Does Will get a copy of Ascendants of Aetheros before time runs out? Who will inherit the title of "Most Beautiful Blue Eyes in the World?" Stay tuned to find out!

Will and Cole are together in the same place for the first time ever! Enjoy as they regale salty sad Jack with their fun tales of adventure and gaming and plans for learning about what Bushiroad is demoing at GenCon 2016!

A special "time leap" episode. Will and Cole talk about the latest news (Doctoroid Refros and Genesis Keyword), then Will travels back in time to interview Juan Alcivar, one of the organizers of the Dynasty Cup and East Coast Circuit with Team Vongola of New York. Amidst the discussion of the bitter DMV vs NY rivalry we squeeze in some discussion of Magic the Gathering, Yu Gi Oh, Force of Will, and My Little Pony TCG.

The singing and dancing mermaid idols are back! Join Will, Jack, and Cole as they discuss some of the subclans and deck builds from the Bermuda Triangle clan. New Shadow Paladin and Rummy Labyrinth releases coming this spring! The cartoon isn't ending: Cardfight Vanguard G Next announced!

It's July and that means a new release of Bermuda Triangles for Vanguard fans! Jack, Cole, and Will discuss the Blessing of Divas Clan Booster and give a little background on the Bermuda Triangles. We also finally get around to listener e-mail!!!! Term of the week is: Harmony

Listen in real time while Will's heart breaks as he discovers when Absolute Judgement is really coming out. Jack and Cole pick up the pieces and provide information on what to expect over the next few months. Term of the week is "meta."

It's America's birthday so we're doing a short episode talking about the first season (65 episodes) of the Cardfight!! Vanguard cartoon. We also talk about the newly announced keyword for the Great Nature clan: Success!

It's a "5" episode so Jack, Will, and Cole are at it again with some non-standard fun discussion. After covering the news of the upcoming regional qualifiers for the national and world championships we discuss what we could imagine as the next mechanic for changing up Vanguard gameplay. If you want to contribute an idea, e-mail Drivecheckpodcast@gmail.com!

Genesis Dragon, Amnesty Messiah, one of the most expensive current cards will be reprinted in booster set 8. What happens when Bushiroad reprints an expensive card? How does the secondary market for cards impact playability and enjoyability of the game? Are there people abusing the secondary market for profit and artificially inflating card prices?

When Royal and Shadow Paladins Unite the Gold Paladins are formed. In our second wee discussing the Gold Paladins, Jack, Will, and Cole provide detailed info. on the top deck builds within the clan. Will highly recommends disposing of all Grand Ezel Scissors and we discuss the term Superior Call.

It's an Ezel attack as Will, Jack, and Cole begin a discussion of the Gold Paladin clan. In this episode we cover their origin story, some basic mechanics of the clan, and Bluish Flames and Liberators sub-clans. We also talk about some upcoming boosters and the term of the week: Limit Break!

Cole, Jack, and Will back at it again with the Glorious Bravery of Radiant Sword booster set review. Find out about the Dark Irregulars Vampir Mechanic and the extremely flexible Gold Paladin Dawngal. We close out the episode by discussing the term "bind" and where it is commonly used.

Cole and Will fly soloish this episode - or do they? Jack had to duck out for "work" but he was able to make some time to interview competitive Vanguard player Conner Morgan. Conner also writes Vanguard articles for the AltRealityGames.com website. The episode ends with Will and Cole discussing the term "cost."

Cole is back and we all discuss some of the new cards that have been revealed in the upcoming June booster set Glorious Bravery of Radiant Sword. Will clears up what phase of the game the "Stride Step" occurs in and Jack goes on a rant about Mega Blasts. Hope you enjoy!

Just Jack and Will this time talking about dates and locations of the Bushiroad Spring Fest 2016 and what happens at a Spring Fest. We also describe G set 7 - Glorious Bravery of Radiant Sword. Definition of the week is "Phase."

Jack, Cole, and Will go through ALL the strides in Cardfight!! Vanguards Fighter's Collection 2016 which is coming out in May. We also discuss the DMV Dynasty Cup team tournament decks, ARG Competitions, and the origin of the TCG term "tutor."