Introduction

The New Year’s REM returns to North America with several new cards and buffs to existing monsters in the hopes of enticing players to spend their Magic Stones here.

Historically speaking, Seasonals such as New Year’s or Christmas are notoriously poor quality machines as they often contain cards from many, many years ago. Furthermore, these ancient cards are often the lower rarity who rarely receive meaningful buffs while also comprising the majority of the rolling pool.

All of this holds true today for the current New Year’s event but I feel that the amount of valuable cards has increased, albeit in the higher rarities. This in turn creates a conundrum: risk rolling in hopes of the top prizes as cannot be Monster Exchanged for, or ignore the 7-stars and simply Exchange or IAP Bundle for the cards you desire.

For the most part, I would go with the Monster Exchange route and pray the free rolls yield something meaningful as the bottom rarity is truly disastrous.

Video commentary

—video coming Monday—

Overview

New Year’s REM Pros & Cons – February 2021
Pros	Cons
Some highly valuable cards Hard to replicate what they do 8 & 9* can be Monster Exchanged	All strong cards locked behind higher rarities Terribly lackluster bottom rarities Why do 4-stars still exist? No Weapon Assists outside 9-stars Majority of rolls will be disappointing

New Year REM – February 1, 2021
9 Star base
8 Star base
7 Star base
6 Star base
5 Star base
4 Star base

New Year’s REM – February 2021
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A
B
C
D

Order within each tier is random and not reflective of ranking

Icons show Base form

Regardless of card’s ranking, you should always keep it if it is your very first time acquiring them

Bottom rarity quick summary

The bottom rarity should be the main motivation to roll in an event and the following chart shows all the 4 & 5-star Rankings.

New Year’s  Bottom Rarity (4/5*) REM Rankings – February 2021
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A
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C
D

Limit Breaking

Limit Breaking is the process of leveling a card beyond level 99. This will unlock more weighted stats along with the potential to receive Super Awakenings. These additional awakenings can add significant power, but only function in solo mode or in 3-player coop.

Any card that can qualify for Limit Breaking will have their level displayed in blue and feeding a Super Snow Globe will push them beyond the level 99 cap.

You can read more about Super Awakenings HERE.

Monster Exchange

The Monster Exchange System has mostly eliminated the need to roll in most events as players can simply trade in for a card of their choice. This is often done during lackluster events to avoid spending Stones on poor bottom rarity cards or to snipe a specific card if luck is not on your side.

Due to the rate of new cards being released, care should be taken when considering a trade as you want to ensure you gain long term value.

Weapon Assists

Weapon Assists are a special evolution for select cards that will be used exclusively as inherits. This form retains the same base stats as the original form, but will also transfer over all awakenings on the Weapon Assist card and this occurs if the Awoken Assist  is present.

My approach to Collab/Seasonal rolling

Rolling any Rare Egg Machine is a gamble and it becomes a matter of maximizing your rate of returns in an event.

This translates into rolling when the bottom rarity has high value as those will be the most common cards. Furthermore, I may utilize the Monster Exchange system to acquire the higher rarity cards if they will significantly advance my progress. As such, I tend to look most closely at the bottom rarity pool to determine if it is worth rolling in.

This is just my own personal approach and everyone has different goals/motivations so take this section with a grain of salt. If you wish to read about this more in greater detail, check out my other article HERE.

Reincarnated Evolution

A Reincarnated Evolution (Revo) grants  up to 8 Latent slots and is often times a stronger overall card. Sadly, pursuing these forms will lock the monster in this state as they cannot be reversed. As such, only commit to a Revo if you 100% know you will get significant value from them right away.

9 Star base

Writing Spirit Dragonbound, Lajoa (New) – S

Pros	Cons
Interesting 3 turn CD Jammer & Poison Skyfall Converts Hazards to Light & Dark Helps with orb generation Solid personal damage Passive Damage via Enhanced Light & Dark Combos High LS multipliers BIG HP Bonus Combos Auto Follow Up	LS lacks Damage Reduction Vulnerable to Gravities LS requires Healing solution LS requires 2 Light & 2 Dark combos for optimal performance Needs 8 combos for ATK multiplier 2 Dark matches adds + 2 per leaders Some spawns negatively interact with Hazards Lacks VDP Wastes offensive awakenings Opportunity cost of not using Weapon

NY Lajoa is the first new card to be released for the New Year’s event and comes with a unique kit overall. Firstly, their awakenings grant them respectable personal damage along with Passive Damage via Enhanced Combos . These awakenings grant bonus damage when matching 2 or more combos of the matching colour.

This in turn can greatly augment the damage output of the entire team and can be viewed as a form of Passive Damage for the corresponding colour.

With that being said, Lajoa can function as an interesting leader as they require 2 Dark and 2 Light combos for optimal performance. Matching all of these will grant +2 combos with a single leader and Auto Follow Up along with their full ATK multiplier at 8 combos. Players can help facilitate this with their 3 turn active that generates Light & Dark orbs while also producing Hazard Skyfall.

While Lajoa does not need to hit 2 combos of each to function, their full potential is somewhat orb hungry but there is a modest layer of security as they have access to an high, unconditional HP multiplier.

While this will enable to them to survive regular hits at any time, the lack of Damage Reduction will leave them vulnerable to Gravities while also requiring a Healing solution. Furthermore, both Lajoas lack VDP so your subs will have to cover this shortcoming along with various spawns negatively interacting with remaining Hazard orbs.

As a whole, I feel NY Lajoa is a strong card but I feel their full potential is achieved through their Weapon Assist.

 Weapon Assist

Pros	Cons
2 Team HP Skill Boost Tape Resist Valuable active 75% Damage Reduction for 2 turns Can function as Effective SB Can save you from large unavoidable hits Tri colour board with Hearts	Difficult to roll/acquire

NY Lajoa’s Weapon is phenomenally powerful as it provides 2 Team HP , Skill Boost , and Tape Resist . This is quite similar to the highly coveted Amatsu Lute and Fagan Rai Weapons and trades Cloud for Tape Resist.

While I feel Tape is a lower priority compared to Cloud, the other effects are still meaningful and the active skill can add Effective Skill Boosts. This is because 2 turns of 75% Damage Reduction is akin to 4x HP for those turns and will often be sufficient to tank large incoming hits. Furthermore, the Damage Reduction can be used for later floors in content such as Shura 2/Ruler of Hell’s Halls to survive the large, unavoidable hits.

Taking all of this into consideration, I would pursue this Weapon over NY Lajoa’s base form.

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New Year Reeche – S

Pros	Cons
Solid personal damage Can greatly augment via Machine Killer SA  & Latents Highly relevant for World of Carnage/Shura Realm Incredible active 3 turn Damage & Colour Absorb Void Rainbow board changer CD offset by 3 Skill Charge Potentially ready after 8 turns Arguably one of the best/best Rainbow sub Solid leader in their own right High multipliers	LS lacks Bonus Combos or Auto Follow Up Harder to tap into 10c cards

NY Reeche is a truly outstanding card as they can function as arguably one of the best or the best Rainbow sub. This is because they have a solid ATK stat along with triple 7 Combo but can also gain a Machine Killer Super Awakening and Latents.

This will drastically amply their damage against most of the major spawns in World of Carnage while also carrying an invaluable active.

Damage and Colour Absorb are common mechanics and must be countered by actives and the fact that this lasts for 3 turns is meaningful for either back-to-back spawns or for spawns with too high Effective HP to kill in a single turn (eg. Menoas).

While the 30 turn cooldown is off-putting, the 3 Skill Charges can potentially reduce this to 8 turns which is pretty magical overall.

As such, NY Reeche has an incredible, potentially low cooldown active along with immense personal damage against Machine spawns and will be at home on any Rainbow team that can use them.

While NY Reeche does have a solid LS, it does lack bonus combos or Auto Follow Up which can make it harder to tap into cards with 10c awakenings. With that being said, they still boast solid multipliers and can most certainly be used to solid success.

Weapon Assist

Pros	Cons
Don’t make this	Outrageously high opportunity cost of not using Base form

New Year Reeche’s Base form is one of the strongest Rainbow cards available and it would be a tragedy to convert your only card into this form.

This is not to say this is a terrible Weapon, but more so stressing how strong their Base form is by comparison.

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8 Star base

Promenading Moonlight Princess, Tsukuyomi – B

Pros	Cons
L Modest personal damage Some Passive Damage Super Blind Resist	Does not fulfil any particular niche

NY Yomi’s non Revo form has a reasonable kit but does not fulfil any particular role efficiently. This is problematic in a day where specialists reign supreme which also diminishes the chance for a generalist to function.

And a generalist is exactly what NY Yomi is as they offer a bit of everything but does not excel in any one metric. This does not change with their new Revo form either.

Strolling Moonlight Princess, Tsukuyomi

Pros	Cons
Higher personal damage or Super Poison Resist or 4 SB Passive Damage via Enhanced Combos High LS multipliers when matching Light & Dark 84% Damage Reduction High base HP	Does not keep abreast with current high-end cards Mixing Enhanced Combos dilutes damage Active skill has a relatively long CD Does not achieve enough Does not generate Light & Dark orbs LS has no Effective HP if unable to match Light and Dark

NY Yomi’s Revo form grants them Passive Damage via Enhanced Combos but I feel that mixing the two has a negative effect as it dilutes their potential. If they had 2 Light Enhanced Combos, it would be more efficient but a lack of efficiency is going to be the main theme for NY’s Yomi.

This is because their overall kit lacks true specialization as they cannot fulfil any specific role better compared to other cards. When looking at their active skill, it is okay but at 8 turn cooldown we expect more along with the fact that Transforming cards have significantly over-tuned abilities by comparison.

While they do have strong Super Awakenings, you can only choose 1 and while it does improve them in that metric, it does not exceed other options.

I feel that if NY Yomi had received a similar treatment to Christmas Gremory we would be having a different conversation. This is attributed to Gremory having a much stronger active as it clears Unable to Match Orb Effects while also generating orbs and clearing Binds along with not mixing Enhanced Combos for optimal damage. While Gremory has lower personal damage, that is fine as her utility role is much stronger by comparison.

On the other hand, NY Yomi’s Leader Skill boasts large numbers but will suffer from inconsistency due to having no Effective HP without Light and Dark combos along with their active not contributing to orb generation or having a System available. As such, players may find themselves in a bad situation far too often and a lack of consistency is not a healthy thing for a leader.

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Crimson Sun Longevity Dragon Caller, Kanna – C

Pros	Cons
Pretty 5 Skill Boosts Cloud Resist	Too many wasteful TPA Does not even provide much damage Does not fulfil any particular role well

New Year’s Kanna can be boiled down to a card with 5 Effective Skill Boosts who also has Cloud Resist . After that, she does not provide much merits as her active is middling, her awakenings lackluster, and Leader Skill underwhelming.

I rolled a NY Kanna during a previous Seasonal Super Godfest and have never found myself inclined to use her as we have many stronger options available. Quite disappointing for a 8-star Seasonal.

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Enshrined Primordial Divinity, Kamimusubi – B

Pros	Cons
Valuable active Bottom row to Fire Clears all Binds Clears all Unable to Match Orbs Potentially high personal damage with 10 combos Some Passive Damage via Rows	Does not clear Awoken Binds Hinders utility potential Outpaced by Christmas Gremory Same rarity for Seasonal Same colour

New Year’s Kami has been upgraded and is able to function as a respectable mono Fire sub due to her ability to clear all Binds and Unable to Match Orbs effects while also generating a Row of Fire.

This is meaningful as at least one component will be useful but the biggest downfall is not clearing Awoken binds. Awoken Binds are quite common and often require a way to clear them quickly or risk falling victim to additional mechanics and most utility cards tend to have it built into their active.

This places constraints on team building as Kami is not able to fulfil this role and she is eclipsed by Christmas Gremory who can perform a similar role but can clear Awoken Binds.

As a result, I feel NY Kami can function as a possible mono Fire sub but is outpaced due to not being able to clear Awoken Binds.

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New Year Artemis – S

Pros	Cons
High personal damage with TPA & 10c High ATK 2 turn Colour Absorb Void Clears all Unable to Match Orbs	Outclassed by Evo form Hard to find a place to take advantage of her kit

Hopeful Hunting Princess, Artemis (New)

Pros

Cons

Wood has a viable Leader! High HP & RCV Easy to activate Damage Reduction Solid ATK Augmented via Enhanced Combos High personal damage Huge ATK stat Valuable active 2 turn Colour Absorb Void Orb changer Removes all Awoken Binds 5 SB Or more damage via TPA Significant Passive Damage bonus via Enhanced Combos Will become a valuable sub when her leadership falls off Due to valuable awakenings & active

Lacks VDP Wastes personal damage Have to rely on subs

New Year Artemis is a fantastically powerful leader who combines easy to achieve Effective Health along with massive Damage potential due to their immense ATK stat and Enhanced Combos . These Enhanced Combos will add significant bonus damage with dual leaders and greatly eases the offesnive requirements of your team, even in challenging content.

Taking a closer look at her Leader Skill, NY Artemis has easy access to 4x HP/RCV along with 43.75% Damage Reduction when matching 5 or more combos. This is quite easy to achieve and will enable her to survive the vast majority of encounters. Finally, to achieve her full ATK multiplier, players will have to match 2 Wood combos which also procs their Auto Follow Up Attack.

In addition to this, Artemis comes with a powerful active skill that provides 2 turns of Colour Absorb Void, an orb changer, and the ability to clear all Awoken Binds. This is quite overloaded for a non-Transforming card while only having a 10 turn cooldown.

While all of this is promising, players will still need to bring a VDP solution as NY Artemis lacks this awakening but this should be reasonably easy to achieve, especially for World of Carnage 1 where Void spawns are relatively rare.

As a whole, there are not too many weaknesses to NY Artemis as she is not reliant on Transforming which in turn grants much more flexibility in team building. With this in mind, it can potentially be worthwhile to Monster Exchange for her, especially if you lack other end game leaders and are able to build a team for her. Furthermore, I feel her sub potential will remain significant once she is eventually powercrept.

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7 Star base

Shrine-bound Draconic Songstress on Clarinet, Enola (New) – A

Pros	Cons
Super Poison Resist Can achieve 7 Effective SB 3 turn Delay + board changer Potentially strong LS High bulk Solid ATK multiplier Auto Follow Up L Passive Damage via Enhanced Combo	LS requires 8 Wood orbs for optimal performance 2 combos for Damage Reduction Match 5 for ATK & Auto Follow Up

Enola is a new 7-star card and she feels like a Wood version of Allatu as both feature Super Poison Resist and 7 Effective Skill Boosts that features a 3 turn Delay plus Board changer.

This grants her significant sub value as she can aid other cards Transforming along with featuring additional utility via an L and Enhanced Combo . As such, she will perform will on any mono Wood team that has Transforming requirements.

Outside of her significant sub potential, her leader skill features solid multipliers that are the same as New Year’s Artemis but suffers from a higher orb requirement and a harder time tapping into Damage Reduction. This is because Enola requires 2 Wood combos for Damage Reduction and 5 or more connected Wood for ATK and Auto Follow Up.

As a whole, I feel Enola can function as a solid mono Wood sub when Transforming is needed but can also be used as a leader if lacking other options.

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New Year’s Dandy, Maeda Keiji (New) – B

Pros	Cons
4 SB 2 if you want more Passive Damage Passive Damage via Enhanced Combo Respectable personal damage Orb Skin Easy to use Leader Skill Any 3 elements Fixed 9s movement time +4 combos with dual leaders	Fixed 9s may be hard for less experienced players Requires solution for Voids Most likely someone with VDP latent Does not eclipse top tier leaders Average sub potential

Keiji is another new card featured within the New Year event that also comes with an Orb Skin which means they can be directly purchased.

As a whole, I feel Keiji will function as a reasonable Rainbow leader due to his 400x ATK multiplier and 75% Damage Reduction when matching 3 or more elements. This is a wonderfully low threshold that should activate every single turn and having 75% Damage Reduction will often allow players to survive most mechanics.

Furthermore, the Fixed 9 seconds of orb movement time makes them immune to Time Debuffs but may also place pressures on less experienced players who might need more movement time. Thankfully, a 3 element match will grant Damage Reduction and +4 combos which means it is quite easy to overcome combo shields and utilize 10c cards. In addition to this, their active skill generates Light, Fire, and Hearts along with 30% Damage Reduction but cannot fully loop due to a 6 turn cooldown with dual leaders.

Despite the fact that 1/400/1/75% are strong multipliers, it is still inferior to the current top tier leaders who have more bulk and potentially higher offensive might due to Transforming Cards being significantly stronger overall who often create powerful self-systems of 2-3 turn cooldowns. As such, I feel Keiji’s viability will be shorter lived as Leaders, especially those not debuting at the top, often get pushed down due to Powercreep faster.

Orb Skin

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New Year’s Baal – C

Pros	Cons
Fully Locks board 2 turn CD Relatively easy to use LS	Awakenings are all over the place Does a bit of everything No focus Niche active

NY Baal features a bit of everything in terms of awakenings which lands him into a generalist role which is not an ideal place to be. This is because sub slots are highly competitive and the ones who succeed are those who specialize in a particular role.

As such, Baal is a Jack of All Trades, Master of None and it will be challenging to find a meaningful use outside of their full Board Lock. Being able to fully Lock a board will overcome Spinners which can be meaningful, but at the same time, it will be highly niche when you need this.

On the other hand, their Leader Skill is easy to use as it only requires Devils and 4 colours but at the same time, nothing special.

Taking all of this into consideration, I feel NY Baal will be a situational solution to Spinners or a interim leader for newer accounts.

Orb Skin

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New Year Horus – A

Pros	Cons
Has new Pixel form	Pixel form is much stronger No true reason to pursue this form

Pixel Year’s First Dream God of Luck, Horus

Pros	Cons
Valuable 2 turn active Unlocks orbs RCV & ATK buff Overwrites any Debuff Easy to inherit over 4 SB Noticeable Passive Damage via Enhanced Combo L Viable sub for mono Fire teams Eg. Seina & Gileon Strong alternative to REM Horus	Difficult to acquire Have to roll, cannot Exchange LS requires only Pixels Also lacks Damage Reduction

Pixel New Year Horus is a significant upgrade to their previous form and enables them to function as a stellar mono Fire sub due to their 4 Skill Boosts , valuable 2 turn active, Passive Damage via Enhanced Combo , and L awakening.

Together, these grant Pixel NY Horus tremendous utility as they can Unlock the board on demand (highly valuable for Seina ) while also providing a tiny RCV & ATK buff which can overwrite existing debuffs. Furthermore, the 2 turn cooldown means they can carry a much higher impact active and have it ready with relative ease such as a longer Delay like Red Shelling Ford .

As a whole, I feel Pixel NY Horus can be utilized on current end game teams as they can fulfill multiple roles efficiently and allows players to interchange their subs and inherits more easily due to their flexibility.

With that being said, NY Horus will be challenging to acquire as players cannot Monster Exchange for them which means rolling in a lackluster event.

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New Year’s Yamato – C

Pros	Cons
6 SB	Primarily a SB stick Other awakenings are underwhelming Loses value if not Coop Low value still if Coop Not many uses overall

NY Yamato is essentially a glorified 6 Skill Boost card who offers relatively little beyond helping your actives be ready in time.

This is not to say that 6 true Skill Boosts is something to snuff at, but more so he brings nothing else relevant to the table and I feel he will not see much use overall outside of niche Farming situations.

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New Year’s Khepri – B

Pros	Cons
2 turn Colour Absorb Void Respectable personal damage with 10 Combos 4 SB 2 Team HP	May be challenging to find a true home Lacks true specialization No Resists

NY Khepri features several valuable components such as a 2 turn Colour Absorb Void, respectable personal damage with 10 Combos, 4 Skill Boosts , and 2 Team HP awakenings. These all grant a healthy balance of utility and offense but my main fear is a lack of an ideal place to use her on.

This is because she does not feel highly specialized enough and her active while helpful, does not overcome Damage Absorb along with 2 turns possibly not being enough for the Menoas in World of Carnage. This is because many teams will require 3 or turns to kill the final Menoa which is why the longer duration actives are favoured. Of course, it is possible your team can kill in 2.

While I am aware that NY Artemis also has a 2 turn Colour Absorb Void and an active I praised, it was also because of the lower cooldown and much stronger additional effects.

Another downside is a lack of Resists if pursuing the 10 Combo Super Awakening as she can deliver respectable damage, but not on par with the current hard hitters while also lacking VDP . As such, I feel NY Khepri lacks a specialized enough role to justify the inclusion assuming more options are available.

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New Year’s Ganesha – B

Pros	Cons
4x Coin drop rate Get rich SUPER fast 1.5M button (500k x 3) 4 SB	Coins essentially have no value Too easy to acquire, no where to spend

NY Ganesha is the final 7-star card within the New Year’s event and features 4x Coin drop rate if used as a leader. This can lead to an outrageously high amount of Coins but is marred by the fact that Coins have little value.

This is because Coins are primarily used for swapping Inherits but despite players needing to do this on a regular basis, it will often not exceed the rate they are acquired. Furthermore, the majority of long term players have been sitting on displayed Coin Cap for a prolong period of time.

Perhaps if GungHo gave players a new and meaningful way to spend Coins, NY Ganesha will increase in value. But with that being said, this is a unique Leader Skill and while it does not justify actively chasing them by rolling, it won’t be a bad outcome if NY Ganesha does appear.

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6 Star base

New Year’s Leilan – C

Pros	Cons
Two 10 Combos 25x personal damage Copious amounts of Orb Enhance	Underwhelming active No extra effect Almost only offensive We have many other hard hitting cards No VDP Low ATK stat Offsets high personal damage

NY Leilan now comes with double 10 Combo awakenings which propels her offensive potential along with numerous Enhanced Orbs.

While amazing damage multiplier are nice, her low ATK stat and lack of any utility through awakenings or her active holds her back. Furthermore, the lack of VDP invalidates her damage against Void spawns which in turn wastes all of her potential against what are often the more challenging encounters.

As such, NY Leilan is a damage stick with little utility and while she can hit hard, I feel that is not truly needed on well built teams as having the right utility is more important for surviving mechanics.

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New Year’s Ame no Uzume – C

Pros	Cons
Respectable Button base in coop 2x Coop Boost	Value plummets in solo Loses out on 2 awakenings Not that much value outside coop Even then she is situational

NY Ame retains her double Coop Boost which grants 2.25x more stats in multiplayer which in turn makes her a more formidable Button base.

Sadly, she only truly shines in coop and even then, her value is okay as I feel we are starting to edge away from Button solutions due to higher HP value found in spawns (eg. current SDR Farming dungeon). As such, instant Rows or other premade orb generators tend to be more appealing due to higher damage ceiling.

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5 Star base

New Year’s Spica – C

Pros	Cons
Creates 2 columns of orbs Aids in fast Farming Synergy with new SR Hino	Primarily a Farming solution Relatively niche overall 1 SB

NY Spica can generate 2 columns of orbs on a 7 turn cooldown which has wonderful synergy with Farming leaders who proc from 5-matched orbs.

As such, SR Hino can deliver two floors worth of 6 million Auto Follow Up Attack with dual leaders with minimal effort. This can greatly accelerate the speed and ease in which you can clear content but does diminish in value depending on how many other double column/row makers you own.

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NY Mitsuki – C

Pros	Cons
Some Machine Killing potential Modest Healing solution Cute?	Does not excel in any one area Better Machine Killers/Healing Solutions exist Low priority overall Relatively underwhelming No SB

NY Mitsuki has some Machine Killing potential along with the ability to function as a Healing Solution. Sadly, does not excel in either area along with 0 Skill Boosts which will hamper her ability to be used on Transforming teams.

As such, I feel she is a budget solution when nothing else is available.

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NY Hanzo – D

Pros	Cons
2 Dragon Killers	Cannot use Dragon Killer latents Only has 2 Killers Many other options have 3/2 + Latents

NY Hanzo has 2 Dragon Killers but cannot use Dragon Killer Latents along with many cards having 2 + Latents or 3 Killers which greatly eclipse NY Hanzo’s damage output.

As such, I feel that 9x personal damage is lackluster and subsequently has little value.

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4 Star base

Jeanne d’Arc – D

Pros	Cons
Auto Heal shenanigans?	Does not fulfill any meaningful purpose Comprises a large chunk of the rolling pool

Jeanne d’Crap returns and beyond weird Auto Heal shenanigans, I cannot fathom a reason why she still exists as a REM card.

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New Year’s Tengu – C

Pros	Cons
4 SB SBR 4 turn base CD Easy to inherit over	So similar to Farmable Tengu We have Farmable cards with 5 SB Killers won’t contribute meaningful damage Low ATK, no other offensive awakenings

NY Tengu is essentially the same as Farmable Tengu which feels sad when you spend 5 Magic Stones for what is essentially a 7 year old Farmable card.

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Do I plan to roll? & Dream rolls

I do not plan on rolling within the New Year’s event due to the underwhelming value of the 4-6 star cards who will not provide any meaningful value to my Monster Box. These cards also constitute the vast majority of the rolling pool and the chances of getting something meaningful is not worth the rolls.

With that being said, I would love to acquire New Year’s Reeche as they would grant me a tremendously powerful Rainbow sub that has a phenomenal active and damage potential in World of Carnage 1/Shura Realm. They would greatly ease team building restrictions for myself as will have a much more reliable access to a key active skill.

For my 8-star card, it would be pretty magical to roll Artemis as she would grant me a fantastic option for my underwhelming Wood box and will help give any future mono Wood card a viable home to be used on.

For 7-stars, Enola would also help populate my Wood box as she can function as a valuable Skill Boost solution that also provides additional utility and some personal damage.

Finally, the six through four stars are all underwhelming and I mostly selected them by cuteness as none would truly benefit my Monster Box.

My Dream Rolls
9*	8*	7*	6*	5*	4*

The above chart are the cards I would love to acquire from each rarity if I could choose one for my Mantastic account. This is my own personal opinion based on my Monster Box, goals and whether or not I have dupes.

Conclusion

The New Year’s Collab is an underwhelming affair to roll in due to the terribly high rolling rates for underwhelming bottom rarity cards. As such, I feel that it is better to either Monster Exchange or IAP the Bundles if one desires the higher rarity cards and save your Magic Stones for an event that has more value across all rarities.

For myself, I simply plan on doing the free rolls and hoping for the best. With that being said, let me know what you think about the New Year’s event and how much you plan on rolling in the comments below.

Happy Puzzling!

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