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Collab REM Reviews

Monster Hunter Collab REM Review and Analysis – March 2021

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Introduction

The Monster Hunter Collab returns to North America once again and features numerous buffs for existing cards along with new Weapons for all 6-star cards.

This greatly bolsters their overall value along with all the 6/7* cards receiving significant upgrades along with a 60% chance of rolling any of these cards.

While this looks appealing, players should be mindful of the fact that the bottom rarity received almost no love this time around along with the 10 Magic Stone price tag. Furthermore, due to this being the 6th run of this Collab, the majority of older players are already oversaturated with 5-star cards.

As such, it may be difficult to justify rolling here for players who have already done so too many times in the past as acquiring your 7th Gammoth will be a sad waste of 10 Magic Stones. On the other hand, players who have never or hardly rolled can still find value with conservative amount as there is plenty of value to be found within the 6 and 7-star rarities.

Video commentary

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Overview

Monster Hunter Collab REM Pros & Cons – March 2021
Pros
Cons
  • All cards have 1-2 Weapon Assists
  • Bottom rarity is okay, not horrible
    • Having 1 copy of many of them may helpful due to Weapon
    • Can greatly aid newer boxes due to Resists
  • New Weapons for 6-stars
    • Greatly bolsters their viability
  • 60% chance for 6/7*
  • Old event
    • Many players have too numerous dupes
    • 5-stars are relatively neglected
  • No new monsters added
    • Most players already have most bottom rarity cards
  • 10 Stones per pull
    • Harder to justify if already owning most of the cards
      • 7th Rathian does not feel nice
Monster Hunter Collab REM
7 Star base
(20% total)		  
6 Star base
(40% total)
 
5 Star base
(40% total)
Monster Hunter Collab – March 2021
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Collab REM Reviews

Monogatari Collab REM Review and Analysis – March 2021

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Introduction

The Monogatari Collab REM makes an exciting debut in North America that features wonderfully powerful cards at the 7 and 8-star rarity. In fact, many of these are powerful leaders and acquiring any of them should help advance almost any Monster Box.

Sadly, only the single 8-star card can be Monster Exchanged for which means players will have to roll heavily to acquire any of the 7-stars at 7 Magic Stones per attempt. This is frustrating as the bottom rarity (6*) is okay, not fantastic while also comprising 77.5% of the rolling pool.

With that being said, the 7/8-star cards are wonderfully powerful and are difficult to replicate elsewhere. As such, I feel that this is still a good event to roll in, especially for more developed Boxes as many of the cards featured here are heavily geared towards clearing end game content.

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Overview

Monogatari Collab REM Pros & Cons – March 2021
Pros
Cons
  • 7/8-star cards are tremendously powerful
    • All have 2 forms + Weapons
  • Bottom rarity is okay, not horrible
    • Having 1 copy of many of them is still helpful
  • Cannot Monster Exchange for 7-star cards
    • Have to roll
      • 7 Stones per roll
  • 6-stars comprise 77.5% of the rolls
Monogatari Collab REM
8 Star base
(2% total)
7 Star base
(20.5% total)
6 Star base
(77.5% total)
Monogatari Collab REM – March 2021
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Collab REM Reviews

Valentine’s REM Review and Analysis – February 2021

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Introduction

The Valentine’s REM returns to North America and offers several new cards and various buffs in the hopes of enticing players to spend their Magic Stones.

As a whole, Seasonal REMs are underwhelming affairs as their bottom rarity cards are often many years old and severely neglected to the point that they serve no purpose outside of a Box Cheerleader.

Sadly, this is the case here as I do not feel any of the 5-star cards have any meaningful value and the Gemstone alts at the 6-star rarity have dramatically declined in value over the years. As a result, this event will be a lackluster affair to roll in and if you are truly interested in any of the top rarity cards, Monster Exchanging would be a better approach compared to rolling.

Video commentary

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Overview

New Year’s REM Pros & Cons – February 2021
Pros
Cons
  • 5 Magic Stones per roll
  • Almost came out on Valentine’s Day
  • No Weapon Assists outside 9-stars
  • Majority of rolls will be disappointing
  • All 5-star cards serve no real purpose
    • Comprise 55% of the rolls
Valentine’s REM
9 Star base
(2% total)		  
8 Star base
(3% total)		  
7 Star base
(13% total)		  
6 Star base
(27% total)		    
5 Star base
(55% total)		     
Valentine’s REM – February 2021
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Regardless of card’s ranking, you should always keep it if it is your very first time acquiring them

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Collab REM Reviews

New Year’s REM Review and Analysis – February 2021

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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.

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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 2534  
 7 Star base 2537 2536  
 6 Star base 2535 
 5 Star base 3419 2574 LD Hanzo
 4 Star base 3420 2540
New Year’s REM – February 2021
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C 2534 2536 2535  3419 2574 2540
D LD Hanzo 3420

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

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Collab REM Reviews

Kamen Rider Collab REM Review and Analysis – January 2021

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Introduction

The Kamen Rider Collab returns to North America along with various buffs to existing monsters as well as several new cards.

As a whole, I feel this event is underwhelming from a rolling point of view due to the lower potency of the bottom rarity cards who comprise 77.3% of the rolling pool. While each card does have a Weapon Assist , the bottom rarity ones are often easily replaced by other options which in turn grants them lower usability.

With this in mind, I would be most inclined to do the free rolls and utilize the Monster Exchange system or IAP bundles if truly interested in the higher value cards.

Due to various health issues, this article will be lacking a modest amount of text as typing is incredibly painful and voice-text was not working for me along with having to change my work flow/process within a short period of time.

I have still included pros & cons for each card but the larger text summaries may be missing. With that being said, the corresponding video will be unchanged and will provide further elaboration if the pros & cons are insufficient.

Video commentary

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Overview

Kamen Rider Collab REM Pros & Cons – January 2021
Pros
Cons
  • All cards have Weapon Assists
    • Grants more value for dupes
  • 6 Magic Stones per roll
  • Monster Exchange uses five 6* GFE
  • Big rolling pool
    • Should be harder to get Dupes
  • 3 Funky orb skins
  • Big rolling pool
    • Harder to get what you want
  • May just be a Monster Exchange, no Roll event
    • More efficient
  • Bottom rarity cards have middling value overall
    • Many are easily replaced
    • Comprise 77.3% of rolls
Kamen Rider Collab REM
6 Star base
(22.7% total)		        
 
5 Star base
(77.3% total)		  
Kamen Rider Collab – January 2021
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Order within each tier is random and not reflective of ranking

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

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Collab REM Reviews

Mystics & Spectres REM Review and Analysis – January 2021

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Introduction

The Mystics and Spectres REM is a brand new series that will have many similarities to the Sin Dragons & Key Heroes event we had a couple of months ago.

This is because both events feature GungHo-owned cards that will be available within the Rare Egg Machine. This means that non-event cards will appear but at the same time, this is worth the risk as the new cards featured are quite strong.

On the downside, there will be no Monster Exchange available for the three top rarity cards who all have to be rolled or purchased via an IAP bundle. As such, if you are wanting any of the higher rarity cards, you will have to commit to numerous rolls.

Regardless of this, this article will outline the pros and cons for each card to give players a better understanding of what to expect in the new Mystics & Spectres Rare Egg Machine.

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Overview

Mystics & Spectres REM Pros & Cons – January 2021
Pros
Cons
  • All cards have Weapon Assists
  • Value across all rarities
  • Powerful top rarity cards
    • All capable of clearing end game content
  • Debut event
    • Featured cards are at their strongest right now
  • GungHo owned
    • Will return on a regular basis
  • Not a separate machine
    • Not guaranteed to roll these cards
  • No Monster Exchange
    • Have to roll
    • Challenging to roll top rarity cards
Mystics & Spectres REM
7 Star base
   
6 Star base
    
5 Star base
    
Mystics & Spectres REM Rankings – January 2021
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Order within each tier is random and not reflective of ranking

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

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Collab REM Reviews

Fate/stay night [Heaven’s Feel] Collab Review and Analysis – December 2020

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Introduction

The Fate/stay night [Heaven’s Feel] Collab returns to North America and includes several new monsters and evolutions along with various buffs.

Sadly, this is one of the worst events to date as there is relatively little value across all rarities with one of the best cards featured not being available via the Monster Exchange system. As such, I feel that this is an event players should heavily consider skipping as the odds of actually rolling something of value is quite low.

Regardless of this, this article will outline the pros and cons for each card to give players a better understanding of what to expect in the Fate Collab Rare Egg Machine.

Video commentary

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Overview

Fate Collab REM Pros & Cons – December 2020
Pros
Cons
  • 6 Magic Stones per roll
  • Bottom rarity has lackluster value overall
    • Comprises 85.5% of rolling pool
    • No Weapon Assist on 5-stars
  • Most 6-star cards feel outdated already
  • Few cards feel meaningful
  • Most rolls will be disappointing
Fate Collab REM
6 Star base
(14.5% total)		    
5 Star base
(85.5% total)
Fate Collab REM Rankings – December 2020
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Order within each tier is random and not reflective of ranking

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

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Collab REM Reviews

GungHo Collab Review and Analysis – November 2020

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Introduction

The GungHo Collab returns to North America with a large list of buffs and new evolutions for existing cards along with several debuting cards.

As a whole, this event does have respectable rolling rates as over 50% of the cards are Diamonds with the majority having value at this point in time. On the other hand, the bottom rarity may not be as appealing for players with more developed Boxes and will appear nearly half the time.

With this in mind, it is perfectly acceptable to treat this as a Trade-only event as there are several top rarity cards that are wonderfully powerful along with Monster Exchanges requiring five 6-star GFE.

Regardless of this, this article will outline the pros and cons for each card to give players a better understanding of what to expect in the GungHo Collab Rare Egg Machine.

One thing to keep in mind is that many of the cards at the 7 and 6-star rarity are cycled out with each event so cards like Zeta will not be available.

Video commentary

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Overview

GungHo Collab REM Pros & Cons – November 2020
Pros
Cons
  • GungHo owned
    • Will always return on a regular basis
    • Buffs on regular basis
    • No rush to roll
  • Big rolling pool
    • Harder to roll dupes
  • 25% chance for top rarity
    • Exceptionally high
  • 6 Magic Stones per roll
  • Bottom rarity has middling value for developed Boxes
    • Nearly 50% of rolls
  • Big rolling pool
    • Hard to get what you want
    • May be better Monster Exchanging
GungHo Collab REM Rarities
7-Star Base
(25% total)
6-Star Base
(27% total)		  
5-Star Base
(48% total)
GungHo Collab REM – November 2020
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Order within each tier is random and not reflective of ranking

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

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Collab REM Reviews

King of Fighters Review and Analysis – November 2020

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Introduction

The King of Fighters Collab returns to North America after a prolong absence. This means that all cards have received various buffs along with new evolutions.

In fact, each card has at least 3 different forms they can pursue which does give more flexibility to a given card. Sadly, none feature Weapon Assists along with painfully low Weighted Stats at the 5-star rarity which comprises 82.5% of the rolling pool.

While this does mean that players have a much higher chance at a top rarity card compared to most other Collabs, the bottom rarity does not offer much to even a modestly developed Monster Box. As such, if you are truly interested in any of the top rarity cards, it would be best to utilize the Monster Exchange system.

Regardless of this, this article will outline the pros and cons for each card to give players a better understanding of what to expect in the King of Fighters Collab Rare Egg Machine.

Video commentary

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Overview

King of Fighters Collab REM Pros & Cons – November 2020
Pros
Cons
  • 17.5% chance for any 6-star card
  • Each card has 3+ evolutions
    • Grants more flexibility
  • 5 Magic Stones to roll
  • Big rolling pool
    • Harder to roll dupes
  • 5-star cards are lackluster
    • None bring any true value to modestly developed Boxes
    • Comprise 82.5% of the rolling pool
  • No Weapon Assists
  • Poor event to roll in
    • Best to just Monster Exchange
King of Fighters Collab REM Rarities
6-Star Base
(17.5% total)
5-Star Base
(82.5% total)

King of Fighters Collab REM – November 2020
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Order within each tier is random and not reflective of ranking

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

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Collab REM Reviews

Halloween REM Review and Analysis – October 2020

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Introduction

The Halloween event returns to North America just in time for the spookiest day of the year and comes with various buffs and new cards within the Rare Egg Machine.

Generally speaking, Seasonal events tend to be quite lackluster to roll in as they usually feature tremendously old cards who have not seen any meaningful buffs for numerous years. Furthermore, these cards often populate the bottom rarity of these events while also being the most likely card to roll due to their inflated rolling rates.

As such, the majority of rolls will be lackluster and leads me to avoid rolling and using the Monster Exchange system if it will prove valuable.

Regardless of this, this article will outline the pros and cons for each card to give players a better understanding of what to expect in the Halloween REM event.

Video commentary

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Overview

Halloween REM Pros & Cons – October 2020
Pros
Cons
  • Spooky themed event
  • Easy event to skip/pass
  • Scariest thing is the rolling rates
    • 75%+ for 5 or 6-star
  • Terrible value at bottom rarities
  • Don’t roll
Halloween REM Rarities
9-Star Base
(2% total)		  
8-Star Base
(4.5% total)
7-Star Base
(17.8% total)		 2406  
6-Star Base
(36% total)		 3224 3225 2409 H Vampire Halloween Alraune
5-Star Base
(39.7% total)
3226 3227 3230 3228 3229
Halloween REM – October 2020
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C 2406  2409 H Vampire 3229
D 3224 3225 Halloween Alraune 3226 3227 3230 3228

Order within each tier is random and not reflective of ranking

Icons show highest non-Weapon Assist form if possible

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 here is a brief summary showcasing their awakenings and/or Weapon Assists if applicable. Awakenings in (brackets) are Super Awakenings.

  • 3226 TPA Dark row Skill Boost Skill Boost Dragon Killer Skill Lock Resist Dragon Killer Dark row Dark row ( TPA ) – D
  • 3227 Poison resist Poison resist Poison resist TPA Devil killer Dragon Killer 37 Healer Killer ( ) – D
  • 3230 TPA Auto heal Auto heal Auto heal Auto heal Auto heal Auto heal Auto heal  ( 45 ) – D
  • 3228 Skill Boost +heart +heart +heart blue + orb blue + orb blue + orb blue + orb blue + orb ( Skill Boost ) – D
  • 3229 Bind Immune Bind Immune Skill Boost Skill Boost Skill Boost TPA Devil killer Devil killer (TPA ) – C

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