Hello there fellow Gate Masters! Everyone here at Speedrobo Games is really excited for BT06 and the possibilities that it unlocks for so many planets. Everyone’s worked really hard on it and I’m going to share some of the secrets hidden in this set with you.
This set is the first booster set of the “unofficial” season 2 of System Gate. In Season 2 our goal is to create a comfortable new start point for fresh players, like we did with Battle Box 01. Our second goal is to create new archetypes for existing planets and/or flesh out previously teased attributes! Booster Set 6, Apex Battle, falls into that second goal for Season 2. Around half the planets in the game are getting their first taste of Season 2’s power!
Let’s cover the first and most obvious addition in season 2. Finale units for more planets! Every planet will eventually get a selection of their very own finale units, but Pluto and Cyber Space are the first ones. There will be more finale unit support for more planets in June’s trial deck, Final Eclipse.
Let’s talk more about Pluto! In this collection of cards, I wanted to give Pluto an expansion on some of it’s existing tools with flexible cards that can be used for multiple purposes. They have two new spells the combo with each other by triggering the cast conditions and give an expansion to Pluto’s control build! Their new finale unit, Dainty Despot, allows Pluto to try for more Vampire attack extensions if the first attempt misses while also giving Mill Pluto an additional resource control tool!
Moving on to the other planet getting Finale Units for the first time, Spyder now gets to be it’s own Archetype in Cyber Space. Cyber space is the planet with the most new cards and includes another Gate as well! For today though, we will just be focusing on the new Spyder cards. Routina allows for more signature Cyber Space aggression while Spyder World Wide Web gives the player a new way to cash out Spyders cloning searches!
Alpha Centauri gets it’s next wave of support in this set too! Nebula was always one of my favorite cards from BT01 as she really showcased the power of the Gate Master Zone. This is getting expanded upon in BT06. Try changing your Gate Master on the fly in Alpha!
New Neptune support has been highly anticipated by the community and I’m thrilled that it’s finally ready! <<Insect>> is a new attribute to Neptune and with it comes a whole new playstyle. This style is still hitting all the same highs as Neptune’s previous support, but is a bit easier for newer players to pick up. One of my big regrets with the first set was releasing Neptune so early into the game’s life span. I sincerely hope that this new build will bring in new fans to this interesting control planet.
There’s so much more to explore in BT06, including new Asteroid Belt cards! I really hope that players new and old will be able to pick up this booster set and enjoy the ever expanding world of System Gate. – Speedrobo