Release 005 - September!
♥ News ♥
Hey guys, how are you all doing? We've had some new games recently, and there are still more to come. Keep in mind that you're not expected to play all of them, and there are many, many ways to earn cards in this TCG other than playing games as well. There are some new stuff in store for everyone too, so don't skip what's underneath the lj-cut below. Do read what follows before you claim your freebies since there's also some important info!
♥ Colors Universe ♥
The Colors Universe is coming along nicely~. Design Kou-kun is closing in 10 days on September 15. Don't forget to get those submissions in! I reply to submissions within 2 days, so if you don't hear back from me, contact me to see if I received your submission! My spam folder can sometimes be a bit harsh. Also, Akai-san and Mikan-tan are still waiting for more art and fic to be produced about them. Help expand the Colors Universe over here!
♥ Donations ♥
The Donate a Deck and Donate Graphics posts have been updated to make things clearer. Please reread the newly updated info before you submit anything! Most importantly, fanart and doujinshi art is not accepted in the TCG. Only official art may be used even in graphic donations unless the fanart is drawn by you. (In this case, please clarify it's your own) I apologize for not catching on earlier that some donations are fanart. I'm not familiar with every series out there and what official art for that series looks like. I would appreciate it if you could go through the graphics page and let me know if any of your donations were fanart. I will be taking down all fanart that is not done by members from the website. You may still use them among yourselves, but it won't be up on the website.
♥ Monochrome Portfolios ♥
Samples thanks to Moon!
If you ever find yourself collecting a lot of decks of the same color, Monochrome Portfolios are now an option! Monochrome Portfolios are for collecting 8 decks of the same color. You can have both one Palette Portfolio and one Monochrome Portfolio going on at the same time, or just one of them, or none at all if that's the way you roll. You can use decks you used in the Palette Portfolio in the Monochrome Portfolio and vice versa, but as usual, you can only use up to three previously mastered decks. (not four, the details say less than four!).
♥ Inactive Members ♥
We did a member check on August 21 and moved inactive members to the inactive section on the members list. If you wish to get back in the active members list, please update your card post and comment over here. If you would like to continue playing but are unable to update your card post at the moment, please declare a hiatus.
♥ Signatures!? ♥
As thanks for reading through all this text, there's an extra gift waiting for you over here. That aside, please be aware that signatures can only be traded for signatures, and you can only trade your own! This is the only deck with this rule because Signatures cannot be acquired through the randomizer. You cannot ask for a copy of your signature as a choice card from leveling up or from mastering a character deck, but you can ask for your signature from mastering a special deck. Special decks are described below.
==8 New Special Decks==
Ace Attorney Apollo Justice Minor Characters
Bokurano Characters
Hana Kimi Chibi All Characters
Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou All Characters
Mahou Sensei Negima Class 2-A/3-A students 1-20
Mahou Sensei Negima Class 2-A/3-A students 21-31 & teachers
Prince of Tennis Megane Characters
Shugo Chara! Guardian Characters
Special decks? What in the world are these? Special decks ideally feature minor characters that don't have enough art for their own deck or perhaps aren't prominent enough to warrant their own deck (but you may still see some main characters in these decks to fill the rest of the slots if there aren't enough minor characters for a complete deck of 20). They can also be decks of series that have a huge cast where having separate decks for every single character might be a bit much. Since this is a character TCG, each special card will still feature only 1 character each in most cases. With series that have way more than 20 characters, themed decks are also possible, such as the Shugo Chara! one where we have a deck of Guardian Characters or the Prince of Tennis one where we have a deck of characters wearing glasses. Special decks have a solid white border instead of a dotted one, and they have two colors assigned to them.
Special cards are obtainable from the randomizer like any other card. The possibility of getting a special card as a reward is the same as getting a character card. The difference, however, is in how we'd go about acquiring choice cards of special decks.
Special cards can be acquired at the Art Shop using 2 crayons, 1 of each color assigned to the deck. You can also acquire them at the Art Studio at a different rate from other cards. You'll have to check the Art Studio post for the current rate, as it is subject to change. Mastering special decks earns you slightly higher rewards than mastering a character deck, but currently, you cannot ask for a choice special card from mastering a character deck, nor can you ask for a choice character card for mastering a special deck. You also cannot ask for a special card as a choice card from leveling.
Special cards aren't considered worth 2 because the probability of earning them randomly is the same as any other card. In this TCG, one card is one card. Special cards can be traded for character cards and character cards can be traded for special cards among members. The rate of exchange is up to the players. For sketchpad purposes, you get to mark down the number of cards you trade away.
Oh, but special decks do have other perks! They can be used to fill two slots on the same Palette Portfolio. If you want to use a special deck to qualify for different Monochrome Portfolios, that is possible too, but like usual, you must follow the less than three previously mastered decks rule.
Special decks cannot be donated at the Donate a Deck post because they take a bit more thought and will require players and deckmakers to work closely together. Players will be able to earn the ability to suggest (and donate) a special deck through certain games. Keep an eye out for this month's!
==76 New Character Decks==
I thought we'd have less decks this month, but this is still quite a large number! Without further ado, here they are!
♥ Ace Attorney series ♥
Ema Skye, Franziska von Karma, Kristoph Gavin, Trucy Wright
♥ Air TV ♥
Kamio Misuzu
♥ Azumanga Daiou ♥
Mihama Chiyo
♥ Bakuman ♥
Mashiro Moritaka, Takagi Akito
♥ Black Lagoon ♥
Revy
♥ Black★Rock Shooter ♥
Black★Rock Shooter, Dead Master
♥ Break Blade ♥
Rygart Arrow
♥ Cardcaptor Sakura ♥
Cerberus "Kero", Spinel Sun "Suppi"
♥ Clannad ♥
Okazaki Tomoya, Sakagami Tomoyo
♥ D.Gray-man ♥
Lavi
♥ Durarara!! ♥
Karisawa Erika, Togusa Saburo, Yumasaki Walker
♥ Fullmetal Alchemist ♥
Alphonse Elric
♥ Guilty Gear ♥
Bridget
♥ Gundam 00 ♥
Michael Trinity
♥ Hakuoki: Shinsengumi Kitan ♥
Saitou Hajime
♥ Hana Kimi ♥
Sano Izumi, Umeda Hokuto
♥ Hetalia: Axis Powers ♥
Alfred F. Jones, Arthur Kirkland, Honda Kiku
♥ Higurashi no Naku Koro ni ♥
Maebara Keiichi, Ryuugu Rena
♥ Junjou Romantica ♥
Miyagi You, Takatsuki Shinobu
♥ K-ON! ♥
Hirasawa Ui
♥ Katekyo Hitman Reborn ♥
Hibari Kyouya, Yamamoto Takeshi
♥ Kuroshitsuji & Kuroshitsuji II ♥
Grell Sutcliffe, Alois Trancy
♥ Kyou Kara Maou ♥
Conrad Weller, Murata Ken, Yozak Gurrier
♥ Last Exile ♥
Dio Eraclea, Lavie Head
♥ Love Mode ♥
Sakashita Izumi, Takamiya Katsura
♥ Lucky Star ♥
Hiiragi Kagami, Kogami Akira
♥ Magic Knight Rayearth ♥
Hououji Fuu, Ryuuzaki Umi, Shidou Hikaru
♥ Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha ♥
Arf, Subaru Nakajima, Yagami Hayate
♥ Mai-HiME/Mai-Otome ♥
Fujino Shizuru/Shizuru Viola
♥ Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro ♥
Nougami Neuro
♥ Naruto ♥
Hayate Kakashi
♥ One Piece ♥
Chopper
♥ Ookami-san to Shichinin no Nakama-tachi ♥
Ookami Ryouko
♥ Pandora Hearts ♥
Alice
♥ Persona Trinity Soul ♥
Kanzato Jun, Kanzato Shin
♥ Princess Tutu ♥
Ahiru
♥ Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei ♥
Itoshiki Nozomu
♥ Sonic the Hedgehog ♥
Sonic the Hedgehog
♥ Suikoden series ♥
Riou, Sasarai, Tir McDohl
♥ Tales of the Abyss ♥
Luke fon Fabre
♥ Tenjho Tenge ♥
Natsume Aya
♥ The Legend of Zelda ♥
Link
♥ The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya ♥
Koizumi Itsuki, Nagato Yuki
♥ True Tears ♥
Isurugi Noe
♥ Umineko no Naku Koro ni ♥
Battler Ushiromiya
♥ Vampire Knight ♥
Kiryuu Zero
♥ Working!! ♥
Takanashi Souta
♥ Freebies ♥
You may claim eight character cards and one special card from the newly released decks above. They must all be from different decks! Please comment with what you take.
If your birthday is in September, please also label your subject with BIRTHDAY! I will give out three random cards and one random crayon for your birthday.
♥ Referral Rewards ♥
The following players qualify for referral rewards. Thanks for helping the TCG grow! If your name is part of this list, please comment with REFERRAL! in the subject of your comment to this post to receive your rewards.
Ka-chan
Disutansu
Joey
Rowan
gil x5
Harumi x3
♥ Asterisk Deck Donations ♥
I don't believe any decks marked with an asterisk have been released this month, but if I'm remembering incorrectly and you donated to a deck marked with an asterisk and have not received rewards for it (and it has been released), please title the subject of your comment with DONATION and tell me in the subject of your comment which decks you donated. You will receive two random cards per deck for your help!
The next release is scheduled near the start of October. See you guys then! And don't forget to draw some fanart or write some fic for the Colors Universe in the meantime!
Freebie claims from this post are now closed!
Hey guys, how are you all doing? We've had some new games recently, and there are still more to come. Keep in mind that you're not expected to play all of them, and there are many, many ways to earn cards in this TCG other than playing games as well. There are some new stuff in store for everyone too, so don't skip what's underneath the lj-cut below. Do read what follows before you claim your freebies since there's also some important info!
♥ Colors Universe ♥
The Colors Universe is coming along nicely~. Design Kou-kun is closing in 10 days on September 15. Don't forget to get those submissions in! I reply to submissions within 2 days, so if you don't hear back from me, contact me to see if I received your submission! My spam folder can sometimes be a bit harsh. Also, Akai-san and Mikan-tan are still waiting for more art and fic to be produced about them. Help expand the Colors Universe over here!
♥ Donations ♥
The Donate a Deck and Donate Graphics posts have been updated to make things clearer. Please reread the newly updated info before you submit anything! Most importantly, fanart and doujinshi art is not accepted in the TCG. Only official art may be used even in graphic donations unless the fanart is drawn by you. (In this case, please clarify it's your own) I apologize for not catching on earlier that some donations are fanart. I'm not familiar with every series out there and what official art for that series looks like. I would appreciate it if you could go through the graphics page and let me know if any of your donations were fanart. I will be taking down all fanart that is not done by members from the website. You may still use them among yourselves, but it won't be up on the website.
♥ Monochrome Portfolios ♥
Samples thanks to Moon!
If you ever find yourself collecting a lot of decks of the same color, Monochrome Portfolios are now an option! Monochrome Portfolios are for collecting 8 decks of the same color. You can have both one Palette Portfolio and one Monochrome Portfolio going on at the same time, or just one of them, or none at all if that's the way you roll. You can use decks you used in the Palette Portfolio in the Monochrome Portfolio and vice versa, but as usual, you can only use up to three previously mastered decks. (not four, the details say less than four!).
♥ Inactive Members ♥
We did a member check on August 21 and moved inactive members to the inactive section on the members list. If you wish to get back in the active members list, please update your card post and comment over here. If you would like to continue playing but are unable to update your card post at the moment, please declare a hiatus.
♥ Signatures!? ♥
As thanks for reading through all this text, there's an extra gift waiting for you over here. That aside, please be aware that signatures can only be traded for signatures, and you can only trade your own! This is the only deck with this rule because Signatures cannot be acquired through the randomizer. You cannot ask for a copy of your signature as a choice card from leveling up or from mastering a character deck, but you can ask for your signature from mastering a special deck. Special decks are described below.
==8 New Special Decks==
Ace Attorney Apollo Justice Minor Characters
Bokurano Characters
Hana Kimi Chibi All Characters
Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou All Characters
Mahou Sensei Negima Class 2-A/3-A students 1-20
Mahou Sensei Negima Class 2-A/3-A students 21-31 & teachers
Prince of Tennis Megane Characters
Shugo Chara! Guardian Characters
Special decks? What in the world are these? Special decks ideally feature minor characters that don't have enough art for their own deck or perhaps aren't prominent enough to warrant their own deck (but you may still see some main characters in these decks to fill the rest of the slots if there aren't enough minor characters for a complete deck of 20). They can also be decks of series that have a huge cast where having separate decks for every single character might be a bit much. Since this is a character TCG, each special card will still feature only 1 character each in most cases. With series that have way more than 20 characters, themed decks are also possible, such as the Shugo Chara! one where we have a deck of Guardian Characters or the Prince of Tennis one where we have a deck of characters wearing glasses. Special decks have a solid white border instead of a dotted one, and they have two colors assigned to them.
Special cards are obtainable from the randomizer like any other card. The possibility of getting a special card as a reward is the same as getting a character card. The difference, however, is in how we'd go about acquiring choice cards of special decks.
Special cards can be acquired at the Art Shop using 2 crayons, 1 of each color assigned to the deck. You can also acquire them at the Art Studio at a different rate from other cards. You'll have to check the Art Studio post for the current rate, as it is subject to change. Mastering special decks earns you slightly higher rewards than mastering a character deck, but currently, you cannot ask for a choice special card from mastering a character deck, nor can you ask for a choice character card for mastering a special deck. You also cannot ask for a special card as a choice card from leveling.
Special cards aren't considered worth 2 because the probability of earning them randomly is the same as any other card. In this TCG, one card is one card. Special cards can be traded for character cards and character cards can be traded for special cards among members. The rate of exchange is up to the players. For sketchpad purposes, you get to mark down the number of cards you trade away.
Oh, but special decks do have other perks! They can be used to fill two slots on the same Palette Portfolio. If you want to use a special deck to qualify for different Monochrome Portfolios, that is possible too, but like usual, you must follow the less than three previously mastered decks rule.
Special decks cannot be donated at the Donate a Deck post because they take a bit more thought and will require players and deckmakers to work closely together. Players will be able to earn the ability to suggest (and donate) a special deck through certain games. Keep an eye out for this month's!
==76 New Character Decks==
I thought we'd have less decks this month, but this is still quite a large number! Without further ado, here they are!
♥ Ace Attorney series ♥
Ema Skye, Franziska von Karma, Kristoph Gavin, Trucy Wright
♥ Air TV ♥
Kamio Misuzu
♥ Azumanga Daiou ♥
Mihama Chiyo
♥ Bakuman ♥
Mashiro Moritaka, Takagi Akito
♥ Black Lagoon ♥
Revy
♥ Black★Rock Shooter ♥
Black★Rock Shooter, Dead Master
♥ Break Blade ♥
Rygart Arrow
♥ Cardcaptor Sakura ♥
Cerberus "Kero", Spinel Sun "Suppi"
♥ Clannad ♥
Okazaki Tomoya, Sakagami Tomoyo
♥ D.Gray-man ♥
Lavi
♥ Durarara!! ♥
Karisawa Erika, Togusa Saburo, Yumasaki Walker
♥ Fullmetal Alchemist ♥
Alphonse Elric
♥ Guilty Gear ♥
Bridget
♥ Gundam 00 ♥
Michael Trinity
♥ Hakuoki: Shinsengumi Kitan ♥
Saitou Hajime
♥ Hana Kimi ♥
Sano Izumi, Umeda Hokuto
♥ Hetalia: Axis Powers ♥
Alfred F. Jones, Arthur Kirkland, Honda Kiku
♥ Higurashi no Naku Koro ni ♥
Maebara Keiichi, Ryuugu Rena
♥ Junjou Romantica ♥
Miyagi You, Takatsuki Shinobu
♥ K-ON! ♥
Hirasawa Ui
♥ Katekyo Hitman Reborn ♥
Hibari Kyouya, Yamamoto Takeshi
♥ Kuroshitsuji & Kuroshitsuji II ♥
Grell Sutcliffe, Alois Trancy
♥ Kyou Kara Maou ♥
Conrad Weller, Murata Ken, Yozak Gurrier
♥ Last Exile ♥
Dio Eraclea, Lavie Head
♥ Love Mode ♥
Sakashita Izumi, Takamiya Katsura
♥ Lucky Star ♥
Hiiragi Kagami, Kogami Akira
♥ Magic Knight Rayearth ♥
Hououji Fuu, Ryuuzaki Umi, Shidou Hikaru
♥ Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha ♥
Arf, Subaru Nakajima, Yagami Hayate
♥ Mai-HiME/Mai-Otome ♥
Fujino Shizuru/Shizuru Viola
♥ Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro ♥
Nougami Neuro
♥ Naruto ♥
Hayate Kakashi
♥ One Piece ♥
Chopper
♥ Ookami-san to Shichinin no Nakama-tachi ♥
Ookami Ryouko
♥ Pandora Hearts ♥
Alice
♥ Persona Trinity Soul ♥
Kanzato Jun, Kanzato Shin
♥ Princess Tutu ♥
Ahiru
♥ Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei ♥
Itoshiki Nozomu
♥ Sonic the Hedgehog ♥
Sonic the Hedgehog
♥ Suikoden series ♥
Riou, Sasarai, Tir McDohl
♥ Tales of the Abyss ♥
Luke fon Fabre
♥ Tenjho Tenge ♥
Natsume Aya
♥ The Legend of Zelda ♥
Link
♥ The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya ♥
Koizumi Itsuki, Nagato Yuki
♥ True Tears ♥
Isurugi Noe
♥ Umineko no Naku Koro ni ♥
Battler Ushiromiya
♥ Vampire Knight ♥
Kiryuu Zero
♥ Working!! ♥
Takanashi Souta
♥ Freebies ♥
You may claim eight character cards and one special card from the newly released decks above. They must all be from different decks! Please comment with what you take.
If your birthday is in September, please also label your subject with BIRTHDAY! I will give out three random cards and one random crayon for your birthday.
♥ Referral Rewards ♥
The following players qualify for referral rewards. Thanks for helping the TCG grow! If your name is part of this list, please comment with REFERRAL! in the subject of your comment to this post to receive your rewards.
Ka-chan
Disutansu
Joey
Rowan
gil x5
Harumi x3
♥ Asterisk Deck Donations ♥
I don't believe any decks marked with an asterisk have been released this month, but if I'm remembering incorrectly and you donated to a deck marked with an asterisk and have not received rewards for it (and it has been released), please title the subject of your comment with DONATION and tell me in the subject of your comment which decks you donated. You will receive two random cards per deck for your help!
The next release is scheduled near the start of October. See you guys then! And don't forget to draw some fanart or write some fic for the Colors Universe in the meantime!
Freebie claims from this post are now closed!