UFS Set 14: Quest of Souls, featuring more of your favorite characters from the hit fighting game, SoulCalibur IV, as well as dynamic new cards to enliven and enrich the Universal Fighting System metagame, is almost here! The pre-release weekend for Set 14 is next week, November 20th-22nd, and here to present spoilers for three new cards is set developer James Hata.

Hello UFS fans! Welcome to the 4th round of UFS spoiler articles. This week, we are going to take a look at some interesting concepts introduced in this set. Today we will be examining Carefree, Assassin’s Strike, and Waterfall.

Carefree is a very simple card, but it is something that is wholly unprecedented in the UFS universe. It is a really well-costed foundation that has absolutely no abilities! The card is still extremely solid for what it does though. If you want to hold it as a block, this card is an excellent block. If you want to free up your hand, it is a very cheap foundation to play. In any case, the lack of abilities does not take away from this card’s versatility at all.

Assassin’s Strike is based around versatility and is able to fill many roles through its effects. The attack has solid stats for its cost and can potentially do 12 damage (if you take its multiple into account). Aside from that, the attack can turn into a blank foundation at the end of the turn if it deals damage. If both attacks deal damage, this nets you two free blank foundations at the end of the turn! This attack is just a brief look into the new tactics and strategy that Taki employs to take down her enemies

Waterfall is an attack that is a bit deceptive in its usefulness. Although it is true that this attack’s own ability does work against its own multiple, the true strength of the attack comes in the form of its Combo ability. Being able to add damage equal to the attack’s speed is huge, especially when it is built into the attack itself. The ability to reduce the damage of multiple copies of an attack is a nice defensive option that can be used when the attack is played as a block.

Hope you guys enjoyed this preview. Stay tuned for the next one!

- James Hata

UFS (Universal Fighting System) is the premier fighting game TCG where all of your favorite console fighting game characters get to slug it out in the Arena of Champions. For more information on UFS, check out our UFS minisite.