With the release of Cipher Series 4 a couple weeks in the past, Cipher aficionados are already looking forward to the next set release this coming summer. Although it’s still a few months away, we’ve already got enough interesting tidbits to pique the interest of Cipher players and collectors.

Originally announced in November of last year, Cipher Series 5 will be released on June 23rd, 2016, approximately one year after the card game made its debut last summer.

The booster series, entitled Beyond Strife (相剋を越えて), will feature a return to Tellius with green cards from Radiant Dawn, and also introduce characters from Binding Blade as new purple cards. Binding Blade cards will also be showcased in the associated Structure Deck, Binding Rebellion (封印動乱), which releases on the same day.

It’s not just the prospect of new cards and characters that are intriguing to fans, however. There are also a few exciting changes coming to Cipher that will start with the new series. Originally teased during the last NicoNico livestream, notices posted up at recent Cipher events confirmed some of the new things we can look forward to.

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