Welcome to the first Fire Emblem Cipher S12 Weekly Recap! This 12th set contains cards from Path of Radiance/Radiant Dawn, Awakening, and Genealogy of the Holy War. Now that we’re getting closer to the set’s release date, @fecipher has began its daily reveals. Let’s take a look at our first cards of the series!
Tellius cards form the main focus of S12, and the first half of the set is dedicated to them. Most of the cards revealed this week are from Tellius, including the very first card shown off on Monday: an unpromoted N card for Ike, his second cost 1 card. This card’s reveal was paired off with a digital version of the Medallion artwork.
We also got two N cards of a young Elena and Gawain, both together in a gorgeous joined-art panorama. All of these cards are drawn by Senri Kita, the official character portrait artist for the Tellius games. Kita has been a very prolific artist in Cipher as well, particularly for Tellius-related cards.
The final Tellius reveal of the week is also our first SR, and one of the most interesting cards of the set. It features a berserk Ike, possessed by the power of Lehran’s Medallion. This Ike is a beast on the Cipher battlefield, but unleashing his power also destroys your own allied cards. Use him with caution.
The twitter has also revealed two cards for each of the other games in the set. For Awakening, they shared N cards for both Chrom and Walhart, showcasing the Valmese focus in this portion of the set. On the Genealogy side, we get both an N and HN card for Eldigan, the main lord for the yellow block in S12.
These are the only cards we’ve seen so far, but we’ll get to see a bunch more this weekend during the Cipher Winter 2018 Livestream! Once again, Ryota Kawade and Young will be hosting this exciting event live. Two voice actresses will also be joining the stream as guests: Yuuki Kuwahara (Effie and Ophelia) and Kana Asumi (Lissa).
Cipher seasonal livestreams mainly focus on showing off new cards for the set. We’ve only seen a few cards so far, so there are many available. We’ll probably also get some art for the upcoming S13, and possibly also a look at the Cipher Sai merchandise. We might also get an announcement for S14. Stay tuned!
The stream begins on 17 February at 8:00pm JST (11:00am UTC). If you’re interested in watching along live, you can find more details and a link to the stream page on NicoNico on the official Cipher site here. For those who can’t watch live, we’ll post up an article with the highlights later.
Cipher Series 12 will release next month on 22 March! In the meantime, it’ll be an exciting month of news, reveals, and speculation. For further discussion about Cipher, feel free to join us in the Cipher subforum on the forums! You can also check out the Cipher Wiki for translations of the cards and more detailed information.
