Welcome to the first Fire Emblem Cipher S14 Weekly Recap! We’re now a month away from the release of Series 14, which means @fecipher has begun their card reveals. Let’s take a look at what they have in store for us!
The most exciting reveals so far come from Tellius, with Ike as the first Tellius character appearing in the set. His Cost 1 is based on his appearance in Path of Radiance. However, he wields axes in his R card, which he could only do when promoted in Radiant Dawn. This is actually the special R+ variant, signed by his VA, Hagi Michihiko.
Additionally, Titania snags the first SR for the set! She also appears with Greil as an unpromoted Axe Knight in her Cost 1.
For the Awakening cards, Chrom and both Male and Female Robin appeared in the first main character reveal. Previous art for the set has only shown off Male Robin, so Female Robin’s appearance was definitely a surprise! This probably means we’ll see Male Morgan along with Female Morgan with the second generation’s cards.
The final reveals go to Male Corrin and Ryoma from Fates. Both are here representing White, as S14 is focused on Hoshido, rather than Nohr. The two versions of Corrin are as a human wielding a sword and in his dragon form wielding a Dragonstone, respectively. Ryoma gets both an unpromoted Samurai card as well as a promoted R foil card.
Female Corrin may or may not be appearing in the S14 set, but Cipher has revealed that she’ll at least appear as a tournament promo. They showed off this gorgeous art of her tournament promo card at the recent Cipher Summer Party events in Japan. The artist is Yugyoji Tama, who is also the artist of the Crown of Nibelung manga.
Cipher has also revealed another tournament promo card art piece, this time featuring Spring Lucina, as she appears in Fire Emblem Heroes. Based on earlier appearances of Summer Tiki and Archer Lyn, Heroes-based alts may be becoming a common thing for tournament promos.
We’ve also gotten art for the official Cipher sleeves for S14! As usual there are four different sleeve designs based on S14 card art. This time around, the art features Cordelia, Male Corrin, Spring Lucina, and Mia. You can pre-order all four designs via AmiAmi.
Nintendo Dream has also revealed in their latest issue that a promo card for Male Robin will be available in their November issue, which releases next month. Each issue of the magazine will contain two copies of the promo. Pre-orders are not yet available, but we’ll share a link when it’s up. It’s possible that Dengeki Nintendo will also have a promo.
Finally, the Cipher Summer 2018 Livestream airs tomorrow! Ryota Kawade and Young will be hosting the stream over NicoNico starting at 8pm JST (11am UTC). Two special guests will also be apperaring: recurring guest Juri Kimura (VA for Mozu and Yuzu) and new guest Nobunaga Shimazaki (VA for Male Corrin).
They will show off a number of new cards for S14. We’ll also likely get some more news and art for upcoming Cipher sets. You can watch along live here.
Cipher Series 14 will release next month on 27 September! 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.
