Card Spotlight: Nu Gundam from Freedom Ascension
Nu Gundam gives Green a late-game threat that can pressure shields while turning Londo Bell cards in the trash into removal.
Gundam Card Game revealed two new Green cards from Freedom Ascension, and Nu Gundam is easily the highlight.
Nu Gundam is a Lv.7 / cost 5 Unit with 5 AP and 5 HP, plus Breach 5. That alone is already good, but the paired effect is where things get interesting. When paired, you can exile 3 Londo Bell cards from your trash to choose an enemy Unit and begin a battle between Nu Gundam and that Unit, only performing the damage step.
"Only performing the damage step" has several implications. This is not a normal attack declaration, so it looks like Nu can pick a fight directly instead of going through the usual attack target process. While we're not so sure about this yet, it might also mean Blockers can't block since there is no normal attack being redirected. As always, official rulings could clarify the details later, but on the card text alone, this looks like targeted battle removal.
The card provides a different kind of removal. Instead of only attacking the board normally, Nu Gundam can turn cards in the trash into a direct fight with the Unit you care about. On a 5/5 body with Breach 5, that makes it both a shield threat and a board-control tool.
The new Amuro Ray also fits the plan nicely. He is a Lv.5 / cost 1 Pilot that gives +2/+2, has Burst to add itself to hand, and heals the Unit for 2 HP when it destroys an enemy Unit with battle damage during your turn. On Nu Gundam, that pushes it to 7/7 and rewards exactly the kind of battle-based removal Nu wants to create.
The Londo Bell cost is real, since exiling 3 cards from trash is not free and you might run out of them. But if Green gets enough support to fill the trash naturally, Nu Gundam could become a very interesting threat in Freedom Ascension. It attacks shields with Breach, picks off Units when paired, while looking very cool.
Freedom Ascension releases later this month on July 24.
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