Card Spotlight: Gundam Astray Red Frame Custom from the Upcoming EB01 Set
Gundam Astray Red Frame Custom (EX) gives blue decks a tempo tool that can rest a damaged Unit and keep it locked down for another turn.
Gundam Card Game’s Eternal Nexus [EB01] keeps revealing new cards, and Gundam Astray Red Frame Custom (EX) is one of the latest ones to catch our eye.
The card is not exactly free value. Its effect asks you to exile two Command cards from trash, and it only works on a damaged enemy Unit with level 7 or lower. That is a real setup cost.
Still, the payoff looks pretty annoying in the best way. Red Frame Custom can choose a damaged enemy Unit, rest it, and then keep it from becoming active during the start phase of your opponent’s next turn. That means the card can open up an attack window right away, while also potentially denying that Unit as an attacker or blocker on the following turn.
Even if the effect does not remove the Unit by itself, forcing the opponent to play a turn with one important piece stuck sideways can buy a lot of room, especially against decks trying to stabilize behind one large threat.
It may end up being a little too conditional, but the effect is definitely there. Any card that both exposes a Unit and delays its recovery is worth testing.
Eternal Nexus releases on June 26.