Shop Card Guide Canon Cards (ARCHIVED)

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Reference this thread in case you have any questions about how the canon abilities from the shop work. This will be continuously updated as new cards are added.

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Rage Flash: Transfer 400G away from each opposing Bakugan/Support Weapon. Prevent your opponent from using normal abilities and/or negate/reflect any abilities/effects.



^ This is very simple and needs no explanation. The main reason to use this card is due to it being one of the very few cards that can use three effects at once. 

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Goliath Fortress: Spawn a "Goliath Fortress" on your side of the field with power equal to 1.5 X the Bakugan's base level. The "Goliath Fortress" can take on any Support Weapon characteristic that you own and can use their effects/abilities; however, the "Goliath Fortress" will ALWAYS be treated as an extra Support Weapon and may only use 1 effect from whatever it uses.



^ Take the first statement as if you're throwing in something (i.e. throwing in a Bakugan, Bakugan Trap, Battle Gear, etc.). That's all you're doing. Multiply 1.5 times your Bakugan's base power level. You will then specify what kind of Support Weapon you want the "Goliath Fortress" to be. If you want it to be a Bakugan Trap, there you go. Battle Gear? Go ahead. BakuNano? Have at it. Whatever you decide to make it is what it's going to be.

It will then be able to function in the same way as whatever you chose for it to be. Again, if you said it's a Bakugan Trap, it will act as a Bakugan Trap. If it is a Battle Gear, it will act as a Battle Gear. You know the deal for the rest.

You can then have it use effects that are specific to what the item is based on what you own. To that end, if it's a Bakugan Trap, any card you have that is specifically used by Bakugan Traps can be used by the "Goliath Fortress." If it's a Battle Gear, you can have it use any level of Battle Gear ability you have access to. (If I say it's a Bakugan Trap, and I own Pyrus Scorpion, I can have it use Max Reflector.)

Whatever you decide to do, it can only use ONE effect from whatever you activate. It is also an EXTRA Support Weapon. Do not forget what the battle rules says about extra items.

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Alpha Eraser: Choose any ability or item on the field. That specific ability or item is only limited to one effect. If it has more than one effect, you can choose which one gets activated. Increase your power level by 400G.



^ Let's say you play this and your opponent has Fire Wall active. You select Fire Wall, and you limit it to one effect; since it has more than one effect, you choose which one gets activated. You select the 1st effect; the decrease is the only effect that is activated while the counter effect is not. 

This does not allow you to affect anything played after this card. 

Also, this obviously doesn't work if the said card only has one effect.

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Sylphystia: Choose any number on the opponents' G-Power, and that shall become their power level. Any G-Power decreases performed so far in the round counts as increases for you.



^ The opponent has 1000G. You choose the second 0 in the power level. Their power level is now 0. 

If there are several effects that decreased you by 200G, you now have several effects that are increasing you by 200G. This only applies to the decreases played BEFORE this card.

Decreases to 0 WILL be affected by this card regardless of how the effect is worded. Obviously, you would return to the point you were at before the decrease to 0 occurred.

This card does not affect effects that return you to your base power level UNLESS the power level you were at before the effect's activation was higher than the said base level.

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Eruption Claw: Increase your power level by the total amount of number values associated with a G-Power change throughout the entire brawl, disregarding all other effects that are not preventions. This white-class card should be the only white-class card you activate in a round.



^ Any and all number values that affect G-Power in any way will be taken into account here. You are taking ALL of them throughout the whole brawl. Yes. The ENTIRE brawl. You will then increase your power level by the overall total. That's it.

This card ignores any and all effects that are not preventions. There are effects around that can limit your ability to increase your power level and are not specific preventions. For example, your opponent could have an effect against you that makes any G-Power change you use only apply after a certain amount of turns have passed. This card doesn't care about that.


Unless there is a specific prevention against you that prevents you from increasing your power level, this card is going through whether your opponent likes it or not.

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Propulsion Boost: As long as this card is active, whenever there's a G-Power change, you may increase or decrease the value by 500G; this can only be done twice. Increase your power level by 500G.



^ The first effect is only applicable to G-Power changes that happen AFTER this card is played. Not BEFORE. AFTER.

You play this card. Your opponent then plays a card that boosts them by 500G. You can then decrease that increase by 500G, making it 0.

You play a card that increases your power level by 500G. You can boost it by 500G, making it a 1000G increase.

That's how it works. You can do this at any time, but you can only do it TWICE.

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Soul Cannon: Choose a type of effect (i.e. G-Power changes, preventions, etc.). All effects that fall under the said type are converted into G-fragments. Once two turns have passed with this card being active, all G-fragments will be converted to 300G a piece, and will be treated as an increase or decrease to a select player.



^ The first effect literally tells you what it means by "type of effect."

So we'll select G-Power changes. Any G-Power changes that are currently activated will be converted into G-fragments. Do not make this complicated. This is just a fancy way of saying that the said G-Power changes are being made into items that will be used later. Think of it as changing them into tiny orbs. While this is happening, the said effects will not be applied, meaning they are not active. This will not count as a counter.

For the remaining effects to be used, this card will have to stay active for two turns. This means that if it is rendered inactive in any way before that happens, the turn count will reset.

Once two turns have passed, the G-fragments (tiny orbs, remember) will count as 300G G-Power changes, and you can apply as increases or decreases towards anyone on the field. Simple.

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Illumina - Strength: Choose one active effect. Count it as either a buff or a debuff against whoever it is targeting. (Ex. A decrease counted as a buff = increase).



Buff = effect that helps you

Debuff = effect that doesn't help you

If a decrease to you is counted as a buff, that means it will help you, which means it will INCREASE your power instead. Extremely simple.

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Illumina - Pain: Select a player, then choose any buff or debuff that has occurred in the brawl. Until the user of this card plays another card, that person will experience whatever the buff or debuff was.



We're going to expand upon the simple definitions we've established with Illumina - Strength.

For example, let's look at an athlete who is doping. Think of the advantages they would have by cheating; those advantages are the buffs. Think of the damage they'll be doing to their body overtime. The aftermath are the debuffs.

When we use this card, we need to ask ourselves: what is going on that is either helping or not helping someone?

Examples of things that are helping someone (buffs): card count increases, card class count increases, effects are doubled

Examples of things that are harming someone (debuffs): card count decreases, preventions, attribute forcibly changes

Once you understand that, you just need to follow the card's instructions EXACTLY.

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Frame Creation: Create any Bakugan you wish. The created Bakugan must still be an entity from your Bakupack. The created Bakugan retains its normal attribute in addition to another one of your choice. The resulting Bakugan's G-Power is set at either the base level of a Bakugan in your Bakupack, or at the highest point a Bakugan of yours was in during the round. This is counted as a throw-in.


This card was primarily created to help people against effects that would get rid of their main Bakugan, but it can be used in other interesting ways...

You have creative freedom when it comes to whatever you make. You can call it whatever you want, BUT THE AMALGAMATION MUST CONSIST OF AT LEAST ONE BAKUGAN YOU OWN. The being can use cards and effects from whatever was put into it. If one of the Bakugan used in this creation was on the field earlier and was sent out, the cards they used will remain active.

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Weapons Cache - Caduceus: Summon a "Caduceus". Its power level is half that of your base level. Select a player, then specify a category of effects (i.e., G-Power changes, throwing in Bakugan, using an effect from your Bakupack, etc.). That player will only benefit or be harmed from the effect once he/she has been targeted by it for the second time. When that happens, destroy "Caduceus." This card's effect is not counted as a protection.



This is very similar to Goliath Fortress. Follow the instructions.

Caduceus works like this:

Keto: Category of effects is G-Power changes. I target myself. I can't be harmed until I've been targeted by it for the second time.

Me: Okay. I play *blank* to decrease your power level!

Keto: No

Me: Alright... Then I'll play *blank* to decrease your power level!

Keto: ....Oh, alright. *destroys Caduceus*

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Level Stratum: After activation, if you are ever attacked for life-gauge damage, your G-power will increase by 1000G until the end of your opponent's next turn, ignoring any G-power related effects. This card can only be used once per brawl
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Just do what it says.

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Elements' Break: Select a Bakugan in your Bakupack, and look at its G-Power. All of your opponents will be set to that Bakugan's base power level. Increase your power level by 400G. Also, any Bakugan defeated by your Bakugan while this card is active will not benefit from any type of bonus given to their attribute (includes, but not limited to, special shooting skills, attribute-specific gate cards like Pyrus Reactor, etc.).



The instructions are pretty clear.

For the last effect, it should be obvious what this means since it's laid out in front of you, but I will give an example anyway.

Suppose Battalix Dragonoid defeats Aquos Champion Gladion in one round. For the rest of the battle, Gladion cannot benefit from anything that is relegated to Aquos Bakugan. This means that Aquos special shots are off limits for Gladion. This also means that he cannot gain power from an Aquos Reactor-type gate card. You get the idea.

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Prince's Mayhem: After activation, this Special Ability Card will also be treated as a Bakugan; however, this change will never be recognized when G-Power is being calculated. Any effects designed to affect more than one Bakugan at a time will ONLY affect this card/Bakugan. Also, any effects that are designed to affect more than one item/card at a time will only affect this card/Bakugan (counters are excluded). After two of your opponent's turns, return this card/Bakugan to your arsenal. This is not counted as a throw-in. The card will still count as being played, even though it is being returned.



You don't need to make this complicated. The card tells you exactly what you need to know. You don't throw in anything (especially since the card doesn't say that). Just follow the instructions and don't overthink it. You will not count "Prince's Mayhem" into the calculation.

Imagine someone playing this card and it just floats in the air until it disappears. Prince's Mayhem is one of those. That's all you have to think about. 

If someone decides to decrease ALL Bakugan on the field by 500G, it will only affect Prince's Mayhem ONLY. (Since it isn't factored into the calculation, that means the decrease is useless). This is one of many examples of effects that target more than one entity on the field.

When this card is returned to your arsenal, anything done by this card on a previous turn remains the way it was. So, if what I said above about the decrease happened, it will still happen even when this card is returned to the arsenal; it doesn't allow the decrease to go through even though the card isn't in play anymore.

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I will also cover the forbidden cards; however, they have the longest statements out of any card I offer, so giving an explanation here is hardly necessary except for a select few of them. If you're already at the level to be able to use these, you should know these concepts by now.

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Devour: Call an attribute. Any item of this attribute that is on the field right now and on the field later will have their power levels transferred to your Bakugan. Additionally, erase their G-Power change, and then add half of their maximum to your Bakugan's G-Power change limit. If power is taken from a Support Weapon, the absorbed G-Power change limit will be applied to yours if it is the same type of Support Weapon

This is a very nasty Gate Card. The first part is easy to understand. As for "erasing their G-Power Change", this means that you're basically making a Bakugan unable to increase or decrease any power levels by any amount. Remember that all Bakugan - based on their evolutionary state - can increase or decrease a power level by a certain amount. This gate card doesn't care about that and simply takes that away, and half of that limit is added to your limit.

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Transformation: Choose one Bakugan or Support Weapon on your side of the field, then select an item of the said type from your Bakupack. That Bakugan or Support Weapon on the field gains the same limitations as the chosen Bakugan or Support Weapon from the Bakupack. Take half of the power level from the chosen Bakugan or Support Weapon in the Bakupack, and add it to the Bakugan or Support Weapon on the field.

Degeneration: Choose one Bakugan or Support Weapon on your opponent's of the field, then select an item of the said type from your Bakupack. That Bakugan or Support Weapon on the field gains the same limitations as the chosen Bakugan or Support Weapon from the Bakupack. Take half of the power level from the chosen Bakugan or Support Weapon in the Bakupack, and subtract it from the Bakugan or Support Weapon on the field.

Limitations include: G-Power change limit, card class limitations, support weapon usability (depending on what it is). By support weapon usability, if you choose a fully upgraded Battle Gear on the field with Degeneration, and then you make it have the same limitations as a non-upgraded Battle Gear, then the selected Battle Gear can't use their Level 2 or 3 abilities.

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Third Judgment: The battle officially starts when three Bakugan are on the gate card. The battle will end when one Bakugan is left standing, even if both of them are on the same team. In the event that there are two Bakugan belonging to one player, that player MUST get that other Bakugan off of the field through an effect, or will have to defeat that Bakugan, self-inflicting life gauge damage. If these measures are taken, and all players life gauges are zero, the battle will officially be declared as a draw.

This card is very self-explanatory and shouldn't have to be explained at all. In regards to the three Bakugan having to stand on the card for the battle to begin, the card does not tell any player that they are allowed to throw one in for free. That's all I'm going to say.

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Final Judgment: This gate card can be used the moment your Bakugan lands, meaning that you do not have to wait for your opponent to land. Any being that has an attribute different from your Bakugan will have a base level of 0 (this will not count as sending their power to 0). If any being of the opposition matches your Bakugan's attribute, their Bakugan will start at half of their base level. Any being dealt a penalty by this card's effects may not win the brawl with any "advantage" effects of any kind.

Typically, gate cards can only be used when two Bakugan are on it. This one doesn't abide by that rule. You can use it even if there's only a lone Bakugan on it. Follow the instructions.

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Battle Sham: This gate card may only be used when dealing with multiple Bakugan and/or Bakugan Traps, Battle Suits, or Mechtogan belonging to a single player. Alternatively, you may use this card if faced with a Bakugan and a Bakugan Trap, Battle Suit, or Mechtogan. Choose one Bakugan or aforementioned Support Weapon. Treat that choice as the opponent's original throw in; all other items are considered extra items. Remove all opposing extra items off of the field and back to their owners. This does not work against Maxus and Colossus Bakugan.

It looks like a lot, but it's very simple if you don't overthink it.

There's a certain rule where if you use an extra item, you can't counter with it if it's dealt with properly. You should know this by now if you're attempting to use this. This gate card will abuse that rule.

So, if you're in a situation where you're faced with the opposition the card describes, you choose ONE of those items and will count it as his/her original throw-in; everything else will have to abide by the rule in question.

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Revive - Grade 2: Choose one brawler in the battle. Restore their life gauge back to full. The player affected by this card will automatically lose the brawl if the battle does not end after that round.

If I have to explain this to you, you should be banned.

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Rule Enforcement: This card cannot be countered in any way. This card's effect will continue to build for the amount of strikes anyone accumulates in the round, regardless of how big or small it is. If one strike is earned, their power level is reset back to their base level instantly, but only if their power level isn't already less than that. If a second strike is earned, the player is deprived of their Support Weapon usage (this does not count as a prevention). If any Support Weapon is present on their field, it is erased from the battle and may not be used again in the battle. If a third strike is earned, that player will lose the brawl instantly, ignoring any discretion used by staff members.

Again, I shouldn't have to explain this card. This gate card is basically an unforgiving tyrant who will count every little mistake you do as a strike, and us staff members can't do anything about it. If you get three strikes by this, oh well. Can't help you.