Arcee and Demolisher revealed for the Official Transformers Trading Card Game

Tuesday, August 7th, 2018 4:28PM CDT

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Following on from the recent batches of card reveals from Gencon (Here and here!) We have the last few cards to be revealed at the gaming convention courtesy of fellow Seibertron user #Sideways#.

This time the reveal focuses on two different characters, Decepticon Demolisher and Autobot Arcee. We also have a look at a very useful looking upgrade card, that will certainly some play.

Demolisher:

Here's Demolisher's effect, for those who wish to know.

Bot mode: "When this is attacking --> Flip extra battle cards equal to his [Defense]."

Alt mode: "When you flip to this mode --> Draw a card for each of your other Tanks."

A very Prime looking Arcee (Bot mode):

Arcee (Alt mode)

Data Bank:

So will these be making their way into your decks when the game hits? Let us know in the forum and stay tuned to Seibertron for more transformers related news!

Credit(s): #Sideways# from Seibertron

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Re: Arcee and Demolisher revealed for the Official Transformers Trading Card Game (1977124)
Posted by Deadput on August 7th, 2018 @ 4:43pm CDT

A tad disappointed that there dosn't seem to be any original art so far, just reused from the legends card game.

Re: Arcee and Demolisher revealed for the Official Transformers Trading Card Game (1977138)
Posted by Iron Prime on August 7th, 2018 @ 5:23pm CDT

Deadput wrote:A tad disappointed that there dosn't seem to be any original art so far, just reused from the legends card game.

Probably waiting to see how well it does before commissioning more art...

Re: Arcee and Demolisher revealed for the Official Transformers Trading Card Game (1977139)
Posted by ZeroWolf on August 7th, 2018 @ 5:26pm CDT

Iron Prime wrote:
Deadput wrote:A tad disappointed that there dosn't seem to be any original art so far, just reused from the legends card game.

Probably waiting to see how well it does before commissioning more art...

Plus there's a lot of good art there that is just going to waste so, may as well make use of it.

Re: Arcee and Demolisher revealed for the Official Transformers Trading Card Game (1977140)
Posted by #Sideways# on August 7th, 2018 @ 5:26pm CDT

Deadput wrote:A tad disappointed that there dosn't seem to be any original art so far, just reused from the legends card game.

Fair, but keep in mind: It keeps costs down. Less upstart costs = Less money to make back, and when you have less overhead, it's easier to be greenlit for future expansions.

Re: Arcee and Demolisher revealed for the Official Transformers Trading Card Game (1977150)
Posted by UltraPrimal on August 7th, 2018 @ 6:14pm CDT

I thought it was weird that they used the WfC/FoC design of Demolisher. Then I was the Arcee. Some sort of mix of the IDW and Prime iterations.

Re: Arcee and Demolisher revealed for the Official Transformers Trading Card Game (1977205)
Posted by ScottyP on August 7th, 2018 @ 10:32pm CDT

Must have used ebay as a reference to misspell Demolishor like that.

Re: Arcee and Demolisher revealed for the Official Transformers Trading Card Game (1977216)
Posted by Emerje on August 8th, 2018 @ 12:02am CDT

ScottyP wrote:Must have used ebay as a reference to misspell Demolishor like that.

The original Legends card also called him Demolisher and it appears to have been retconed that the UT character is Demolishor and the G1 character is Demolisher since the Kreon that came out at the same time used the Demolishor name. It's always interesting fans come up with excuses for errors and turn them into canon. (Or is that fanon?)

Emerje

Re: Arcee and Demolisher revealed for the Official Transformers Trading Card Game (1977231)
Posted by ZeroWolf on August 8th, 2018 @ 2:35am CDT

ScottyP wrote:Must have used ebay as a reference to misspell Demolishor like that.

You know, you just made me very paranoid that I spelt his name wrong in the post :-P

Re: Arcee and Demolisher revealed for the Official Transformers Trading Card Game (1977237)
Posted by Lunatic Prime on August 8th, 2018 @ 3:24am CDT

I still want a Generations toy of this design :-(

Re: Arcee and Demolisher revealed for the Official Transformers Trading Card Game (1977239)
Posted by unicron1200 on August 8th, 2018 @ 3:26am CDT

Lunatic Prime wrote:I still want a Generations toy of this design

Dude, I'd be all over that.

Re: Arcee and Demolisher revealed for the Official Transformers Trading Card Game (1977242)
Posted by Lunatic Prime on August 8th, 2018 @ 3:34am CDT

unicron1200 wrote:
Lunatic Prime wrote:I still want a Generations toy of this design

Dude, I'd be all over that.

There are so many awesome designs from those games and they did so little with them. The Insecticons, Warpath, Ironhide, the rest of the Dinobots, FoC Megs and so in...
I would buy them all

Re: Arcee and Demolisher revealed for the Official Transformers Trading Card Game (1977258)
Posted by ZeroWolf on August 8th, 2018 @ 5:19am CDT

Sadly I think the time has come and gone for that, at least through official channels.

Re: Arcee and Demolisher revealed for the Official Transformers Trading Card Game (1977261)
Posted by Lunatic Prime on August 8th, 2018 @ 5:34am CDT

ZeroWolf wrote:Sadly I think the time has come and gone for that, at least through official channels.

Yes, I had hope while Thrilling 30th because they released FoC Skywarp and Thundercracker but sadly no other new Moldawien/characters.

Re: Arcee and Demolisher revealed for the Official Transformers Trading Card Game (1977280)
Posted by ScottyP on August 8th, 2018 @ 8:28am CDT

Emerje wrote:
ScottyP wrote:Must have used ebay as a reference to misspell Demolishor like that.

The original Legends card also called him Demolisher and it appears to have been retconed that the UT character is Demolishor and the G1 character is Demolisher since the Kreon that came out at the same time used the Demolishor name. It's always interesting fans come up with excuses for errors and turn them into canon. (Or is that fanon?)

Emerje

If it could work for Scattorshot I'd say "yeah, cool", but since it can't I agree that it's error fixing via retcon

Re: Arcee and Demolisher revealed for the Official Transformers Trading Card Game (1977300)
Posted by ExciKaiser on August 8th, 2018 @ 10:37am CDT

unicron1200 wrote:
Lunatic Prime wrote:I still want a Generations toy of this design

Dude, I'd be all over that.

Seriously ?
It looks very plain/uninspired to me.
Looks like something I could have drawn.

The original mode is way better and really more distinctive..

Re: Arcee and Demolisher revealed for the Official Transformers Trading Card Game (1977309)
Posted by Emerje on August 8th, 2018 @ 12:07pm CDT

ExciKaiser wrote:Seriously ?
It looks very plain/uninspired to me.
Looks like something I could have drawn.

The original mode is way better and really more distinctive..

It's a pretty clever design really. He actually transforms backwards with his chest being made from the back of the turret and the top of the tank forming the arms and the canons going on his back. It's a creative solution that reverses the more common tank transformations. It's still fairly simple, but would make for a good Deluxe.

Emerje

Re: Arcee and Demolisher revealed for the Official Transformers Trading Card Game (1977401)
Posted by #Sideways# on August 8th, 2018 @ 6:19pm CDT

Papa Sideways bringing the scans, hot off the grill!

I suppose this confirms Shockwave is going to get some love when it comes to hand disruption, seeing as you'll be putting cards into your opponent's hand to discard them. But still, I'm not quite sure how good hand disruption is in this game judging from all the draw we've seen.

Re: Arcee and Demolisher revealed for the Official Transformers Trading Card Game (1977514)
Posted by ZeroWolf on August 9th, 2018 @ 9:52am CDT

Where did you get this picture from #sideways#?

Re: Arcee and Demolisher revealed for the Official Transformers Trading Card Game (1977570)
Posted by #Sideways# on August 9th, 2018 @ 1:51pm CDT

The "Transformers Trading Card Game" Facebook group has Wizards of the Coast employees in it. They post spoilers occasionally. This one in particular was posted by a guy named Drew (I think; gotta find his post real quick).

EDIT: Yeah, Drew Nolosco to be specific.

Re: Arcee and Demolisher revealed for the Official Transformers Trading Card Game (1977588)
Posted by ZeroWolf on August 9th, 2018 @ 3:04pm CDT

Thanks! It's just so I know in future :-)