Hello and welcome (back) to Card of the Week!
For a long time, the Card of the Week was a regular feature on Transformers TCG boards and forums, sparking conversations, nostalgia, and deck ideas among players and fans. Now, Card of the Week is returning in a renewed form.
We’re kicking off the CotW once again, beginning with a remembrance of our friend, Eddie Santos. Eddie was a long-time TCG community member who shared our enthusiasm for the Transformers across many fan forums and Discords. We spent years playing the TCG, supporting each other through its official cancellation, and debating the future of the game. Throughout those years, Eddie’s passion for the Transformers and the TCG always shone through.
Eddie passed away four years ago, but one of his contributions to the game lives on in Ablative Encasement, an Org Wave 9: War|Void card. Ablative Encasement isn’t a 1-to-1 copy of Eddie’s original design, but this anti-Pierce Armor that falls off with a black battle icon captures the essence of his design.
We wanted this commemoration to be special, so we invited the exceptional Sid VenBlu to illustrate Ablative Encasement, and we hope her art serves the card and honors Eddie’s memory.
Where would you put this card? Maybe Ablative Encasement will find a home with Wave 5’s Wingspan // Data Processor, who can turn those self-scrapping Armors into extra +🛡️? Perhaps players could pair it with Wave 3’s Private Trailbreaker // Infantry • Fortification & Defense, so that he can draw some of the fire from a wide team? We like to think Eddie would be pleased to see it played in Aerialbot decks.
For next week: Don’t call this stratagem’s target a Mini-Bot - it can block a big punch! Can you guess what next week’s card will be?