FAQ: Part 3 - Bakemonogatari/Katanagatari

This part of the FAQ covers Bakemonogatari and Katanagatari. Again, straight from the source:
Bakemonogatari:
Q: If I play 01-008 "Hachikuji Mayoi" (Blue 2/2 character 20/20. When this character comes into play, the opponent discards a card. At the end of the turn, the opponent draws a card) when they have 0 cards in their hand, do they still draw a card at the end of the turn?
A: No, they don't. Because they couldn't discard a card, the effect never happens.

Q: Does 01-011 "Sengoku Nadeko" (Blue 4/1 character 0/40. Whenever a character becomes tapped, this character gets +10/+0 until the end of the turn) get +10/+0 anytime a character becomes tapped when attacking or blocking?
A: Yes, anytime for any reason a character becomes tapped, this character gets +10/+0 for each one.

Q: Does the ability of 01-017 "Hanekawa Tsubasa" (Blue 4/1 character 30/40. Whenever you play a character, give one of your characters +10/+0 or +0/+10 until the end of the turn) work when you play this card, too?
A: Yes, when you play this card, you can then give one of your characters the +10/+0 or +0/+10 bonus until the end of the turn.

Q: Does 01-093 "Bakemonogatari" (Blue 0/2 event. Main/Jibun: All "Bakemonogatari" characters get +10/+10 until the end of the turn. At the end of the turn, draw a card.) give your opponent's Bakemonogatari characters +10/+10 until the end of the turn as well?
A: Yes, it does. All Bakemonogatari characters in play on both sides get +10/+10.

Q: If you play 01-094 "Watashi no Himitsu" (My secret) (Blue 0/1 event. Main/both: The opponent use any events for the rest of the turn), can the opponent use events with "Break" if you hit them for a point that turn?
A: No, they cannot. No events, whether its from the hand, or from break, can be used the turn the opponent plays "Watashi no Himitsu"

Q: If you play 01-120 "Taijinkyoufushou" (anthropophobia) (Red 1/1 Event. Approach/jibun: Return one character of yours that is being blocked by an opponent's character to your hand. Then, put a character that has the same name as that character into play tapped), can you put out the same character that you returned to your hand?
A: Yes you can. You can also put out a "conbi" character if you want to.

Q: If you attack with 01-031 "Hachikuji Mayoi" (Yellow 4/1 character 40/30. 0: (Approach/Jibun): Take this character and the opponent's character that blocked this card, and move both to the support area.) and the opponent blocks it, can you use Mayoi's ability and then return Mayoi to your hand using "Taijinkyoufushou"?
A: No, you cannot. After the Mayoi effect is finished, the characters are no longer approaching or being blocked by a character, so you can't play the event.

Q: If you hit the opponent with a point with P-002 "Senjyougahara Hitaki & Araragi Koyomi" (red 4/1 character 40/40. Combi. If this character hits the opponent for a point, you can choose one of their cards in their point pile and turn it face down.) and the card is a "break" card, can you turn the card face down before the opponent can use the break ability?
A: Yes, you can. Once you hit the opponent for a point, the ability from the combi activates first before the opponent can use break.

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Katanagatari:
(The first 4 questions are about Kyouken, so I'll just translate the card first before the questions come up)
01-080 Maniwa Kyouken - Green 3/1 character 30/10. If this card is flipped over as the result of getting hit by a point from the opponent, then you can choose to put this card directly into play.
Pretty much, if you get hit for a point, and Kyouken comes up, it goes directly into play for free. So not only do you not take a point (because the card is now in play), but you get a free 30/10 character.

Q: When I get hit for a point and "Maniwa Kyouken" comes up, do I have to pay the cost in order to get Kyouken into play?
A: No, it comes into play for free.

Q: If you have 5 characters in your main area and you get hit for a point and "Maniwa Kyouken" comes up, can you trash one of your main area characters and put Kyouken into play?
A: Yes, you can.

Q: If you are at 6 points and you get hit for a 7th point, but the 7th point card is "Maniwa Kyouken", can you put it into play?
A: No, the game immediately ends whenever a player is hit for a 7th point.

Q: If my opponent attacks me with 01-011 "Hirasawa Yui" (Red 4/1 character 40/30. Tennen 2. Whenever this character hits the opponent for a point, the top card of the library gets put in the point pile face down.) or P-002 "Senjyougahara Hitaki & Araragi Koyomi" and "Maniwa Kyouken" is the card that gets put as a point, can I still put Kyouken into play?
A: Yes, you can. Face up or face down is irrelevant for this card, unlike break.

Q: If i play 01-120 "Seitou Bouei" (Sword of absolute defense) "Green 0/2 event. Approach/both: One of your characters becomes a 0/50 until the end of the turn" on 01-015 "Yasuri Shichika" (Red 4/1 character 40/40), and it becomes a 0/50, and then my opponent plays "Makkou Shoubu" (Head to head battle) (Red 2/2 event: Approach/both: Choose one attacking and one blocking character. Return the AP/DP of both cards to their original AP/DP), does my Shichika become a 40/40 again?
A: Yes, it does.

Q: With the effect of 01-065 "Maniwa Koumori" (Yellow 3/2 character 30/30. 0: (Main/Jibun) Change the name of this card to the name of another character), can I change the name to a character that's not on the playfield at the moment?
A: Yes, you can.

Ok that's all for this FAQ! Next time will be K-on!!, Ookami san, and Ika Musume!
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Precious Memories Blog 1st post!

Ok, as some people may know, I currently play a card game called "Precious Memories". It's available only in Japan, currently. Here's a link to the official website:
Official Site!
A link to the wiki (in japanese) - The Wiki


As you can see, it's an anime-based card game. The current sets available in the card game are as followed (in order of release):
-K-ON! (5/28/2010)
-Hidamari Sketch (9/10/2010 + 12/24/2010 starter deck release)
-K-ON! part 2 (11/26/2010)
-Bakemonogatari (Ghostory) (1/28/2011)
-Katanagatari (Sword Story) (2/25/2011)
-K-ON!! part 1 (4/1/2011)
-Ookami san to shichinin no nakamatachi (Ookami san and seven companions) (4/29/2011)
-Shinryaku! Ika Musume (Invasion! Ika Musume) (5/27/2011)

The following series are set to be released in the future:
-Hyakka Ryouran Samurai Girls (Many Beautiful Samurai Girls) - (6/30/2011 release)
-Ore no imoutou ga konna ni kawaii wake ga nai (There's no way my little sister could be this cute) - (7/29/2011 release)
-Mahou Shojo Madoka Majika (Magical Girl Madoka Majika) - 8/31/2011 release)
-WORKING!! - (9/2011 release)
-Denpa onna to seishun otoko (fall 2011 release)
-K-ON!! part 2 (fall 2011 release)
-A-channel (winter 2011 release)
-Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae o Boku-tachi wa Mada Shiranai (We still don't know the name of the flower we saw that day) aka AnoHana (winter 2011 release)

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So as you can see, there's many sets, and while it had a slow start when it first came out, sets are now coming out at the rate of 1 set a month. This means that the metagame is constantly changing! There are always new decks and new cards coming! With no sets being rotated out like in MtG, constructed format shows off a wide variety of possibilities! With the large amount of card stores in Japan, there are tourneys happening practically everyday! These tournaments offer promotional cards as prizes, giving a special promotional card to everyone who enters, as well as an additional promo card to the top 3 placers of the tournament. The top 3 promo card is generally another version of an already existing card (different art, or a foil version, or whatnot). So far, only the June promotional top 3 card is a card that can only be obtained by getting top 3 in a tournament. There are also large events that happen, too, in which they give out special cards for that, as well. This is all for the first post, as this is just a general outline of the card game!

"Where can I get these cards if I don't live in Japan?"
-There's a couple of options. First is using amiami.com, which is generally the best import store online. You just go to their English website and type in "precious memories". You should get this page:
Amiami.jp

There, they sell starter kits, booster boxes, and starter boxes. There's generally no point in buying a box of starters, as it's the same cards over and over. It's generally a much better idea to buy a single starter, and then boosters if you want to get started. Amazon.co.jp also sells them, but you may have to use a 3rd party to get them shipped to you. If anyone else has found places that sell them online that ship internationally, please let me know!

The next post will contain rules, how to win, and the basics you need to know to play the game! Read More......