Jet Burn Design Teaser
Tim Frie
Good day to all you UniVersus fans out there!
Tim Frie, the lead designer for Jet Burn, and I’m back again! Preview season is just beginning for the set, and that’s super exciting. I love writing these teasers, so I wanted to make sure to get this to our community.
This set picks up in the story right where Undaunted Raid ends. In addition to all the changes you’ve already seen on a few of the revealed cards and read in the articles, there’s still some more interesting game play impact yet to be revealed. For now, let’s just get on with the juicy tidbits you all came here for. I present to you some really cool things that will be featured in Jet Burn.
Things you can expect to see in Jet Burn:
More common and uncommon cards aimed at improving the draft experience.
We return to more 1-A students as playable characters.
Character Trait keywords.
2 new villains.
New terminology to denote long standing game text.
Some long-awaited Pro Heroes.
Unblockable attacks?
A musical instrument.
A character who likes cards with a blank text box.
A double cycle of attacks with drawbacks.
A spiritual reprint of a banned card.
Pro Hero Ranking foundations. You know - to rank the Pros.
AN ALTERNATE WIN CONDITION!
New Game Text on Jet Burn Cards
Enhance: This attack cannot be blocked by copies of cards in your rival’s Card Pool.
Response Discard 1 momentum: After the Start Phase, seal 1 rival foundation.
Enhance: If you are not in Deadlock, this attack gets +1 damage for each of your ready foundations.
You may choose not to clear this card during the End Phase.
Response Commit 1 foundation: After an attack is played, it gets +X or -X speed. X equals the difficulty of the committed foundation.
Villain Enhance [Tenacious] Flip: Your next check to play a card gets +1.
Enhance: Your attack with no abilities gets +1 speed.
Combo Enhance: This attack gets +X damage. X equals the printed damage of the preceding attack in your card pool.
Enhance Mill 1: Your rival mills 1.
New Keyword Combinations
Charge • Flash • Slam • Taunt
Fury • Ranged • Combo (High Block)
Breaker: 2 • Charge • Tech
Ranged • Combo (Breaker)
Punch • Weapon
Slam • Deadlock Stun: 4
I hope you enjoyed this sneak peek of what’s to come with Jet Burn! What else do you think might come out with this set? Be sure to comment your thoughts, and get ready for a fun preview season!