Summary
Ask anyone to name their favourite kaiju, and two names like pop up: Godzilla and Mothra. Some weirdos might throw out Battra or Hedorah, but nothing can beat the original and his on-and-off giant moth rival.UniVersusknew this, and so slammed the two together for one of its two Godzilla Challenger Series decks.
Launching alongside the more villainousKing Ghidorah and Rodandeck on June 21, Godzilla and Mothra is offering some of the best art UniVersus has ever featured in a raw slugger-style deck full of powerful cards and deep cuts to Toho’s expansive Godzilla lore.
As cool as King Ghidorah versus Godzilla is, these decks don’t have to be played in isolation. You can play them against any other UniVersus deck, or take them apart and play the cards with thedozens of other seriesthat have made their way to UniVersus.
UniVersus Godzilla Challenger Series: Godzilla And Mothra
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Godzilla, King of the Monsters
Character – Giant – Monster – 6 Difficulty – 6 Check – 0 Block – Chaos/Earth/Water – 6 Hand Size – 34 Health
Your attacks with printed difficulty 5 or greater get +3 damage.
EnhanceSpend 1 momentum: Your next check to play an attack or block gets +2.
First Form[Once per game] Commit, discard 4 cards: Destroy all foundations. Only playable if there are 10 or more foundations in all stages combined.
Mechagodzilla, Kiryu
Character – Giant – Monster – 6 Difficulty – 6 Check – 0 Block – Earth/Good/Order – 5 Hand Size – 34 Health
You may discard 1 card from your hand as though you were spending 1 momentum each time you pay the cost of an EX or Powerful ability.
Response:After you play a card with printed difficulty 5 or greater, draw 1 card.
Mothra, Giant Moth Monster
Character – Giant – Monster – 6 Difficulty – 6 Check – 0 Block – Air/Earth/Good – 8 Hand Size – 21 Health
At the start of your End Phase, discard 1 card.
EnhanceCommit: This attack gets +X or -X speed. X equals its printed difficulty.
City Rampage
Action – 5 Difficulty – 5 Check – 1 Block – Chaos/Earth/Water
While this card is in your card pool, your attacks get +1 speed and +1 damage.
Form: Your checks to play attacks with printed difficulty 5 or greater get +2 for the rest of this turn.
Gathering Energy
Asset –Unique– 1 Difficulty – 5 Check – 1 Block – Chaos/Earth/Water
Response: After you take damage, remove the top card of your deck face down. (You cannot look at the removed card.)
FormRemove: Look at the face down cards removed by this card and choose up to 2 of them. Add the chosen cards to your hand and turn the rest face up.
Alt Art
Destructive Slam
Attack –Throw– Slam – 5 Difficulty – 3 Check – 3 Block – Chaos/Earth/Water – 4 Mid Speed – 5 Damage
Response: After this attack deals 7 or more damage, your rival destroys 1 foundation.
(Throw– If this attack is completely blocked, it deals half damage, rounded up, during the Damage Step.)
Electric Moth
Attack – Charge – Ranged – 4 Difficulty – 3 Check – 2 Block – Air/Earth/Good – 3 High Speed – 4 Damage
EnhanceDiscard 1 card: Draw 2 cards. If your rival has 10 or more foundations, draw 3 cards instead.
Flying Zap
Attack – Charge – 3 Difficulty – 3 Check – 1 Block – Air/Earth/Good – 3 High Speed – 2 Damage
Response: After this attack deals damage, add the top card of your deck to your momentum.
Heat Ray
Attack –Deadlock Stun: 3– Fury – Ranged – 6 Difficulty – 3 Check – 1 Block – Chaos/Earth/Water – 7 Low Speed – 6 Damage
Enhance: This attack gets +1 damage for every 2 cards in your discard pile with difficulty 5 or greater.
Response: After this attack deals damage, flip 2 rival foundations.
Kaiju Clash
Attack –Powerful: 3– Charge – Ranged – 5 Difficulty – 3 Check – 2 Block – Chaos/Earth/Water – 6 Mid Speed – 5 Damage
(Powerful: 3–EnhanceSPend 1 or more momentum: This attack gets +3 damage for each momentum used to pay the cost of this ability.)
Mega Burst
Attack –Stun: 0– Ranged – 5 Difficulty – 3 Check – 1 Block – Chaos/Earth/Water – 5 Mid Speed – 5 Damage
After you play this attack, it gets +1 to its Stun rating for each attack in your card pool.
EnhanceDestroy 1 foundation: This attack gets +2 speed or +2 damage.
Stun: X–Enhance: Your rival commits X foundations.)
Smashing Stomp
Attack –EX: 3– Kick – Slam – 5 Difficulty – 3 Check – 2 Block – Chaos/Earth/Water – 4 Low Speed – 6 Damage
Enhance: Your next check to play an attack gets +1.
Response: After this attack deals damage, draw 1 card.
(EX: 3–EnhanceSpend 1 or more momentum: This attack gets +3 speed for each momentum spent to pay the cost of this ability.)
Ferocious Attacker
Foundation – 1 Difficulty – 5 Check – 2 Block – Chaos/Earth/Water
EnhanceFlip: If your rival has lost health this turn, draw 1 card.
History’s Greatest Monster
Foundation – 3 Difficulty – 5 Check – 2 Block – Chaos/Earth/Water
Response[Once per turn, Tenacious]: After you play a card with printed difficulty 5 or greater, ready this card.
Incomparable Size
Foundation – 2 Difficulty – 5 Check – 3 Block – Chaos/Earth/Water
EnhanceFlip: This attack gets +2 or -2 damage.
Monster Aggression
EnhanceDestroy 1 foundation: Your attack with printed difficulty 5 or greater gets +1 speed and +1 damage.
Moth Monster
Foundation – 2 Difficulty – 6 Check – 2 Block – Air/Earth/Good
EnhanceCommit: This attack gets -2 speed. If you have taken damage from a rival attack this turn, it gets -3 speed instead.
The Shobijin’s Message
Foundation – Ally –Unique– 1 Difficulty – 5 Check – 4 Block – Air/Earth/Good
ResponseFlip: After you play a block, it gainsBreaker: 2.
(Unique– While this card is in your stage, if there are 2 or more copies of it in your stage, destroy 1 of them.)
Titanic Combat
ResponseCommit: After you take damage from an unblocked attack, build the top card of your deck face down and committed.
Enhance[Your attack] Commit: This attack gets +2 damage and your rival commits 1 foundation.
Tough Skin
Foundation – 0 Difficulty – 5 Check – 3 Block – Chaos/Earth/Water
EnhanceFlip: This attack gets -1 damage.
Unmatched Power
Foundation – 3 Difficulty – 5 Check – 3 Block – Chaos/Earth/Water
First EnhanceRemove: This attack gets +X damage. X equals its printed difficulty.
Unstoppable Force
Foundation –Delfect: 2– 1 Difficulty – 4 Check – 2 Block – Chaos/Earth/Water
EnhanceCommit: Return your attack to its printed speed.
(Deflect: 2–Response[Hand] Add this card to your card pool: After the Block Step of your rival’s attack, it gets -2 damage. Only 1 Deflect ability can be played per attack.)
Unstoppable Force (x4)
Godzilla And Mothra As Your Deck’s Leaders
Depending on whichgiant, city-stomping monsteryou pick, the Godzilla and Mothra deck can play very, very differently.
First up, Godzilla himself is all about playing expensive attacks. Any attack with a difficulty of five or greater immediately gets an extra +3 damage, which makes cards like Destructive Slam, Heat Ray, Kaiju Clash, and Mega Burst crucial for big damage.
Fortunately, you’ve also got access to Godzilla’s Enhance ability, which makes it easier to succeed in playing those big cards by having your check boosted. You’ve also got City Rampage, which has a Form ability that also raises checks by an additional two, turning those five difficulties effectively into one difficulty when combined with Godzilla.
On the other hand, Mothra uses high-difficulty cards to increase their speed and slip damage past. It’s also got a discard theme, which pairs very well with Heat Ray to get bigger, and eventually faster, the more you discard.
If you want other ways to discard, Electric Moth uses it as an Enhance cost to draw upwards of three more cards to keep your hand stocked.
Finally, you’ve got Mechagodzilla, Kiryu. This can’t be used as the leader of the deck, thanks to the Good and Order icons on it, but its ability is somewhere between Godzilla and Mothra. It has a heavier discard theme than either of them, but also still loves big, high-difficulty attacks. For this, you’ll be wanting to discard as if you were spending momentum for the EX and Powerful abilities, while then redrawing your hand by playing attacks that cost five or more.
How To Get The Alt Art Cards
Like the King Ghidorah an Rodan deck, Godzilla and Mothra have a whole bunch of alt art cards. From the more traditional Mothra and Godzilla art, to the absolutely stunning History’s Greatest Monster, and even a second look at Mothra’s weird Shobijin twins, these make up some of the best cards in the entire release.
To get your hands on them, you’ll need to pull them from the Collector’s booster that comes included with the deck. It’s random chance which cards you pull, so if you wanted the full set you might need to go out and get a few copies of the deck and hope for the best. Alternatively, if you just want playable versions of the cards as game pieces, just one deck will give you everything you need.
UniVersus
Formerly known as the Universal Fighting System (UVS) UniVersus is a collectible card game in which you build decks of cards, with an additional Character Card that represents you and can access powerful Enhance abilities.
