Summary
UniVersusis a big ball of different IPs, with the likes of My Hero Academia, Cowboy Bebop, and Critical Role all duking it out to see which deck can be the strongest. Unfortunately, evenIzuku Midoriyalikely wouldn’t stand a chance against Godzilla’s atomic breath attack, as we can see in the two new Challenger Series: Godzilla decks.
Each deck mashes up two of the most famous of Toho’s kaiju, with new art and card designs. Today, we’re taking a look at two of Godzilla’s biggest enemies, with the King Ghidorah + Rodan deck offering up lots of giant monster tussles when it launches on July 15, 2025.
Like other UniVersus releases, these Challenger Series decks can either be played as-is or taken apart and used in your other decks. You can also play them against other Challenger series decks, likeCritical Role,Cowboy Bebop, and Trigun.
UniVersus Godzilla Challenger Series: King Ghidorah And Rodan
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King Ghidorah, Emperor of the Cosmos
Character – Giant – Monster – 6 Difficulty – 6 Check – 0 Block – Death/Evil/Void – 6 Hand Size – 10 Health
At the start of the game, add 3 King Ghidorah counters to this card.
If you would lose the game due to your health being reduced below 1, instead remove 1 King Ghidorah counter from this card and return to maximum health. Then if there are no King Ghidorah counters on this card, you lose the game.
EnhanceCommit, remove 1 card from your hand: Choose 1 attack or foundation in your discard pile and remove it. You may attempt to play that card this turn.
Mechagodzilla, Bionic Menace
Character – Giant – Monster – 6 Difficulty – 6 Check – 0 Block – Fire/Order/Void – 6 Hand Size – 29 Health
EnhanceRemove the top 3 cards of your deck: Your attack gets +2 speed and +2 damage.
ResponseCommit: After you take damage from an attack, commit 1 rival foundation.
Rodan, GIant Monster Of The Sky
Character – Giant – Monster – 6 Difficulty – 6 Check – 0 Block – Air/All/Void – 7 Hand Size – 21 Health
Enhance[Tenacious] Remove the top card of your discard pile: This attack gets +X or -X speed. X equals the printed block modifier of the removed card.
EnhanceCommit: Look at the top 2 cards of your deck and put them back in any order. If you have 4 or more attacks in your removed pile, look at the top 4 instead.
Combined Firepower
Action – 1 Difficulty – 5 Check – 3 Block – Death/Evil/Void
This card does not count toward progressive difficulty.
Response: [Discard Pile]: After you remove a card to pay a cost, you may attempt to play this card during this attack.Enhance: Mill 4. This attack gets +1 damage for each non-foundation milled this way.
Golden Death
Asset – Unique – 1 Difficulty – 5 Check – 2 Block – Death/Evil/Void
Enhance[Rival’s turn] Remove: If there are 2 or more attacks in your rival’s card pool, they remove 1 card from their hand.
FOrmRemove: Name a card type. Then reveal the top 3 cards of your deck. Add all cards of the named type to your hand and discard the rest.
Death From Above
Attack – Slam – 6 Difficulty – 3 Check – 4 Block – Air/All/Void – 6 High Speed – 3 Damage
EnhanceRemove 1 attack from your discard pile: This attack gets +X damage. X equals the removed attack’s printed damage.
Enhance: If you have 8 or more cards in your removed pile, draw 2 cards.
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Falling Crush
Attack – Slam – 3 Difficulty – 3 Check – 1 Block – Death/Evil/Void – 3 Low Speed – 3 Damage
EnhanceRemove 1 foundation: This attack gets +2 damage.
Focused Gravity Beam
Attack –Powerful: 3–Stun: 1– Ranged – 4 Difficulty – 3 Check – 1 Block – Death/Evil/Void – 1 Low Speed – 4 Damage
EnhanceRemove 1 card from your hand: Remove this card after it resolves.
(Powerful: 3–EnhanceSpend 1 or more momentum: This attack gets +3 damage for each momentum used to pay the cost of this ability.)
Stun: 1–Enhance: Your rival commits 1 foundation.)
Multiple Bites
Attack – Fury – 4 Difficulty – 3 Check – 2 Block – All/Evil/Void – 3 Mid Speed – 6 Damage
Enhance: If you have removed a card this turn, draw 1 card.
Overwhelming Gravity Beam
Attack – Ranged – 5 Difficulty – 3 Check – 3 Block – Death/Evil/Void – 1 Mid Speed – 5 Damage
First Enhance: If this attack is blocked, it still deals half damage (rounded up).
Enhance: If you have removed a card this turn, your rival commits 1 foundation.
Swooping Talons
Attack –EX: 3– Slam – 4 Difficulty – 3 Check – 3 Block – Air/All/Void – 2 High Speeed – 7 Damage
(EX: 3–Enhance:Spend 1 or more momentum: This attack gets +3 speed for each momentum used to pay the cost of this ability.)
Tri Gravity Beam
Attack –Deadlock Stun: 3– Ranged – 4 Difficulty – 3 Check – 1 Block – Death/Evil/Void – 4 Mid Speed – 5 Damage
EnhanceDestroy 1 foundation: If you have 2 other attacks in your card pool, look at your rival’s hand and remove 1 card from it.
Enhance: If at least 1 of your cards has been removed this turn, this attack gets +2 damage.
Battle For Dominance
Foundation – 1 Difficulty – 5 Check – 2 Block – Death/Evil/Void
Enhance[Rival’s turn] Flip: Remove 1 card from your card pool. If you did, draw 1 card.
Evasive Maneuver
Foundation – 1 Difficulty – 5 Check – 2 Block – Air/All/Void
EnhanceCommit: This attack gets -2 speed. If it’s a low attack, it gets -3 speed instead.
Galactic Monster
Foundation – 2 Difficulty – 5 Check – 3 Block – Death/Evil/Void
You may attempt to play this card as a Form from your removed pile.
EnhanceCommit: This attack gets +2 damage. If your rival has 10 or more foundations, it gets +4 damage instead.
Malicious Evil
Foundation – 1 Difficulty – 5 Check – 3 Block – Death/Evil/Void
EnhanceFlip: Choose 1 rival foundation. Abilities on the chosen card cannot be played for the rest of this Enhance Step.
Monster Zero
Foundation –Unique– 3 Difficulty – 5 Check – 1 Block – Death/Evil/Void
Enhance[Your turn] Remove: Your rival removes 1 card from their hand. If they have 8 or more foundations, this attack gets +3 damage.
(Unique– While this card is in your stage, if there are 2 or more copies of it in your stage, destroy 1 of them.)
Quick Arrival
Foundation – 1 Difficulty – 5 Check – 2 Block – Air/Death/Void
EnhanceDestroy 1 foundation: This attack gets +1 speed.
Relentless Challenger
Foundation –Deflect: 2– 2 Difficulty – 6 Check – 2 Block – Death/Evil/Void
Enhance: If you have 10 or less health, this attack gets +1 or -1 damage (min. 1.)
(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.)
Space Terror
Foundation – 0 Difficulty – 5 Check – 3 Block – Death/Evil/Void
Supersonic Flight
Foundation – 3 Difficulty – 5 Check – 4 Block – Air/All/Void
EnhanceDestroy: Change this attack’s zone to high. It gets +2 speed and +3 damage.
Response: After this card is removed due to an effect or to pay a cost, draw 1 card.
Triple Trouble
Foundation – 2 Difficulty – 4 Check – 2 Block – Death/Evil/Void
Enhance[Your turn] Flip: Your rival discards 1 card. They may remove 1 foundation or 1 momentum to cancel this effect.
Triple Trouble (x4)
King Ghidorah And Rodan As Your Deck’s Leaders
The first of your potential characters to lead your deck is King Ghidorah, Emperor of the Cosmos, and this three-headed dragon has a wild playstyle. Despite having a pitifully small health total of just ten, you actually have 30 to work with thanks to the use of King Ghidorah counters to keep you topped up.
While this may seem like a formality at first, having less than ten health matters for some of the cards in the deck. Relentless Challenger is going to be a key part of your strategy, as you’re always going to be meeting the requirements to buff up your attacks.
There’s also a strong removal theme here, with lots of cards that either allow you to remove your own cards, or give you bonuses for when you do. Ghidorah himself can remove attacks and foundations from your discard pile, while Supersonic Flight can rebuild your hand, and Tri Gravity Beam gets stronger if you’ve removed a card that turn.
These all come together for a very fast deck that wants you to hit hard and constantly play at low health totals. Remove cards, lose your health, and buff your attacks as much as you may to take out your opponent before you remove your final King Ghidorah counter.
Each of the Godzilla Challenger Series decks includes a different Mechagodzilla card. These can’t lead the deck, but as both Rodan and Ghidorah have the Void attribute, you’re able to run Mechagodzilla in the deck.
This removal theme is also the primary strategy of the second leader, Rodan, Giant Monster of the Sky. His abilities are all about removing cards from your discard pile, with a focus on attacks to enable the second Enhance ability and its excellent card filtering abilities.
Though he is a bit more of a traditional UniVersus character than King Ghidorah and his low life total, Rodan’s ability to sort cards on the top of your deck, and then remove them for massive speed changes helps you slip through attacks a lot more consistently.
How To Get The Alt-Art Cards
Each Challenger Series deck includes one complementary Collector’s booster, which gives you the chance of pulling any of the alternate art versions of cards in your deck.
If you just want the Godzilla cards to play with, buying each of the decks will give you everything you need. But if you want to go for the bling, like the stunning Combined Firepower or Monster Zero, you’ll need to find them in the Collector boosters.
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.
