Playing along with your burst

It is no shocker that WIXOSS is one of the most consistent trading card game out there, with factors such as drawing 2 every turn and allowing 4 copies of a same card in a 40 card deck. As such there's not much room for luck to affect the gameplay and it all boils down to the skill of each player.

Luck isn't completely non-existent in this game however. One major luck factor in this game is the infamous Life Burst mechanic. Similar to Duel Master's Shield Trigger ability, Life Burst are triggered whenever your life cloth gets crushed and the crushed card has a burst effect on it.

With that said, one may just assume bursts are just a matter of luck and not regard it as much. But the truth is, it is possible to play along with your bursts, factoring in them while you plan your defense.

Take for example the above scenario, your opponent have 2 Ammolite with double crush on them and a single crush Perry, while you do not have a single SIGNI on field.

Field after using Select Happy 5 4th effect

Field after using Select Happy 5 5th effect

Opening Select Happy 5 and selecting its 4th or 5th effect would help you stop a total of 2 damage in, so it seems like there isn't any difference selecting either effects. 

 

But what if you were to factor in burst such as Arc Aura or Archimes? If your first life cloth is actually something similar to those burst, you could potentially stopped an extra life cloth from being crushed.

Hence you can see the slight advantage playing along with our burst can give us.

Another example would be the above picture. It is Piruluk's turn and the yellow arrow shows the attack the Tama player will receive if not dealt with. Tama can use Select Happy 5 4th effect to stop one of the SIGNIs attack, receiving 2 damage in total.

However another option would be to salvage a guard using Select Happy 5 1st effect, this way although the total damage would still be 2, if in the event Tama manage to burst a SIGNI, say Pricas for example, then the total amount of damage received will be reduced to 1. 

If Tama bursts a Servant O4 instead, the guard salvaged via Select Happy 5 can also be brought over to next turn, making it a win-win situation where you didn't waste an ARTS when you could save it by using your burst (Although in this situation, chances are your guard is going to be discard by Piruluk).

Servant O4, one of the most common burst card in Key Selection

So as you can see, playing with your bursts can help you survive longer. A very important skill here is to fully memorize what burst does your deck have and always think through the different situations when defending; what happens if there is a burst, what type of burst or whether it is possible to chain combos with a particular burst. Even a burst as simple as a draw 1 can help you draw into the guard you need to save yourself!

Special thanks to Illumis and NEET for pointing out and checking through this article!

With that, see you next time~