TCG series 4 officially revealed

[griffin]

The fourth series of the Transformers Trading Card Game has been officially revealed by IGN and Hasbro (https://news.tfw2005.com/2019/07/31/transformers-trading-card-game-introduces-war-for-cybertron-siege-ii-featuring-titan-trypticon-debuting-november-2019-393396#images), for release in November.

It will be called "Siege 2" (or "Siege II" on the packs), and the booster packs will follow the same format as the first Siege set, in which they have a large character card, a small character card (Battlemaster, Micromaster or half of a Weaponizer), and 6 battle cards.

The feature of this fourth series, is that every master carton (of 30 booster packs), will have a Trypticon card pack included, which has a Titan card (Trypticon) and three "large" character cards (Brunt, Fulltilt and Wipeout - which I think is the first time Trypticon has been associated with both car minions, when it is usually just one or the other).

[griffin]

The card reveals for the fourth series have begun (after the initial Trypticon reveal), with the first being a card to specifically use with Trypticon (https://news.tfw2005.com/2019/08/02/transformers-trading-card-game-introduces-war-for-cybertron-siege-ii-relentless-invasion-393601), to bring back to life all three of his minions if they are all on the KO pile. It is a star card, and since Trypticon has 24 stars, this would be the only star card you could have in your battle deck (if you restrict yourself to the standard 25 star limit).

[griffin]

Hot Rod card revealed (https://news.tfw2005.com/2019/08/08/transformers-trading-card-game-introduces-war-for-cybertron-siege-ii-private-hot-rod-394143).

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The Nova Storm card has been revealed (https://news.tfw2005.com/2019/09/04/transformers-trading-card-game-introduces-war-for-cybertron-siege-ii-raider-nova-storm-396084) by the TCG's twitter, (mis)coloured as Sunstorm. Nova Storm is a bright yellow and grey, while Sunstorm is gold, red and white. Sunstorm was even a character card in the first series, with these exact same colours.

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Revealed on facebook is the Micromaster Powertrain character card (https://news.tfw2005.com/2019/09/10/transformers-trading-card-game-introduces-war-for-cybertron-siege-ii-private-powertrain-396322).

[griffin]

Two more reveals as we are only two months out from the release of the fourth series...

Highjump (https://news.tfw2005.com/2019/09/14/transformers-trading-card-game-introduces-war-for-cybertron-siege-ii-private-highjump-396527) (Micromaster) and Vanguard (https://news.tfw2005.com/2019/09/12/transformers-trading-card-game-introduces-war-for-cybertron-siege-ii-private-vanguard-396385) (Battlemaster).

Some really long time fans might recognise Vanguard as being the battle-pack accessory that came with Actionmaster Sideswipe, waaay back in 1991.

And we have two more cards coming for the leaders (https://news.tfw2005.com/2019/09/13/transformers-trading-card-game-introduces-war-for-cybertron-siege-ii-general-optimus-prime-and-lord-megatron-396491) - Optimus Prime (with Galaxy Upgrade artwork) and "Lord" Megatron. Both are Super Rare cards, and are very powerful cards.

[Paulbot]

I know the cards don’t mean toys, but as an owner of AM Sideswipe I would love if they did release Vanguard as a Battle Master.

[griffin]

Four more cards revealed...

Smokescreen (https://news.tfw2005.com/2019/09/17/transformers-trading-card-game-introduces-war-for-cybertron-siege-ii-private-smokescreen-396643), Kickback (https://news.tfw2005.com/2019/09/16/transformers-trading-card-game-introduces-war-for-cybertron-siege-ii-raider-kickback-396608), Battlemaster Sights (https://news.tfw2005.com/2019/09/16/transformers-trading-card-game-introduces-war-for-cybertron-siege-ii-raider-sights-and-acute-reflexes-396613) (the partner to the original Actionmaster Soundwave) and a battle card (Acute Reflexes).

[griffin]

The reveals are starting to pick up pace...

Five more battle cards and the character card for Greenlight (https://news.tfw2005.com/2019/09/18/transformers-trading-card-game-introduces-six-new-war-for-cybertron-siege-ii-cards-396754)... and the triple-changer Sandstorm (https://news.tfw2005.com/2019/09/18/transformers-trading-card-game-introduces-war-for-cybertron-siege-ii-specialist-sandstorm-396686) with a folding card like the Combiners.

[BigTransformerTrev]

The reveals are starting to pick up pace...

Five more battle cards and the character card for Greenlight (https://news.tfw2005.com/2019/09/18/transformers-trading-card-game-introduces-six-new-war-for-cybertron-siege-ii-cards-396754)... and the triple-changer Sandstorm (https://news.tfw2005.com/2019/09/18/transformers-trading-card-game-introduces-war-for-cybertron-siege-ii-specialist-sandstorm-396686) with a folding card like the Combiners.

I saw pics of the Sandstorm one on twitter - looks awesome! He was one of my fav toys as a kid so seeing those visual representations of the G1 toy was both cool and nostalgic :)

[griffin]

I saw pics of the Sandstorm one on twitter - looks awesome! He was one of my fav toys as a kid so seeing those visual representations of the G1 toy was both cool and nostalgic :)

I don't think you were planning on buying any more of the trading cards, but if you did, a series 4 box would probably have a very good chance of having Sandstorm in it.
After just getting a box of series 3 in the mail this week, I realised that with two character cards in each pack (a big card of regular characters and a small card of Micro or Battle masters), you end up getting 60 character cards in a box... and there are only 48 character cards in series 3, which means you get a lot more of the set than the earlier series boxes.
I think the series 2 box only gave me just under 20 different character cards out of the 30 packs, but with series 3 I got 39 of the 48 character cards, with 21 duplicates.

[griffin]

Thundercracker (https://news.tfw2005.com/2019/09/19/transformers-trading-card-game-introduces-war-for-cybertron-siege-ii-sergeant-thundercracker-396794) character card, with details from the source here (https://transformerstcg-support.wizards.com/hc/en-us/articles/360033555272-Nagle-s-Notes-Sergeant-Thundercracker).

[griffin]

Two of the Siege Weaponizer toys have been revealed as Series 4 cards, as new card concepts - they appear to come as two separate small character cards (like the Micromaster and Battlemaster cards) that merge like the Combiner Dreadwind/Darkwing in Series 2... so that they have the robot mode on the combined side, and become two separate weapons on the non-combined side for another character card to use in their add-on slots.
There is a lot of writing on the cards, so it looks like there are some specific rules for using these cards, which I don't want to try to guess at in case it is wrong.
You can see the mirrored cards of Brunt (https://news.tfw2005.com/2019/09/20/transformers-trading-card-game-introduces-war-for-cybertron-siege-ii-raider-brunt-396821) and Sixgun (https://news.tfw2005.com/2019/09/20/transformers-trading-card-game-introduces-war-for-cybertron-siege-ii-sergeant-six-gun-396824) from Comicbook and Bigcomic websites (looks like another process of reveals being done from various sources).

[griffin]

Six more battle cards have been revealed (https://news.tfw2005.com/2019/09/23/transformers-trading-card-game-introduces-six-more-war-for-cybertron-siege-ii-cards-396938) on three random sources/sites.

[griffin]

The reveals are really ramping up now with a heap in just the last two days from several different websites.

Two battle cards from twitter (https://news.tfw2005.com/2019/09/24/transformers-trading-card-game-introduces-war-for-cybertron-siege-ii-increased-durability-and-decipher-396964).

Four battle cards from a couple of the people who worked on them (https://news.tfw2005.com/2019/09/24/transformers-trading-card-game-introduces-four-more-war-for-cybertron-siege-ii-cards-396973), which includes three Secret Action cards.

Three more battle cards and the character card for Micromaster Hyperdrive (https://news.tfw2005.com/2019/09/24/transformers-trading-card-game-introduces-three-more-war-for-cybertron-siege-ii-cards-396988).

And collected from four different sources yesterday (https://news.tfw2005.com/2019/09/25/transformers-trading-card-game-introduces-five-more-war-for-cybertron-siege-ii-cards-397024) - three more Secret Action battle cards (there seem to be a lot of them this series), two more regular character cards (Crosshairs and Mirage) and another Battlemaster (Turbo Board) that looks like it might be homaging another Actionmaster accessory (AM Jazz had one)... and just like the previous two Actionmaster homages, this one isn't based on a known Siege toy.

[UltraMarginal]

I saw pics of the Sandstorm one on twitter - looks awesome! He was one of my fav toys as a kid so seeing those visual representations of the G1 toy was both cool and nostalgic :)


I don't think you were planning on buying any more of the trading cards, but if you did, a series 4 box would probably have a very good chance of having Sandstorm in it.
After just getting a box of series 3 in the mail this week, I realised that with two character cards in each pack (a big card of regular characters and a small card of Micro or Battle masters), you end up getting 60 character cards in a box... and there are only 48 character cards in series 3, which means you get a lot more of the set than the earlier series boxes.
I think the series 2 box only gave me just under 20 different character cards out of the 30 packs, but with series 3 I got 39 of the 48 character cards, with 21 duplicates.

I thought Trevor was right in to the Card game? It certainly won't be long until his boy will be old enough to take him on and clean him up!

I'm still loving the character art on these cards, it's getting to the point now that a coffee table book wouldn't be feasible, they'd have to make it a multi volume release or it will end up looking like a phone book .

[BigTransformerTrev]

I thought Trevor was right in to the Card game? It certainly won't be long until his boy will be old enough to take him on and clean him up!

I'm still loving the character art on these cards, it's getting to the point now that a coffee table book wouldn't be feasible, they'd have to make it a multi volume release or it will end up looking like a phone book .

I am still right into the card game. Great fun to play with my son or friends and the artwork is fantastic! I'd recommend everybody giving it a go :)

[Raider]

I am still right into the card game. Great fun to play with my son or friends and the artwork is fantastic! I'd recommend everybody giving it a go :)

I was about to say I thought you were still into it as I was expecting a battle at our next meet up!

[Sinnertwin]

I was about to say I thought you were still into it as I was expecting a battle at our next meet up!

Sorting out your differences with cards, eh?
The masculinity is just off the hook crazy

[griffin]

Some more card reveals - Character Card Spinister (https://news.tfw2005.com/2019/09/27/transformers-trading-card-game-introduces-war-for-cybertron-siege-ii-raider-spinister-397158) - three more Battle Cards (https://news.tfw2005.com/2019/09/26/transformers-trading-card-game-introduces-three-more-war-for-cybertron-siege-ii-cards-2-397104).

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Four more Battle Cards, and the character card for Barricade (https://news.tfw2005.com/2019/10/01/transformers-trading-card-game-introduces-three-more-war-for-cybertron-siege-ii-cards-3-397357).

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Another battle card (https://news.tfw2005.com/2019/10/03/transformers-trading-card-game-introduces-war-for-cybertron-siege-ii-composite-armor-397544), and five of the six character cards (https://news.tfw2005.com/2019/10/04/transformers-trading-card-game-introduces-official-images-of-five-war-for-cybertron-siege-ii-mercenaries-397954) that were on display at NYCC - Lockdown, Detritus, Deadlock, Octone (triplechanger card), Mudflap (from TFCybertron series). These "Mercenary" characters introduce a new battle feature called "Bounty", which gives them a bonus ability when they KO an opponent.

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And some more cards revealed (https://news.tfw2005.com/2019/10/08/transformers-trading-card-game-introduces-five-more-war-for-cybertron-siege-ii-cards-2-398150), including character cards for Tailwind, Sunrunner and Battlemaster Caliburst.

[griffin]

Three more Battle Cards (https://news.tfw2005.com/2019/10/09/transformers-trading-card-game-introduces-five-more-war-for-cybertron-siege-ii-cards-3-398248), and another Battlemaster Character Card - Needler... another of the Actionmaster partners from way back in the 1990s, who came with Actionmaster Bombshell (a UK exclusive Actionmaster).
We also get to see the breakdown of allegiances in this fourth series, which notes the Mercenaries (a few posts above) are of a third allegiance (as noted by the new allegiance symbol on their cards).
In the regular cards there are 24 Autobots, 23 Decepticons and 5 Mercenaries (all character cards, including the Micro and Battle Masters). Plus, there are an additional 4 Decepticons with the bonus Trypticon pack, which every master carton has included inside.
I don't know how retailers would sell the Trypticon pack if they are selling the Booster Packs individually, but when you are buying a box of Booster Packs, at least you are guaranteed to get four character cards (Trypticon, Brunt, Wipeout, Full-Tilt)... and it is good to get Metroplex's rival without having to buy a whole special themed pack this time.

[griffin]

Character Card Nightflight and a Battle Card (https://news.tfw2005.com/2019/10/10/transformers-trading-card-game-introduces-war-for-cybertron-siege-ii-raider-nightflight-and-war-of-attrition-398282).

[griffin]

Another Secret Action battle card revealed (https://news.tfw2005.com/2019/10/14/transformers-trading-card-game-introduces-war-for-cybertron-siege-ii-stable-cover-398451).

[griffin]

Character cards Skytread (https://news.tfw2005.com/2019/10/15/transformers-trading-card-game-introduces-war-for-cybertron-siege-ii-raider-skytread-398467) (on a triple-changer type of card) and Apeface (also triple-changer) plus Soundblaster (https://news.tfw2005.com/2019/10/15/transformers-trading-card-game-introduces-war-for-cybertron-siege-ii-raider-apeface-and-sergeant-soundblaster-398461) (the black Soundwave we just had released as a 35th anniversary toy).

[griffin]

Three more Character Cards revealed - Omega Supreme & Jetfire (https://news.tfw2005.com/2019/10/17/transformers-trading-card-game-introduces-war-for-cybertron-siege-ii-captains-omega-supreme-and-jetfire-398532) and Springer & Chop Shop (https://news.tfw2005.com/2019/10/18/transformers-trading-card-game-introduces-war-for-cybertron-siege-ii-raider-chop-shop-reprocess-and-sergeant-springer-398584).
Omega Supreme is made up of three cards, similar to the Duocons and Dreadwing. Unfortunately, the artwork on all three Omega Supreme cards (tank, spaceship, base) is all the same artwork, which looks very lazy. And being "rare" Character cards, it is highly unlikely that you'd get all three when buying a box of booster packs.

Apparently all of the series 4 Character cards have now been revealed, and the full gallery can be seen on the official facebook page here (https://www.facebook.com/pg/TransformersTCG/photos/?tab=album&album_id=2367977869990691).

And another previously released card has been removed from official competition gaming (https://transformerstcg-support.wizards.com/hc/en-us/articles/360034885772-Banning-Press-the-Advantage). The series two Battle card "Press the Advantage" has been found to be too powerful and discourages the use of Decepticons in competition gaming, so it has been retired. This is the second Battle card to be retired from competition gaming.

[griffin]

Apparently all of the fourth series Battle Cards have been revealed, with one more Secret Action card (https://news.tfw2005.com/2019/10/23/transformers-trading-card-game-introduces-war-for-cybertron-siege-ii-sabotaged-armaments-399046) and two more regular cards (https://news.tfw2005.com/2019/10/24/transformers-trading-card-game-introduces-war-for-cybertron-siege-ii-sturdy-javelin-and-toolbox-399116).

The fourth series comes out in November some time.