The long-running Dragon Ball Super Card Game recently introduced its revolutionary Zenkai Booster Series, which is already shaking up the game's established formula with new mechanics and card types. Given that the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG recently shook up its formula with an updated banlist, TCG fans will know that big changes like this will bring many players to the table, old and new.
With every player, including the strongest pros, needing to learn these new rules at once, it's a perfect jumping-on point for new players to get started with the game. However, which cards should players be looking for? The following five cards are the most powerful in the entire Zenkai set, making them perfect additions to any player's deck.
Cell, Awakening of the Created
Cell, Awakening of the Created has 25,000 Power behind it, already making it a formidable card. However, where this card really shines is in its abilities. Straight out of the gate, when Cell, Awakening of the Created is played, all the enemy's Battle Cards that cost five or less Energy are instantly removed from play. Further, this Cell card can then use those same removed cards to make itself even stronger, either by switching to Active Mode or activating a Triple Strike.
Finally, with its Critical ability, this Cell card can make the opponent discard cards with every hit, and this can instantly turn the tide of any match, giving the player some room to regroup and strategize.
SSB Son Goku, Evolved Defender
Next up is SSB Son Goku, Evolved Defender, which, as its name suggests, is one of the best defending cards in the entire set if not the game as a whole. To start with, it matches Cell, Awakening of the Created at that same 25,000 Power Level, though unlike Cell, which focuses on a big opener to change the flow of the battlefield, Evolved Defender is all about controlling the field long term.
Once sent out, and then again whenever the player has enough Energy to use this card's ability, it can force the player to switch one of their cards to Rest Mode. This is an invaluable skill because if the opponent's heaviest hitters are always in Rest Mode, it will be harder for them to gain any ground against the player who holds this card.
Dark Broly, Heartless Berserker
Dark Broly, Heartless Berserker has an incredible 30,000 Power, making it a heavy hitter in any deck. Designed after one of the Dragon Ball franchise's most well-loved side characters, Dark Broly's primary ability, Over Realm 6, is a major advantage. Any card with an Over Realm ability allows the player to use it by removing cards from their drop zone, not by using valuable Energy resources. When Dark Broly is played in this way, it has one turn to hit the opponent hard and fast, and at the end of that turn, it moves automatically to the player's Warp Zone.
This strategy by itself is very useful in any deck. However, using this card to its full potential can be a bit more difficult. Decks that use black color cards are going to find that they get much more utility out of Dark Broly, Heartless Berserker, since if the player's Leader card is black, then this card can be summoned again from the Warp Zone on subsequent turns for only two Energy. With Broly's strength and the very few resources needed to use him, this card is very much a must-have in any black-themed deck.
SS Son Goku, Another World Blitz
SS Son Goku, Another World Blitz is an amazing card that has the best benefits of all three aforementioned cards. To begin with, this card has the same 30,000 Power strength as Dark Broly, Heartless Berserker, plus a Triple Strike ability that makes it even better than Dark Broly. The card's defense abilities are also just as good as SSB Son Goku, Evolved Defender, if not even better. With the Deflect, Barrier, and Blocker abilities, SS Son Goku, Another World Blitz is simultaneously an outstanding heavy hitter and a solid tank.
Further, when this card is initially played, depending on how many Extra cards the player has in their Drop Zone, this card can immediately make the same number of their opponent's Battle Cards instantly disappear to the very bottom of the opponent's deck. This is very similar to the ability found in Cell, Awakening of the Created. Finally, if there are no Battle Cards in the player's Drop Zone at the time this card is played, it will cost only four energy to play, instead of the standard six. Given how powerful this card is, a four-energy cost instantly makes it one of the best cards in the entire game.
SS4 Gogeta, the Ultimate Fusion
However, every other card on this list by far pales in comparison to SS4 Gogeta, the Ultimate Fusion. This is not only the most powerful card in the Zenkai Booster Set, but it is also the most powerful card in the entire game. This is the first card ever made in the Dragon Ball Super Card Game to have an unbelievable 100,000 Power behind it.
Since this card has a Z-Awaken ability, it can be played when the player is down to four or less Life and has three Z-Energy to spend, meaning it typically won't appear until near the end of a game. Once it does appear, SS4 Gogeta, the Ultimate Fusion only has one turn to affect the battlefield before it's gone for the rest of the game, but that is more than likely all it would ever need.