Fire Emblem Cipher/War of Shadows Chapter

The starter deck's packaging.

War of Shadows Chapter (Japanese: 暗黒戦争篇 War of Shadows Chapter) is the first starter deck released for Fire Emblem Cipher. It primarily features characters from Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light and its remake, Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon. This deck was released aside its sister deck, Awakening Chapter and The Heroes' Blade of War booster series on June 25th, 2015 in Japan. Its retail price is ¥1,300 plus tax.

This starter deck is part of season 1, and will no longer be legal in competitive play sometime in May 2019.

As with all of Cipher, the cards featured here has been printed only in Japanese and have only been released in Japan.

Overview

This starter deck exclusively features characters of the affiliation. The character set mostly focuses on characters that are early-game recruits from Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light. Five of these cards are exclusive to this deck and cannot be pulled from booster packs. These completely exclusive cards have "S01" at the start of their card number.

This starter deck includes a download code for a bonus character, Marth, using his Cipher artwork, in Fire Emblem Fates. This download code is region-locked, and only unlocks the character for the Japanese version of Fates, this bonus character has not been made available in international releases through any methods. For information on this version of Marth see Marth § Fire Emblem Fates.

Also included are an instruction manual and paper playmat.

Card list

The deck features a standard total of 50 cards. All cards featured in this deck are of the alignment. This list order is based off the official Cipher website's listing.

For more information on each card see the Fire Emblem Cipher section on the respective character page.

Card list
Image & card number	Name	# of copies	Notes
ST ST+ {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} B01-003ST(+)	Crown Prince of Altea, Marth	1 standard 1 holographic	Holographic version is starter-deck exclusive.
B01-006ST	Princess of Talys, Caeda	2 standard 0 holographic	--
B01-007ST	Infamous Knight "Raging Bull", Cain	1 standard 0 holographic	Non-holographic version is starter-deck exclusive.
B01-008ST	Scarlet Knight, Cain	3 standard 0 holographic	--
B01-009ST	Infamous Knight Prowling Panther, Abel	1 standard 0 holographic	Non-holographic version is starter-deck exclusive.
B01-010ST	Verdant Knight, Abel	1 standard 0 holographic	--
B01-012ST	Protective Knight, Draug	2 standard 0 holographic	--
B01-013ST	Archanean League Bowman, Gordin	1 standard 0 holographic	--
B01-014ST	Altean Archer, Gordin	2 standard 0 holographic	--
B01-018ST	Mercenary of Talys, Ogma	2 standard 0 holographic	--
B01-019ST	Talys Fighter, Bord	2 standard 0 holographic	--
B01-020ST	Talys Axe-Wielder, Cord	2 standard 0 holographic	--
B01-021ST	Courageous Talys Mercenary, Barst	2 standard 0 holographic	--
B01-024ST	Crimson Myrmidon, Navarre	2 standard 0 holographic	--
B01-026ST	Angel to All, Lena	3 standard 0 holographic	--
B01-028ST	Sage of Gales, Merric	1 standard 0 holographic	Non-holographic version is starter-deck exclusive.
B01-029ST	Mage of Winds, Merric	3 standard 0 holographic	--
ST ST+ {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} B01-036ST(+)	Miloah's Child, Linde	1 standard 1 holographic	Holographic version is starter-deck exclusive.
ST ST+ {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} S01-001ST(+)	Star and Savior, Marth	3 standard 1 holographic	Starter-deck exclusive.
ST ST+ {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} S01-002ST(+)	Aerial Battle Princess, Caeda	1 standard 1 holographic	Starter-deck exclusive.
S01-003ST	Loyal Retainer, Jagen	2 standard 0 holographic	Starter-deck exclusive. The only starter deck exclusive card in this deck to not have a holographic version.
ST ST+ {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} S01-004ST(+)	Steel Swordsman, Ogma	2 standard 1 holographic	Starter-deck exclusive.
ST ST+ {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} S01-005ST(+)	Wielder of a Bloody Blade, Navarre	2 standard 1 holographic	Starter-deck exclusive.

Etymology and other languages

Gallery

References

External links

• The official Japanese Cipher website's card listing for War of Shadows Chapter
• Serenes Forest's page on War of Shadows Chapter