History YMMV / CardfightVanguardVSeries

* TierInducedScrappy:
** High Tier:
*** For most of 2019 and early 2020, Accel clans ruled the meta. What doesn't help them are a number of things, the clans used (Narukami, Aqua Force, Murakumo, and Pale Moon) all had options off the recently introduced Force II, and each one of them introduced problems that many other decks had trouble dealing with, most include a high amount of attacks with Accel circles and their own gimmicks. Narukami just annihilates the board with Gauntlet Buster and later gained Dragonic Vanquisher for a high powered rush, Aqua Force had Glory Malestrom which prevented intercepts and only allowed 1 card per block, Murakumo one ups Gauntlet Buster by sending the opponent's board back to the deck with Hyuga along with Shirayuki reducing the opponent's power on both turns, and Pale Moon had the returning Silver Thorn engine which drew them a lot of cards for defense.
*** In the Fall 2020 season, Shadow Paladins released the V-Series version of Dragheart, Luard and Dragdriver, Luard, which retains its gimmicks by utilizing both Luard's stride mechanic as well as their ability to support Grade 1 units. However, this produced an incredibly strong board with very low cost. Skull Witch Nemain also supports this strategy by setting up your board. In addition, because of how Luard works, your rear-guards will be flooded with Force markers. It got to the point where a good number of decks topping events were Luard decks with one or two decks squeezing in, Majesty Lord Blaster (a strong deck with high criticals), Altmile (a fast deck with consistency), and Nightrose (a protect deck with a high number of attacks with high power). It got to the point where even after their restriction to Luard and Nemain, which you cannot have both in a deck, many are still looking to Luard to top events.
** Low Tier: The Tachikaze, Spike Brothers, and Megacolony clans all get the short end of the stick in terms of support. But while Tachikaze has an interesting gimmick was was one the of the best clans for a while, and Spike Brothers has an interesting mechanic in passing their Force Marker(s) around in addition to their strong aggression, Megacolony doesn't seem to know what it is anymore. Sure it still includes soft control by preventing units from standing, but a good chunk of their units don't even do that anymore. The mechanics they do have are far outclassed by many decks in the game. That being said, the Darkface units' new mechanic Cradle is getting speculation as a way to help bring the clan back to relevancy.

* DesignatedMonkey: The Spike Brothers, Megacolony and Tachikaze clans are starting to be treated like this. Card game wise, they're among the clans who get less support than other ones and they rarely went high tier. Meanwhile, in the anime those clans are mostly used by anonymous fighters who are shown being defeated by the main characters, with only a very few named characters using them (Megacolony is played by Team Foo Fighters' Minami and Itsuki from the Miyagi High school council, while Spike Brothers is as usual Morikawa's deck. For Tachikaze, as of June 2020 only ''one unnamed character'' has seen using it), with Megacolony being the only one among them to have a full duel showcased. Also, to add salt to the wound, the few times those three clans are shown the only Grade 3 units shown are the weaker ones from their first V set like Juggernaut Maximum and Machining Stag Beetle.

* NightmareRetardant: Greion manages to turn from pure NightmareFuel to this thanks to the preview of Dimension 7, where he talks in GratuitousEnglish while doing a reference to ''Manga/TomorrowsJoe''.

* AuthorsSavingThrow:
** ''[[Anime/CardfightVanguardG GZ]]'' was heavily criticized for having most of the Apostles as non-entities in favor of characterizing the units Diffriding them, namely Ruga Kaizu and Arte Hibino being {{living prop}}s. The ''Shinemon'' arc rectified this by making Kaizu a major supporting character and fleshing him out, giving him a rivalry with Rive and making him into a minor BloodKnight, and by making Arte into Esuka's more reserved little brother.
** Viewers were rather disappointed tracks from the original series weren't used, so naturally many felt ecstatic when "Chrono's Fight" from ''G: NEXT'' played during Chrono's last attack against Shin in Remind 30.

%%Only add Broken Base or Base Breaking Character six months after release.

* NightmareRetardant: Greion manages to turn from pure NightmareFuel to this thanks to the preview of Dimension 7, where he talks in {{Engrish}} while doing a reference to ''Manga/TomorrowsJoe''.

* Despite having a manga the series could adapt, Anime/CardfightVanguardG and it's characters are largely neglected here. The only real notions of ''G's'' plot comes from Shin's meeting Ryuzu, and in the final two episodes of ''Shinemon'' with Chrono being introduced to the game. Outside of that however, most of the characters from there make only cameos at best.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The franchise has featured many good songs and soundtrack and the reboot is no exception by having the powerful ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsXng2aVkK8 Legendary]]'', preformed by [[Anime/BangDream Roselia]] as its first opening theme. There's even an official [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKhj2Hj5U4w Engrish version]] for the dub!

* EpilepticTrees: Many people noted that Emi in the "Extra Story" wears Aichi's jacket from the first arc. This causes many people to theorize that something happened with him in that world like that he doesn't exist or possibly died. This is confirmed in If 7 in which Emi states that her brother left home one day, never came back, and that he's now residing in the Sanctuary as the arc's BigBad.

* NightmareRetardant: Greion manages to turn from pure NightmareFuel to this thanks to the preview of Dimension 7, where he talks in {{Engrish}} while doing a reference to ''Manga/AshitaNoJoe''.

** High Tier: For most of 2019 and early 2020, Accel clans ruled the meta. What doesn't help them are a number of things, the clans used (Narukami, Aqua Force, Murakumo, and Pale Moon) all had options off the recently introduced Force II, and each one of them introduced problems that many other decks had trouble dealing with, most include a high amount of attacks with Accel circles and their own gimmicks. Narukami just annihilates the board with Gauntlet Buster and later gained Dragonic Vanquisher for a high powered rush, Aqua Force had Glory Malestrom which prevented intercepts and only allowed 1 card per block, Murakumo one ups Gauntlet Buster by sending the opponent's board back to the deck with Hyuga along with Shirayuki reducing the opponent's power on both turns, and Pale Moon had the returning Silver Thorn engine which drew them a lot of cards for defense.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: Viewers were rather disappointed tracks from the original series weren't used, so naturally many felt ecstatic when "Chrono's Fight" from ''G: NEXT'' played during Chrono's last attack against Shin in Remind 30.

* DesignatedMonkey: The Spike Brothers, Megacolony and Tachikaze clans are starting to be treated like this. Card game wise, they're among the clans who get less supports than other ones[[note]]As of right now, their support in the V series are two extra booster sets[[/note]] and they rarely go high tier (only exception was Tachikaze in late 2019 with the release of Angerblader, but then that card [[ObviousRulePatch was restricted to only 1 copy per deck]]). Meanwhile, in the anime those clans are mostly used by anonymous fighters who are shown being defeated by the main characters, with only a very few named characters using them (Megacolony is played by Team Foo Fighters' Minami and Itsuki from the Miyagi High school council, while Spike Brothers is as usual Morikawa's deck. For Tachikaze, as of June 2020 only ''one unnamed character'' has seen using it), with Megacolony being the only one among them to have a full duel showcased. Also, to add salt to the wound, the few times those three clans are shown the only Grade 3 units shown are the weaker ones from their first V set like Juggernaut Maximum and Machining Stag Beetle.
** In a lesser form, if a main character isn't appearing in the current arc, expect to see their clan in hand of people that are receiving the other end of a CurbStompBattle by more relevant characters, as usual playing it with only cards from the first booster set they were available and lacking any important boss monster.
* DesignatedVillain: Esuka is more or less an invoked example since she's a reasonable person, makes various good points against Shinemon becoming manager of Card Capital with special mention to his age and the fact that the only person who truly sees her as an antagonist is Shinemon himself. [[spoiler:On top of that it was more or less clear that their conflict was more or less a test for Shinemon to grow as a person and fighter.]]

* EpilepticTrees: Many people noted that Emi in the "Extra Story" wears Aichi's jacket of the first arc. This causes many people to theorize that something happened with him in that world like that he doesn't exist or possibly died. This is confirmed in If 7 in which Emi states that her brother left home one day, never came back and that he's now residing in the Sanctuary as the arc's BigBad.

** In regard to the card game, Murakumo was for a long time considered a weak clan competively speaking, in part due to its mechanic of sending the units called with effects back to the bottom of the deck. The reboot did away with that downside on top of giving the clan several new tools to play with, allowing Murakumo to become a top tier clan when its first support came out in part due to ZANBAKU being a good counter against then-dominant Oracle Think Tank decks.

* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: Nobody was expecting the first Shinemon Arc to be as good as it was, especilly considering the mixed reception of the ending of the High School and High School Continued arcs. What helps the arc are both the lead and their antagonist. Shinemon is a different protagonist than Aichi and even Chrono being far more high spirited than the both combined, and Esuka is a very well defined character due to her experience and down to earth attitude. Speaking of which, the primary conflict is also grounded in reality and for once in any popular card game anime, there are no supernatural force at work! Add in the addition of new characters and some retools of some returning characters and you have a fun season with good themes and a strong plot.

** High Tier
*** For most of 2019 and early 2020, Accel clans ruled the meta. What doesn't help them are a number of things, the clans used (Narukami, Aqua Force, Murakumo, and Pale Moon) all had options off the recently introduced Force II, and each one of them introduced problems that many other decks had trouble dealing with, most include a high amount of attacks with Accel circles and their own gimmicks. Narukami just annihilates the board with Gauntlet Buster and later gained Dragonic Vanquisher for a high powered rush, Aqua Force had Glory Malestrom which prevented intercepts and only allowed 1 card per block, Murakumo one ups Gauntlet Buster by sending the opponent's board back to the deck with Hyuga along with Shirayuki reducing the opponent's power on both turns, and Pale Moon had the returning Silver Thorn engine which drew them a lot of cards for defense.
** Low Tier
*** As stated above, the Tachikaze, Spike Brothers, and Megacolony clans all get the short end of the stick in terms of support. But while Tachikaze has an interesting gimmick was was one the of the best clans for a while, and Spike Brothers has an interesting mechanic in passing their Force Marker(s) around in addition to their strong aggression, Megacolony doesn't seem to know what it is anymore. Sure it still includes soft control by preventing units from standing, but a good chunk of their units don't even do that anymore. The mechanics they do have are far outclassed by many decks in the game. That being said, the Darkface units' new mechanic Cradle is getting speculation as a way to help bring the clan back to relevancy.

* {{Woolseyism}}: In if episode 11, Kanzaki's idea for a Vanguard Association mascot is a very familiar-looking mecha made of kittens called [[Anime/GoLion Gonyanion]]. The English sub, of course, changes it into [[Anime/{{Voltron}} "Meowtron"]].

** While Ryuzu's return makes sense given that he and Shinemon had met each other in the previous continuity, it's safe to say that no one at all was expecting Hitomi Kouzoji, Saya Yatomi's mother, who had only been mentioned in ''G'' to make an appearance.

*** As stated above, the Tachikaze, Spike Brothers, and Megacolony clans all get the short end of the stick in terms of support. But while Tachikaze has an interesting gimmick was was one the of the best clans for a while, and Spike Brothers has an interesting mechanic in passing their Force Marker(s) around in addition to their strong aggression, Megacolony doesn't seem to know what it is anymore. Sure it still includes soft control by preventing units from standing, but a good chunk of their units don't even do that anymore. The mechanics they do have are far outclassed by many decks in the game.

** On the Card Game side of things, considering how important the G-Zone was to the game, the fact that we are going back to the beginning does not sit well for players who had spent a lot of money on the game only to have to start all over again with no guarantee that it will ever be supported again. On the other hand, players in favor of the reboot like the fact that Bushiroad is willing to start all over again, and points out that Premium and G Format will always be available to legacy players. While many assumed that like Extreme Fight, Premium Standard would not be supported, it has quite a bit of official support including Premium Collection sets that include G-Units to support current gimmicks, for example Neo Nectar G-Units now interact with their token mechanics, and Premium only cards and triggers that provide effects.

* DesignatedMonkey: The Spike Brothers, Megacolony and Tachikaze clans are starting to be treated like this. Card game wise, they're among the clans who get less supports than other ones and they rarely go high tier (only exception was Tachikaze in late 2019 with the release of Angerblader, but then that card [[ObviousRulePatch was restricted to only 1 copy per deck]]). Meanwhile, in the anime those clans are mostly used by anonymous fighters who are shown being defeated by the main characters, with only a very few named characters using them (Megacolony is played by Team Foo Fighters' Minami and Itsuki from the Miyagi High school council, while Spike Brothers is as usual Morikawa's deck. For Tachikaze, as of June 2020 only ''one unnamed character'' has seen using it), with Megacolony being the only one among them to have a full duel showcased. Also, to add salt to the wound, the few times those three clans are shown the only Grade 3 units shown are the weaker ones from their first V set like Juggernaut Maximum and Machining Stag Beetle.

** On the Card Game side of things, considering how important the G-Zone was to the game, the fact that we are going back to the beginning does not sit well for players who had spent a lot of money on the game only to have to start all over again with no guarantee that it will ever be supported again. On the other hand, players in favor of the reboot like the fact that Bushiroad is willing to start all over again, and points out that Premium and G Format will always be available to legacy players.

* EpilepticTrees: Many people noted that Emi in the "Extra Story" wears Aichi's jacket of the first arc. This causes many people to theorize that something happened with him in that world like that he doesn't exist or possibly died. Turns out to be neither as Aichi is the BigBad of that story.

* DesignatedMonkey: The Spike Brothers, Megacolony and Tachikaze clans are starting to be treated like this. Card game wise, they're among the clans who get less supports than other ones and they rarely go high tier (only exception was Tachikaze in late 2019 with the release of Angerblader, but then that card [[ObviousRulePatch was restricted to only 1 copy per deck]]). Meanwhile, in the anime those clans are mostly used by anonymous fighters who are shown being defeated by the main characters, with only a very few named characters using them (Megacolony is played by Team Foo Fighters' Minami and Itsuki from the Miyagi High school council, while Spike Brothers is as usual Morikawa's deck. For Tachikaze, as of June 2020 only ''one unnamed character'' has seen using it) and, to add salt to the wound, the few times they're shown the only Grade 3 units shown are the weaker ones from their first V set like Juggernaut Maximum and Machining Stag Beetle.

* EpilepticTrees: Many people noted that Emi in the "Extra Story" wears Aichi's jacket of the first arc. This causes many people to theorize that something happened with him in that world like that he doesn't exist or possibly died. Turns out to be neither as Aichi is the BigBad of that story and Emi is trying to save him from whatever force is controlling him.