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"Lock" (
In the anime, Lock is visually shown as two black rings collapsing onto the unit reverting it into card form and on the table, the face down card is shown to emit sparks when the player attempts to touch it, and at the end of the turn, all cards that were affected return to be face up automatically without making a turn.
In Cardfight!! Vanguard G, Lock is shown as a red sphere engulfing the locked unit on the field. However, the Star-vaders' variation continue with two orbiting black rings around the lock.
How it Works
When a rear-guard is locked, it turns face down and remains face down where it is until the end of its owner's turn. A locked card loses all characteristics present on its face-up side, as well as other characteristics that it received before being locked. A locked card is not a rear-guard (and hence it is not a unit either), and both it and its circle are considered to not exist while it is locked. A locked card has no standing or resting state by game mechanic, but physically, the player is free to choose the orientation to place their locked cards (being vertically the most common).
Since a locked card is not a unit, it cannot be used to perform any action; cannot attack, boost, intercept, use abilities, be used to pay costs, be moved to another circle or zone, or be retired by calling another unit over it. A locked can only be used by effects that explicitly affect a locked card.
Unlock
When a locked card will be turned face up, the action is known as "unlock" (
Starting from Booster Set 14: Brilliant Strike, there are cards that can unlock with their effects, most notably Salvation Lion, Grand Ezel Scissors, who can unlock all of your locked cards with his Limit Break. This allows units to make their opponent's locking efforts nullified or to relock units to reuse locking abilities. G Trial Deck 5: Fateful Star Messiah introduces the first cards whose effects are achieved when they are unlocked.
Omega Lock
"Omega Lock" (
When a locked card is affected by Omega Lock, during the owner's next turn, on his/her end phase, they cannot unlock that card. Said locked card will only be unlocked during the owner's next end phase after it is affected. However, locked cards affected by Omega Lock still can be unlocked normally or with effects during any phase in any turn, excluding the "next end phase" where they cannot be unlocked by anything.
If a locked card is affected by Omega Lock multiple times in the same turn, it will not prolong the Omega Lock's duration of two turns.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Question: If I have Liberator of the Round Table, Alfred as my vanguard and 1 of my 5 rear-guards has been locked, will my vanguard's power be 19000 or 21000 due to his Limit Break?
Answer: 19000. Your locked cards do not exist as rear-guards on the field anymore. - Question: If my vanguard is Dragonic Overlord and my only rear-guard is an Embodiment of Armor, Bahr which will be locked, will my Dragonic Overlord gets [Power]-2000?
Answer: Yes. It will be treated as though you have no rear-guards, meaning Dragonic Overlord will get power-2000.
List of Cards
Can Lock
Angel Feather
Aqua Force
Dark Irregulars
Dimension Police
Granblue
Great Nature
Kagerō
Link Joker
- Alter Ego Messiah
- Arrester Messiah
- Companion Star Star-vader, Photon
- Cradle of the Stars, Stellar Maker
- Death Star-vader, "Omega Loop" Glendios
- Death Star-vader, Chaos Universe
- Death Star-vader, Quintessence Dragon
- Disorder Star-vader, Iron
- Genesis Dragon, Judgement Messiah
- Genesis Dragon, Trans-else Messiah
- Gravity Collapse Dragon
- Heavymaterial Dragon
- Idolizing Deletor, Guim
- Innocent Blade, Heartless
- Juxtapose Deletor, Gaele
- Knight of Entropy
- Lady Battler of the Gravity Well
- Lady Gunner of the Neutron Star
- Lightspeed Cheetah
- Mixed Deletor, Keios
- Nebula Dragon, Big Crunch Dragon
- Original Deletor, Egorg
- Penetrate Deletor, Iggy
- Prison Gate Star-vader, Palladium
- Providential Child of Gravitational Collapse
- Sacrifice Messiah
- Schwarzschild Dragon
- Setting Sun Star-vader, Darmstadtium
- Shade Star-vader, Sulfur
- Shockwave Star-vader, Dysprosium
- Singularity Sniper
- Spawn of the Spiral Nebula
- Sprout Deletor, Luchi
- Star-vader, "Omega" Glendios
- Star-vader, "Яeverse" Cradle
- Star-vader, Blaster Joker
- Star-vader, Chaosbringer
- Star-vader, Chaos Breaker Dragon
- Star-vader, Cold Death Dragon
- Star-vader, Dark Band Dragon
- Star-vader, Dark Zodiac
- Star-vader, Dust Tail Unicorn
- Star-vader, Freezeray Dragon
- Star-vader, Garnet Star Dragon
- Star-vader, Imaginary Plane Dragon
- Star-vader, Infinite Zero Dragon
- Star-vader, Mobius Breath Dragon
- Star-vader, Multiverse Dragon
- Star-vader, Nebula Lord Dragon
- Star-vader, Paradigm Shift Dragon
- Star-vader, Robin Knight
- Sunset Edge, Duskblade
- Wings of Phenomenon, Wingmatter
Murakumo
Narukami
Neo Nectar
Nova Grappler
Pale Moon
Royal Paladin
Can Omega Lock
Link Joker
- Death Star-vader, "Omega Loop" Glendios
- Death Star-Vader, Quitessence Dragon
- Flash Gun Star-vader, Osmium
- Meteor Monk of the Force Foot
- Nebula Dragon, Big Crunch Dragon
- Star-vader, "Omega" Glendios
- Star-vader, Bravefang
- Star-vader, Volt Line
- Star-vader, Dark Zodiac
Can Unlock
Cray Elemental
Genesis
Gold Paladin
Kagero
Link Joker
- Cradle of the Stars, Stellar Maker
- Genesis Dragon, Amnesty Messiah
- Genesis Dragon, Excelics Messiah
- Genesis Dragon, Judgement Messiah
- Genesis Dragon, Trans-else Messiah
- Lady Searcher of Planetary Minerals
- Lockbreaker, Riddle Biter
- Blast Monk of the Thundering Foot
- Lady Battler of the White Dwarf
Murakumo
Narukami
Royal Paladin
- Knight of Extravagance, Toulouse
- Transmigratory Dragon, Holy Squire Dragon
- Sanctuary of Light, Brightness Dragon
- Rotary Sage, Belk
Trivia
The kanji used for lock "呪縛" can be translated as "Curse" or "Spell".
The kanji used for unlock "解呪" can be translated as "Dispel" or "Disenchant".
Gallery
Locking
Normal Unlock
Unlocking by Effects
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