Leomon, GrapLeomon, & HeavyLeomon Previews for Booster Set EX-05

[MarcFBR]

The Digimon Card Game Twitter (2) (3) has updated with card previews from Booster Set EX-05 Animal Colosseum. This time it's Leomon, GrapLeomon, & HeavyLeomon.

Leomon gets some fantastic dynamic art of it mid battle with a familiar looking foe. GrapLeomon is also mid battle, starting to charge up Shishi Juhazan, spinning an arm turbine before attacking. HeavyLeomon we see in the midst of doing it's special move, Sonic Excavator, launching upwards to impale an unseen enemy while burning with fighting spirit.

Previous previews for Booster Set EX-05 Animal Colosseum:
Packaging
MetalGarurumon X, Coronamon, Lunamon, Koh & Sayo, Sayo & Koh, & Aquilamon
Baihumon Ace
Xuanwumon Ace
Qinglongmon Ace & Zhuqiaomon Ace
Tokomon & Elecmon
Mercurymon
V-Jump Previews
Pajiramon & Caturamon
Loyalty Deeper than the Sea & MetalGarurumon X Parallel
Sandiramon & Mihiramon
Huanglongmon & Cardinal Directions of the Holy Beasts
Indaramon & Vajramon
Frimon & Duftmon X
Nyaromon, Hawkmon, & Garudamon
Shakomon & Octomon
Leviamon & Rostrum
Rostrum & Dagomon
BanchoLeomon & Flash Bancho Punch
Firamon, Lekismon, & Apollomon
Phoebus Blow, Goodnight Moon, & Dianamon
Kudamon, Reppamon, & Tyilinmon
Mitamamon, Xiaomon, & Labramon
Dobermon X & Cerberumon X
Anubimon, Sinduramon, & Kumbhiramon
Etemon & MetalEtemon

Booster Set EX-05 Animal Colosseum is out August 25th, 2023.




We have early details for Starter Deck 17 Advanced Deck Double Typhoon.

We have early details for Booster Set EX-05 Animal Colosseum.

We have early details for Booster Set 15 Exceed Apocalypse.

We have clean card images from Limited Card Pack 1 Digimon Ghost Game plus Various Promo Cards.

And images from previous Digimon Card Game releases:

Starter Decks 1, 2, and 3, and first 10 promo cards
Booster Set 1 New Evolution
Booster Set 2 Ultimate Power
V-Tamer Promo Cards
Purple/Black Promo Set
Tamer Battle Pack 1 and Tamer Battle Winner's Card
Booster Set 3 Union Impact
Starter Decks 4, 5, & 6, plus Tamer Battle Pack 2 & winner's Card 2, & 1st 2 scene vote cards
Booster Set 4 Great Legend, Tamer Battle Pack 3, 3rd Scene Vote, Dark Digimon Promo Pack, & Apparel Cards
Booster Set 5 Battle of Omega, plus Tamer Battle Pack 4, 4th Scene Vote, & Vital Bracelet Pack-In Cards
Starter Decks 7 & 8, plus Delay Promos, Tamers Battle Pack 5, 1st Anniversary Promos, & Pulsemon
Booster Set 6 Double Diamond Cards, the 1st Anniversary Adventure Pack, and more
Booster Set EX-01 Classic Collection, plus Tamer Battle Pack 6 & 7, Tyranomon & dual Zeromaru Promo Cards
Booster Set 7 Next Adventure, Campaign Cards, & Tamers 20th Promo Cards
Starter Decks 9 & 10, plus Tamers Battle Pack 8, Ghost Game Promos, Online Promos, Tamers Evolution Box 1, & Amazon Starter Promos
Booster Set 8 New Hero, Starter Deck 11, plus Tamer Battle Pack 9 & Event Cards
Booster Set 9 X Record, plus Battle Pack 10, Special Promo Pack 2022, Update Pack, & Evolution Box 2
Starter Decks 12 & 13, Luxury Finished Tamers, plus Battle Pack 11
Booster Set 10 Xros Encounter, plus Battle Pack 12, Special Promo Pack 2022 v2, & Evolution Cup Cards
Booster Set EX-03 Dragon's Roar and Survive, DC-1, Memorial, Battle Pack 13, Illustration, & Espimon Promo Cards
Booster Set 11 Dimensional Phase, Battle Pack 14, & Special Promotion Pack 2022 Version 3.0
Booster Set 12 Across Time, plus Survive Promo Pack & Madanhai Cards
Starter Deck 14, Battle Pack 15, plus Siriusmon & Ritsu Promo Cards
Booster Set EX-04 Alternative Being
Booster Set RB-01 Rising Wind, Tamer Battle Pack 16, Special Promo Pack 2023 v1, Frontier 20th, & Ghost Game Promos
Booster Set 13 VS Royal Knights, plus Memorial, Anniversary, Event, & Selection Box Cards
Starter Decks 15 & 16 plus Many Promo & Parallel Cards
Booster Set 14 Blast Ace plus 3rd Anniversary Survey Pack & Championship 2022 Cards

 

[robiu013]

I was a bit on the fence whether HeavyLeomon would make the cut, but the primarily Black & Green Elecmon felt like a potential giveaway.

Will be interesting to see if LoaderLeomon will be pure yellow, yellow+green or yellow+black, as Vpets prefer to use LoaderLeomon as HeavyLeomon's pre-evolutions over GrapLeomon and dual options would be nice.

Anyway, at this point the rest of the missing cards feel pretty clearly predictable:

Spoiler

001 Sunmon
002 Moonmon
012 Flaremon
015 Gabumon or Gabumon X (The pendulum progress didn't go X-Antibody until Lv. 5, but with Dobermon X also in the set, it's likely they'll do the full line here)
018 Garurumon or Garurumon X
019 Crescemon
020 WereGarurumon or WereGarurumon X
021 Antylamon
023 Majiramon
027 Liollmon
030 Liamon
032 LoaderLeomon
036 Aquilamon (already revealed, but we haven't gotten a high quality art yet)
038 Vikaralamon
045 Bearmon (this one and it's evolved form are the only ones somewhat unclear, but they were on Pendulum Progress and could tie-in into GrapLeomon)
046 Grizzlymon
052 Makuramon
073 GraceNovamon

 

[CloneWarrior]

Anyway, at this point the rest of the missing cards feel pretty clearly predictable:

Spoiler

001 Sunmon
002 Moonmon
012 Flaremon
015 Gabumon or Gabumon X (The pendulum progress didn't go X-Antibody until Lv. 5, but with Dobermon X also in the set, it's likely they'll do the full line here)
018 Garurumon or Garurumon X
019 Crescemon
020 WereGarurumon or WereGarurumon X
021 Antylamon
023 Majiramon
027 Liollmon
030 Liamon
032 LoaderLeomon
036 Aquilamon (already revealed, but we haven't gotten a high quality art yet)
038 Vikaralamon
045 Bearmon (this one and it's evolved form are the only ones somewhat unclear, but they were on Pendulum Progress and could tie-in into GrapLeomon)
046 Grizzlymon
052 Makuramon
073 GraceNovamon

Spoiler

We actually already know we're getting Bearmon and Leomon X from the Bandai TCG stream. It's likely we're getting Leomon X and Panjyamon X in place of either Liamon and LoaderLeomon or in place of the Gabumon X line in your predictions.

 

[robiu013]

Anyway, at this point the rest of the missing cards feel pretty clearly predictable:

Spoiler

001 Sunmon
002 Moonmon
012 Flaremon
015 Gabumon or Gabumon X (The pendulum progress didn't go X-Antibody until Lv. 5, but with Dobermon X also in the set, it's likely they'll do the full line here)
018 Garurumon or Garurumon X
019 Crescemon
020 WereGarurumon or WereGarurumon X
021 Antylamon
023 Majiramon
027 Liollmon
030 Liamon
032 LoaderLeomon
036 Aquilamon (already revealed, but we haven't gotten a high quality art yet)
038 Vikaralamon
045 Bearmon (this one and it's evolved form are the only ones somewhat unclear, but they were on Pendulum Progress and could tie-in into GrapLeomon)
046 Grizzlymon
052 Makuramon
073 GraceNovamon

Spoiler

We actually already know we're getting Bearmon and Leomon X from the Bandai TCG stream. It's likely we're getting Leomon X and Panjyamon X in place of either Liamon and LoaderLeomon or in place of the Gabumon X line in your predictions.

I have been looking it up, but I can't seem to dig up where this information comes from. Do you happen to have a source or a link to it?

Only thing on a new Leomon X-Antibody I can find, is that they recently released a parallel art for the BT-09 one.

 

[CloneWarrior]

I have been looking it up, but I can't seem to dig up where this information comes from. Do you happen to have a source or a link to it?

Only thing on a new Leomon X-Antibody I can find, is that they recently released a parallel art for the BT-09 one.

Here's the video.

 

[geoomega]

We finally get a Heavyleomon card, I knew we didn’t need to wait for a Rearise theme booster for it.

 

[robiu013]

andai TCG stream

I have been looking it up, but I can't seem to dig up where this information comes from. Do you happen to have a source or a link to it?

Only thing on a new Leomon X-Antibody I can find, is that they recently released a parallel art for the BT-09 one.

Here's the video.

Thanks,

Guess we'll know what to make of it in due time. It could be just a designer's personal choice of favorites from the original Vpet, but there's no reason not to trust it popping up in the card list. Personally, I'd prefer if they just did

Spoiler

either the original or X and use Liamon in yellow for more design diversity

, but ok.

 

[GeoCrimson]

I was a bit on the fence whether HeavyLeomon would make the cut, but the primarily Black & Green Elecmon felt like a potential giveaway.

Will be interesting to see if LoaderLeomon will be pure yellow, yellow+green or yellow+black, as Vpets prefer to use LoaderLeomon as HeavyLeomon's pre-evolutions over GrapLeomon and dual options would be nice.

Anyway, at this point the rest of the missing cards feel pretty clearly predictable:

Spoiler

001 Sunmon
002 Moonmon
012 Flaremon
015 Gabumon or Gabumon X (The pendulum progress didn't go X-Antibody until Lv. 5, but with Dobermon X also in the set, it's likely they'll do the full line here)
018 Garurumon or Garurumon X
019 Crescemon
020 WereGarurumon or WereGarurumon X
021 Antylamon
023 Majiramon
027 Liollmon
030 Liamon
032 LoaderLeomon
036 Aquilamon (already revealed, but we haven't gotten a high quality art yet)
038 Vikaralamon
045 Bearmon (this one and it's evolved form are the only ones somewhat unclear, but they were on Pendulum Progress and could tie-in into GrapLeomon)
046 Grizzlymon
052 Makuramon
073 GraceNovamon

I actually prefer GrappuLeomon evolve into HeavyLeomon route. Couple of reasons to support this is that their "fighting spirit" on their profile encyclopaedia, and they both have blue eyes. My ideal evolution for them is Liollmon > Leomon > GrappuLeomon > HeavyLeomon <Slide Evolution> SaberLeomon (they all have blue eyes).

I know that Elecmon was given as their child-level due to ReArise and most other gaming, but it doesn't give off the lion cub vibe and it's a Data attribute. And, I also thought LoaderLeomon would be the choice for HeavyLeomon's pre-evolution due to their heavy machinery designs, but the former has red eyes and it's a mechanical lion made for mining and tunnel construction lol.

But hey, then again, this is Digimon, evolutions doesn't always have to be all set - we all have our own ideal evolution routes for our favourites!

P.s. HeavyLeomon card is so lit!!

 

[Holo]

I was a bit on the fence whether HeavyLeomon would make the cut, but the primarily Black & Green Elecmon felt like a potential giveaway.

Will be interesting to see if LoaderLeomon will be pure yellow, yellow+green or yellow+black, as Vpets prefer to use LoaderLeomon as HeavyLeomon's pre-evolutions over GrapLeomon and dual options would be nice.

Anyway, at this point the rest of the missing cards feel pretty clearly predictable:

Spoiler

001 Sunmon
002 Moonmon
012 Flaremon
015 Gabumon or Gabumon X (The pendulum progress didn't go X-Antibody until Lv. 5, but with Dobermon X also in the set, it's likely they'll do the full line here)
018 Garurumon or Garurumon X
019 Crescemon
020 WereGarurumon or WereGarurumon X
021 Antylamon
023 Majiramon
027 Liollmon
030 Liamon
032 LoaderLeomon
036 Aquilamon (already revealed, but we haven't gotten a high quality art yet)
038 Vikaralamon
045 Bearmon (this one and it's evolved form are the only ones somewhat unclear, but they were on Pendulum Progress and could tie-in into GrapLeomon)
046 Grizzlymon
052 Makuramon
073 GraceNovamon

Are you sure we're getting grizzlymon and not sukamon? The presence of etemon makes me feel like it'll be sukamon...

 

[progzoohex]

De-digivolution and Indomitable with low DP bottom decking is a pretty nasty combo i must admit. Good to see some black color stuff that isn't just blocker, blocker, and more blocker. Ah finally a Leomon tribal that can be all exclusive and seemingly good. Gotta wait for the set's Liollmon stuff to see how it's all brought home.

 

[robiu013]

...

I actually prefer GrappuLeomon evolve into HeavyLeomon route. Couple of reasons to support this is that their "fighting spirit" on their profile encyclopaedia, and they both have blue eyes. My ideal evolution for them is Liollmon > Leomon > GrappuLeomon > HeavyLeomon <Slide Evolution> SaberLeomon (they all have blue eyes).

I know that Elecmon was given as their child-level due to ReArise and most other gaming, but it doesn't give off the lion cub vibe and it's a Data attribute. And, I also thought LoaderLeomon would be the choice for HeavyLeomon's pre-evolution due to their heavy machinery designs, but the former has red eyes and it's a mechanical lion made for mining and tunnel construction lol.

But hey, then again, this is Digimon, evolutions doesn't always have to be all set - we all have our own ideal evolution routes for our favourites!

P.s. HeavyLeomon card is so lit!!

Elecmon makes a lot of sense as a warp evolution to SaberLeomon with appearent design similarities. Not sure if I like HeavyLeomon to come from Elecmon, but as a non-warp from GrapLeomon it works.

Personally I like it this way:
Elecmon -> Leomon -> GrapLeomon -> SaberLeomon
either ultimate -> HeavyLeomon
Liollmon -> Liamon -> LoaderLeomon -> BanchoLeomon

...

Are you sure we're getting grizzlymon and not sukamon? The presence of etemon makes me feel like it'll be sukamon...

Most likely yes. Bearmon was the final rookie on the Animal Colosseum Vpet +

Spoiler

it was hinted at to be in the set in July (check my conversation with CloneWarrior for evidence). Unless it was just the marketing team referencing the Vpet on their own but not having actual insight in the card list and it turns out inaccurate it's bound to happen. And why include Bearmon without Grizzlymon?

The poop digimon have received a lot of presence lately already and they are not animals. Etemon can sneak it's way into the set by being monke, but I almost believe they just added it, because it had some unfinished monke business since in BT-14 it did not come with it's mega form (though tbf, BT-15 is to cover the mega part of Adventure 1... but, they're most likely gonna skip MetalEtemon for the set, since SaberLeomon was already in BT-14).

 

[MechaMadness]

Real happy to see these three. In a rather ironic twist, I actually like my boy HeavyLeomon's art the least of the bunch. Not bad per se, just feels a bit basic and less dynamic then the others, maybe a Parallel Art will fix that.

As far as my preferred HeavyLeomon pre-evolution goes, it's gotta be GrapLeo. Sure, it being the first impression from ReArise helps alot, but honestly, I feel like GrapLeo is also just an exceptionally well-designed Mon. The fangs and mane growing outward even more compared to regular Leo leads well into Saber, the bipedal stance and emphasis on fighting works better for Bancho then LoaderLio does in my opinion, and likewise the turbines has a mechanical aspect that progresses nicely into Heavy.

As an aside, while it's still certainly the odd one out, it's original appearance in the Marsmon line gets credit simply for the fact that in addition to continuing the combat style theme throughout like the other two World 3 starters, but unlike them it also retains the basic animal aesthetic of the line more. Just wanted to give credit to them for being the most cohesive of the bunch tbh. But yeah, for a Mon I actually didn't like particularly much when I first saw it, it's really grown on me over time and it's impressive to me how well the design has aged when it comes to it's flexibility in my opinion.

 

[Sparrow Hawk]

HeavyLeomon!!! I really love that insane design because it's mixed of Big-O, Gaigaogar and other unknown mecha references plus PILE BUNKER

Let's hope Leomon decks will grow stronger with Leomon, HeavyLeomon, SaberLeomon and even Dinotigemon.

 

[HeavyLeomon]

My boy finally appeared!!! And Nakano Haito did a gret job with the art!!! Im wondering, maybe Nakano Haito is who designed Heavyleomon? hmm, what is weird is that with Heavyleomon we have 11 Super rares.... I thought we would have just 10 like in previous sets, and 11 is a strange number... maybe we would have a 12th? If thats the case it cant be another lvl6, IDK honestly, also if GraceNovamon is the second SEC then HuanglongmonRM isnt in this set... Thats weird, he fits perfectly and was added to the DRB along with Moonmon and Sunmon.

 

[GeoCrimson]

As far as my preferred HeavyLeomon pre-evolution goes, it's gotta be GrapLeo. Sure, it being the first impression from ReArise helps alot, but honestly, I feel like GrapLeo is also just an exceptionally well-designed Mon. The fangs and mane growing outward even more compared to regular Leo leads well into Saber, the bipedal stance and emphasis on fighting works better for Bancho then LoaderLio does in my opinion, and likewise the turbines has a mechanical aspect that progresses nicely into Heavy.

I like this!

Tbh, BanchoLeomon sits at the bottom of my ultimate-level Leomon list... HeavyLeomon came on top because it has flare that cannot be compared, and SaberLeomon is classic og!

 

[HeavyLeomon]

this!

Tbh, BanchoLeomon sits at the bottom of my ultimate-level Leomon list... HeavyLeomon came on top because it has flare that cannot be compared, and SaberLeomon is classic og!

Yeah, I dislike Bancholeomon design, it just feels dumb to me for some reason, always looked at him as a "We have Regulumon at home"

 

[Bancho]

I must have been tired last night because I thought that odd orange thing behind Leomon was the weirdest motion blur effect rather than noticing it was Etemon.

In a rather ironic twist, I actually like my boy HeavyLeomon's art the least of the bunch. Not bad per see, just feels a bit basic and less dynamic then the others, maybe a Parallel Art will fix that.

if I recall correctly, all SR cards get alternate arts so I'm excited to see what we'll get for HeavyLeomon!

this!

Tbh, BanchoLeomon sits at the bottom of my ultimate-level Leomon list... HeavyLeomon came on top because it has flare that cannot be compared, and SaberLeomon is classic og!

Yeah, I dislike Bancholeomon design, it just feels dumb to me for some reason, always looked at him as a "We have Regulumon at home"

I respect our differences


Leomon
Champion | Vaccine | Beastkin
(Digivolve: 2 from [Elecmon] or [Liollmon])
[When Attacking] This Digimon may digivolve into a Digimon card with [Leomon] in its name in your hand. When this card would digivolve by this effect, reduce the digivolution cost by 1.
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Inherited Effect: [On Deletion] <De-Digivolve 1> 1 of your opponent's Digimon.

GrapLeomon
Ultimate | Vaccine | Beastkin
(Digivolve: 3 from Lv.4 w/[Leomon] in name)
<Indomitable> (When this Digimon is deleted while it has digivolution cards, play it without paying its memory cost).
[On Play] [When Digivolving] Return 1 of your opponent's Digimon with 4000 DP or less to the bottom of its owner's deck.
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Inherited Effect: [Your Turn] While this Digimon has [Leomon] in its name, it gains <Piercing>.

HeavyLeomon
Mega | Vaccine | Machine
(Digivolve: 4 from Lv.5 w/[Leomon] in name)
<Indomitable> (When this Digimon is deleted while it has digivolution cards, play it without paying its memory cost).
[When Digivolving] [On Deletion] <De-Digivolve 1> 1 of your opponent's Digimon. Then, return 1 of your opponent's Digimon with 6000 DP or less to the bottom of its owner's deck.
[End of Attack] (Once Per Turn) Return 1 of your opponent's Digimon with 4000 DP or less to the bottom of its owners' deck. If this effect didn't return an opponent's Digimon, unsuspend this Digimon.

 

[GeoCrimson]

Leomon
Champion | Vaccine | Beastkin
(Digivolve: 2 from [Elecmon] or [Liollmon])
[When Attacking] This Digimon may digivolve into a Digimon card with [Leomon] in its name in your hand. When this card would digivolve by this effect, reduce the digivolution cost by 1.
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Inherited Effect: [On Deletion] <De-Digivolve 1> 1 of your opponent's Digimon.

Well well... It looks like Liollmon is an alternative child-level for Leomon, not just Elecmon. Thank goodness! My ideal evolution line for Leomon has just been confirmed! Lol

 

[Sparrow Hawk]

Huh surprised at Leomon card mentioning Elecmon. Oh well that's fine. That is freaking bunny(?) with Kyuubi tails (?).

Digimon logic.

And I'm surprised some fans actually disliked BanchoLeomon. Oh whatever. One day, there will be new supports for Bancho decks to stand up against OP decks if possible. Just stay true to their official profiles for being on equal grounds with other certain groups...

 

[D O R U g o r a m o n]

Interesting to see HeavyLeomon's line supporting the indomitable stuff. Frankly I like the idea of GrapLeomon evolving into Mercurymon more than Garudamon evolving into Mercurymon simply because both are mammilian beast-men while garudamon is a bird and the only thing Mercurymon shares with him design-wise is some feather's coming out of his mask. (Though the fact that both leomon and garudamon are in the indomitable archetype this set seems to be an interesting callback to garudamon's profile mentioning they are both friends.)