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| - Shadow Paladin focuses on superior calling rearguards from the deck, but unlike Royal Paladin who gains power from rearguards, Shadow Paladin retires their rearguards for the cost of their effects. Shadow Paladin uses superior calling and building hand advantage to recover from the losses of retiring their own rearguards. In Cardfight!! Vanguard G, Shadow Paladin now focuses on calling Grade 1 in contrast to Royal Paladin calling grade 2 rearguards. It also introduces rearguards whose effects activate when retired for the cost of your effects similar to Tachikaze. Their Keyword "Ritual" activates based on the number of Grade 1 cards in your Drop Zone. In contrast to the rest of the clan, the Witches sub-clan focuses on replacing the opponent's rearguards with Grade 0 rearguards to weaken their attack formation and mess with their strategies and also reduce the opponent's Vanguard's Power based on how many Grade 0 rearguards they have. Shadow Paladin is led by Blaster Dark "Diablo", those who doubt him and offer their loyalty to Claret Sword Dragon are classified as the "Black Clique". Ren Suzugamori uses this clan both in the anime and manga. Aichi uses his own Shadow Paladin Deck (given by Ren) while he is under the influence of PSY Qualia. In Season 2, the Shadow Paladin, along with Royal Paladin and KagerÅ, were sealed away, the Shadow Paladins were replaced with the Gold Paladin. After Shadow Paladin is unsealed Ren uses it again, focusing on the Revengers sub-clan. In Season 4, Ratie Curti also uses this clan focusing on the Witch series. Yuichirou Kanzaki uses this clan in Cardfight!! Vanguard G. Yuya Karasumori later uses this clan after ditching his Gold Paladin deck. In Season 8, new Character Kazuma Shouji uses this clan with Dragheart, Luard as his avatar.
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