P.S. Information about these cards/clans/skills can be found at Cardfight Vanguard Wikia.
No.1: Royal Paladins
This clan was first introduced in VGE-TD01. This clan focuses on superior calling units to rear guard positions then powering up other units(King of Knights, Alfred). Lately, more Royal Paladin support have been released. This clan has an entire new build based on the Jewel Knights archetype(and liberator). The Jewel Knights series have all the goodies ever released(Break Ride, Quintet Wall, etc)they even have a Reversed Unit. Other than that, a Royals Mega Trial Deck has also been released(used by DAIGO in the anime)featuring Sanctuary Guard Dragon. This card powers up similarly to Alfred. It is pretty awesome considering this is supposed to be a Trial Deck card. This clan also has a card that powers up by mixing cards from two different clans, try to find out by yourself (>o<).TIP: Type MLB into the website above.
The older version of Royal Paladins rely on a lot of key cards like Barcgal and Llew's skill for a superior ride. Taking out cards like this can cause the player to be stuck at grade 2 for a while. When you are fighting against a Majesty Lord Blaster deck, you are pretty hopeless as his key cards are easily obtained. Perfect Guards are the way to go, always.(Quintet Wall? Nah, not so much).
No.2: Kagero
This clan has the best Trial Deck ever! Most of the cards you need to build a Kagero deck are found in it. Kagero focuses mainly on retiring your opponent's units. There is also a new build featuring "Seal Dragons". I am not sure what the strategy for this build because I am not a Kagero player. However, I always play against Kagero players whenever I play at a shop. The traditional version of Kagero features Dragonic Overlord The End's ultimate skill to stand and attack again really spells THE END for the opponent especially when combined with Kagero's new break ride unit: Dauntless Drive Dragon. This combo will guarantee a final turn unless your opponent's hand size is huge.......
Kagero is one of the most consistent clan around. Now, Kagero has broken the limits and gone up to Grade 4!! Yes,I kid you not, Grade 4! 4! 4! Okay, I may be exaggerating a bit here but this is unbelievable. The skill is totally awesome. Go on, read it.------------->OohLaLa!!! Many Kagero players will definitely want to include this card in their deck. Unfortunately, fantastic cards also come at BOMBASTIC prices. Players with a small budget(like me)should not play this clan due to the prices of the cards(DOTE and DDD).
No.3: Nova Grappler
The most spam-tastic clan ever! This clan's main strategy is to stand units during the battle phase for more attacks. Nova Grapplers have plenty of generations. It all started with Asura Kaiser and Mr Invincible. After that, the Stern Blaukluger ride chain was released. In VGE-BT06, Beast Deity, Azure Dragon was released and had a couple of support cards just for it. Ultra Beast Deity, Illuminal Dragon was released in VGE-BT09, a crossride form of Azure Dragon. Beast Deity, Golden Anglet was also released to work with Illuminal Dragon's Limit Break. The Raizers build was released in VGE-EB01. Unfortunately the Raizers are not as good as they look. They cause you to deplete your hand if you want to push it to the limit. Later in EB04, a lot of reprints were err.....reprinted including Gold Rutile(A trial deck card)as a R card. Other than that, a whole new Death Army build was released. This build is also, sadly, not very good. This build's strategy can be summed up with one word: GREED! You rest four units for +10k and get perfect guarded. As if an attack from the vanguard doesn't attract perfect guards during late game.
This clan is overflowing with different builds. I recommend all new players to play this clan as it can easily help you to understand the game more easily. All the strategies are also really simple and easy to master.
