Summary
Who the canon option is for the Gold Saucer date inFinal Fantasy 7has been a debate fans of the game have been having since the original launched almost 30 years ago. Despite the sequence returning inFinal Fantasy 7 Rebirth,Square Enixhas never given an official answer. However, the Gold Saucer card it has chosen for Final Fantasy’sMagic: The Gatheringexpansion may be the closest we’ve come to a definitive answer.
More cards from MTG’s upcoming Final Fantasy set were revealed last weekend, including a Secret Rendezvous card, the art for which is based on the Gold Saucer date from the original Final Fantasy 7. Since four potential characters can join Cloud on that date -Tifa, Aerith, Barrett, and Yuffie- there are four different versions of the card, each featuring a different character.
Even though all four of the original game’s date possibilities have a card, only one of them has been included in the Final Fantasy 7 Commander Deck.That card is Tifa’s. If you want Barrett, Aerith, and Yuffie’s Secret Rendezvous cards, then you’re going to have to go hunting for them in Final Fantasy’s Collector Booster packs.
There Are Four Gold Saucer Cards In MTG’s Final Fantasy Expansion
But Only One Of Them Is Getting The Commander Deck Treatment
Other than the character sitting opposite Cloud, the artwork is the same for all four. The two characters sitting facing one another in a cab on the Skywheel, with fireworks going off in the background outside the window. As for what Tifa making it into the deck while the other characters have to settle for booster packs really means, there’s a chance someone at Square Enix made that decision based on which in-game romance is canon.
Someone has even highlighted thatCloud has a very slight smile on his face on the Tifa card, but is straight-faced in the other three, although the fan who pointed that out has been accused of editing the artwork to look that way.
Square seemingly dictated a lot about this set, so it seems unlikely that the decision to make Tifa’s Secret Rendezvous card the one that’s included in the Commander Deck was made on a whim. Then again, until someone involved in the creation of the game comes out and categorically confirms which romance is canon, there will always be ambiguity.
Another card getting a lot of attention since its reveal last weekendis Sephiroth’s two-sided one. The artwork on each side can be combined to make one long image that features four forms of the FF7 antagonist, including Safer Sephiroth. Tetsuya Nomura pointed to the design for Sephiroth’s final form being different from how it looks in the original game, adding that he can’t explain why yet. That has people convinced the card has given us our first look at how the character will appear in Remake Part 3.
