The Fallen & The Virtuous – #CH01-EN019
(This card is always treated as a “Branded” and “Dogmatika” card.)
Activate 1 of these effects;
● Send 1 monster that mentions “Fallen of Albaz” from your Extra Deck to the GY, then target 1 face-up card on the field; destroy it.
● If you have an “Ecclesia” monster in your field or GY: Target 1 monster in either GY; Special Summon it to your field.
You can only activate 1 “The Fallen & The Virtuous” per turn.
Date Reviewed: November 1st, 2025
Rating: 4.5
Ratings are based on a 1 to 5 scale. 1 is awful. 3 is average. 5 is excellent.
Reviews Below:
Crunch$G
Special weekend reviews to fit in the new cards from The Chronicles Deck: The Fallen & The Virtuous by starting with the card named after the Deck itself: The Fallen & The Virtuous.
The Fallen & The Virtuous is a Quick-Play Spell that’s always treated as a Branded and Dogmatika card, so a ton of searchability here, and on activation you get to activate 1 of 2 effects. The first option lets you send any monster that mentions Fallen of Albaz from the Extra Deck to the graveyard to target a face-up card on the field and destroy it. Almost a Dogmatika Punishment replacement, though both would still have merit in a Dogmatika Deck. This has no downsides or stat requirements to activate, just more specific on what you must send to activate, but now it can also remove backrow. This can also send Albion the Branded Dragon, whose End Phase effect can just set another copy of this card directly from the Deck, making it a decent option for generic removal potentially, but beneficial in a Branded or Dogmatika Deck where your Fusions will have more versatile graveyard effects for you to trigger. The second option is if you have an Ecclesia monster on your field or in your graveyard, you can target a monster in either graveyard to Special Summon it, basically serving as a serachable Monster Reborn for Branded and Dogmatika. So far we have Dogmatika Ecclesia and Incredible Ecclesia, so some value for this in Dogmatika and Swordsoul, but once we get Ecclesia of the Black Dragon in Burst Protocol, this effect gets even better in Branded since then you’ll want to also use Incredible Ecclesia with Fallen of the White Dragon. You can only activate 1 of these a turn, could be a bit powerful otherwise. Still, it’s a great card for your Branded goods while the potential for generic use is there for the pop effect. If you play Branded or Dogmatika, this feels like a staple 3-of, and I’m sure you can brew Branded and Dogmatika variants with this as well.
In Genesys, this already got 15 points assigned to it, along with most of the Albaz Fusions having at least 10 points, with Albion the Branded Dragon having 20. You might be able to fit it into a Dogmatika Deck, but Branded you got to really work with all your point allocations to see if this fits for you.
Advanced Rating: 4.5/5
Genesys Rating: 3.75/5
Art: 5/5 If only the alternate artworks of Dogmatika Ecclesia and Dogmatika Fleurdelis could have been of this quality.
Mighty
Vee
Surprise! We’re occasionally bringing back weekend reviews to cover side products and get minor card waves out of the way, with the perfect example being the new cards from The Fallen & The Virtuous structure deck. That brings us to the titular card of the structure deck, aptly-named The Fallen & The Virtuous (which I will refer to as TFTV for short). It’s a Quick-Play Spell and gets a name clause for both Branded and Dogmatika, so Dogmatika Ecclesia, the Virtuous and Aluber the Jester of Despia can both search it, and Albion the Branded Dragon can Set it directly with its Graveyard effect too. TFTV can only be activated once per turn and on activation, it’ll let you choose one of 2 effects. The first choice will let you send any Fusion monster from your Extra Deck to the Graveyard that mentions Fallen of Albaz, then target and destroy any face-up monster on the field. Sending an Albaz Fusion, for cost, alone is already insanely good; getting value by destroying an opponent’s card is even better. Branded obviously uses this the best, since you can (ironically) send Albion the Branded Dragon for its Graveyard effect and set up Branded in Red to go into Guardian Chimera, or even Set another TFTV for disruption and follow up by sending, what else, another Albion. In Dogmatika-heavy hybrids, you can always send Titaniklad the Ashen Dragon to search Dogmatika Fleurdelis, the Knighted, or even in Branded Despia it’s great for fielding Guiding Quem, the Virtuous for more explosive combos. Tomorrow’s card is another option since it’ll search Tri-Brigade Mercourier for a monster negate. Branded will definitely play this card, but it’s been seeing buzz as a generic Spell in decks without tight Extra Decks, like Mitsurugi, since it’s effectively Offerings to the Doomed on crack. If you’re willing to play Branded cards to make use of the Extra Deck dump, it’s even better! The other effect is less exciting, but still quite useful in Branded Despia; it’s only usable if an Ecclesia monster is on your field or in your Graveyard, letting you Special Summon any monster from either Graveyard to your field. It’s a lot simpler, but still good for extending or stealing an opponent’s monster to give them a headache. The problem becomes getting an Ecclesia monster in circulation; currently, this isn’t very realistic in TCG builds, but this issue will go away once we get the Synchro Ecclesia and the new Albaz monster that makes Incredible Ecclesia, the Virtuous a staple in Branded Despia builds. TFTV has incredible utility– it gives disruption, setup, follow-up, and boardbreaking all in one card. Wisely, even Genesys preemptively launched this card at 15 points, that’s how you know it’s good. Its only real drawback is that it’s not as good going first, but I’d still Main Deck 3 copies anyway, since Setting it is still disruption!
+Extremely versatile card that can provide additional value from Albaz Fusions
+Excellent tech card in decks with free Extra Deck slots
-Shines more going second
-Second effect is not as good without future OCG support
Advanced: 4.5/5
Genesys: 4.25/5
Art: 4/5 Compared to the rather controversial alt arts, I appreciate this more as a shout-out to the animation.
King of
Lullaby
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