Buckle up for six Wave 4 reveals, via Creative Lead Matt Smith and Suzanne:

• Designated Target
• Minor Medic Kit
• Crowbar
• Point Position
• Conversion Engine
• Private Greenlight

Check out Matt’s full column and the attached artwork for details on how these cards work in your decks, then share your strategies on the 2005 boards!

Leading off the newly-christened Robots in Design Transformers TCG Knowledge Base column by Designer Scott Van Essen, Specialist Sandstorm arrives to the Wave 4 fold:

The first thing to note is that he has the same stats in all three modes (6 attack, 1 armor, and 15 health). These are fine stats, but the spice is in his abilities. The core of the Transformers TCG is about change. It’s about finding the right mode to put your characters in for the current moment in the game. Nothing exemplifies that more than Triple-changers, given that they have 50% more modes than most regular characters.

Stay tuned for more Wave 4 news and remember to share your strategies on the 2005 boards!

Wave 4 reveals are coming in hot, with this one of Private Smokescreen courtesy of Boom! Studios Vice President of Marketing Arune Singh.

What are your special ops plans for this soldier? After reviewing the attached artwork, join in the discussion on the 2005 boards!

More Wave 4 reveals to share have you, Transformers Trading Card Game team? Yes, behold via actor Francis Capra: Raider Sights and Acute Reflexes.

Discover how these cards function by scanning the attached artwork, then share your strategies on the 2005 boards!

Our very own newsie Exastiken points out another Wave 4 reveal from the Transformers Trading Card team, Raider Kickback.

To learn more about this soldier’s in-game abilities, check out the attached artwork and then sound off on the 2005 boards!

Transformers Trading Card Game Brand Manager Drew Nolosco shows off a Wave 4 reveal from the European Energon Open event: Private Highjump.

How will you deploy this off-road patrol? Check out the attached pictures featuring artwork credited to Andrew Griffith, then sound off on the 2005 boards!

TFW2005 member HeroicC300 directs our Transformers Trading Card Game Wave 4 preview recon to IGN’s reveal of two Leader cards:

Autobot leader General Optimus Prime is a 15-star card, with both his truck and bot forms. Lord Megatron, “Conqueror of Cybertron,” is a 12-star card, with bot and tank, rather than gun, forms.

Check out the attached artwork credited to Marcelo Matere and Volta Creations for how these cards function in game, then join in the strategy discussion on the 2005 boards!

TFW2005 Moderator Wreckgar alerts us to the latest Wave 4 preview news, from Transformers Trading Card Game Design Lead Ken Nagle: Private Vanguard.

Thought it’s not obvious from the image, a Battle Master is a small character printed at Battle Card size. A Battle Master starts in Bot mode and can’t flip. However, upon KO, you can play its Upgrade mode.

Read Ken’s full column for more information on this card’s design rules, then join in the discussion on the 2005 boards!

Transformers Trading Card Game Designer Scott Van Essen introduces a new player to Wave 4:

Private Powertrain is what old-school TCG players might call a “Lord” (for reasons that date back to the early days of Magic: the Gathering). In design parlance, we might call him a “linear tribal reward”, but in the Transformers TCG he is definitively a leader. He makes the team better early and avenges them late.

What are your plans for this Patrol Leader? Check out the attached artwork and then sound off on the 2005 boards!