Granblue Fantasy – Twelve Divine Generals (G) [06/26/2026]

Among the ancient Chinese rhetoric, there exists twelve divine animals that have been relegated to a higher purpose. In reality, these animals more or less represent the motions of time itself. The twelve selected animals represent a year and humans born within that time period are given that animal’s insignia. Adapted from the Buddhist variant of the same zodiac, in Granblue Fantasy, there are a set of twelve characters that are reflective of the titular twelve divine generals of the Bhaiṣajyaguruvaiḍūryaprabhārāja Sūtra.

The divine generals, as interpreted by Granblue Fantasy, are romanized based on their Sanskrit names. In Buddhist lore, these generals were dedicated yakshas, which are in themselves, morally grey spirits that dwell within the human realm but usually leaning more on benevolence and goodness. According to the stories, the divine generals exist to protect that of the medicine Buddha, Bhaisajyaguru. They are spread throughout the great cities of India and can be convoked to come to the aid of the Buddha as needed. There are more yakshas beyond that of the divine generals.

Within the fiction of Granblue, these yakshas have instead been converted to rather mischievous yōkai designs, a form of Japanese spirit that shares the similar neutral alignment of the yakshas. These yōkai, as interpreted by Granblue, take on the form of animal spirits that themselves embody the animals by which they represent from the associated zodiac signs. As a caveat, they are humans or human-adjacent species, but they themselves more closely resemble yōkai spirits based upon their own visual designs.

Beginning with the supposed strongest of the generals, we have Basara above wielding his own katana. Basara shares a combo with the twins Cidala. Basara represents the mighty dog, a loyal hound, always ready to support its master. When Basara enters the stage, you may sacrifice an additional stock to give two of your characters additional power for the turn. With his combo, as long as you have at least two of his comrades on board, you may give any character of your choice an on-cancel, deal two damage ability.

Cidala, the essence of the tiger, using the same combo, allows you to sacrifice one of their friends on play to heal to stock and, at the end of their attack, you can pay her costs to deal two damage. With Basara’s blessing in mind, you can give Cidala another damage instance should either her own attack or her extra combo damage instance get cancelled.

Vikala, the cutest rat girl, acts as our early deployment (rather late) but “earlier” than our finisher. As a reward for waiting for her festival outfit change, she fetches us both a character and mills our deck at the beginning of our encore step with her climax in play. As implied in the previous sentence, you can transform into level two Miss Vicky here from her more docile 1/0 counterpart. Vicky’s casual form has some power during your turn and can pay out triggers when she swings, but most importantly, at level two, she turns into 2/0 Vikala from your waiting room at the start of your climax phase.

Vajra joins the battlefield in the early game, holding down the fort as another holder of the dog zodiac. With some extra power on your turn and her own form of encore, she carries her own pseudo combo as you can pay her costs to perform a Minami ability to scour your deck and grab a Divine General (十二神将) to hand. Anchira, the avatar of the monkey, also joins the fray as a global support that also grants bar trigger support and a cheap way to heal throughout the game by bottom decking a divine general from hand and resting herself.

If you’re slightly confused why both Vajra and Basara are both considered to be the dog incarnation in the divine generals, Vajra is the Sanskrit name while Basara is the Romaji version. They, by the general translations, are effectively the same individual.

There’s a funny story about Anchira that sort of gave rise to how sparking became a common phenomenon within gacha games. You see, the story goes that a player was trying to pull for Anchira, but after spending over 6000 USD in JPY, the player still failed to pull Anchira. Supposedly, the rates were incredibly low, and with all the media outrage stemming from that time, Cygames ended up reimbursing the guy and others who had spent on the banner. Additionally, from that point on, Cygames implemented a safety measure called a “spark” where, after failing to pull a certain number of times for a character, you would get them directly as a sort of safety measure. You can learn more about it in the community dubbed “MonkeyGate” incident.

The generals reach out to other generals as they are bound by the same duty. Beginning with Indala, the divine snake is our primary source of mill and hand generation at the same time. Unlike the traditional brainstorm, Indala grabs any divine general with her check three ability while supporting all your level one and above characters in front with power during your turn. Anila, the happiest sheep to to have ever fluffed around, acts as a Chiyuri profile, able to grab any and all characters under her guidance with an attached discard and draw. Lastly, Sanchira, the emissary of the horse, pierces through her enemies with her divine arrow, allowing you to clock a card from hand to search out any divine general from your deck.

The other members of the divine generals also make an appearance. Makura, the spirit of the rabbit, hops readily to slice through her foes and attain additional extra stock for the later game. Paylia, the most mystical of the divine beings, a manifestation of the dragon itself, reaches into the skies to fetch a divine general and can also sacrifice herself and discard a card for a redraw. Kumbhira, bearing the bounty of the boar, is a classic clean cut profile to protect her friends.

Makira, bearing the image of the rooster, emerges from the night with two quick abilities: the first to let you salvage any character for the casual cost of a discard and the other to sacrifice herself to bounce any annoying pest on your opponent’s board back to hand. Catura, the incarnation of the mighty ox, rides in on her motorcycle to come out early and provide the team a quick replenishing heal.

As the divine generals all gather atop of the cherry blossom tree, they look forward towards the future, remembering the bonds that they share, allowing them reach out and grab each other hands for help if ever needed.

With that in mind, that’s all the divine general cards explored within the Granblue Fantasy set. The battlefield is prepared and the plan is simple. Play divine generals and bring about more divine generals. Flood the board, and after building resources, slam a mix of both Basara and Cidala to close out the game. May the mufufu~~ be ever in your favour.