Rearguard and Vanguard

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Rearguard noun - A detachment assigned to protect the rear of a (retreating) military body.

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Vanguard is an antonym for rearguard.

Vanguard noun - The innovators of new concepts, styles, and techniques especially in the arts.

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Rearguard is an antonym for vanguard.

The Defictionalization of the card game from Vanguard has a maximum of four copies of anything, a maximum of four Heal triggers, and exactly six slots on the field: your vanguard, two front rearguard, and three back rearguard.

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