The Protector is an ERAS card released on September 20, 2026 in Burnout & Rebirth (Update 39).
This card can swap into The Protector; Hollow.
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The Protector
Obtainment
Obtainment Method: Trading
Steps: It can only be obtained by trading with other players.
Stats
+0.0% from levels · 100 cap at this prestige
No ascension bonus
Needs A3 and level 100
- HP
- 6,640
- ATK
- 589
- DEF
- 664
- SPD
- 729
Base stat
Base stat
Base stat
Base stat
Recollection
Abilities
Number OnePassive
Gains Universally Typed, doubling any buff whose condition this card fulfils through it; Buffs own Crit Damage by 1.5x for every ally missing or defeated; At the end of every turn, loses its 3 lowest-value active buffs at random.
On Attack:
• If this attack differs from the previous one, gains +10% Crit Chance for 3 turns (Stacking; Duration does not refresh)
Whenever any other card receives a buff:
• Receives 25% of that buff for the rest of battle (buffs that match another card's Stats are not shared)
Whenever this card's Crit Damage is buffed:
• Doubles that buff for 3 turns if this card lands a Crit during it
Whenever a buff on this card resets, is lost or is removed:
• Instantly deals 1% of the total damage this card has dealt this battle to all enemies
While solo, or once all allies are defeated:
• Gains +100% ATK, DEF, SPD and Crit Damage, and +30% Damage Reduction
Prestige 2:
• Receives 50% of ally buffs instead of 25%
• The buff-loss damage is 3% of the total damage dealt instead of 1%
On the Precipice of DefeatPassive
On Attack:
• Follows up that attack for +70% more damage as a guaranteed Crit
Whenever this card or an ally performs a follow-up:
• Instantly deals 70% of this card's ATK to the enemy hit by that attack, or +30% more if the card performing the follow-up is 
Bleach
Whenever any card performs a follow-up:
• This card gains +10% Damage Inflicted for 3 turns
• Each consecutive follow-up in the same turn deals +25% more damage than the last
At the start of each turn:
• The ally with the highest ATK gains a follow-up on their next attack
Whenever this card loses 3 or more buffs in a single turn:
• Gains 1 random Mechanic for 2 turns (OverCrit, Bloom, Resonance or Ultra)
Prestige 2:
• The on-attack follow-up deals +120% more damage instead of +70%
• The allied follow-up granted each turn also inflicts 
Fracture on the enemy it hits
Never Meant to BelongPassive
Effects:
• Crit Chance cannot exceed 50%; Any Crit Chance buff received at 50% is gained as SPD instead
• Whenever this card gains 500 SPD this way, it is spent to guarantee this card's next attack is a Crit
Whenever this card lands a Crit:
• Doubles all buffs currently active on it for 2 turns (Excludes Crit Damage)
• All allies attack the strongest enemy for 2% of their current ATK
• Counts as 1 additional missing ally for Number One until the end of the turn
While this card has the highest SPD in the fight: (Ignores first-action rules)
• Attacks deal bonus damage equal to 50% of this card's current SPD
• Gains 1 additional action per turn (Up to 2)
While this card has the lowest SPD in the fight:
• Gains +10% ATK per turn (Up to +100%)
• At +100%, the next attack is a guaranteed Crit, then the bonus resets
When this card is defeated:
• Revives as The Protector; Hollow at 50% Max HP with every buff it held at the time of death, doubled
• After reviving, Crit Chance is no longer capped and this card cannot be revived again
Prestige 2:
• The Crit buff doubling lasts 3 turns instead of 2
• The revive restores 100% Max HP instead of 50%
Trivia & titles
- The Protector was the first card to have a serial run, introduced in Update 39.
- His first ten serialized copies have their own artwork, including the "Negative", "Solarized", and "Antique Gold" treatments.
- Only shiny copies of The Protector can receive a serial number through normal pulls.
- Pulling a serialized copy grants the "Serialized Hunter" title, which displays the number pulled.
- He was the secret of Era Eighteen, and the second ERAS card with a variant after Itadori Yuji & The Disgraced One. Both revive into their variant form.
- He and Sakurajima Mai are the only cards with "Universally Typed" unconditionally. His "Number One" doubles any buff he qualifies for through it.
- Pulling The Protector grants you Era 18 - Hunter.
Gallery
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