Introduction
The Christmas seasonal gacha returns with some interesting new additions and changes. Most notably, all the silver rolls have been removed from the machine and added as rare invades to the dungeon instead. This turns the Christmas REM from literal excrement into something actually passable. Some of the old higher-end rolls have been given access to the upcoming Super Awakening mechanic (which grants the card an extra awakening, chosen from a small pool) in an attempt to revitalize them a bit; however, Super Awakening is a solidly late-game mechanic and most players will realistically not stand to gain much from these updates. There are several new cards as well, of varying power. The end result is that this machine isn't quite as much of a trashfest as it used to be.
Historically speaking, seasonal REMs have always been at least pretty bad. Beach REM was probably the best reversal of this trend, as the best rolls there were absolutely spectacular; the changes to this machine are a step in the same direction. Sadly, this isn't well reflected in the 5-stars, which have approximately 75% rates and are still that perfect GungHo combination of cute and forgettable. They have, though, attempted to make the higher-end rolls somewhat worthwhile in the circumstance that you somehow do get one in the midst of all your Freyjas. In our opinion, though, even the best rolls are luxuries and the rates are simply not good enough for this machine to be worthwhile for most players.
We've included some JP roll data from Skyozora in the table below, with about 3500 rolls at the time of writing. For your convenience, we'll also start including this information in the future for REMs that already have meaningful roll data.