Sick of the Random rule when playing cards? Well fear not, there’s a way to beat it. Since the rule forces you to play with cards they pick, simply modify all the cards you DO NOT use into items. This way, you’ll be left with cards you want to use and the rule will be useless then. If you win cards you don’t want to use, just modify them and play again.
Some of you may think this will cause you not to be able to complete your cards. I assure you, it won’t. As long as you had the card, even though you modified it and it is not highlighted, it will still count as you have the card. (You’ll still get your yellow star beside the CARD command in the menu after u complete the set.)
Getting The Lionheart on the 1st disc
First, the pulse ammo.
Play cards with zell's mom after the SeeD mission. Get 20 Elnoyle cards from her and modify them into 2 energy crystals.
Then modify the crystals into pulse ammo.
For the dragon fang, get it from either a level 1-19 Grendal or T-rexaur.
That means you have to keep your characters' level low.
You can find a T-rexaur in the forest outside balamb garden or in the training center.
And you can find Grendal in the forest before Galbadian Garden.
Getting Adamantine is very easy. just defeat the Brothers at the tomb of unknown king and get the Minotaur card, modify it to an Adamantine.
There you have it. Pulse Ammo, Dragon Fang and Adamantine
Go to a Junk shop with the items and you can get the Lionheart.
You don't need a magazine for that, when you have the items, you will see the Lionheart there.
No random battles
Use the following methods to never have any random battle outside of towns: rent a car for 3,500 gil, walk on train tracks, walk on paved roads, or get Diablos' No Encounter ability.
Easy Ability Points
Go to Cactaur Island and earn 20 AP for each Cactaur that is defeated in battle. Cactaur Island is the small island covered by a desert.
Free Potions
You can get free Potions in Timber Town. Get Rinoa in the party, then go to the bridge where you saw the guards. Keep returning until a man appears. Talk to him, then talk to him a second time to receive a Potion. Leave the screen and return until he appears again and repeat.