December 1, 2012
Set
27, Hero's Ascension received an official release date of December
14th just recently, meaning that we have just two weeks
until the set launches. In the mean time, Bandai has been feeding the
public previews through the ever popular social media outlet known as
Facebook. This has been both a blessing and a curse. While it allows
easy and greater overall access to the card previews themselves, it
has also brought a torrent of prospective players whom are none too
keen on the actual rules of the game at times. Thankfully, we have
plenty of perfectly intelligent folks out there who are more than
willing to make sure we know just how bad Masked Man is...
Regardless,
I have managed to work my magic and abscond three previews for your
viewing pleasure. I'll be previewing one of them today, and the
remaining two will be posted and discussed sometime over the next
week, between other articles. Today's preview is a Lightning Jutsu,
more specifically, a negation Jutsu.
So,
we have a 1 cost negation that is specific to Jutsu with:
- 1 or less specific symbols in its cost.
- A total cost of 2 or less.
What
does that actually cover? Not a whole lot actually. Had it not had
the stipulation of “1 or less specific symbols in its cost” for
the target, even with the “Total cost of 2 or less” in its
effect, then mostly any Jutsu currently played save for Dragon Flame Jutsu or Rasengan would be fair game. These two constraints combined
though narrow the list of viable targets to mostly generic cost cards
such as most Weapon requirement Jutsu, and a plethora of Jutsu that don't see play anyways.
Now,
If we look at this card in relation to Only other Jutsu in Set 27,
then this card actually negates almost every Jutsu previewed thus
far, with the exception of: Mind Transfer: Puppet Curse Jutsu, Reaper Death Seal, and Rasengan. Two of those are Super Rares, 1 of which has no legal user
previewed thus far, and the other requiring a Ninja who is himself a
Super Rare. The third is a Rare, and while it has four possible users
in the set, it is unlikely you'll see one during Sealed Deck or
Draft.
It
means that the card has its uses in Limited formats, but is unlikely
to see Constructed play unless we see a sudden surge of Jutsu that
fit it's rather restrictive criteria. It doesn't help the card's case
all too much when you consider that Toad Mouth Trap was also
reprinted in the Set 27 starter decks as well, and we still have Frog Kumite and Art of the Raging Lion's Mane as perfectly viable
Lightning negation cards.
Please
leave comments, questions, and concerns either below or in our thread
on Bandai.
