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based on a 1 to 5 scale. 1 being the worst. 3 = average. 5 is the highest rating.
Alucard of the Abyss
Today we get to number 8
on our top 10 cards of '07 and it's a card that
arguably should be higher on the list. It's shaped
the meta in ways no card has before.
Today's card is Secret Wood Style: Deep Forest
Creation.
There isn't much to say about this card except that
it's game winning. The card has single handedly made
negation almost necessary to play in main decks for
fear of it resolving. A very powerful effect that
easily wins the turn it's played on. This comes with
a cost however. The only user of the card is The
First Hokage and it carries a cost of 2 Earth and
one Generic Chakra. The cost is far outweighed by
the effect however and some argue that it is too
powerful (although with the recent errata and rise
of the Sexy Gaara decktype a lot of the ranting
about it has died down considerably). One popular
combo seen in the typical Earth/Lightning builds of
Deep Forest Creation is to use Kunai from Eternal
Rivalry prior to using Deep Forest Negation as to
ensure that it resolves.
In Limited unless you are using R&R packs or QfP
starters or are lucky enough to pull a super rare
First Hokage then you obviously pass this up. If you
did manage to get at least 2 copies of The First
then go ahead and play it.
Constructed: 4.5/5 (It's changed the meta since it's
release so it deserves no lower than this)
Limited: 2/5 (only low because of the difficulty of
pulling a Jutsu and a user for it)
Tomorrow we look at the best user of this Jutsu
card. Stay tuned!
