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Beastly Mage
Partial Expansion Jutsu
Today's card is another exclusive preview from S23.
Today we check out Partial Expansion Jutsu. This
Jutsu, although an Akimichi Technique, can be used
by anyone regardless of Combat Attribute. You get to
move X amount of cards from your Discard Pile to the
bottom of your Deck. In that case the User gets
+X/+0. So, if you've discarded a lot of cards due to
effects (such as milling effects) you get to recover
your deck AND get a Combat boost. Not only does that
make it good for Earth Decks but it could even be
side-decked just in case you're facing a Mill Deck.
It's good all around, especially for its cost (two
Earth). The Combination part, which it gets if the
User is in a team with someone with the required
Characteristic/Attribute, in this case Food, lets
you look at the top three cards in your deck, move
one to your hand and then move the other two in any
order to the bottom of your deck. So, if your
opponent's almost cleaned you out with World of Fire
or any other milling strategy, here's your Ace in
the Hole.
Today's exclusive set 23 preview is yet another
anti-mill card for Earth, but unlike the other cards
that return your entire discard pile to your deck,
this card can be played as early as you need it. The
1st Hokage [Supremacy] and Weapons of War to a
lesser extent (since it isn't played much) both
return all of your discarded carded to your decks,
but mill is fast enough to mill you out before you
can play either, which makes this card a better
option. Additionally, Partial Expansion will give
you massive pump, assuming you played when you have
10+ discarded cards.
Strangely, the cards second effect requires
Combination like "Human Boulder" does. I understand
why Human Boulder has it since it requires Food, but
It would make more sense to make it an Expert effect
on this card. In fact, the Combination effect will
most likely not go off in most conditions. Choji/Choza
is probably going to be your head ninja so you will
probably make them the user of the jutsu to get the
pump. In that case, the combination will not go off
unless you have the other one as a back ninja, which
isn't likely since both Choji and Choza have no
support. Of course, you can probably make any ninja
use it while having Choji and Choza in the back and
still win an outstanding victory if you have enough
discarded cards. This problem also fixes itself if
you have Shikamaru & Choji squad out since that
squad has decent support. I still don't see why it
is a Combination effect though... I'm glad that
Bandai hasn't completely discarded the mechanic at
least.
I don't play Earth, so I'm not the best person to
say if this card is worth main decking or not. It's
obvious side board material for mill, but it still
is good for non-mill decks. Earth has a tendency for
prolonging the length of the game with BR
shenanigans (especially in Unlimited, for those who
play it), and your discard naturally builds up over
time, so it can be a cheap pump when you need it.
With cards like 1st Hokage [Supremacy] and/or 1st
Hokage Chibi, Earth should have no problem in
mill... unless they get discarded (other than Chibi
1st).
Limited: 3/5 Kind of hard to play cost, but doable
Unlimited: 3/5
Block: 3.5/5
Secret-Tech-Meta-Warping-Pro-Tip: Chain this to your
opponent's Smash :3
Nick 2008 Stone
Village Kage
Tuesday time.
J-867
Partial Expansion Jutsu
We move from Rock Lee to Choji and Choza for
Tuesday. In continuing fashion, Earth further
strengthens its position on the "anti-mill" element.
Partial Expansion allows you to take your discard
pile and put it under your deck and get a +1 for
every card sent back. This can make your head ninja
pretty beefy, especially after you get hit with
World of Fire. If you have a Choji or Choza in the
team, you get to add one of the top 3 cards from
your deck to your hand! Also a pretty sweet deal. I
doubt this card will be used in the main deck, but
it's decent for the sideboard. Lightning's Senjutsu
ninja can even easily use this card to prevent
milling. (And it even has a lightning symbol to work
with the deck.) The lack of requirements make this
card pretty useful and should help against the meta
that is mill. Honestly, I'm surprised this wasn't a
rare in the set. (Glad it isn't.)
