Card Name| Baby Steps| Card Type| Strike| Card Trait| Melee|

Card Cost| 4 Yellow| Rarity| Spectrogram| Force| 6| Intercept| 6|

Set ID Number| REI_141| Art Number| NASK_0037|

Card Effect| You may play or pitch Baby Steps only if you are Matti. <p> Pitch >>> Put this in your advantage area. Your strikes have +1 Force and +1 Intercept.

 

Foreword

We end this week with yet another spectrogram foil. This time it is Mattis foil, Baby Steps. How does it measure up to cards like Spirit of Fire Immortal Legacy and Amidamaru? Read on

Card Advantages

As is the case with any spectrogram foil I will only be reviewing Baby Steps for a Matti deck. This might seem like an irrelevant statement, but it is important since I will not deduct points for it being franchised. Anyway Baby Steps is a very sought after card nowadays. Mostly due to Mattis popularity for her extremely broken signature move Pumpkin Dumpkin. It is really the only signature move that can rank up there with Yohs Double Medium. But we are not reviewing Matti we are reviewing Baby Steps. (Slaps self) Baby Steps has a few very nice qualities. The biggest being its power. Six intercept can really stop any basic strike in its tracks fairly easily. It can also block several signature moves. Six force on the other hand has the potential to score about 60% of the time. Not to bad odds wise. If anything it can basically guarantee you a replenish in your yellow furyoku zone. That isnt that bad at all.

Besides the stats Baby Steps has a pretty nice pitch effect. You can pitch Baby Steps in order to place it in your advantage area and get +1 force and intercept. This may not seem like much but in a game like Shaman King one force and intercept can make or break a game. You will probably use this effect more than casting Baby Steps. (And rightfully sothe cost is high.) But that is not terrible and it is really what makes this card so good. I am not one that will usually support pitching cards, but in this case you get an even trade off.

Pros

Good effect.

Good stats.

Card Disadvantages

I see a few things that make Baby Steps a little bit watered down compared to some other cards. For one the cost is terrible. Paying 4 furyoku of any color is high as it is, but to be paying four yellow is just plain outrageous. This is why I said you will be pitching it often. Even if you overpay you will have to use up valuable red furyoku. This is definitely not a good thing. This is really what I see as Mattis main flaw. Now granted you can prepare for this card with yellow gaining cards such as Relax. But it can be a pain in the neck in situations where you are in the yellow or red zone where you will not want to pitch. This basically forces you to cast or lose a point. That can be troublesome. This is why most people stick to running just two copies.

Besides that Baby Steps is a spectrogram. This means it will be tough to get. In fact seeing as Matti is so popular it will also be harder to get for that reason.

 

Cons

Is very rare.

Can be very costly.

Can be a bad top deck.

Summary

All in all you cannot argue that Baby Steps is a staple in Matti decks. This can be a game saver or winner in many a situations. Just be careful with your yellow furyoku. Try and stick to just two copies of this thing. It is good, but again to much of a good thing can turn into poison.

Ratings

Tournament-3.5

Casual-3.5

Sealed-2.5

Overal-3.5

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