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 N.'s End
Water/Sound Deck
August 26, 2009

Now here we've got an example of a cool idea that I found while playing around on TCO that I thought could make a fun deck, building up Naru/Gaara off of The Light and the Darkness.  I'm going to try to keep the core concept of this deck intact, which means not running FeatherBang (As I've said before, I'm calling it by it's original name, not the common one) Gaara, so keep that in mind.  This is how I was sent the deck list:

 

1xAnko Mitarashi-Beyond the Limits

1xBaki-Clean Up

1xChoji-The Last Piece

1xGaara-Cruel Killer

1xGaara-Overflowing Madness

1xGaara-Guardian of the Village

1xHaku-Camo

2xHinata Hyuga-Unshakable Resolve

1xIdate Morino-Fast Runner

1xIno Yamanaka-Formation

1xIruka Umino-Teacher

2xNaruto-Remarkable Growth

1xNaruto-Naruto's Ninja Technique Journal

1xRock Lee-Vanilla

1xRock Lee-Releasing the Gates

2xSakura-A Double Personality

1xSakura-Teamwork between High IQ Ninjas

2xSasuke-Vanilla

1xSasuke-Flowering Ability

1xShikamaru-IQ of over 200

1xShino-Insect Warrior

1xShino-Hidden Attachment to the Victory

1xShizune-First Aid

2xTemari-Analytical Mind

1xThe Fifth Hokage-Recommendation

 

Jutsu

1xClone Body Slamming

2xGigantic Fan

1xKunai

1xRasengan

1xWind Scythe Jutsu

 

Mission

1xAnnouncement of the Pairings

1xCorronation Ceremony

1xHere comes the second proctor, Anko Mitatashi

1xOne Morning

1xPower for Change

2xProtean

2xThe Light and the Darkness

2xThe Power of the Shukaku

1xUnexpected Clue

 

Client

1xKoji

1xYuki Fazekaze

 

So let's start this deck off right!

 

For our T0, we're going to hit some of the basics.

 

1xShino Insect Warrior

3xSasuke Vanilla

3xRock Lee Loopy Fist

2xKiba Man Beast Clone

2xSakura A Double Personality.

 

Yeah, it's a bit staplish, but it's hard to hit your T0s without going with what works, so it's not horrible.  For the T1s we'll have a bit more variation.

 

3xNaruto Remarkable Growth

2xTemari Wind Scythe

1xAkamaru Partner

 

On this turn we take a bit of a stray.  This Naruto is one of the focuses of the deck, allowing L&D to turn him from a 0/0 3/0 into a 4/4 7/4 on T3, which is a huge swing for a ninja like him.  Even if you don't hit L&D, you can still growth him pretty big on T2, which gives you a lot of early game muscle and decent support off of a Naruto.  The choice of Temari here is because she's on element and she's just awesome for checking your opponent's hand and hand control, besides platting Shika/Mari into play.  Onto T2...

 

1xGaara Tragic Name

1xKabuto Information Gathering

1x Yashamaru Sister's Memento

 

While Gaara TN is not the focus of the deck, being able to turn him from a 4/0 2/0 into a 6/2 4/2 (His Satoosa stats) makes him far more dependable as a head into the later game, which is always helpful as his effect is as good now as it ever was.  Kabuto is here to help filter through the deck and speed it along, as having more than one L&D in hand is never really good.  And of course we have Yashamaru here to help keep Gaara out of danger, as he is one of the keys of this deck.  And back to more staples for T3...

 

1xKankuro Tactician

1xSalamander Lifeless Warrior

 

Hate to go back to the well on this one, but it's on element, it works for the deck, and it's honestly a good combo to run.  And for T4...

 

2xShizune Medical Kunoichi

2xGaara Formation of Sand

 

Honestly, Gaara FOS is one of my fav incarnations of Gaara, and pumping him into a 7/4 6/2 is amazing to me, especially with Kank/Sal backing him up.  The Shizune is an obvious choice, as she's just a great card, and really good for keeping your ninjas alive and Valid, not to mention her milling of cards can help Gaara FOS pull back chakra.  Skipping T5, we'll go straight to T6.

 

2xJiraiya Instruction of the Hidden Technique

2xThe Fifth Hokage Establishment of Medicine

 

As with any deck that runs Naruto, you need Big J here to pull back the jutsu that you're firing and Tsunade here to keep your team at peak performance.  It's a good late game team, especially with how easy it should be to have strong ninja with good chakra production out...and to round out ninjas, the platoon...

 

2xShikamaru & Temari Strong Arm Tactics

 

With Sakura, Tsunade, and a lot of other strong ninjas in here, this is an obvious choice for a platoon to run.  It also benefits greatly off of Gaara FOS, keeping your chakra supply high so the cost to turn the battle Mental or not doesn't affect you too much.  Now onto Jutsu...

 

3x Shuriken AW

3xRasengan AW

2xGigantic Fan ER

2xKnockout Blow

 

The jutsu in the deck is fairly standard, which isn't really a bad thing, as this deck should be battling from a position of power with the growth coins backing it up as well as Kankuro, so jutsu should mainly be reactionary.  Even if you're starting, there's a decent amount here to shut down opponents.  And now finally to missions!

 

2xThe Light and the Darkness

2xSakura's Decision

2xReunion with a Former Teacher

1xThe One who Lives Within

 

I'm keeping L&D at two because I feel with all the draw this deck has, it's consistant at two.  I'd like to add Boxed Lunch to this lineup, but I'm not putting down a side deck for this, so if you want to try putting it in, be my guest.  The Sakura's Decisions are obvious choices for any deck with Sakura, Shika/Temari, and Tsunade as well as Shizune to do back up healing.  Reunion is helpful for those times when you've overextended and need to come back from your own blitz, and TOWLW is really just there as an easily abused draw mechanic.  Feel free to switch the ratio of Reunion and TOWLW around to fit your play style.  And last but not least...

 

1xEmina

 

She's just too good to have in a deck with mililng at all, and this deck will mill when it needs to, so honestly, just put her in.

 

Well, that was my look at a Light and Darkness deck.  It was a fun build to tweak, and I'd like to see more fun ideas like this.  Email me at n.jolly@ymail.com with your deck and I'll see what I can do.



 

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