A simple story or something more...
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breakdown of Tale of the
Gallant Jiraya. If you have
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analyze and criticize!
This card definitely strikes me in
two similar ways: 1) A great opening
mission that will no doubt be
effective at starting up key combo's
and 2) while not as gracious for a
top deck in late game, it provides
more purpose to your chump blockers,
Lightning has never been an element
to struggle with utility, being able
to effectively count on large plays
to shift the tides of a duel; while
conflicting this idea because you
might wait 3 turns, the reliability
of a smart search is worth it.
Following in the spirit of utility
TTGJ allows for more
effective sacrifices from your early
ninjas.
Really the best weigh in on this
card boils down to an effect that
requires the discarding of three
cards to retrieve one but in most
cases those cards being discarded
had little or no expectation to not
be discarded, otherwise specific
support for any early ninja ( in
lightning's case take...Naruto or
Rock Lee) would only benefit even
further by getting an important
jutsu to be used at their disposal.
I completely recommend playing this
card in any deck requiring specific
support or that wants more effective
chump blockers....because really, if
their going to die in battle let's
nab a book counter and sit down for
a good story.
Constructed 4/5 ( Used correctly you
turning a negative into a positive )
Limited 4/5 ( Come on...there is no
hand cost and I'm not seeing a
problem with an effective blocker )
Block ?/5 ( To be honest, not very
experienced in this format, but
grant it your down some good combo's
others are available that will work
)
Art B+ ( Not much to see but I
wonder...pictures worth a 1000 words
= more or less than his novel??? )
