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Pojo's Shaman King TCG Card of the Day

Manifestation of Power

Type - Strike
Card Number - REI_019

Card Ratings
Tournament- 2
Casual- 3
Sealed- 2.5

Ratings are based on a 1 to 5 scale 1 being the worst. 3 ... average. 5 is the highest rating.

Date Reviewed - 07.08.05

 
 

andys
islands

Manifestation of Power

Wow, Friday sure showed up fast. Still awaiting the release of the "Spirit Warrior," but that's ok, we can all wait. What's a few more days? Today we have "Manifestation of Power."

This rare strike, doesn't have any trait restrictions so it could be used in any deck. The card cost is very cheap with just 1 green furyoku. But since the card cost is so cheap the intercept and force is also very low. A 3 intercept and 1 force is just horrible. You shouldn't be able to counter attack against anything a decent player would send, it's just bad.

Basically this strike is pretty much pointless as a strike. Luckily it has an effect, which can turn this card around. The effect states; "Pitch --> Add two green furyoku." The effect is the only good thing going for this card. You're never going to counterattack, so don't bother trying. Use this card only for the effect. Think of this more as an advantage card. You get 2 free green furyoku, for the cost of one zone. This trade-off isn't for most decks. Duncan decks tend to use the most green furyoku. If you are running out of green furyoku fast, then this could help fix your problem, but not all decks have the same problems. This card can be a little better in Sealed since you won't have too many and you might be running more strikes that use Green furyoku. Some people think it's good, others don't.

For addition debate and resource, view this thread on the Pojo Message Board.

Casual: 3/5
Tournament: 3/5
Sealed: 4/5
 

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Name: Manifestation of Power
Number: REI_019
Cost (G/Y/R): 1/0/0
Type: Strike
Stats: 3/1
Rarity: Rare
Trait: None
Text: " Pitch -> Add two green furyoku."
Flavor Text: "Now, we'll show you losers the power of a real shaman's guardian ghost!"

Well, at least this review is in on time. Today's card is the granddaddy of all crappy rare cards. And I'm nigh sick and tired of hearing it referred to as an economy card. If I cared THAT much about the economy, I'd be an environmentalist. Come to think of it, this card pretty much emphasizes the environmentalist mindset: it focuses so much on managing your furyoku economy that it forgets to keep you alive. Whoops.
I'll stop complaining here in the intro... it's time to move onto my complaining in the card analysis.

This card sucks because:

-It's got the worst stats...ever
-It's a rare
-The stats are terrible
-The name has nothing to do with the card
-It holds the record for worst stats of any card

Did I repeat something up there? I don't think so. Don't question my judgement. The fact is, this card's biggest flaw is in the fact that it has the dubious honor of being the weakest card in the Reincarnation set, with the exception of Nergal's Roar/Eon Crush, but those don't really count because they can boost their own stats.

At three intercept, this card will have trouble blocking even weak strikes, let alone the golden 5. And one force makes you wonder why it has any force at all.

The effect is useless. Essentially, you'll always be forced to either focus, or to use the effect. And the effect is only halfway decent from the green zone. In the red zone, you're losing furyoku by pitching. In the yellow zone, you may as well just focus. In the green zone, you're gaining an extra green, but so what? Now your opponent gets an extra yellow from replenishing. Are you happy now?

This card shouldn't be called Manifestation of Power. Manifestation of Weakness is more like it. With a name like that, you'd expect huge stats or a huge effect. With my new, improved name, you'd expect something like this card: Weak stats, weak effect... a weak card.

Summary:

This card outdoes Rain of Bones and Snowdrift... combined. I didn't think that was possible until I remembered that this card exists. Good job, Upper Deck... you've wasted another rare for me. I hope you're satisfied now.

Rating:

Constructed: 0/5
Sealed: 0/5
 

 


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