Akatsuki intervention?!?

[Sasori_of_the_Red_Sandz]

Originally Posted by Unchained

That's chill. Kank is THE most broken tutor. he's amazing.

it's just too good. plus the random fact he has Surge, makes it pretty funny when your opp attack and you surge him just for lolz

[Sasori_of_the_Red_Sandz]

This deck is on fire.
So far I only have trouble against NVS, and even then I only lose 1 game out of the match

[Shino'sDad]

Originally Posted by redneckwraith

Seems legit, however discarding itachi with his own effect won't let you draw 2, because inherit has to go off as soon as it hits the discard pile.

He actually just never goes to the discard pile, and is RFGed instead.

The best play is just to leave him on his own on your last turn with him under JI, and just use him to block an attack. If he gets OVed, you just Inherit onto something, if not, you just Inherit anyways when he dies from JI going to chakra.

[bassinspace7]

I really dig the deck. In fact, I am planning on making a similar build for myself soon. However, I have some questions on your decision for some of the cards.

I understand running Hiruko TT, as he is searchable with Sasori and can use Tetragram himself. However, I am kind of confused on your decision to put one Hiruko GA in here, since his effect of being discarded will only end up putting crow in play. Also, I was wondering what Sand Anbu is doing in here. He is a decent manipulation ninja, but I cannot really see the use for his effect in this deck.

I'm not trying to sound jerk-ish, but I just wanted to know what the intent of these specific cards are for the deck.

[Sasori_of_the_Red_Sandz]

Originally Posted by bassinspace7

I really dig the deck. In fact, I am planning on making a similar build for myself soon. However, I have some questions on your decision for some of the cards.

I understand running Hiruko TT, as he is searchable with Sasori and can use Tetragram himself. However, I am kind of confused on your decision to put one Hiruko GA in here, since his effect of being discarded will only end up putting crow in play. Also, I was wondering what Sand Anbu is doing in here. He is a decent manipulation ninja, but I cannot really see the use for his effect in this deck.

I'm not trying to sound jerk-ish, but I just wanted to know what the intent of these specific cards are for the deck.

ok, So Hiruko GA is in here because If you JI in Itachi, you can burn off in play crows with his eff and draw. or when you JI in Sasori comes in you can gain back your field pressence or use the crows as chumps to stall untill you can bring out chiyo and puppet mode.

And in all honesty, the Sand Anbu was just gonna be a place holder, but at random times I would draw it when I needed to drop something to tutor with kank. if you have her, use the TP4 sakura over sand anbu, because he serves no purpose other than being a card to feed kank for a puppet.

The major Win conditions of this deck is either win early (Via Tettragraming on turn 2-3), or stall with Sasori+Chiyo to win free BRs.
And I was actually thinking about throwing in a Pain Human Path and a Suigetsu, because that combo is too good not to throw into a deck

[bassinspace7]

Originally Posted by Sasori_of_the_Red_Sandz

ok, So Hiruko GA is in here because If you JI in Itachi, you can burn off in play crows with his eff and draw. or when you JI in Sasori comes in you can gain back your field pressence or use the crows as chumps to stall untill you can bring out chiyo and puppet mode.

And in all honesty, the Sand Anbu was just gonna be a place holder, but at random times I would draw it when I needed to drop something to tutor with kank. if you have her, use the TP4 sakura over sand anbu, because he serves no purpose other than being a card to feed kank for a puppet.

The major Win conditions of this deck is either win early (Via Tettragraming on turn 2-3), or stall with Sasori+Chiyo to win free BRs.
And I was actually thinking about throwing in a Pain Human Path and a Suigetsu, because that combo is too good not to throw into a deck

Ok I understand most of that now. If Sand Anbu was in there just for manipulation, I was going to suggest the reprinted Ebizo instead, since he can bring those discarded crows back to hand to net chakra or pay hand costs. Also, he would be sac'able to search a pup with Kank. Either that or just put in another Father Mother. Sakura is a solid idea though, even though she may cost you some precious chakra that you need early game.

My main concerns with this deck, as with JI in general, is that it's a very specific combo that you have to hit in that opening hand. Otherwise, it seems that you are just stuck without it. However, I see that your early game lineup was designed to combat those inconsistencies--Using Kisuke to stall, Hotaru to draw what you need, Solo attitude as an overall tank, and Kank to gain a crow and stall/draw that way.

I was considering taking out the Secret Books for Sasori of the Red Sands, to help increase your chances of hitting Chiyo or Sasori, but it seems that (especially with the newest change to JI) that some protection for JI holds an important spot in the deck.

Pain (Suigestu Path) wouldn't be a terrible idea, but I typically try to stay away from running good cards/combos just on the basis that they are good. To me, they need to have a place in the deck. I wonder what would be the best option to take out for it. Maybe Sasuke T4 or Hidan? Or maybe even that Sand Anbu and something else. However, that would not only reduce the number of hand costs for JI in the deck, but also I feel like you would often find yourself with one card and not the other. Solid ideas though!


Wow... rant over I guess?