Why only 25 ninja per deck?

[Jyoushiro]

For some reason I just noticed that decks are restricted to up to 25 ninja. Would a 40 card deck of nothing but ninja really be that good?

[Uchiha Dresuke]

Well it's always good to have a large group of ninja becuase if you only have say like 10 ninja and they all get defeated, you wouldn't be abel to do anything else, also give you more leeway to be more creative with your decks.

[Jyoushiro]

Of course I know having a good number of ninja is good, but what I'm asking is why a deck with nothing but ninjas would be so much better than a deck that's 1/2 ninjas that why have to make that restriction. Also the way the rules are, they are taking away the possiblity of creativity with decks.

[Packrat_matt]

By using only ninja, you are limiting your options. Most of them have only basic functions in their gameplay, and you need the other card types to expand upon their abilities.

There is also the added frustration and competitive gameplay of playing against someone utilizing only one type of card.

A good, balanced deck will utilize the various card types such as jutsus, equipment, and missions to give themselves the advantage.

Because even the best ninja is only as good as his justus.

[VermilionOne]

that's not the question though, the question is why did they write the rules to prevent having armies of ninja.

Everyone talks about the disadvantages, but what's the advantage they had to restrict?

It may just be raw swarm power they're trying to avoid. If you're just throwing ninja away, it may be easy to sacrifice them just to stall out an opponent.

[Kyle81]

You could just swarm an opponent with an all ninja deck. The point of the game is ninja battle and with unlimited ninja you will never have a situation in which you don't have needed ninja in play or in your hand.

By forcing a mix of cards, players face a bit of randomness which is a balancing factor. Your might not draw your needed ninjas when you need them, and you gotta make sure you got the Jutsu and Missions to handle your opponent.

The thing to remember is that if there is no limit to ninjas, everyone would just focus on using the same ninjas that are proven the best at pure swarming, which would be nothing but a numbers game of getting highest stats.

It also, just makes the game more fun. It forces players to use Jutsu and Missions, and eventually clients. Doing this is what gives the game flavor, its what makes decks more unique than others and prevents the game from getting too stale.

[Judgement]

I for one like when you can only have X of one card cause it makes you think about other things, and helps stop the Zerg decks.

[Jyoushiro]

I do see swarm being kind of strong but to me, that's something for the cards to decide, not the rules. If they don't want swarm to be overpowered then they could print less strong quick ninjas or some jutus and missions that help defend against them. I can't think of any other CCGs i've played that retricted an entire type of card like that.

[Kyle81]

Originally Posted by Jyoushiro

I do see swarm being kind of strong but to me, that's something for the cards to decide, not the rules. If they don't want swarm to be overpowered then they could print less strong quick ninjas or some jutus and missions that help defend against them. I can't think of any other CCGs i've played that retricted an entire type of card like that.

The rules were made first, cards come later. The rules chose to put a limit, the cards are designed to fit around those rules.

As for limits on the use of Ninja's, it's very much appropriate, quite a few members have listed good reasons and thats how the game was designed, simple as that.

[Jyoushiro]

Originally Posted by Kyle81

The rules were made first, cards come later. The rules chose to put a limit, the cards are designed to fit around those rules.

I don't know about that. There's no reason why game rules couldn't be altered during initial playtesting and whatnot.

As for limits on the use of Ninja's, it's very much appropriate, quite a few members have listed good reasons and thats how the game was designed, simple as that.

I'm not trying to belittle the game or anything like that if that's what you're thinking. I just think it's weird, no other game has such a restriction on one type of card like this.