Set 20 Kiba & Akamaru Preview Discussion

[nara_clan_anbu]

these arent as good for puppies as straight monofire, that kiba has me wanting to swap to it, but ill see how this plays for my deck

[Lil_Bear]

Theses cards are decent (too bad they ar the same ninjas as always, but...)

Akamaru is good.
Kibaa hads a lot of potential, just like the one from tp2.
Squad....well...um...it sucks.

2 more days of previews, lets see what Bandai can come up with.

[venkelos]

One supposes the previews are okay. I still can't much care for the Squad, because it's a Squad, and therefore expensive to put into play. It's not as good as the original Squad, for it's same EC, and I don't particularly care for its Surge-like effect, but it could work. Why it has MP is a mystery to me, but I can't mind, as way to many Ninjas I use don't, and then get killed by MP Battles I can't always stop. They do have some kind of mental link thing going, so maybe, as a group, it doesn't seem so weird.

Really didn't want a new Genin Kiba, but I understand that Fire needed it. Staying the same strength through Injury helps me like it more, and the effect is very nice, except that he's not very supportive, so he might be risking a lot Battling, since he'd probably be Head Ninja for the first bit. Still, not bad.

Akamaru I like just because it's "grown up" Akamaru, and doesn't say it needs another ninja to go fight. His effect could be nice, so long as the effect isn't already bouncing them there. I also like that it has Growth, meaning you can deploy another, earlier, and still get this one out, without having to kamikaze it. I've been wishing for Akamaru to have Growth for some time, especially , my overall favorite one.

Still not sure what else I want from this element, this set. Sharingan and dogs are to be expected, but other stuff I want is just not this set. My Sharingan Tobis and Danzos are a set or more away, still, and so is re-emerging in Fire Sasuke, who can use Itachi jutsus.

All right, ready for the next one... what? Wait 24 hours? That's the worst part of these.

[Kayin]

More help for a current theme...Dogs...and its awesome for them they need this type of support, but where's the support for other fire decks? We kinda need this.

[narutoguy]

im very impressed by the cards shown today now show me a turn 2-3 draw mission and a good obito with support them I am happy with fire again

[HyugaNeji]

If only that squad milled or something. That squad is horrendous.

[spiralblitz]

squad is bad

Other 2 cards are busted or have the potential to be.

[Eye-of-God]

good overall preview
Like Kiba
Akamaru eh he only saves 1 ninja
I like the squad becoming a ten combat can't be mad at that

[Lord Cowman III]

squad.......moving on...

Kiba is very very interesting, honestly I can see some major abuse of him in the mid to late game. Only a few problems with him (by design I'm sure).
Cons:
1) He's understatted which puts you behind on winning battles.
2) because he's understatted and you cant play jutsu either you will get hurt more often and things wont generally turn out well.
3)If your opponent is playing a deck with high statted ninjas then he works against you.

Pros:
1) he injures to 2/0 :P
2) abusable effect if you do it right
3) No hand cost so splashable in anything and he can just be dropped in later n the game if you need to stall for jutsu.

Akamaru is meh at best, bad at worst. Maybe counter to some kakashi/Itachi sharingan decks? we'll see.

Originally Posted by Eye-of-God

good overall preview
Like Kiba
Akamaru eh he only saves 1 ninja
I like the squad becoming a ten combat can't be mad at that

X is the card you discarded value so it would be +2/+0 or +1/+0

[FinalValkyrie]

Kiba's effect would be busted on a higher entrance cost ninja with bigger stats.