Kisame
Hoshigaki
[Mysterious
Man from the Hidden Mist Village]
Card Number:
N-202
Review Date:
05.17.07
Average
Card Rating
Constructed: 4.00
Limited: 4.67
Ratings are
based on a 1 to 5 scale 1 being the worst.
3 ... average. 5 is the highest rating.
Swordmaster
13
Thursday's card is Kisame
Hoshigaki(think that's his last name), Mysterious
Man from the Hidden Mist Village and the first of
the two Akatsuki members to be reviewed. Kisame is a
Turn 5 Jonin with 6/2 healthy stats and a
craptacular 2/1 injured status. We like him anyway
thanks to his effect, which makes him a CHakra
Absorption on a stick. I knew this card would make a
great addition to the MonoWater deck that runs Yoroi,
Chakra Absorption and Gato Transport, giving the
deck a big man that can take off some chakra. Still,
will you run him when you have Zabuza and Kabuto to
choose from. We said the same thing in the last set
when Kabuto Yakushi, Covert Operative came out and
the answer was yes we will because his effect is
awesome. Kisame's effect is somewhat on the weak
side, but stripping your opponent of the precious
chakra to play their Jutsus even if it is slowly can
be devastating by the time Kisame hits play as he
can wreck your plans easily.
Limited:5/5(big and controlling, a nasty combination
in Limited)
Constructed:4/5(he has to prove himself with Zabuzas
and Kabutos being run).
Beastly Mage
Kisame
Hoshigaki (n-202)
Greetings, Pojo-ers. Today's card is one that can do
a lot in Chakra Control decks. Kisame, some say, is
better than Zabuza. Now, even though he doesn't do
the damage effect like Kisame does, he does take
care of your opponent's Chakra cards. Problem is
that it only happens at the end of the turn AND only
when he attacks. Should you run this? In a Chakra
control deck, he's a big hitter, which makes him
pretty good. Add to that the fact that the effect is
valid, and you have another reason to run him in
that deck.
Ratings:
Constructed: 4/5
Limited: 4/5
Art: That's one ugly sword/5
Akira
Kisame is (in my opinion)
the BETTER Akatsuki member. While Itachi gets some
cool character-specific jutsus and a (usually)
useless ninja effect, Kisame has great stats and an
awesome valid ability. If he is sent to attack, your
opponent discards two chakra at the end of the
turn...even if he is removed from play with a jutsu
or killed!
Cards like Konohamaru and Mysterious Small
Organization can get him into play as early as turn
4, which is most likely the time your opponent will
be playing Jonins and trying to Trigram or Vortex
you. Kisame's effect can be read quite literally as
"Remove your opponent's trigram fuel." Yoroi was
solid because if you dropped him at the right time
you could eat the single Chakra that would have
allowed your opponent to turn the tide with a Jutsu.
With Kisame, you have to wait until the end of the
turn, but with his beefy stats and Jonin combat and
support, he should be doing well for himself even
without the effect.
In limited, there aren't a ton of Jutsus which
really catch my eye (Unless you're drafting from the
starter decks, in which case you can actually use
him to kill Trigram and Vortex fuel) but he's a
Super and he's got great stats. Turn 6 hurts him a
little bit, but he can definitely drain your
opponent's chakra, as well as their hopes for
victory.'
