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Hey everyone. A new week means a new
set of COTDs, so all youse has to do is sit back and
only wonder what the heck the man behind the words
is really trying to say. Seriously, I don’t even
know what I write sometimes…
Well, anyway, today we have a card
that made its presence known in several world
championship decks and Wizard World Regionals.
You’ll know why when you see it.
Inuyasha, Demon Within
Rarity:
Ultra Rare
Card Set:
Jaki
Card #:
116
Card Type:
Character
Deck Cost:
5
Power:
8 – Black, 3 - White
Traits:
Demon, Evil, Male, Unique
Ability:
His black can attack for any color on the defending
character
You can discard 2 cards
from your hand to save him during Recovery
Cannot Attach Items
Positive Factors
This card is sensationally cool. I
mean, it has a lot of aspects that make it an
amazing card and only an obvious reason why people
used it in championship play.
First of all, you have to notice that
he has a built – in whirlwind slice affect. His 8
black can attack any color on the opponent’s
characters, which is always a great thing. I mean,
that’s why people run 2 whirlwind slices to begin
with, since they are crazy. A card with it built in
is just amazing. And 8 black is really high, so
unless your opponent unleashes a nice defense card
on you or has a godly weak color, it’ll take the
defending character down.
Next, the card can save itself
without having to have an inuyasha in your hand or a
save event in your hand. 2 cards to discard is a
little pricey, but it’s better than giving up
character advantage.
It does hinder the card that it can’t
equip any items, but honestly, how broken do you
want to make a card? If it could attach an item,
then it would only cause a huge riot in the streets.
Kinda like the whole Chibi issue. You know what I
mean…
Besides that, its strength is self
explanatory.
Negative Setbacks
The card does have some, but not that
crucial, negatives to it.
The first one I noticed was that this
appears to be the only Inuyasha that doesn’t have
“Good” as a character trait, excluding Shikigami
Inuyasha which really isn’t Inuyasha that we want.
So let me understand something…
“The character that we have all been
well adjusted to know as the protagonist, or hero,
is not a good character, and in result, is an evil
character, so we really can’t use it well in an
Inuyasha and Co. Deck?”
I mean, it can work, but it just
doesn’t work that well. There’s too many cards that
it can’t work with. My Hero, Workin’ the Looks,
Kagome Bathing Beauty and Innocent Warrior’s effect,
all of which can work with Inuyasha Bodyguard,
cannot work with Demon Within. So, in reality to use
this card, you have to break away the corny mindset
that Inuyasha is only meant to be with decks with
Kagome and all the other heros…
5 is the max of character costs, so
that really doesn’t surprise anyone. The fact that
it can’t equip items does hurt, since 8 will most
likely be the resting number of most of your
attacks, and it does have 3 White, which makes it a
sitting duck for most of the characters with White
as an attack.
Besides that there aren’t many other
negatives to it.
Finally, it’s the thinking man’s
game…
What Else Could You Use?
- Maybe an Inuyasha that does with
heros?
- …
- …
- …
- I got nothing else…
There really isn’t any reason to play
this card in the right deck. Problem is with the new
and upcoming techs and archtypes goings on in the
game. Chibis pretty much wreck this guy and Crows
swarm it before. Even F.E.D decks (Flesh Eating
Demon) have some life, so it kinda makes you think,
how often will Inuyasha’s 8 Black will be able to
attack a low number, since these decks increase all
colors equally?
Recap Session
Lets go over the pluses and minuses
again.
Positives
+ Built in Whirlwind Slice Effect
with a strong 8 base number
+ Can save itself with discarding
+ Does it really need more? Those 2
right there make it a machine…
Negatives
- 5 Cost is maximum of costs. But you
do only pay it once…
- With new archtypes, 8 attack may
not even beat the lowest color on the defending
character
- It’s not a “Good” Inuyasha? Doesn’t
fit with Inuyasha and Co decks…
The Scores
Constructed (Aggressive Evil Deck) –
4.5/5 –
This card is almost too good to not use in a deck
that specializes in just giving your opponent a
beatdown. However, the fact that it has 3 White can
slow it down. Doesn’t really hurt Inuyasha, but your
hand suffers.
Constructed (Overall) – 4.5/5 –
I think he works well in almost any
deck that thrives for a strong attacker and
character overall. It works the least in a Good
Character deck, but what can you do? It still gets
what you want done: Smack People up and never give
up any character advantage.
Art – 4/5 –
He looks angry. Plus, all Ultras
really look cool, almost on a different level of
rares.
And that’s a wrap for Inuyasha, Demon
Within. If you have anything to say about any
article I wrote, check the e-mail at
nimbly@gmail.com and I’ll get on it.
Later Days…
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