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Beastly Mage
Kimimaro
[Protection with Bones]
Welcome to another week of reviews, Naruto fans.
Today's card is Kimimaro [Protection with Bones].
This Kimimaro is different from the first one. Off
the bat, he's got one hand cost and he's a turn-5.
But, he does have growth and a pretty decent effect.
Your opponent targets ANY ninja in Kimimaro's team
with a Jutsu, and the Jutsu is applied, the user
gets one damage. That could make your opponent think
twice about using targeting techniques. He's pretty
decent, particularly in constructed (sound deck
anyone?).
Ratings:
Limited: 3/5
Constructed: 4/5
Art: OUCH!/5
The
First Hokage
Kimimaro [Protection with
Bones]
We continue to look at Series 8 cards, and today we
look at a Rare Kimimaro.
He's not that bad of a card either. His effect
allows him to deal 1 damage to a user of a Jutsu
card that targets any ninja in his team including
himself.
His stats are pretty solid as well boasting 6/3
healthy and 5/2 injured. He's a turn 5 and has a 1
hand cost to see play, and on top of that he also
has growth, so he could be a 7/4 and a 6/3 overall.
However, Kimimaro fails where it matters most. He
does not have the Jonin rank like most of the other
turn 5 Water ninjas that see play like Zabuza and
Kabuto[CO]. Overall, I don't see him making that
huge of an impact to gameplay, however, in Limited,
I see him doing well because of his solid stats.
This is the rare version
of Kimimaro(the only non-SR one), and it is pretty
good. Same stats as every other Kimimaro, turn 5,
Growth(a nice addition), and a good effect. Every
time your opponent 's ninja successfully plays a
jutsu card targeting any of the ninjas in Kimimaro's
team, including himself, the user of that jutsu card
takes 1 damage. This is a decent effect, not quite
as powerful as Tsunade(the one who protects the big
tree), but it has a wider variety of jutsu that will
trigger it, as well as being able to hit ninjas not
battling against him. Sadly, this is not a valid
effect, so if they hit him, you'll get to do 1
damage, then no protection after that. But it might
be a deterent, especially if the jutsu they are
using is Suicidal Action. This Kimimaro is good in
any Sound 5 deck that can't get the SR Kimis, or
would just prefer to play this one, since it has a
good effect, growth, and only needs the 1 hand cost.
Definately better than the SR Kimi from QFP, and
could be argued against the other SR Kimis(not
effect-wise, but overall playability).
Constructed:3.5/5[4.5/5](More splashable than the
other Kimis, and with a good effect and stats,
however, still needs a hand cost and has no rank.
Works better in Mono-water or Sound 5 decks, but his
lack of rank and State 2 restrict what jutsus he can
use.)
Limited:4/5(Great stats, only 1 hand cost, and a
nice effect make him a definite pick if you pulled
enough other water cards to justify him.)
MeGaMaRiK
Welcome to Monday,
February 11th's Naruto Card of the Day!
Today the card is Kimimaro [Protection with Bones].
In my opinion, for a rare, he's really not too
shabby. He's better than the turn 4 Kimi, and not
much worse than the turn 6 Kimi's actually. But the
only problem is, he is not valid, which also means
if your opponent is smart they will target Kimi with
jutsu's first; or just throw something at him with
Gaara.
Not bad, but Kidomaru State 2 is better now. Also
kind of unusual he ahs Growth. Hmm.
