Naruto

[Ryusei the Morning Star]

PP20-JP014 九尾の狐 Kyuubi no Kitsune (Nine-Tailed Fox)
Level 6 FIRE Zombie Effect Monster
ATK 2200
DEF 2000
The 1st effect of this card’s name can only be used once per turn.
(1) If this card is in your hand or in your GY: You can Tribute 2 monsters; Special Summon this card.
(2) If this card Special Summoned from the GY attacks a Defense Position monster, inflict piercing battle damage.
(3) If this card is destroyed (by battle or by card effect) and sent to the GY: You can Special Summon 2 “Fox Tokens” (Zombie/FIRE/2 Stars/ATK 500/DEF 500).

[Azuh]

The Alolan version is better though :D

 

Oh this is a card off the GX Manga! I didn't think they were still grabbing ideas from there.

[Ryusei the Morning Star]

The Alolan version is better though :D

[Hallohallo]

Well it's pretty much identical to the manga counterpart, except it's not a Yokai type, cuz those don't exist in OCG/TCG.

 

They missed an opportunity to make this Level 9 tbh.

 

But hey, it produces tokens, which is vewy important in Link Era.

[Ryusei the Morning Star]

Well it's pretty much identical to the manga counterpart, except it's not a Yokai type, cuz those don't exist in OCG/TCG.

 

They missed an opportunity to make this Level 9 tbh.

 

But hey, it produces tokens, which is vewy important in Link Era.

Not by opponent's card effect either. Not entirely sure how to exploit that, but given that it doesn't have to be from field, you could use the fire True King (likely your lv9 reference) in Shiranui

[The Warden]

White, I’ll ask you to contribute more than just a .gif to the discussion please.

 

Also Azuh, they’ve actually been pulling from Bastion’s Yokai type for years, starting off with Mezuki if I recall correctly.

 

As for use, you could use this in Fire Kings, as the field spell or one of the Fire Kings can pop it from the hand.

[Babymon]

This card was used by Bastion Misawa

[~ P O L A R I S ~]

Really good card. I'd expect this to see play in True King Dinos among other decks running Diagram as well as Lightsworns/Shiranuis/Vendreads.

[Tinkerer]

FIRE? Check.

Level 6? Check.

Self-summoning condition? Check.

 

Welp, looks like I'm grabbing this for my Hazy Flames.

 

EDIT: Never read the GX Manga, but "Goka, the Pyre of Malice" wouldn't also happen to be a Bastion card, would it? The interaction between it and this seems amusing.

[Mr. Best Male 2008]

I'ma get to work on link combos with this bad jabroni

[Hallohallo]

EDIT: Never read the GX Manga, but "Goka, the Pyre of Malice" wouldn't also happen to be a Bastion card, would it? The interaction between it and this seems amusing.

Correct.

 

Goka, the Pyre of Malice is also Manga Bastion's card, but in the manga, the card is a Fusion Monster. 

[~British Soul~]

Goka, the Pyre of Malice is also Manga Bastion's card, but in the manga, the card is a Fusion Monster. 

I forgot that Goka was a fusion in the manga tbph, then again it has been a while since I last read the GX manga.

[Dokutah]

Maybe its time to pick shiranui for me at last... Well they already decent for some other time but the premise of turning it into True King Bastion/Daichi .deck amuse me strongly

 

It has ok stat, hefty but flexible Summon condition is nice. Not really keen on piercing, but the big effect is is counter generation for being destroyed anywhere by any method. Which can setup fields by giving you 2 Mat of every shenanigans this game can push except Xyz

[Snatch Steal]

Smells like a -1.

 

To get 2 monsters on the field only to make this instead of a link monster is a mistake. Piercing does basically nothing for a level 6 with 2200. It can be used in fire king or a Deck with Goka but either of those are bad options.

 

It synergizes with Dark Hole and Slumber, but it's not reliable to wait for your opponent to destroy a 2200/2000 and leave the tokens 

 

Sort of seems like a wishful thinking card, but you could special summon it some other way than its own effect and do something like that. 

[Sleepy]

I don't see the flavor in the card's design at all. One would think it'd have something to do with the tails growing up to 9, or the Level be 9, or something other than will-o-wisp.

Also, I liked Bastion more as a man of science. I still don't fully get why they made him a Yokai guy in the manga.

 

I guess it turns 2 monsters into a pierce monster if you want to use that skill, or self-pop cards like Metalfoes, Dragonic Diagram, Sky Iris, etc. will get their destruction and you'll get your monsters back, effectively keeping your numbers, but mostly for laddering.

 

I wonder how far the loops could get if it didn't have the hard OPT clause. I think it is good they went for the safe route but can't help but think the card is slightly underwhelming.