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For this article, I will cover an overlooked card that could be the
bane of Phoenix in Diamond. From Fall of Otosan Uchi, the uncommon
action Tempting Kansen. As a reaction, during battle, play this
when a spell, kiho, or innate ability is used. The caster's
controller must discard 2 cards from their hand, or the shugenja is
destroyed and the action is canceled.
In Gold, this has yet to be a major problem, since Phoenix can rely
on more Limited actions for Pkill, plus IK. However, indications
for Diamond are that Limited Pkill is going to be much more rare.
IK is nice, but it cannot do everything. It would appear that
phoenix will need to be going into battle. Without the cardlist, I
can't guess how successful Phoenix battle will be, but with so much
certainty that battle enders will also be gone, it could be
interesting.
As the past few months have shown, Phoenix is very much a battle clan in
Diamond. And out of MGC, we don't mind losing personalities. Thus, this
action [TK] would seem to be more dangerous, but I have yet to see it
being used.
Which brings us back to TK. This card can seriously hurt Phoenix.
Most of our actions in battle tend to be spells [Kuro's Fire],
kihos [Purity of Spirit], or an innate ability [Isawa Moriko]. This
action will hurt. Either you will lose 2 cards from your hand, not
always a bad thing, but usually not good, or you will have the
action canceled, and they get a free Pkill out of it.
There is little better than cards that kill with no side effects, or
costs, but this one doesn't have either. Aside from being reactive,
it is cost-free. Even costs 0. Duels can go either way [at least
in theory], Spell kills cost gold and a caster, most other actions
cost gold, and lots of it. This costs a slot in their deck.
What is the answer?
One thought was Balance in Nothingness. However, there the problem is
one of timing. Is the bowing before TK hits, or after? Very important,
but I don't have an answer. So far, fortunately, not many have picked up
on the weakness we have to this card, so it is not played a whole lot. As
other clans also see what spells can do in Battle,
I think we may see it more. Especially in battles without battle-
enders. With lots of back and forth, spells and kihos may see new
power.
Therefore, my advice, poor as it is, is to trade for all of these
you see, denigrate it whenever you see it, and don't share this
article with anyone. Would the moderater please remove any non-
Phoenix from the list soonest? Thank you!
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