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Orochimaru
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Sound | Sanin | Male | Metal Power: 3

[Eternal Youth and Life]

When this Ninja is discarded after being in play, you can discard 1 of your in-play Ninjas to return this Ninja to its original owner's hand.
  • Card Number: RARN-166
  • Rarity: Super Rare
  • Card Type: Ninja
  • Symbol: Water
  • Entrance Cost: 6
  • Hand Cost: 1
  • Combat Attribute: Snake
  • Healthy Stats: 6/4
  • Injured Stats: 5/3
Orochimaru
Eternal Youth and Life
written by orochimaru9900 

General description:
Orochimaru [ Eternal Youth and Life ] is the best Orochimaru out there.I mean you can keep using him over and over for the small price of dis-carding a in-play ninja..Just think of the combos that you could use.This cards gives true meaning to the moto of the sound village.. Saciface the weak so the strong can live.

Uses:
Orochimaru [ Eternal Youth and Life ] can be used in a number of different ways.You could use him as a blocker and then discard a ninja to return him to your hand.You could also either use him as a head ninja or support ninja because his stats are so good/

Strategies and game play:
There are alot of benifits for running Orochimaru [ Eternal Youth and Life ] in your deck.He can slow the game down for you if you get behind because u cann use him to block and not have too worry about him dying because if you have a useless turn 0 or 1 ninja still out ,u can just discard them to return him to your hand.Also,with his nice stats it forces your opponent to use jutsu on him,but that works for you because you can just return him to your hand

Combos with other cards:
There are a few combos that you can use Orochimaru [ Eternal Youth and Life ] in.Most of them has to be with a water deck.Some of my favorites are using The End Of The Demon with him to get rid of my opponent's best ninja and then just return Orochimaru to my hand.Another good combo is using Orochimaru's Forbidden Jutsu to get a turn 6 or lower ninja to the field by sacifacing Orochimaru and then return him to my hand.

Ways to counteract it:
The best way to counteract Orochimaru [ Eternal Youth and Life ] is to keep your opponent from having alot of ninjas to discard in order to bring him back.

Strengths/Pros:
The biggest strength is that he can continue to return to your hand and he has really good stats.

Weaknesses/Cons:
The biggest weakness is that you have to discard another in-play ninja for his effect

Variations:
All of the variations of Orochimaru are the s***.

Artwork and aesthetics:
Need i said anything about the art for this card.It just kicks that much a**.

Overall rating:
I give Orochimaru [ Eternal Youth and Life ] a 8 out of 10
 


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sasuke_revenge 



Subject: Good, but...   Posted: October 26, 2007 10:01 pm Reply with quote  Report content icon
Right, orochimaru is a good card itself, but i wonder if the combos you make with it are even worth it. When i look at a card i tell myself, does it fit the useful or futile category, worth or not worth, u know the simple things. For example, this wouldn't stand a chance against a sharingan deck with kakashi and itachi. Kakashi the copy ninja card can easily counter and itachi blocks all damage because of his sharingan. Against Byakugan, or earth decks, that deck is based mostly on cambos with squad 10 or Asuma Sarutobi's team with ino yamanaka, choji achimichi and Shikamaru Nara, it wouldn't stand a chance agianst those types of decks. I admit the water style decks can beat lightning and wind decks and of course mixed decks or decks completely based on combos never work so it will win there. I think you can go 50/50 on this card compared to what deck and under certain circumstances.
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zanatoas 



Subject:    Posted: December 26, 2007 12:20 pm Reply with quote  Report content icon
I myself have Orochimaru and I never thought of using "the end of the demon" which is really smart if you ask me, so I think it was an excellent
review. Good job.
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