Mendo's Ongoing tourney

this is for the will of fire tourney


so this weeks theme was will of fire like leaf village banding together so at first i thought i would do a card of a under appreciated grunt like genma, or raido or sumthin. then i thought maybe i should do somethin more leite so i was gonna do a shikaku and kakashi platoon, but i ended up doing the anbu black ops squad that battled pain's summoning during the invasion of konoha. the reason i chose them was, i feel the black ops are the ones who do the crazy secret missons and work directly under the hokage, so theyre kinda like the backbone of the leaf.
no i figured since they did a pretty good job fighting the summonings and there is three of them they should have an attack thats not too high but not on the low end either. as for ambush, well they're black ops it just seemed kinda ovious to me that they should have ambush.
theyre first special ability was a direct result of me feeling that they are the backbone of the leaf and that they provide support to the leaf.
as for the second ability its no original(in fact most anbu have this effect), but since they aint got real names i figured it was only right to allow the player to have more then one on the field.

my entry:

i wanted to make aburame clan, but i couldn't find any family picture.
choza and choji are looking great on this picture. would you mess with 300+ kg?

Hopefully, I am understanding the theme clearly, here, so here is Tsunade. This card reflects her role as Hokage, willing to risk her life to save the people. She can dump her power to heal everyone else, but can she defeat Pain, bereft of her strength?



Anyway, this Tsunade can use her signature jutsu, Creation Rebirth, while it is sitting in the chakra area. Mostly, this hopes that she got to use it, and can again, albeit with a cost, of sorts. However, one might also draw it early, and not want to hold it. If you are playing against a deck that can't "the Fish" all over your chakra area, it could sit there, waiting for Tsunade, and be used as a cost, if things are going really well, or really bad. Also, if you have Katsuyu in the same place, this jutsu has no cost, as Katsuyu takes care of it. Of course, it assumes that you use that Ninja/Platoon, and that jutsu, but I overall like it, anyway. For using her jutsu thus, however, she is slowly(?) withered down, to the point where she might get crushed, but its her big gamble to save the Leaf Village. The effect doesn't injure her, but it weakens her almost to that level (I've seen 1 Tsunade 5 injured, so it isn't unprecedented) , and when injured, she's weak as Itachi, so it isn't too powerful, to me. That's her will to save the villagers. Anyway, that's it for me.

so..... is the 5 kage summit tourney just not getting judged, or whats up with that tourney???????

Well this is my entry a Katsuyu that protects Leaf Ninja from damage and can heal 1 Leaf Ninja at the beginning of your turn.



The reason for this ability is because when Pain uses Shinra Tensai, Katsuyu protects all of the Leaf village survivors from what would be certain death.

satanspawngenma wrote:

so..... is the 5 kage summit tourney just not getting judged, or whats up with that tourney???????

It sounds like we just had a week of absence; it'll get judged, just a bit later. No worries.

Both last week and this week will be judged this upcoming monday!

My entry.

So this guy went through a WHOLE lot of revisions. Some that were just straight up broken, others were not enough. Some were trying to do too much at the same time. However, every version of the card had the tutor ability but moved it to your hand instead. In the end I came up with this effect when I realized I should elaborate on the tutoring.

I know we just had a Naruto that tutors a Mission but this isn't as... broken? If that's the word I'm trying to think of. When I was elaborating on him I was thinking of unique ways to elaborate. Then I realized I could make it some type of Messenger Ninja or Summoning Jutsu [ANC] effect. And thus, Naruto Uzumaki [Succeeding the Will of Fire] was born.

Naruto [StWoF] originally had no hand cost and original stats. Now this seemed kind of... broken I guess... to me. Each time I draw into this card and deploy it I can grab ANY "Leaf" Ninja and put it in play? That's nuts. That's why I had to give it the Hand Cost. Then as I reviewed him I felt something was missing... But what?

That's right, the Wind Symbol. Most new versions of Naruto have had the Wind symbol atop of the Lightning. It just made more sense and felt right for me. But after I looked at the card over and over I realized something else was missing. The same something that made Shikamaru Nara [Quick Wit] less playable than it could've been.

One word. Stats. His stats were original and it didn't have the... MJM flare my cards usually have, sorry for not being modest. I looked at the Hand Cost and said to myself he's too weak for a Hand Cost and he won't be played as much. So I recalled the Vanilla Naruto from ANC. I chose the stats of 4/0 7/1. It seemed perfect.

Well, after that long explanation I'm glad to say it's done.

Well I decided to do Hinata for the "Will of fire" theme. Since Hinata is willing
to throw herself to Pein to protect Naruto.. I figured by discarding her sorta symbolizes her choice of dying to protect him(drawing cards) plus a price to pay(battle reward), and the other effect is just protecting Naruto until you make the choice for Hinata to die.

Well guys its been good. This is gonna be my last week then N4E is taking it over. Also he will be holding a special judge tryouts. PM him for info and any further tourney related things.

Anyways, the last theme will be a Mendo parting theme. As you all know Shikamaru is my favorite character so we get to have a challange week for the last week. Make a Shikamaru and beat me.

Mendo, I will do this tourney proud! As Mendo said PM me if you want to be this tourney's new judge I will need 2. Well I will be judging momentarily so please stand-by.

Week 1: Venkelos Challange!

Venkelos (Danzo Shimura (Izanagi Mode)): 16/20 Good card, however to me it seems like it wouldnt be worth playing A Turn 7 with ok stats, that has a 50/50 of not becoming injured and its not valid I dont like that part. The second effect is understandable. The final part is fine because you gave him a Tree CA.

aurelio (The Fifth Mizukage): 17/20 I like this card its a water/earth that has decent mental and helps mental decks! However her stats seem a bit out there, and the second effect is meh because we really dont know what kind of charm she has on men.

Nightmaree31 (The Fourth Raikage): 15/20 This card is to much like Might Guy [Dynamic Entrance] This card + that Might guy = awesome team. Other than that it just doesnt really seem to be a Raikage worthy (to me anyways)

satanspawngenma (The 5th Kazekage): 15/20 Seems broken to me, in unlimited he can use all of Gaara's awesome jutsu for free and lets face it by turn 4 your bound to have at least 2 Sand ninja in play (if your playing a sand deck) So hes a really jacked turn 4 with an awesome effect, with no hand cost I might add.

MJM (Ei): 18/20 I laughed when I saw that name. I really like this card, the effect is nice but i could also be hurtful at the same time. The drawing thing is nice as well. I do not however like the Naruto type stats where he gets stronger injured. To me he seemed a lot stronger with both arms then he did with 1...well alright he was still pretty strong with 1.

Sandboxkid (The Fifth Kazekage): 15?/20 I put a question mark because I would need to see these other [Five Shadow] Ninjas. The second effect seems alright but im not quite sure how many decks run Akatsuki ninjas any more. Maybe some water ones and a Fire deck. Overall I would need to see the other cards to give this a more accurate judging.

UchihaKyoji23 (The Fifth Mizukage): 14/20 I like the idea of the card but her stats are like way to strong in my opinion. You also need to work on your wording.


Week 2: The Will of Fire

satanspawngenma (Anbu Black Ops): 14/20 It could use some templating adjustments. Also, I like your choice of name now I can run more Anbu in my deck! You need to work on your grammar and what not, but um honestly I dont really think this captured the theme to much but it will do.

aurelio (Choza Akimichi & Choji Akimichi): 16/20 Wow, a water Zabuza [DOTV] just what the game needed. Not to be mean but I just plain out dont like this card, its not because its not good its because of its Zabuza appeal. Um the second effect is nice, and stats are fine. Was mastery really needed? Also I dont see how this shows the Leaf Support theme.

venkelos (Tsunade): 15/20 Alright brining back an old Jutsu card is never a bad thing, but shouldnt it be Coin and not Token? Um the second effect seems rather odd to me, she can use it if Katsuyu is out of commission? Even so its rather bland especially with all the other tsunades out there. Also how does this have to do with the leaf helping each other? I will say that I want to give you a 20/20 because you gave her that head marking!

UchihaKyoji23 (Katsuyu): 16/20 I think you got the theme so thank you mendo give this card maker a +2 point bonus please. Um you need to work on your grammar still and spelling. I like the twist on stats. Keep card making!

MJM (Naruto Uzumaki): 18/20 I like it a lot mendo he also got the theme so +2 point bonus. The first part is meh and to Naruto Reliance and the Hand cost + Boosted stats im not a fan of. I do like the last part of the effect though and keep up the good work. Oh because you keep messing this up Deck is a caped word!!!

Sandboxkid (Hinata Hyuga): 14/20 Doesnt seem you spent much time on this card. Um effect however doesnt really fit the whole village thing but I do like the Draw aspect. I kind of wish there was still a card that helped boost a Ninja's MP but oh well. The second effect is just a spin off the anime. Over all not your greatest work.


Alright as mendo announced next week will be his last with this tourney and I do need some Judges. Please PM me if you would like to try out. Also I would like to thank those who were patient with the judging. Um Shikamaru Theme good luck to all im going to give a really hard core full length judging next week, and for those who PM me before Monday you will also get a chance to judge. Um on to another topic. Starting next week when I take over I am going to be giving away Naruto card making stuff through this tournamant I will give you more information further in the week. Well thanks again mendo.

naruto4ever wrote:

aurelio (Choza Akimichi & Choji Akimichi): 16/20 Wow, a water Zabuza [DOTV] just what the game needed. Not to be mean but I just plain out dont like this card, its not because its not good its because of its Zabuza appeal. Um the second effect is nice, and stats are fine. Was mastery really needed? Also I dont see how this shows the Leaf Support theme.

this card was made like an idea to courage people to play "food combat attribute" ninjas.
powerful punches like their only should be very deadly, just like punches with zabuza's executioner's blade. zabuza was jonin, and choza is too, + choji which is chunin, it should present guys who know how to give a proper combined unique strikes.
mastery was another aspect of making people interested in playing "food combat attribute" ninjas. they sure are experts in using their own bloodline jutsus. ok, maybe it could be avoided, but oh well...
first effect was to show how "demon path" pain was crushed in pieces with a single blow when he stabbed kakashi's "raiton kage bunshin". that was their support to their leaf comrades in trouble.

i am planing to make shikamaru, dominator of all. beware, i am coming.

Well Mendo, thanks for starting and running this tourney for us all; it's been a fun excuse to improve the skills some. Hopefully, you will just become a contestant now, so you can make cards for it, too.

Mendo, this contest has had its joys and its sorrows. It will be missed.

Now, N4E, will Judges be able to participate every other week or something? Because as much as I'd love to judge, these contests really help me improve my skill.

And is the new contest going to completely brand new and have a new point board? I would rather it that way because some of the participants that joined later on are behind. I'm willing to give up my points... ;_;

Oh, and Mendo, you're not quitting card making, are you?

MJM wrote:

Mendo, this contest has had its joys and its sorrows. It will be missed.

Now, N4E, will Judges be able to participate every other week or something? Because as much as I'd love to judge, these contests really help me improve my skill.

And is the new contest going to completely brand new and have a new point board? I would rather it that way because some of the participants that joined later on are behind. I'm willing to give up my points... ;_;

Oh, and Mendo, you're not quitting card making, are you?

To answer your question I am going to have to go into some detail so here we go:

For judges, I hope that I will be able to get at least 2, if I can get 2 then yes each judge will get a week or 2 off because there will be 1 judge a week (I am a judge as well). There will be patterns on judging so you will be able to plan ahead. Also, in some cases I will want all 3 of us to judge in that case the winner of the week will get a special prize.

As to your point board, I was not planing on doing a full sweep but I guess if enough people would want that to happen then Im sure I can.

here is my uber shikamaru:


i guess i will have to explain some effects and statistics etc...

first of all, ambush is there because shikamaru and his team with kakashi has shown thay can ambush an enemy (combie-zombie brothers).
effect is to show whenever his ability to capture an enemy with kage mane is applied successfully, he can do with him whatever he wants - to not fight with him.

this is my shikamaru card. i wanna also say goodbye to mendo its been fun and i feel like this tourney has given me lots of growth and you will be missed

anyway i think most things on this card are rather self explanitory.

Well, Shikamaru was a bit hard for me; there are a few good pics, and I've had one or two ideas, but then I thought "hey, why not use MY Shikamaru!" (the character, not the pic). So, here he is. This reflects Shikamaru later in his life, in either of my fanfics, where he is the Chief Battle Tactician of the Leaf Village, under Lady Tsunade, or Lord Uzumaki, respectively.



Okay, so for stuff. Shikamaru grows up from his laid back attitude, a little bit (if that's your favorite bit of him, sorry), and finally gets some power, on par with his dad, at any rate. He also looks a bit like him, and Asuma, and has picked up/continued on a few of his former sensei's bad habits. For his effect, I decided to let him use tactics on another team he is allied with. In hindsight, it might have been better as "team that is opposed", but I will leave it as is; there are still plenty of ways this isn't an automatic battle reward, and there are 2-cost jutsus that get you one of those, in the form of an enemy ninja, which is a big loss. If you end up in a situation where only his team is sent out, or his team can't go, this effect doesn't apply, so there is a bit of a balance to it. The effect was going to be +X, where X is his MP, but I decided 4 should be enough.

As for the pic, I stumbled upon it, and decided it looked a great deal like my idealized older Shikamaru. Hopefully, the watermark doesn't make the card look too dumb, but LI was sadly right, and it's better to leave it there. As for the pic, it was done by one Scrappy, at DeviantArt, and I bummed it. My variant would wear an Ibiki-style trench coat, but I didn't feel like playing chopsy to make something for it, and finding good, full-body shots of Ibiki Morino is hard.

So here's my entry for this week.



Alright, stat-wise his Stats are the same as pre-Shippuden Format Chunin Shikamaru. His Characteristics, Entrance Cost, Hand Cost, and Combat Attribute are the same as well.

I gave him Tracking because his time period is during the Sasuke Retrieval Arc. I thought it made sense. For those who do not know what Tracking is, you can find an explanation of it here.

His effect also deals with retrieving a fellow Leaf Ninja back. Obviously the Uniqueness Rule applies here.

well here is my entry a Shikamaru & Temari Squad.



The thought was that you would need a Ninja with a mental power of a 3 or more to block them. Since they have a 4/5 you would only get 1 battle reward with them if they were to be by themselves. Also with a mental power of a 6 it would work well with Shikaku & Yoshino Nara and, with its support it would give a great boost to a Tsunade or Kakashi. To balance the first effect out I made it so you need a 2 or more mental power just to be on their team and it is Valid. Now if played in a good mental deck it could be a great addition.

I hoped someone would do a Shika/Temari Squad/Platoon.

So here is my Shika...



Well stats I felt the 1/3 was fitting due that he is better behind the scenes of the battle.
As for the effect..I wanted to push mental since we are seeing a second coming of mental cards as of late. Plus it represents how Shika is always a step ahead of his opponent and besides water most other decks could drop him in as there 2 drop and have enough leaf nins to pull it off..a great fit for Tempo.

Here's my entry.



It seems like it's been a really long time since we've seen Shikamaru in these clothes, doesn't it? I wanted to make a card of his younger self, specifically during his fight with Temari.

Surge gives him random, sporadic moments of greatness, which I think certainly fits Shikamaru's style. However, he is not so cliche like many other anime characters to miraculously find this strength within - he used his battlefield, his clothes, the sun, and everything else he could to obtain an advantage. That's why he can surge with Mission cards instead of just himself.

The Turn Marker clause keeps him from being absurd. Simultaneously, it keeps him useful as the game goes on, because you'll have more and more ammunition to Surge him with, and a 4 in support isn't bad in any deck. He can only use his surroundings to his advantage as they present themselves, of course.

I gave him the last effect so that he could fit into a mental power deck, which is Shikamaru's real home. It's more his style... although a 4 is already staggering enough; I wonder if 2 more would really matter most of the time...?

I would also like to thank mendokuse for starting this tournament. There are some people that have been at this a lot longer than I, but I'm sure that their persistance is at least partly due to this tourney, which constantly provided them with a task to entertain themselves with, and ways to improve. So, thank you.

Well here you go here's my card. TY N4E for throwing it together since my design comp is down right now.