Thats pretty cool, truth is i wasnt sure how to do the Sanin.....


With Orochimaru as a Sound ninja to have the name Orochimaru pass onto another character when they KO, and the Sound locations give benefits to characters named orochimaru...

To represent the way orochimaru takes peoples bodies for their powers....

The thing is, not really partial to the first part of my Immortality jutsu. The one I am really hard up on is the second effect. With the 7 drop Orochimaru, it gives him new resources to work with by reshuffling the deck, thus lengthening his life (since his loss condition is no deck, thus the forbidden jutsus have disintergrated his current body, and before using the immortality jutsu, he died). By removing itself and 15 cards, you cannot do it infinitely is to represent the 3 year restriction it has. Part of the reason Orochimaru created the Immortality jutsu besides the fact he can learn more jutsus is using forbidden jutsus to shorten the life of the current container would have little to no drawback if he can transfer his essence down the line.

So basically, a combo of your's and mine would be good. Still benefits the whole "one man army" theme, but allows him to change bodies over and over again with some restrictions.

Coffin Seal Jutsu, Kinjutsu

Plot Twist
Threshold Cost: 4

Only play this card if you control a character named Orochimaru.

KO a character you control. Return target character from your a KO'd pile with cost equal to or less then the number of resources you control and lose endurance equal to character's cost.. That character cannot cause breakthrough this turn. KO it at the start of the recovery phase phase.

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Also, think there should be some more Akatsuki characters:

Zetsu
Version: Akatsuki's Spy
Recruitment Cost: 1
Attack: 0
Defense: 2
Team Afflication: Akatsuki

Concealed-Optical
Ninja Endurance

Discard a card from your hand-> Move Zetsu to your hidden or visible area.
Activate -> KO target stunned character. Put 2 1+/1+ counter on Zetsu. Use this ability only during the recovery phase.

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Basically, this represents Zetsu quite nicely, hiding in the shadows, assessing the situation/spying, not much of a threat (he hasn't been provoked yet, he is just known for being around :-p). Then when the other Akatsuki members deal with the threats, he deals with the clean-up.... he is one sick puppy....

Of course there are some of the other Akatsuki members we have met:

Itachi Uchiha
Version: Mangekyou Sharingan
Recruitment Cost: 5
Attack: 10
Defense: 10
Range: Yes
Team Afflication: Akatsuki

Loyality. Ninja Endurance.


If a character would be stunned by Itachi, they do not recover this turn.
Activate -> Stun target character. Itachi does not ready this turn. Use this only during your attack step.

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This represents Itachi and his Mangekyou Sharingan, if he is on the offense, using it, then the unknowning victim will fall for it, thus any opposition being rendered useless due to falling victim to this genjutsu attack (on the other hand, if the other party is on the offense, knowing about the Mangekyou Sharigan and what it is capable of, thus can formulate a plan to counter. Basically, during my attack represents the first time Itachi and Kakashi fought, and not being able to use the stun ability defensively represents the second fight between Kakashi and Itachi when Kakashi knew about how to counter it better).

Of course the not ready represents the amount of chakra it takes Itachi to use it, thus needing time to recover. Of course the opposing recovery effect represents that even with the most advance medical jutsus, it still takes time to recover from Itachi's Mangekyou Sharingan :-p.

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Kisame
Version: Blood Thristy Monster
Recruitment Cost: 4
Attack: 7
Defense: 8
Team Afflication: Akatsuki

Ninja Endurance

When Kisame comes into play, you may search your deck for a card called "Shark-Scaled Blade" and equip it to him.

If a character would be stunned, put a 1+/1+ counter on Kisame.

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Shark-Scaled Blade

Equipment
Recruitment Cost: 0

Unique.
Can only equip to a character named Kisame.

Equipped character gets 2+ ATK.

When that equipped character attacks a character, it loses reinforcement or invulnerability and cannot gain it this turn.

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This basically represents Kisame as a blood thristy shark, getting stronger and stronger off the smell of blood (and his blade is usually capable of it :-p). The Blade itself represents the chakra draining aspect in which they cannot really use jutsus to support themselves or lessen the damage while being slashed by it.

omg landshark FTW!!!...sorry, flashbacks of naruto 4 fighting game with that guy...

yeah hes cheesey in the game ... I was thinking maybe could remove invunrability but not do brakethrough damage.....

Kakashi 666, these are really good ideas, and seems we think along the same lines as far as Orochimaru goes. While on vacation, I made this card, and it just so happens it's alot like yours.

Impure Ressurection, Forbidden Technique
Threshold: 4
As an additional cost to play Impure Ressurection, KO a Sound character you control and put the top 3 cards of your deck into your KO'd pile.
Put target character from your KO'd pile with cost less than or equal to the cost of the character you KO'd into play. It gains the Sound affiliation and the version Mindless Minion.

The KO'ing cards represents your idea (which is good, by the way) about Orochimaru and the deck representing his current body, and about how powerful techniques like this one weaken the body that uses it. Nice ideas for the Akatsuki, I was having trouble coming up with a theme for them. Here are some more:

Sasori, Scorpion of the Red Sand
Cost: 4
Team: Akatsuki, Sand
Atk/Def:7/8
F/R: No/No
Missing-nin
When Sasori comes into play, you may discard a card. If you do, search your deck for a Puppet, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Shuffle your deck and gain 1 resource point.
Sasori gets +1 Atk for each Puppet you control.

Sasori, Puppet
Cost: 6
Team: Akatsuki
Atk/Def: 12/13
F/R: No/No
Missing-nin
Sasori gets +1 Atk for each Puppet you control.
If Sasori were about to stun a character, you may pay 5 endurance. If you do, recover that character, move it to your front row, and it gains the version Puppet.
If a stunned Akatsuki character you control was about to be KO'd, you may pay 5 endurance. If you do, recover that character, remove all counters from it,put a -2 Atk/-2 Def counter on it, and it gains the version Puppet.

Hiruko, Puppet
Cost: 1
Team: Akatsuki, Sand
Atk/Def: 2/2
F/R: No/Yes
Hiruko gets +1 Atk while team attacking with Sasori.
Activate->remove target defender you control named Sasori from this attack. Hiruko becomes the defender this attack.

This represents how Sasori transforms people into his puppets, and how they give him his strength. It also represents how he 'wears' puppets like Hiruko to give him protection and strength. Also, I think Itachi should be an 8-drop. Anyone who can defeat Kakashi like he did, murder the entire Uchiha clan, and make Orochimaru fear him deserves an 8-drop.

Okay, after watching the Naruto episode on Cartoon Network on Saturday, I got excited about Neji, so I decided to make him.

Neji, Byakugan Unleashed
Cost: 5
Team: Leaf
Atk/Def: 10/9
Flight/Range: No/No
Genin
Neji's defense cannot be reduced by effects your opponents control.
Pay 1 endurance-> look at target opponent's hand. Use this power only once per turn.
Activate-> remove target character with cost 2 or less from this attack. Use this power only while Neji is defending.

This represents his Byakugan's expert insight ability, allowing to see his opponent's moves before they are played, and its 360 degree vision, showing that he cannot be taken by suprise and his defense cannot be reduced. Neji also excels in intimidating his less confident opponents, shown by removing characters with cost 2 or less from the attack.
Here's my modified Immortality Jutsu as well:

Immortality Jutsu, Forbidden Technique
Plot Twist, Threshold 3
As an additional cost to play Immortality Jutsu, KO a character you control named Orochimaru.
Choose a Sound character you control. That character loses all names and identities and gains the name Orochimaru. Put 5 cards from your KO'd pile at the bottom of your deck. Remove this card from the game after use.

So this basically combines my original ideas with Kakashi 666's, regenerating the deck while making a new Orochimaru.

Orochimaru, Master of Forbidden Techniques
Cost: 5
Team: Sound
Atk/Def: 9/9
Flight/Range: No/Yes
Missing-nin.
When Orochimaru comes into play, you may discard a card. If you do, search your deck for a Forbidden Technique, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Shuffle your deck.
Whenever you play a Forbidden Technique, you may put the top two cards of your deck into your KO'd pile. If you do, put a +1 Atk/+1 Def token on Orochimaru.

There are going to be more versions of Orochimaru, and probably one for the Akatsuki, too, but this is the first one I've finished. I have to give you props and thanks, Kakashi 666, for the deck/current body idea.

Just thought I'd add a few ideas myself since I love the game and the anime.

Constant Training
Plot Twist, 2
Ongoing: Exhaust a ready Leaf character you control >>> Place a +1 ATK / +1 DEF counter on that character.

Righteous Anger
Plot Twist, 3
Put a +1 ATK / +1 DEF counter on a character you control.
Ongoing: KO a Leaf character you control >>> Remove all +1 ATK / +1 DEF counters from that character and place them another Leaf character you control.

Flashback
Plot Twist, 2
As an additional cost to play Flashback, remove a +1 ATK /+1 DEF counter from target Leaf attacker you control.
That character gets +4 ATK / +4 DEF for this attack.

The Fourth Hokage, Leader of Konoha
Leaf
6 12 12
Discard The Fourth Hokage >>> Place a +1 ATK / +1 DEF counter on a Leaf character you control. Use this power only if you have The Fourth Hokage in your hand.
Remove a +1 ATK / +1 DEF counter from a character you control >>> Return The Fourth Hokage from your KO'd pile to your hand. Use this power only if The Fourth Hokage is in your KO'd pile.

Kakashi, Sensei
Leaf
5 9 9
Kakashi comes into play with a +1 ATK / +1 DEF counter.
Remove a +1 ATK / +1 DEF counter from Kakashi >>> Choose a face-up non-ongoing plot twist in your opponent's resource row. Copy that plot twist's effect as if you played it from your hand.

Naruto, Nine-Tails Unleashed
Leaf
7 18 17
Flight Range
As an additional cost to recruit Naruto, remove nine +1 ATK / +1 DEF counters from characters you control.
Naruto cannot be stunned as long as he has a +1 ATK / +1 DEF counter.

Hinata, House Hyuga
Leaf
3 4 5
Evasion
Discard a card, say "Byakugan" >>> Target opponent reveals his hand. Whenever Hinata stuns a character that opponent controls, that opponent discards a random card from his hand.

Neji, House Hyuga
Leaf
4 7 7
Discard a card, say "Byakugan" >>> Target opponent reveals his hand. Whenever Neji stuns a character that opponent controls, that opponent may not play plot twists this turn.

Ino, Genin
Leaf
2 2 2
Range
Stun Ino >>> Move target character with cost 2 or less target opponent controls to your front row. At the start of your recovery phase, move that character to your opponent's front row.

Sasuke, Orochimaru's Gift
Sound
7 17 18
Flight Range
As an additional cost to play Sasuke, discard a character card named Orochimaru from your hand.
Whenever Sasuke attacks, remove all character cards in your KO'd pile from the game. Sasuke gets +1 ATK for each card removed in this way.

Kabuto, Double-Agent
Leaf Sound
5 8 10
Remove a character card in your KO'd pile from the game >>> Place a +1 ATK / +1 DEF counter on target character you control.

Corpse Dummy
Plot Twist, 4
Remove a character card in your KO'd pile from the game. Recover target stunned Sound character you control if its cost is equal to the character you removed. If you do, ready that character and it deals no breakthrough this turn.

Orochimaru's Will
Plot Twist, 3
KO a Sound character you control. If you do, search your deck for a character card named Orochimaru and put it into your hand. Shuffle your deck afterwards.

Conspiracy Against the Leaf
Plot Twist, 1
Remove target +1 ATK / +1 DEF counter from a character. If you do, characters get +3 ATK while attacking that character this turn.

Ichigo, Soul Reaper
Soul Society
7 16 16
When Ichigo comes into play, search your deck and KO'd pile for a card named Zangetsu and place it into your hand. Shuffle your deck.
At the start of the combat phase, choose a Hollow character. Ichigo gets +4 ATK while attacking that character.

Oops. Wrong anime.

Cant forget about zabuza in the mist village. he is like one of the coolest characters in the show or at least until haku died.

Alright this some akatsuki cards

itachi uchiha
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j8...chiUchiha2.jpg

Sasori
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j8...55/Sasori2.jpg

Tools of the trade
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j8...ofthetrade.jpg

The third kazekage
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j8...rdKazekage.jpg

Sasori
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j8...555/Sasori.jpg

orochimaru
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j8...Orochimaru.jpg

kisame
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j8...555/Kisame.jpg

uchiha itachi
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j8...achiUchiha.jpg

Impure world resurection
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j8...surrection.jpg

haruko
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j8...555/Haruko.jpg

deidara
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j8...55/Deidara.jpg

akatsuki leader
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j8...sukileader.jpg

Let's put some more Sand out there:

Gaara, Shukaku Unleashed
Cost: 8
Team: Sand
Atk/Def: 19/19
Flight/Range: No/Yes
Gaara cannot team attack.
Whenever Gaara stuns a character, KO that character.

Born of Sand
Plot Twist, Threshold 2
As an additional cost to play Born of Sand, KO a Sand character you control.
Search your deck for a Sand character, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Shuffle your deck.
"When I was born, I took the life of the woman I was supposed to call 'mother' so that an incarnation of sand could be placed in my body."

Sand Funeral, Ninjutsu
Plot Twist, Threshold 2
As an additional cost to play Sand Funeral, discard a Sand character card.
KO target stunned character.
"Imploding Sand Funeral!"

Sand Shield, Ninjutsu
Plot Twist, Threshold 1
Target Sand defender you control gets +3 Def this attack.
"That's why, to this day, no one has ever wounded Gaara!"

Kankuro, Brother of Gaara
Cost: 2
Team: Sand
Atk/Def: 2/2
Flight/Range: No/No
When Kankuro comes into play, you may discard a card. If you do, search your deck for a Puppet, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Shuffle your deck. Gain 1 resource point.

how about:

Zabuza, Demon of the mist village
Cost:7
Team: Mist
Atk/Def 16/16
Flight/ Range no/no
Zabuza can only team attack with characters named Haku
When there is a character card called Haku in play:

Activate--> Give a +1/+1 counter to a character card named Haku that you control.

(Quote) " Ill chop off your head!"

and another one:

Haku, Tracker ninja
Cost 6
Team: Mist
Atk/ Def: 11/13
Flight/Range No/Yes
Haku can only team attack with characters named Zabuza.

When team attacking with a character named Zabuza, Haku gets +3/+1.

While attacking a character in the support row Haku gets +1 Atk.

(Flavour text) Zabuza's slave


Comment plz. (also can u get me the outlines/ links or w/e you use for your cards?) thnx

Here comes Team Shikamaru!

Shikamaru, Team Shikamaru Leader
Cost: 3
Team: Leaf
Atk/Def: 4/4
F/R: No/Yes
Chunin.
Pay 1 endurance->move target character to a different position.
Leader: Team Shikamaru characters adjacent to Shikamaru get +2 Def and reinforcement.

This represents Shikamaru, as a new leader and budding strategist.

Choji, Team Shikamaru
Cost: 2
Team: Leaf
Atk/Def: 2/2
F/R: No/No
Genin.
Activate-> put a food counter on Choji.
Remove a food counter on Choji-> put two +1 Atk/+1 Def counters on Choji.

This represents Choji fairly well, who spends all his time eating because he needs it for his Human Boulder jutsu.

Kiba, Team Shikamaru
Cost: 2
Team: Leaf
Atk/Def: 3/2
F/R: No/No
Genin.
When Kiba comes into play, you may discard a card. If you do, search your deck for a character named Akamaru, reveal it, put it into play, and shuffle your deck.
While team attacking with Akamaru, Kiba gets +1 Atk/+1 Def.

Akamaru, Team Shikamaru
Cost: 1
Team: Leaf
Atk/Def: 1/1
F/R: No/No
While team attacking with Kiba, Akamaru gets +2 Atk/+2 Def.

Naruto, Neji, and the Sound 4 are coming up!

jez... what did I start :p I like alot of your guys stuff... If you like Ill make them into cards (or y'know download the magic card creator with Vs mod yourself, heh)

have you guys considered using press or terraform?


Ive been funking away on a runaways vs nextwave expansion :noid: but now I think Ill go back and finish my ninja!

Let's go one step at a time here Eclipse...Heralds isn't even out yet.