Just a public service announcement

***Hanzo*** - Slash Elbow Earth Loop

Actions: 4

4x Tag Along 5/4

Assets: 4

4x Seal of Cessation 3/3 +2-LOW

Attacks: 4

4x Slash Elbow 4/3 +3-MID

Foundations: 47

4x Program Malfunction 3/5 +1-MID
4x Criminal Past 3/5
4x Prince of Darkness 3/4
4x The Ways of Punishment 2/5 +0-HIGH
4x Inhuman Perception 2/5 +1-HIGH
4x Revenant's Calling 2/5 +1-MID
4x Amy's Assistance 2/4 +1-MID
4x The Glare from the Abyss 1/6 +3-MID
3x End it All 1/6 +3-LOW
4x American Made 1/5 +3-MID
4x Brooding 1/5 +3-HIGH
4x Battle Prowess 1/4

Sideboard:

4x Calming the Mind 3/5
4x Blinding Rage 1/6 +1-MID

Just figured I'd post the decktype for those who still wanna run Hanzo.

I actually think this style of loop is a touch more balanced, though. If you're packing enough DR to drop it to 3 or less damage, you're safe from the loop. There's no Bitter Rivals around to force it through, and Mid is a pretty easy-to-block zone, and most importantly, discard can and probably will be hosed. So while Hanzo*** still loops, and he still kicks a$$, now it's actually a balanced loop. But of course, I expected this deck from you, since rumor has it you're the one who came up with HanzoKick in the first place. Good stuff.

Also, I'd try The King of Fighters 2006 for all the hand damage from Glare from the Abyss , but much less chance of getting hosed (I seriously think that it's quickly become one of Earth 's staple cards).

I'm not the one who came up with HanzoKick; I'm the one who came up with Juni's Spiral Arrow Order Lock.

Yeah, good catch on KOF. This deck is merely for those who want to keep running Hanzo. Yeah, you'll win game 1 with TWoP, but good luck winning any more games when they pack in their anti-discard.

i think adding a sardine's or 2 might help this deck when your opponent stops your loop.

You know what you do?

You don' run Hanzo, that's what.

But perhaps the greatest thing this deck can actually do is it has negatorz.

Wait what?

Tanner invented Spiral Arrow Lock 50 years before anyone else even talked about it.

I can't even look at that statement without literally staring blankly

Just a word for those of you that want to run this for fun or otherwise, you can push this attack though even if they block half or reduce damage. It's a likely under rated card called holding ground. most of the time, people only think of this card as a defense, but it works both ways. take a look.

failed2k said:

Jeremy...

Go to our older forums (the brown backdrop one).

Search for "Trapper Concept"

If you find it, please, I dare you, post it here. What you'll find is that I, Shinji Mimura, pioneered the decktype as soon as Set 9 was released. Sure, it was but a mere idea, and it never really saw much play until around Set 11 Set 12, but there's simply no denying that, if you look at the date of which my thread was posted, that I, for fact, created what we now call "Juni's Spiral Arrow Lockdown."

Bow to your God.

MarcoPulleaux said:

Tanner still had it earlier(unless you happen to be a playtester, then it might be close), and later(as in the very start of this block) Tanner had perfected the deck into the relavent version that actually got the card banned, not some ignored deck building fodder. Just because you built a deck that happened to use spiral arrow in it, does not mean you invented the concept.

No bowing for me thanks.