“… It is time to reap your reward.”
Kirin
6CP – Earth
Forward
Category : XI
Job : Kirin
Legend
9000 Power
Brave
“Kirin cannot become dull by your opponent’s Summons or abilities.
The Job Shijin Forwards you control gain +1000 power.
When Kirin enters the field, reveal the top 5 cards of your deck. Play 1 Forward of cost 4 among them and return the other cards to the bottom of your deck in any order.”
This will make some interesting play. I was just talking about how they should make an Archfiends deck. And, they listened. Sort of. We now have Kirin & the Shijins, coming to a bar near you. Playing all your favorite oldies. Ok, I got a little carried away.
Kirin comes in lets you hopefully play a Shijin from your deck to the field, and give all the Shijins +1K. And since he comes in with Brave, and cannot become dull by Summons or abilities, Kirin looks like he’ll be around for a long time.
Now let’s take a look at the Shijin.
Suzaku, Seiryu, Byakko and Genbu.
They all have one ability that reads. “If you have a Job Shijin in your Break Zone, the cost required to cast (card name) can be paid with CP of any Element.” Why is this important? It’s the basis of the whole strategy. You shall quickly discard the First Shijin to pay for Kirin, and hopefully you’ll find a Shijin.
And can’t forget about the EX Burst “When (card name) enters the field, you may search for 1 Job Shijin Forward other than Card Name (card name) and add it to your hand.” You’re already adding Shijins to your hand after you, hopefully, play one from Kirin’s ability. You’re likely to swarm the board pretty quickly here.
But, that’s not all.
Each Shijin also has a 3rd ability.
Suzaku – “When Suzaku attacks, choose 1 Forward deal it 5000 damage.”
Seiryu – “Seiryu cannot be chosen by your opponent’s abilities.”
Byakko – “When Byakko attacks, choose 1 Forward. Dull it.”
Genbu – “If Genbu is dealt damage, reduce the damage by 3000 instead.”
Other than searching for each other, these cards really don’t play well together. But, I’m sure with help from other cards these can do some damage to your opponent.