Kenshin Himura strategy

Red Kenshin Himura in Rurouni Kenshin is the raid face this page is about. TCG Contender files it as a midrange list, Standard tier 2. This site is hosting 178 public 50-card lists, including 6 recent top 8s. The tier list has Kenshin Himura in A.

How the raid face works

UE11ST/RNK-1-106 · cost 4 · 4000 BP · Red

The printed trigger on Kenshin Himura (UE11ST/RNK-1-106) is: [Raid] Add this card to your hand, or if you have the required energy, perform Raid with it. Raid printings in the current 50: Noelle Silva (UE08BT/BCV-1-083), Mimosa Vermillion (UE08BT/BCV-1-093), and Kenshin Himura (UE11ST/RNK-1-106). In Union Arena, [Raid] lets you add the card to your hand or perform Raid if the energy is there. The expensive copy is the ceiling. The cheaper copies with the same name are the steps. Contender's snapshot calls out that deepest character redundancy in the RK pool (8 Kenshin printings). The same snapshot flags that outclassed by its own IP's Tier 1 Hajime Saito build in tempo and ceiling.

The current 50-card core

From 178 lists on this site

Four-ofs: Noelle Silva (UE08BT/BCV-1-080), Kaoru Kamiya (UE11BT/RNK-1-071), Kenshin Himura (085) (Box Topper Foil) (UE11BT/RNK-1-085), Kenshin Himura (UE11BT/RNK-1-087), and Kenshin Himura (UE11BT/RNK-1-090). Three-ofs: Noelle Silva (UE08BT/BCV-1-083), Noelle Silva (UE08ST/BCV-1-105), Oath Not to Kill (UE11BT/RNK-1-096), and Ryuutsuisen (UE11BT/RNK-1-100). Common two-ofs: Noelle Silva (UE08BT/BCV-1-082), Mimosa Vermillion (UE08BT/BCV-1-090), Mimosa Vermillion (UE08BT/BCV-1-092), Mimosa Vermillion (UE08BT/BCV-1-093), Kenshin Himura (UE11BT/RNK-1-088), and Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu (UE11BT/RNK-1-098). That average is taken from the featured list on Rurouni Kenshin - Kenshin Himura, then checked against the 178 hosted files.

The curve

Energy line · hosted 50

Energy 0-2. Noelle Silva (UE08BT/BCV-1-080), Noelle Silva (UE08BT/BCV-1-082), Mimosa Vermillion (UE08BT/BCV-1-090), Kaoru Kamiya (UE11BT/RNK-1-071), Kenshin Himura (085) (Box Topper Foil) (UE11BT/RNK-1-085), and Kenshin Himura (UE11BT/RNK-1-087) keep the early turns honest. Energy 3-4. Mimosa Vermillion (UE08BT/BCV-1-092), Mimosa Vermillion (UE08BT/BCV-1-093), Noelle Silva (UE08ST/BCV-1-105), Megumi Takani (UE11BT/RNK-1-082), Kenshin Himura (UE11BT/RNK-1-088), and Kenshin Himura (UE11ST/RNK-1-106) are the mid-curve bodies. Energy 5-6. Noelle Silva (UE08BT/BCV-1-083). This is read off the hosted 50, not a hidden playbook. If your locals file plays a different 3-of, trust that file.

Mulligan

What the 50 implies

Keep a Raid Kenshin Himura, at least one 0-2 cost setup card, and one Mimosa Vermillion (092) if the cheap card missed. Ship a hand of only 7+ cost finishers. That is inferred from costs in the hosted list, not a coach sheet from a hidden room.

Tech and flex

First cards to argue about

Noelle Silva (UE08BT/BCV-1-082), Mimosa Vermillion (UE08BT/BCV-1-090), Mimosa Vermillion (UE08BT/BCV-1-092), Mimosa Vermillion (UE08BT/BCV-1-093), and Kenshin Himura (UE11BT/RNK-1-088) are the first slots to shave if your room is all one matchup. Ryuutsuisen (UE11BT/RNK-1-100) is the 3-of most lists will argue about.