Reno Ichikawa strategy

Yellow Reno Ichikawa in Kaiju No. 8 is the raid face this page is about. TCG Contender files it as a midrange list, Standard tier 3. This site is hosting 107 public 50-card lists, including 10 recent top 8s. The tier list has Reno Ichikawa in C.

How the raid face works

UE12BT/KJ8-1-012 · cost 3 · 3500 BP · Yellow

The printed trigger on Reno Ichikawa (UE12BT/KJ8-1-012) 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: Mina Ashiro (UE12BT/KJ8-1-005) and Reno Ichikawa (UE12BT/KJ8-1-012). 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 triple-printed Reno Ichikawa (009/010/012) gives the deck unusual redundancy on its namesake threat, making it hard to be starved of the core piece across a long tournament day. The same snapshot flags that the deck carries essentially no disruption (no evident Snipe or retire effects), so it cannot interrupt faster decks like CSM - Denji or Sakamoto Days - Shin Asakura before they establish lethal pressure.

The current 50-card core

From 107 lists on this site

Four-ofs: Bakko (UEPR/KJ8-1-022), Mina Ashiro (UE12BT/KJ8-1-001), Mina Ashiro (UE12BT/KJ8-1-003), Mina Ashiro (UE12BT/KJ8-1-005), Reno Ichikawa (UE12BT/KJ8-1-009), This Is Who I Am Right Now (UE12BT/KJ8-1-036), and Unleashed Combat Power, 96% (UE12BT/KJ8-1-035). Three-ofs: Bakko (UEPR/KJ8-1-023), Mina Ashiro (UE12BT/KJ8-1-002), Mina Ashiro (UE12BT/KJ8-1-004), Reno Ichikawa (UEPR/KJ8-1-010), Reno Ichikawa (UE12BT/KJ8-1-012), Soshiro Hoshina (UEPR/KJ8-1-029), and Soshiro Hoshina (UEPR/KJ8-1-030). That average is taken from the featured list on Kaiju No. 8 - Reno Ichikawa, then checked against the 107 hosted files.

The curve

Energy line · hosted 50

Energy 0-2. Mina Ashiro (UE12BT/KJ8-1-001), Reno Ichikawa (UE12BT/KJ8-1-009), Mina Ashiro (UE12BT/KJ8-1-002), Reno Ichikawa (UEPR/KJ8-1-010), Soshiro Hoshina (UEPR/KJ8-1-029), and Soshiro Hoshina (UEPR/KJ8-1-030) keep the early turns honest. Energy 3-4. Bakko (UEPR/KJ8-1-022), Mina Ashiro (UE12BT/KJ8-1-003), Bakko (UEPR/KJ8-1-023), Mina Ashiro (UE12BT/KJ8-1-004), Reno Ichikawa (UE12BT/KJ8-1-012), and Soshiro Hoshina (UE12BT/KJ8-1-031) are the mid-curve bodies. Energy 5-6. Mina Ashiro (UE12BT/KJ8-1-005). 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 Reno Ichikawa, at least one 0-2 cost setup card, and one Bakko (022) 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

Soshiro Hoshina (UEPR/KJ8-1-030) is the 3-of most lists will argue about.