The Naruto Eternal Rivalry series Wind Style: Air Bullets (J-168) certainly isn’t an inexpensive card. However, it can form a very useful combo for some deck builders with the even more expensive Shukaku (N-177), when it can be put into play. The deployment of either of these cards is a part of an onerous combo in their own right, and might take a bit of explanation to understand. To be totally honest, the shinobi that get developed in the process might actually end up being more useful to you than the end result.
To play Shukaku, one needs to have another Eternal Rivalry card in play: Gaara of the Desert (Possessed Mode) (N-179). By using Sand Cocoon (J-138) to deploy this form of Gaara, one can finally deploy Shukaku. It’s a good card, though the entrance cost of eight can be a bit steep. Once again though, I have a bit of a bias towards inhuman ninja cards.
With Shukaku in play, Air Bullets can finally be deployed. It does two damage to the target. While that might not seem like a lot, the fact that cards like the Possessed Mode form of Gaara have been put into play could actually make up for it. In fact, it might be useful to think of Air Bullets simply as an attack for an already in play Shukaku, instead of the end all for the combo. The combo, depending on strategy, might focus more on the deployment of those other cards.
That being said, anyone who would actually want to do the prerequisite deck building to develop this Wind attribute combo would have to put down a lot of money or trading material. None of these cards are considered to be inexpensive by any means, and most people won’t give them up cheaply.
