UNION ARENA: Every Inuyasha Deck, Ranked
Looking for the strongest Inuyasha UNION ARENA deck?
Lucky for you, Inuyasha is a very strong set. Released relatively recently in Japan, it’s now joining the UNION ARENA English version – and it should be quite popular given the incredible strength of this set’s top deck.
So which Inuyasha deck is best? Let’s dive into each strategy and find out.
#4 Naraku Faction
Naraku Faction is the strangest deck in Inuyasha. Focusing on sidelining your own characters to unlock advantages, it’s clearly the weakest in the set speaking purely competitively.
There’s a lot of effort in this deck put into placing cards underneath characters: a mechanic that’s becoming more and more common in UNION ARENA (it’s essentially a staple by now).
However, this deck makes it a little unclear as to why you are even bothering to do this in the first place.
While there are a few neat effects that it unlocks (like the Kagura can’t be blocked mechanic), the Raid Naraku himself barely gets stronger from having cards underneath him – at best you get a free play out of the deal, with an option to Raid Naruka again.
Naraku (028)
UE23BT: Inuyasha • Super Rare
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While that recursion is real, it’s a far cry from better strategies that have essentially the same thing built in, like the Red Chainsaw Man deck that’s super popular right now.
Yet, that’s not to say there aren’t some very cool things this archetype is capable of doing. For example, the two-cost Naraku is a highlight, especially if he’s the one you Raid over, as you’ll likely have yet another 4000 BP character on the field after the Raid is sidelined.
Meanwhile, the four-cost Naraku is also a powerful Raidless option. You’ll play him and switch him to active, swinging with 4000 BP and Impact. That’s a solid combo for a Raidless character.
With a little stronger top-end power, you could see a deck like this pop-off competitively. However, where it stands right now, it’s more of a second-string pick for the set rather than the star attraction.
#3 Red Sango/Miroku
Red Sango/Miroku is Inuyasha’s Event-focused removal deck. Event-themed decks are also a staple in UNION ARENA, with noteworthy examples being the Purple Yuna deck, and more recently the Purple Makima Chainsaw Man deck.
However, of the many event decks released in UNION ARENA to date, this strategy is arguably most similar to the Purple Shu deck from Tokyo Ghoul. Just like how that deck relies on sending Event cards from the sideline to removal, you’ll need to do the same to sideline your opponent’s strongest characters. This time, you’ll be using Miroku’s Raid to activate the removal.
Miroku (071)
UE23BT: Inuyasha • Super Rare
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Apart from being a pretty standard Event-focused removal deck, Sango/Miroku has enough draw power and consistency to make it an upper mid-tier deck.
#2 Purple Sesshomaru
Looking for another powerful freeplay deck?
While another Inuyasha deck may boast more power, Purple takes the crown for freeplay mastery. The deck’s overwhelmingly strongest free-play character is the six-cost Sesshomaru
Sesshomaru (009)
UE23BT: Inuyasha • Super Rare
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Assuming you have played a character from your sideline this turn, he’s a 5000 BP Impact 1 character. That’s a solid collection of stats for any attacker. However, he’s also a powerful defender with the 4500 BP edging out incoming 4000 BP characters for defense.
Meanwhile, the really strong play here is into the free-play. Sesshomaru can play a three-cost character from your sideline set to resting on your field, unlocking plenty of strong plays.
Yet for all of that, I can’t help but feel like the six energy cost required to play this big guy is a little high. At five energy-cost, this specific mix of Impact, 5000 BP, and free-play would feel much stronger.
While there are other powerful free-play mechanics in this deck, the strongest is to combine them with the two-cost Rin and the five-cost Sesshomaru with Damage 2.
Indeed, the Damage 2 Sesshomaru free-plays as well, so you could realistically use him to field the Rin, switch your Damage 2 behemoth to active, and swing four double damage the very turn it is played
Is Sesshomaru the strongest deck in the world? Not even close. But it’s a fun one. With insane freeplay effects and powerful aggression, you’re likely to see this one showing up in the top 32 of even regional-level tournaments, if not necessarily a new meta staple.
#1 Red Inuyasha
Given the incredible popularity of the Red Chainsaw Man deck since it released, I’d be willing to bet Red Inuyasha is going to be insanely popular among players as well. Indeed Red Inuyasha is in some ways even stronger than Red Chainsaw Man.
While it lacks some of the tricks that deck has at its disposal (not to mention Power’s removal), what Red Inuyasha does do better is its ability to rapidly fill your board with powerful characters.
Case in point: look no further than four-cost Kagome.
Kagome Higurashi (066)
UE23BT: Inuyasha • Super Rare
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Kagome has a powerful built-in freeplay that really makes this card a powerful supporting Raid to Inuyasha. The When Played is the most important ability to look out for here, but the Activate:Main is also strong. Use this effect to sneak attacks in, put pressure on your opponent, or even combo it with the Koga who will switch to active and stay on the field the turn it is played.
And while Red Inuyasha may not have any removal built-in directly, it does have pseudo removal thanks to the Damage 2 Inuyasha.
Inuyasha (044)
UE23BT: Inuyasha • Uncommon
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This is a very interesting and very strong card. Coming in active with Damage 2 at just four energy cost is pretty incredible. That alone will put tremendous pressure on your opponent who will be forced to block rather than take such big hits.
The only drawback for this card doesn’t feel meaningful enough to be an issue. If Inuyasha doesn’t have a card underneath him, then he can’t block. However, you can counter that effect with relative ease – just put a Special from your sideline under the character and you’re good.
There are many, many more interesting combos in this deck that focus primarily on switching your Inuyasha to resting to unlock effects, but truly no card is stronger than the Inuyasha Raid itself.
Inuyasha (046)
UE23BT: Inuyasha • Super Rare
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Raid Inuyasha acts as a multipurpose tool, letting you switch between Double Attack the turn he is played and an Impact 1 5000 BP attacker after. It’s a surprisingly refreshingly brute-force approach to battle that works in this otherwise very modern deck.
Ultimately, while like of straight-up removal inhibits this deck just the slightest, its overwhelming aggressive power, utility, and freeplay mechanics make it top tier in the UNION ARENA English version – and likely a top choice for competitive players who will love the thrill of power this deck affords.
