#numbers 12

Number 12: Crimson Shadow Armor Ninja ———————————————— 2 Level 5 monsters Once per turn, during either player's turn: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card; this turn, face-up "Ninja" monsters you control cannot be destroyed by battle or by card effects. ———————————————— Can Be Found In: Order of Chaos (ORCS-EN042), Star Pack 2013 (SP13-EN030)

With current Decks having all sorts of methods and routes to quickly summon powerful monsters and prepare strong setups, the same can be said to counter them by one or two options. This is nothing different compared to the old days, as the card game provides all sorts of methods to achieve our goals but also to counter them. That's why is often recommended to have some options to protect our cards from the many threats lurking at any moment, not only with the staple countermeasures every Deck can run but also more unique options exclusive to a theme or archetype.

"Number 12: Crimson Shadow Armor Ninja" is a monster that can go from evading all sorts of dangers on its own, to protecting entire fields by the use of its effect. During any turn, "Crimson Shadow" can detach one of its materials to protect all Ninja cards from any destructive sources for a whole turn. This clearly means that a lonely "Crimson Shadow" is able to survive all sorts of battles and effects at any turn is present on our field, but by working along its own archetype can keep our board pressence strong against the many threats menacing not only this monster but the rest of Ninjas.

While a Rank 5 monster isn't that tough to summon, the archetype "Crimson Shadow" belongs unfortunately lacks in options to do so in a consistent way. There are scarce members that can assist on its Xyz Summon with their abilities, ranging from "Earth Armor Ninja" own Special Summon to "Flame Armor Ninja" increasing a Ninja's Level. However, given "Crimson Shadow" doesn't ask for any specific materials, the best option is to mix some cards outside its theme to make its arrival and other potential Rank 5 monsters we can work with more smooth. Monsters like "Cyber Dragon" and "Solar Wind Jammer" will come out from our hand if our field is empty, while effects like "Instant Fusion" and "Brilliant Fusion" will summon Fusion Monsters ready to be used as materials.

The results of "Crimson Shadow" will vary of our field, as can go from a sturdy attacker to protecting entire fields with its ability. The attacks of "Crimson Shadow" will have a fail-safe in case the opponent has a way to turn the battle in their favor, while also working as a sturdy defense by tanking all attacks despite the potential damage we might take in return. But the best situation is when working along the rest of Ninjas, as some valuable members like "Ninja Grandmaster Saizo" and "Yellow Dragon Ninja" will welcome the protection. From avoiding dangerous effects like "Raigeki" to assuring any battles won't ruin our field, "Crimson Shadow" won't take long to activate its effect in good use.

While "Number 12: Crimson Shadow Armor Ninja" has a solid ability to defend itself and the rest of Ninjas, it suffers of several shortcomings that makes it not as important compared to other monsters of its kind. Being a Rank 5 monster in an archetype focused on Level 4 monsters and high Level creatures they can summon with their Ninjitsu Arts, the Deck barely has any chances to Xyz Summon it unless they mix along off-theme options just to assure its arrival. While its effect is undoubtly reliable against all sorts of threats, nowadays there are various options to bypass it by using non-destructive effects. Lastly, the archetype can keep the opponent under control as Ninjitsu Arts along some of their lead monsters work together to achieve a strong board, easily accesible given the many searching options arround them. And even if "Crimson Shadow" has the chance to stand out on its own outside the archetype, is easily overshadowed by other Rank 5 monsters with more dependable and/or powerful abilities. Overall, while far from useless, "Crimson Shadow" is a powerful monster that lost any chances to become a staple pick due the many alternatives surrounding its archetype.

Personal Rating: B+

+ Protects itself and other Ninjas from destructive effects and battles + Chainable effect

Numbers 12:7-8 Link: bible-illustrated.blogspot.rs/2018/03/Nm1207.html

Not so with My servant Moses; He is faithful in all My house. I speak with him face to face, Even plainly, and not in dark sayings; And he sees the form of the Lord. Why then were you not afraid To speak against My servant Moses?”

Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married, for he had married a Cushite woman. 2 And they said, “Has the LORD indeed spoken only through Moses? Has he not spoken through us also?” And the LORD heard it. 3 Now the man Moses was very meek, more than all people who were on the face of the earth. 4 And suddenly the LORD said to Moses and to Aaron and Miriam, “Come out, you three, to the tent of meeting.” And the three of them came out. 5 And the LORD came down in a pillar of cloud and stood at the entrance of the tent and called Aaron and Miriam, and they both came forward. 6 And he said, “Hear my words: If there is a prophet among you, I the LORD make myself known to him in a vision; I speak with him in a dream. 7 Not so with my servant Moses. He is faithful in all my house. 8 With him I speak mouth to mouth, clearly, and not in riddles, and he beholds the form of the LORD. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?” 9 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against them, and he departed.

10 When the cloud removed from over the tent, behold, Miriam was leprous,[a] like snow. And Aaron turned toward Miriam, and behold, she was leprous. 11 And Aaron said to Moses, “Oh, my lord, do not punish us[b] because we have done foolishly and have sinned. 12 Let her not be as one dead, whose flesh is half eaten away when he comes out of his mother's womb.” 13 And Moses cried to the LORD, “O God, please heal her—please.” 14 But the LORD said to Moses, “If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be shamed seven days? Let her be shut outside the camp seven days, and after that she may be brought in again.” 15 So Miriam was shut outside the camp seven days, and the people did not set out on the march till Miriam was brought in again. 16 After that the people set out from Hazeroth, and camped in the wilderness of Paran.

The Voice of GOD is holistic, it serves the Purpose GOD wants it to serve; we learn to recognize it by experience and we can become very comfortable with it. But we don't force it to solve our problems, it is after all a conversation, and a conversation is not something you want to try to force. [20:26] I think if all we ever want & look forward to in life is getting more for ourselves, then we will never be able to hear GOD clearly bc we'll twist it to mean “more for me,” we can see this play out in our thought lives and in the well spring of historic figures who have ended badly.

James 4:4 Do you not know friendship w/ the world is hostility toward GOD? Thus, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of GOD.

John 17:16 They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

2.] The Primacy of the Voice of GOD Miriam and Aaron Oppose Moses [Numbers 12:1-16]

So it’s talking about Moses, and this is one of the most important statements to understand about Moses—because if you didn’t have it, you might not think he was this way. But it says here “The man Moses was very humble, more than any man who was on the face of the Earth.” And that is perhaps the surest way for GOD to speak to you is to be humble because that way HE knows you’re not going to misuse it. But others were not humble, Miriam & Aaron are sort of criticizing him and they start picking away at him about who he married bc he married a cushite woman. And they said v.2 “Has the LORD indeed spoken only through Moses, has HE not spoken through us as well?”

Numbers 12 Numbers 12:1 Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married. Numbers 12:2 And they said, “Has Yahveh really spoken only through Moses? Has he not spoken through us also?” And Yahveh heard it. Numbers 12:3 Now, the man Moses was very meek, more than all people who were on the face of the land. Numbers 12:4 And suddenly Yahveh said to Moses and…

If you want to talk about how Miriam, sister of Moses, the woman with the timbrels, and pied piper of wells, was done absolutely DIRTY by God, the language of Numbers 12, and by Rabbinic interpretation of Numbers 12 hit me up because I just turned in an essay late about it and am STILL incensed about how poorly this woman was treated.

my tl;dr

- Miriam and her brother try and give moses some constructive criticism

- God gets mad that they had the Audacity to talk shit to his special boy,,, they were giving constructive criticism “too aggressively”

- like can you get mad at people for trying to hold their leaders to higher standards, even if they were wrong about the criticism, they were trying to be moral

- umm god Punishes ONLY Miriam with leprosy, not her brother who was RIGHT BESIDE HER doing all the “aggressive” parts of delivering the criticism

- she has to be exiled from her community for 7 days because she behaved disobedient daughter and a father figure - god -  “needs” to make sure that she is publicly shamed for trying giving constructive criticism (we are literally shaming women for being too loud)

- Midrash tries to explain away the punishment by calling only Miriam a gossip

- uhhh yeah and then all the reasons Aaron wasn’t punished were by virtue of him being the high priest, like maybe if the priesthood wasn’t cut off from women Miriam wouldn’t have gotten leprosy