Should You Pull For SSR Sasami Anshinzawa And SR Tamamo Cross In Umamusume: Pretty Derby?

Cliff Bryant

Sun, February 8, 2026 at 1:01 PM UTC

SSR Sasami Anshinzawa, Tracen Academy's esteemed yet often dangerous acupuncturist, recently arrived in Umamusume: Pretty Derby as a "Friendship" card! Her spotlight banner also features the debut of SR Tamamo Cross (Guts), with the banner lasting from February 5 until February 14, 10:00 PM UTC. Let's take a closer look at this seemingly mysterious card, discover what it provides, and discuss whether this is worth pulling for.

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SSR Sasami Anshinzawa Stats And Skills

Like many friendship cards, such as SSR Riko Kashimoto and Tazuna Hayakawa , SSR Sasami grants high amounts of energy, mood-up events, and some generic stats. However, unlike the cards previously mentioned, Sasami also provides several negative skills and ample mood-down events.

	Featured Gold Skill	Effect
	Nothing Ventured	Greatly increase velocity in the second half of the race, but also greatly increase fatigue sometimes.

While this skill grants a massive boost to speed, it's entirely random during the second half of the race, giving it a chance to become useless when it activates during the last spurt section. To make things worse, there is a 30% chance that [Nothing Ventured] reduces stamina equivalent to two [Murmurs] or a 10% chance of losing twice that much.

	Event Skill	Effect
	Wallflower	Moderately decrease performance when many other runners are using the same strategy.
	Corner Recovery ×	Moderately lose endurance on a corner with inefficient turning.
	Risky Business	Moderately increase velocity in the second half of the race, but also greatly increase fatigue sometimes.
	Running Idle	Moderately increase fatigue when in the lead by too large of a margin.
	Uma Stan	Slightly increase velocity when close to many runners.

SR Tamamo Cross Stats And Skills

Unique Perk

Skill Point Bonus - 1
Initial Guts - 20

Card Effects

Friendship Bonus - 20%
Training Effectiveness - 15%
Hint Levels - 2
Hint Frequency - 40%
Initial Power - 20
Initial Friendship Gauge - 20
Specialty Priority - 60
Guts Bonus - 1

Stats at Level 45 (MLB)

This card would have been fantastic in the upcoming third scenario if it possessed at least 10% Race Bonus, but we can't have everything in Umamusume. Despite having a couple of strong stats, it's a bit short on Friendship Bonus and completely lacks any Mood Effect. However, it's one of the few SR cards with 15% Training Effectiveness.

Event Skill	Effect	Notes
Pace Chaser Corners ○	Slightly increase velocity on a corner. (Pace Chaser)	Top option from her second chain event.
Late Surger Corners ○	Slightly increase velocity on a corner. (Late Surger)	Bottom option from her second chain event.
Calm in a Crowd	Slightly recover endurance when surrounded mid-race.	Top option from one of her random events.

	Hint Skill	Effect
	Rosy Outlook	Slightly decrease fatigue when positioned toward the front mid-race. (Medium)
	Soft Step	Slightly decrease fatigue when moving sideways. (Medium)
	Medium Corners ○	Slightly increase velocity on a corner. (Medium)
	1,500,000 CC	Slightly increase velocity on an uphill. (Late Surger)
	Thunderbolt Step	Moderately avoid becoming surrounded for a medium duration when positioned toward the back mid-race. (Medium)
	Frenzied Late Surgers	Increase time needed for late surgers to calm down when they become rushed.
	Flustered Late Surgers	Slightly increase fatigue for late surgers mid-race.

Should You Pull Analysis

SSR Sasami Anshinzawa

Strengths

High energy output
Potentially high skill point output

Weaknesses

Several RNG events
Most events can reduce mood, some reduce energy
Terrible Gold Skill
All skills have downsides, except for [Uma Stan]

SSR Sasami is essentially a troll/gimmick card that's intended as a way for her acupuncture event to appear frequently outside of the URA scenario. Her original random event was a gambling event that offered five options, each with varying success rates, bonuses, and specific downsides upon failure. Her SSR Card builds upon her chaotic nature, then cranks it up several magnitudes higher.

SR Tamamo Cross

Strengths

Good Specialty Priority at 60
Has 15% Training Effectiveness
Has events for [Pace Chaser Corners ○] and [Late Surger Corners ○]

Weaknesses

Unusable in MANT due to lack of Race Bonus
Guts cards are not optimal in Unity Cup

SR Tamamo Cross has the issue of having strong stats but lacks the exact one required for Guts cards to excel, particularly in the following career scenario. Unity Cup's energy-hungry mechanic generally favors Wit cards, while Guts cards suffer due to having much higher energy costs. In MANT, Guts cards with race bonuses excel due to their efficiency in training multiple stats at a single facility.

This places Tamamo Cross at an impasse, although she might have been more viable if she had been released before the Unity Cup scenario.

Rating

SSR Sasami Anshinzawa - 0.5/5

SR Tamamo Cross - 2/5

F2P Value - Please Don't

SSR Sasami often has no business being in most trainers' decks, but some might be dearly missing her gambling opportunities. For SR Tamamo Cross, her card is now available in the standard SR Pool, so you don't have to pull on this banner to obtain her. In general, sniping for SR rate-up cards is inadvisable since you can't "spark" them, and the rate-up isn't significant enough with the chances still being low.

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