Madara stated himself that he awakened his rinnegan before death, but i dont know whether to count those techniques he used during his edo tensei. So hey hes got rinnegan before and after his death so i think you could count those in.
Yup, I'm aware of that.
But when one says Madara in his prime, I tend to think of him in his EMS state, like during his fight with Hashirama at the Valley of the End.
That's why I didn't want to put Mokuton and the Rinnegan in the comparison.
For some reason I think Senjuu DNA + Rinnegan Madara was too fragile to be able to stand up against his former EMS state, seeing that he died shortly after awakening his new eyes.
Plus, I'd like to compare Sasuke to Madara with no extras (other than his brothers' eyes, which they both now have). :shrug: