Champions of Kamigawa

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Mindblaze
Sorcery

Choose a nonland card name and a number greater than 0. Target player reveals their library. If that library contains exactly the chosen number of cards with the chosen name, Mindblaze deals 8 damage to that player. Then that player shuffles.

Myojin of Infinite Rage
Legendary Creature — Spirit

Myojin of Infinite Rage enters with a divinity counter on it if you cast it from your hand.

Myojin of Infinite Rage has indestructible as long as it has a divinity counter on it.

Remove a divinity counter from Myojin of Infinite Rage: Destroy all lands.

7/4
Ore Gorger
Creature — Spirit

Whenever you cast a Spirit or Arcane spell, you may destroy target nonbasic land.

"We've stumbled upon a network of caves not on our maps. We can only hope it is safe to spend the night."

—Lost Battalion, message to General Takeno

3/1
Pain Kami
Creature — Spirit

, Sacrifice this creature: It deals X damage to target creature.

"All kami are our enemies now, A very tough lesson to learn. But it's one that's taken quickly, When you feel what it's like to burn!"

—Ku-Ku, akki poet

2/2
Ronin Houndmaster
Creature — Human Samurai

Haste

Bushido 1 (Whenever this creature blocks or becomes blocked, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)

Some samurai fell so far out of grace that only dogs would keep them company.

2/2
Ryusei, the Falling Star
Legendary Creature — Dragon Spirit

Flying

When Ryusei dies, it deals 5 damage to each creature without flying.

5/5
Shimatsu the Bloodcloaked
Legendary Creature — Demon Spirit

As Shimatsu enters, sacrifice any number of permanents. Shimatsu enters with that many +1/+1 counters on it.

Their dominion over dark and destructive forces twisted the oni into beings of pure malevolence.

0/0
Sideswipe
Instant

You may change any targets of target Arcane spell.

Hisoka's wizards struggled for years to master the art of redirection that came so naturally to the shamans of Ganzan Pass.

Sokenzan Bruiser
Creature — Ogre Warrior

Mountainwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Mountain.)

"We camped near the Sokenzan Mountains. Though I know its inhabitants are sparse, I hear cries coming from the highest peaks every night, as if the mountains themselves bellow for vengeance."

—Lost Battalion, message to General Takeno

3/3
Soul of Magma
Creature — Spirit

Whenever you cast a Spirit or Arcane spell, this creature deals 1 damage to target creature.

"In every other mind, the battle was lost. General Takeno alone was not touched by despair. Drawing his blade, he was attack and rallying cry in one."

Battle of Akagi River: A Survivor's Tale

2/2
Soulblast
Instant

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice all creatures you control.

Soulblast deals damage to any target equal to the total power of the sacrificed creatures.

Stone Rain
Sorcery

Destroy target land.

"The kami struck with gouts of fire, showers of rock, and the combined rage of the spirit world. Only Eiganjo Castle remained standing, glistening untouched in the sun."

The History of Kamigawa

Strange Inversion
Instant — Arcane

Switch target creature's power and toughness until end of turn.

Splice onto Arcane (As you cast an Arcane spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card's effects to that spell.)

Through the Breach
Instant — Arcane

You may put a creature card from your hand onto the battlefield. That creature gains haste. Sacrifice that creature at the beginning of the next end step.

Splice onto Arcane (As you cast an Arcane spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card's effects to that spell.)

Tide of War
Enchantment

Whenever one or more creatures block, flip a coin. If you win the flip, each blocking creature is sacrificed by its controller. If you lose the flip, each blocked creature is sacrificed by its controller.

Uncontrollable Anger
Enchantment — Aura

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and attacks each combat if able.

To an akki warrior, gravity is the direction of the nearest unsmashed face.

Unearthly Blizzard
Sorcery — Arcane

Up to three target creatures can't block this turn.

"We are trapped. The mountains and blinding kami storms have made us hopelessly lost. We are starving. In the name of all things sacred, please, send help . . . ."

—Lost Battalion, final message to General Takeno

Unnatural Speed
Instant — Arcane

Target creature gains haste until end of turn.

"How can we hope to match the speed of lightning? The fury of storms? The power of mountains? The answer is simple. We cannot. I advise against this war."

—Sensei Hisoka, letter to Lord Konda

Yamabushi's Flame
Instant

Yamabushi's Flame deals 3 damage to any target. If a creature dealt damage this way would die this turn, exile it instead.

Yamabushi's Storm
Sorcery

Yamabushi's Storm deals 1 damage to each creature. If a creature dealt damage this way would die this turn, exile it instead.

Zo-Zu the Punisher
Legendary Creature — Goblin Warrior

Whenever a land enters, Zo-Zu deals 2 damage to that land's controller.

"He can cause a lot of pain and do it with no fuss. That's all good, but I just wish he didn't do it to us!"

—Ku-Ku, akki poet

2/2
Azusa, Lost but Seeking
Legendary Creature — Human Monk

You may play two additional lands on each of your turns.

"I do not miss Jukai Forest. It is not my home. My home is Kamigawa, its people my family. Wherever I set my pack and rest my head, I am home."

1/2
Budoka Gardener
Creature — Human Monk

: You may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield. If you control ten or more lands, flip this creature.

2/1
Dokai, Weaver of Life
Legendary Creature — Human Monk

, : Create an X/X green Elemental creature token, where X is the number of lands you control.

3/3
Burr Grafter
Creature — Spirit

Sacrifice this creature: Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

Soulshift 3 (When this creature dies, you may return target Spirit card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to your hand.)

2/2
Commune with Nature
Sorcery

Look at the top five cards of your library. You may reveal a creature card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

Dosan the Falling Leaf
Legendary Creature — Human Monk

Players can cast spells only during their own turns.

"Each night as Master Dosan prays to the kami, the hate he receives in return withers his body a little more. Though the kami are slowly killing him, still he continues his prayers."

—Meditation journal of a young budoka

2/2
Dripping-Tongue Zubera
Creature — Zubera Spirit

When this creature dies, create a 1/1 colorless Spirit creature token for each Zubera that died this turn.

When the Honden of Life's Web was destroyed, its attendants swarmed Kamigawa to ensure mortal defeat.

1/2
Feast of Worms
Sorcery — Arcane

Destroy target land. If that land was legendary, its controller sacrifices another land of their choice.

"The dust beneath our feet was once part of a mighty civilization. Shall we too provide the path for a future generation?"

—Sensei Golden-Tail

Feral Deceiver
Creature — Spirit

: Look at the top card of your library.

: Reveal the top card of your library. If it's a land card, this creature gets +2/+2 and gains trample until end of turn. Activate only once each turn.

3/2
Gale Force
Sorcery

Gale Force deals 5 damage to each creature with flying.

Everything the kami had done, they did with more force. Gentle breezes became typhoons, rolling rivers turned to crushing rapids, and gentle growth became overnight masses of thorns and vines.

Glimpse of Nature
Sorcery

Whenever you cast a creature spell this turn, draw a card.

Dosan sat in repose for many hours. He made no motion, no sound at all. And as he sat, nature revealed itself to him.

Hana Kami
Creature — Spirit

, Sacrifice this creature: Return target Arcane card from your graveyard to your hand.

It grew in lands lit by pride and watered by tears.

1/1
Heartbeat of Spring
Enchantment

Whenever a player taps a land for mana, that player adds one mana of any type that land produced.

"It is true that we monks hold the key to paradise, but most don't understand that the paradise we guard is the one within."

—Diary of Azusa

Honden of Life's Web
Legendary Enchantment — Shrine

At the beginning of your upkeep, create a 1/1 colorless Spirit creature token for each Shrine you control.

To the sorrow of all, its web became a net that strangled those who helped weave it.

Humble Budoka
Creature — Human Monk

Shroud (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities.)

Each time wanderers entered the forest seeking enlightenment, Dosan was there, waiting for them to arrive.

2/2
Iname, Life Aspect
Legendary Creature — Spirit

When Iname dies, you may exile it. If you do, return any number of target Spirit cards from your graveyard to your hand.

Iname rejoices in the dawn of a new life, but soon becomes jealous of the simple joys denied him by his station. So the cycle begins anew.

4/4
Joyous Respite
Sorcery — Arcane

You gain 1 life for each land you control.

"I have been gifted by the kami with long life. So far, they have not seen fit to withdraw their gift. There may yet be a way to stop the killing without more blood, human or kami, being spilled."

—Dosan the Falling Leaf

Jugan, the Rising Star
Legendary Creature — Dragon Spirit

Flying

When Jugan dies, you may distribute five +1/+1 counters among any number of target creatures.

5/5
Jukai Messenger
Creature — Human Monk

Forestwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Forest.)

Dosan's monks, deep in spiritual thought, could walk through the thickest of forests without leaving a mark, even the leaves beneath their feet unaffected by their passing.

1/1
Kami of the Hunt
Creature — Spirit

Whenever you cast a Spirit or Arcane spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

"Don't worry, Jiro. The kami would never attack us this close to home . . . . Jiro?"

—Hoto, temple guardian, last words

2/2
Kashi-Tribe Reaver
Creature — Snake Warrior

Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a creature, tap that creature and it doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

: Regenerate this creature.

3/2
Kashi-Tribe Warriors
Creature — Snake Warrior

Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a creature, tap that creature and it doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

The orochi and the monks had always had an unspoken agreement: live and let live. But when the kami began raging, some warrior youths began questioning that agreement.

2/4
Kodama of the North Tree
Legendary Creature — Spirit

Trample

Shroud (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities.)

"The monks of the North Tree rarely saw their kodama until the Kami War, when it woke like a slumbering, angry bear."

—"Poem of the Five Trees"

6/4
Kodama of the South Tree
Legendary Creature — Spirit

Whenever you cast a Spirit or Arcane spell, each other creature you control gets +1/+1 and gains trample until end of turn.

"The monks of the South Tree had always reveled beneath their kodama's friendly gaze. During the Kami War, this gaze became fierce and full of hate."

—"Poem of the Five Trees"

4/4
Kodama's Might
Instant — Arcane

Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

Splice onto Arcane (As you cast an Arcane spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card's effects to that spell.)

Kodama's Reach
Sorcery — Arcane

Search your library for up to two basic land cards, reveal those cards, put one onto the battlefield tapped and the other into your hand, then shuffle.

"The land grows only where the kami will it."

—Dosan the Falling Leaf

Lure
Enchantment — Aura

Enchant creature

All creatures able to block enchanted creature do so.

Jukai Forest was known for its secrets, which drew in many wayfarers and wizards. But it was those same secrets that kept most of those seekers from ever being heard from again.

Matsu-Tribe Decoy
Creature — Snake Warrior

: Target creature blocks this creature this turn if able.

Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a creature, tap that creature and it doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

1/3
Moss Kami
Creature — Spirit

Trample

Kami manifest in the form of whatever they embody in the physical plane. Some tower in the shape of moss or bark, while others take forms beyond mortal imagining.

5/5
Myojin of Life's Web
Legendary Creature — Spirit

Myojin of Life's Web enters with a divinity counter on it if you cast it from your hand.

Myojin of Life's Web has indestructible as long as it has a divinity counter on it.

Remove a divinity counter from Myojin of Life's Web: Put any number of creature cards from your hand onto the battlefield.

8/8
Nature's Will
Enchantment

Whenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, tap all lands that player controls and untap all lands you control.

"Without the kami to speak to nature on our behalf, we must beg help from nature directly."

—Seshiro the Anointed

Orbweaver Kumo
Creature — Spirit

Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)

Whenever you cast a Spirit or Arcane spell, this creature gains forestwalk until end of turn. (It can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Forest.)

3/4
Order of the Sacred Bell
Creature — Human Monk

"Our bodies are weak compared to those of the kami, our knowledge limited, and our magic poor. Yet we draw breath. That alone is reason to hope."

4/3
Orochi Eggwatcher
Creature — Snake Shaman

, : Create a 1/1 green Snake creature token. If you control ten or more creatures, flip this creature.

1/1
Shidako, Broodmistress
Legendary Creature — Snake Shaman

, Sacrifice a creature: Target creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn.

3/3
Orochi Leafcaller
Creature — Snake Shaman

: Add one mana of any color.

"Only orochi hatched from eggs 'touched by the kami' may become shamans. These days, there are fewer and fewer new shamans being born."

1/1
Orochi Ranger
Creature — Snake Warrior Ranger

Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a creature, tap that creature and it doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

"The young come to me, confused. They have been taught to respect the kami, and now they must fight them? I do not know what to say."

—Sachi, to her father

2/1
Orochi Sustainer
Creature — Snake Shaman

: Add .

"Nothing is the same anymore. The forests are not as lush, the waters not as pure, the air not as clear. Without the kami to direct and sustain the forces of nature, it's only a matter of time before we feel their neglect."

1/2
Rootrunner
Creature — Spirit

, Sacrifice this creature: Put target land on top of its owner's library.

Soulshift 3 (When this creature dies, you may return target Spirit card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to your hand.)

3/3
Sachi, Daughter of Seshiro
Legendary Creature — Snake Shaman

Other Snake creatures you control get +0/+1.

Shamans you control have ": Add ."

"The warriors deal in poison and fangs. We shamans remember why our ancestors crawled with their bellies to the earth."

1/3
Sakura-Tribe Elder
Creature — Snake Shaman

Sacrifice this creature: Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

There were no tombstones in orochi territory. Slain warriors were buried with a tree sapling, so they would become a part of the forest after death.

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