Champions Of Kamigawa Magic The Gathering Cards

Champions of Kamigawa is the name of the Magic: The Gathering expansion set released October 1, 2004. The first set of the Kamigawa block, it set the stage for the block's story, which was inspired by Japanese myths and revolves around the battle between spirits (kami) and living beings.

The set's expansion symbol is a torii, the entrance to the Shinto temple. This is especially important, as Kamigawa's original idea was summed up as "Shinto gone horribly wrong": Kami warring against their human worshippers.

Champions of Kamigawa introduced several new mechanics to the game:

• Arcane spells - some spells (instants or sorceries) have the Arcane subtype, which represent spells or abilities used by the kami in the War. It does nothing by itself, but other cards may interact with it (see below).
• Spirits - Due to the nature of Kamigawa, this block contains a large proportion of creatures with the subtype Spirit. These spirits represent the kami themselves, and numerous spells and permanents in the block interact with them in special ways to provide synergy.
• Bushido, or "way of the warrior", makes the creature tougher when it combats another creature (more specifically, the creature gets % 2BX/% 2BX when it blocks or gets blocked, where "X" is the number of Bushido points the creature has. This is usually compared to flanking, which weakens (-1/-1) the blockers of the creature.)
• Heroes - A nickname for a series of cards that flip when particular conditions are met (for example, when it deals damage to the opponent), becoming more powerful and legendary.
• Soulshift keyword appears on Spirit creatures and allows them to return another Spirit creature from the graveyard to its owner's hand when they perish.
• Splice onto Arcane - the spells having this keyword could be "attached" to another spell having Arcane subtype for additional mana investment. The spell 'spliced' remains in the player's hand able to be reused another time.
• "Spiritcraft" - Many spirits have abilities which trigger when another Spirit or an Arcane spell is played.
  

Champions of Kamigawa introduced changes to two common creature types. The Legend creature type was replaced with the Legendary supertype; the Wall creature type was freed from the rules that associated that prevented it from attacking. Each Wall creature was changed to the new Defender keyword which prevents them from attacking, allowing for a simpler use of the "wall" type creature across different creature types. For example, this allowed for the Lorwyn changelings, which have all creature types. Under the old rules, changelings would not be able to attack, through sheer benefit of being walls.

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Cardname
Akki Avalanchers	1234567
Akki Coalflinger	1234567
Akki Lavarunner	12345
Akki Rockspeaker	12345678
Akki Underminer	12345
Ashen-Skin Zubera	12345
Aura of Dominion	12345678910
Azami, Lady of Scrolls	12
Azusa, Lost but Seeking
Battle-Mad Ronin	1234567891011
Befoul	12345678910
Ben-Ben, Akki Hermit	12345
Blessed Breath	123456789
Blind with Anger	123456789
Blood Rites	12345678910
Blood Speaker	12345678910
Bloodthirsty Ogre	12345678910
Boseiju, Who Shelters All	12345
Brothers Yamazaki	12345678910
Brutal Deceiver	123456789101112
Budoka Gardener	12345
Burr Grafter	1234567
Bushi Tenderfoot	1234567
Cage of Hands	123456789
Call to Glory	1
Callous Deceiver	12345678910111213141516
Candles' Glow	123456789
Cleanfall	123456789
Cloudcrest Lake	12345
Commune with Nature	123456
Consuming Vortex	123456789101112
Counsel of the Soratami	12345678
Cranial Extraction	1
Cruel Deceiver	1234567
Crushing Pain	1234567891011
Cursed Ronin	123456789101112
Cut the Tethers	12345678910
Dampen Thought	12345678910
Dance of Shadows	123456
Deathcurse Ogre	123456789101112131415
Desperate Ritual
Devoted Retainer	1234567
Devouring Greed	123456789
Devouring Rage	12345678910111213141516
Distress	123
Dosan the Falling Leaf	12345
Dripping-Tongue Zubera	123456
Earthshaker	123456789
Eerie Procession	12345678910
Eiganjo Castle	12345