Adamaro, First to Desire

Legendary Creature - Spirit

Adamaro, First to Desire's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in the hand of the opponent with the most cards in hand.

"Beware Adamaro! In him all pain and anger is perfected."
-Isao, Enlightened Bushi

Akki Drillmaster

Creature - Goblin Shaman

: Target creature gains haste until end of turn.

"What part of 'hayaku ikee!' did you not understand?"

Akki Underling

Creature - Goblin Warrior

As long as you have seven or more cards in hand, Akki Underling gets +2/+1 and has first strike.

"I lost my hounds in the war and thus found myself employing akki as servants. I found their training to be remarkably similar."
-Kensuke, houndmaster

Akuta, Born of Ash

Legendary Creature - Spirit

Haste

At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have more cards in hand than each opponent, you may sacrifice a Swamp. If you do, return Akuta, Born of Ash from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Araba Mothrider

Creature - Human Samurai

Flying

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

"My finest creations are fashioned after the moths of Eiganjo. They fly higher, faster, and more gracefully than any of my own designs."
-Noboru, master kitemaker

Arashi, the Sky Asunder

Legendary Creature - Spirit

, : Arashi, the Sky Asunder deals X damage to target creature with flying.

Channel - , Discard Arashi: Arashi deals X damage to each creature with flying.

Ayumi, the Last Visitor

Legendary Creature - Spirit

Legendary landwalk

Before Shinka's walls were built, before the torii at Okina stood, she was there, tall and proud against the sky, and she will be there long after they have fallen into dust.

Bounteous Kirin

Legendary Creature - Kirin Spirit

Flying

Whenever you cast a Spirit or Arcane spell, you may gain life equal to that spell's converted mana cost.

Even the most benevolent and life-giving of kami joined the war against the mortal world, but only with heavy and sorrowful hearts.

Briarknit Kami

Creature - Spirit

Whenever you cast a Spirit or Arcane spell, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.

One thorn to warn, ten thorns to defend, a hundred thorns to destroy.

Burning-Eye Zubera

Creature - Zubera Spirit

When Burning-Eye Zubera dies, if 4 or more damage was dealt to it this turn, Burning-Eye Zubera deals 3 damage to target creature or player.

Celestial Kirin

Legendary Creature - Kirin Spirit

Flying

Whenever you cast a Spirit or Arcane spell, destroy all permanents with that spell's converted mana cost.

All bow at its visitation-some in awe, some in honor, some in fear.

Cloudhoof Kirin

Legendary Creature - Kirin Spirit

Flying

Whenever you cast a Spirit or Arcane spell, you may have target player put the top X cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard, where X is that spell's converted mana cost.

Deathknell Kami

Creature - Spirit

Flying

: Deathknell Kami gets +1/+1 until end of turn. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.

Soulshift 1 (When this creature dies, you may return target Spirit card with converted mana cost 1 or less from your graveyard to your hand.)

Deathmask Nezumi

Creature - Rat Shaman

As long as you have seven or more cards in hand, Deathmask Nezumi gets +2/+1 and has fear. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)

"We had him cornered, we did . . . and, well, you know what they say about rats."
-Araba patrol survivor

Descendant of Kiyomaro

Creature - Human Soldier

As long as you have more cards in hand than each opponent, Descendant of Kiyomaro gets +1/+2 and has "Whenever this creature deals combat damage, you gain 3 life."

"The blood of Kiyomaro flows in my veins. He did not let Eiganjo fall and neither shall I."

Descendant of Masumaro

Creature - Human Monk

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a +1/+1 counter on Descendant of Masumaro for each card in your hand, then remove a +1/+1 counter from Descendant of Masumaro for each card in target opponent's hand.

Descendant of Soramaro

Creature - Human Wizard

: Look at the top X cards of your library, where X is the number of cards in your hand, then put them back in any order.

"Soramaro speaks through me. Listen! And I will tell the wisdom of the ancestors."

Dreamcatcher

Creature - Spirit

Whenever you cast a Spirit or Arcane spell, you may sacrifice Dreamcatcher. If you do, draw a card.

"Be careful where your mind wanders. Even in the quietest moments, the kami are listening, and your thoughts give them shape."
-Lady Azami

Eiganjo Free-Riders

Creature - Human Soldier

Flying

At the beginning of your upkeep, return a white creature you control to its owner's hand.

"The air filled with dust and the sound of wingbeats. The mothriders had joined the fray."
-Great Battles of Kamigawa

Elder Pine of Jukai

Creature - Spirit

Whenever you cast a Spirit or Arcane spell, reveal the top three cards of your library. Put all land cards revealed this way into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

Soulshift 2 (When this creature dies, you may return target Spirit card with converted mana cost 2 or less from your graveyard to your hand.)

Erayo, Soratami Ascendant

Legendary Creature - Moonfolk Monk

Flying

Whenever the fourth spell of a turn is cast, flip Erayo, Soratami Ascendant.

Fiddlehead Kami

Creature - Spirit

Whenever you cast a Spirit or Arcane spell, regenerate Fiddlehead Kami.

"Like a riddle, it unwinds.
Like a green wind, it reaches out.
Like a sudden guilt, it seizes."
-Snow Fur, kitsune poet

Ghost-Lit Nourisher

Creature - Spirit

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

Channel - , Discard Ghost-Lit Nourisher: Target creature gets +4/+4 until end of turn.

Ghost-Lit Raider

Creature - Spirit

, : Ghost-Lit Raider deals 2 damage to target creature.

Channel - , Discard Ghost-Lit Raider: Ghost-Lit Raider deals 4 damage to target creature.

Ghost-Lit Redeemer

Creature - Spirit

, : You gain 2 life.

Channel - , Discard Ghost-Lit Redeemer: You gain 4 life.

Ghost-Lit Stalker

Creature - Spirit

, : Target player discards two cards. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery.

Channel - , Discard Ghost-Lit Stalker: Target player discards four cards. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery.

Ghost-Lit Warder

Creature - Spirit

, : Counter target spell unless its controller pays .

Channel - , Discard Ghost-Lit Warder: Counter target spell unless its controller pays .

Glitterfang

Creature - Spirit

Haste

At the beginning of the end step, return Glitterfang to its owner's hand.

"Through the veil's rip spilled hundreds of minor kami, rushing over the battlefield like embers from a kicked campfire. Then they were gone."
-Great Battles of Kamigawa

Gnat Miser

Creature - Rat Shaman

Each opponent's maximum hand size is reduced by one.

Nezumi insect-shamans enjoyed solitary lives, which was fortunate since no other nezumi could stand to live within half a mile of their foul stench.

Godo's Irregulars

Creature - Human Warrior

: Godo's Irregulars deals 1 damage to target creature blocking it.

Godo trained their muscles and honed their skills, but he left their hearts wild and empty.

Hand of Cruelty

Creature - Human Samurai

Protection from white

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

"The sword is just a tool. It is the samurai's hand that delivers death."

Hand of Honor

Creature - Human Samurai

Protection from black

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

"The sword is just a tool. It is the samurai's hand that brings it to life."

Haru-Onna

Creature - Spirit

When Haru-Onna enters the battlefield, draw a card.

Whenever you cast a Spirit or Arcane spell, you may return Haru-Onna to its owner's hand.

Homura, Human Ascendant

Legendary Creature - Human Monk

Homura, Human Ascendant can't block.

When Homura dies, return it to the battlefield flipped.

Iizuka the Ruthless

Legendary Creature - Human Samurai

Bushido 2 (When this blocks or becomes blocked, it gets +2/+2 until end of turn.)

, Sacrifice a Samurai: Samurai creatures you control gain double strike until end of turn.

Iname as One

Legendary Creature - Spirit

When Iname as One enters the battlefield, if you cast it from your hand, you may search your library for a Spirit permanent card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle your library.

When Iname as One dies, you may exile it. If you do, return target Spirit permanent card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Infernal Kirin

Legendary Creature - Kirin Spirit

Flying

Whenever you cast a Spirit or Arcane spell, target player reveals his or her hand and discards all cards with that spell's converted mana cost.

The kirin bellowed-an echoing, twisted parody of its once-inspirational call.

Inner-Chamber Guard

Creature - Human Samurai

Bushido 2 (When this blocks or becomes blocked, it gets +2/+2 until end of turn.)

"It seems that each time I visit Lord Konda his guards are more on edge, perhaps even more eager for the war to reach them."
-Masako the Humorless

Jiwari, the Earth Aflame

Legendary Creature - Spirit

, : Jiwari, the Earth Aflame deals X damage to target creature without flying.

Channel - , Discard Jiwari: Jiwari deals X damage to each creature without flying.

Kagemaro, First to Suffer

Legendary Creature - Demon Spirit

Kagemaro, First to Suffer's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand.

, Sacrifice Kagemaro: All creatures get -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the number of cards in your hand.

Kaho, Minamo Historian

Legendary Creature - Human Wizard

When Kaho, Minamo Historian enters the battlefield, search your library for up to three instant cards and exile them. Then shuffle your library.

, : You may cast a card with converted mana cost X exiled with Kaho without paying its mana cost.

Kami of Empty Graves

Creature - Spirit

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

Kami of the Crescent Moon

Legendary Creature - Spirit

At the beginning of each player's draw step, that player draws an additional card.

"He's a lot like me, that masterless little kami . . . unimpressed by grandeur and never at a loss for a trick."
-Toshiro Umezawa

Kami of the Tended Garden

Creature - Spirit

At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Kami of the Tended Garden unless you pay .

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

Kashi-Tribe Elite

Creature - Snake Warrior

Legendary Snakes you control have shroud. (They can't be the targets of spells or abilities.)

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

Kataki, War's Wage

Legendary Creature - Spirit

All artifacts have "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this artifact unless you pay ."

"Before the war, we prayed to Kataki to sharpen our swords and harden our armor. Without his blessing our weapons are all but useless against the kami hordes."
-Kenzo the Hardhearted

Kemuri-Onna

Creature - Spirit

When Kemuri-Onna enters the battlefield, target player discards a card.

Whenever you cast a Spirit or Arcane spell, you may return Kemuri-Onna to its owner's hand.

Kiri-Onna

Creature - Spirit

When Kiri-Onna enters the battlefield, return target creature to its owner's hand.

Whenever you cast a Spirit or Arcane spell, you may return Kiri-Onna to its owner's hand.

Kitsune Bonesetter

Creature - Fox Cleric

: Prevent the next 3 damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn. Activate this ability only if you have more cards in hand than each opponent.

"He kept generations whole before the Kami War, and now he turns his century of wisdom to healing the latest casualties."
-Eight-and-a-Half-Tails

Kitsune Dawnblade

Creature - Fox Samurai

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

When Kitsune Dawnblade enters the battlefield, you may tap target creature.

Kitsune Loreweaver

Creature - Fox Cleric

: Kitsune Loreweaver gets +0/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of cards in your hand.

"Know your history. The lessons of the past will shield you in times of doubt."

Kiyomaro, First to Stand

Legendary Creature - Spirit

Kiyomaro, First to Stand's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand.

As long as you have four or more cards in hand, Kiyomaro has vigilance.

Whenever Kiyomaro deals damage, if you have seven or more cards in hand, you gain 7 life.

Kuon, Ogre Ascendant

Legendary Creature - Ogre Monk

At the beginning of the end step, if three or more creatures died this turn, flip Kuon, Ogre Ascendant.

Kuro's Taken

Creature - Rat Samurai

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

: Regenerate Kuro's Taken.

Simple bargains are the most tempting, and oni bargains are the simplest of all: eternal life for eternal service.

Locust Miser

Creature - Rat Shaman

Each opponent's maximum hand size is reduced by two.

"They're numerous, attack in swarms, and are always hungry. No wonder we rats hold such a kinship with them."

Maga, Traitor to Mortals

Legendary Creature - Human Wizard

Maga, Traitor to Mortals enters the battlefield with X +1/+1 counters on it.

When Maga enters the battlefield, target player loses life equal to the number of +1/+1 counters on it.

Masumaro, First to Live

Legendary Creature - Spirit

Masumaro, First to Live's power and toughness are each equal to twice the number of cards in your hand.

"In the waning moments of war, humanity's most ancient ancestors return. But whose side shall they make their own?"
-Isao, Enlightened Bushi

Matsu-Tribe Birdstalker

Creature - Snake Warrior Archer

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

: Matsu-Tribe Birdstalker gains reach until end of turn. (It can block creatures with flying.)

Michiko Konda, Truth Seeker

Legendary Creature - Human Advisor

Whenever a source an opponent controls deals damage to you, that player sacrifices a permanent.

"Watch over my father. Tell him I'm safe, but I won't come home until I find out how to bring him back to his senses, and Kamigawa is again at peace."
-Michiko Konda, last letter to General Takeno

Minamo Scrollkeeper

Creature - Human Wizard

Defender (This creature can't attack.)

Your maximum hand size is increased by one.

The scrollkeepers never stepped an inch away from the doors of the Great Library, not even when the ogres and their oni masters swept through Minamo.

Moonbow Illusionist

Creature - Moonfolk Wizard

Flying

, Return a land you control to its owner's hand: Target land becomes the basic land type of your choice until end of turn.

Moonwing Moth

Creature - Insect

Flying

: Moonwing Moth gets +0/+1 until end of turn.

"Night wings sprinkled with dust
Of a thousand soldiers dead
And a thousand cities fallen."
-Snow-Fur, kitsune poet

Nightsoil Kami

Creature - Spirit

Soulshift 5 (When this creature dies, you may return target Spirit card with converted mana cost 5 or less from your graveyard to your hand.)

Nikko-Onna

Creature - Spirit

When Nikko-Onna enters the battlefield, destroy target enchantment.

Whenever you cast a Spirit or Arcane spell, you may return Nikko-Onna to its owner's hand.

Oboro Breezecaller

Creature - Moonfolk Wizard

Flying

, Return a land you control to its owner's hand: Untap target land.

"I feel their unnatural influence in the weary, weeping land. Do they care nothing for the creatures who walk below their clouds?"
-Eight-and-a-Half-Tails

Oboro Envoy

Creature - Moonfolk Wizard

Flying

, Return a land you control to its owner's hand: Target creature gets -X/-0 until end of turn, where X is the number of cards in your hand.

Okina Nightwatch

Creature - Human Monk

As long as you have more cards in hand than each opponent, Okina Nightwatch gets +3/+3.

Only the most skilled budoka could protect the Okina Shrine. Only the best of these protectors took the night watch.

Oni of Wild Places

Creature - Demon Spirit

Haste

At the beginning of your upkeep, return a red creature you control to its owner's hand.

The oni leapt easily from peak to peak, toying with its victims, its voice a purr from the rumbling depths of nightmare.

Promised Kannushi

Creature - Human Druid

Soulshift 7 (When this creature dies, you may return target Spirit card with converted mana cost 7 or less from your graveyard to your hand.)

Raving Oni-Slave

Creature - Ogre Warrior

When Raving Oni-Slave enters the battlefield or leaves the battlefield, you lose 3 life if you don't control a Demon.

Razorjaw Oni

Creature - Demon Spirit

Black creatures can't block.

It gnashed its teeth, and the battlefield filled with the screech of blade striking blade.

Reki, the History of Kamigawa

Legendary Creature - Human Shaman

Whenever you cast a legendary spell, draw a card.

"After his death, monks spent ten years transcribing the tattoos from Reki's body and gathering stories from those who spoke with him. Thus the volume you hold was written."
-The History of Kamigawa

Ronin Cavekeeper

Creature - Human Samurai

Bushido 2 (When this blocks or becomes blocked, it gets +2/+2 until end of turn.)

The akki were surprised to encounter a human who could fight in the caves as well as they.

Rune-Tail, Kitsune Ascendant

Legendary Creature - Fox Monk

When you have 30 or more life, flip Rune-Tail, Kitsune Ascendant.

Rushing-Tide Zubera

Creature - Zubera Spirit

When Rushing-Tide Zubera dies, if 4 or more damage was dealt to it this turn, draw three cards.

Cut off from the kakuriyo by the destruction of their honden, the zubera sought new ways to bring their secrets home.

Sakashima the Impostor

Legendary Creature - Human Rogue

You may have Sakashima the Impostor enter the battlefield as a copy of any creature on the battlefield, except its name is still Sakashima the Impostor, it's legendary in addition to its other types, and it gains ": Return Sakashima the Impostor to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step."

Sakura-Tribe Scout

Creature - Snake Shaman Scout

: You may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield.

"Scouts of the Sakura Tribe spent two years wandering the forest to learn every leaf and tree. That knowledge was called upon during the Kami War to ensure the orochi's survival."
-The History of Kamigawa

Sasaya, Orochi Ascendant

Legendary Creature - Snake Monk

Reveal your hand: If you have seven or more land cards in your hand, flip Sasaya, Orochi Ascendant.

Secretkeeper

Creature - Spirit

As long as you have more cards in hand than each opponent, Secretkeeper gets +2/+2 and has flying.

It is all the things that humanity was not meant to know.

Sekki, Seasons' Guide

Legendary Creature - Spirit

Sekki, Seasons' Guide enters the battlefield with eight +1/+1 counters on it.

If damage would be dealt to Sekki, prevent that damage, remove that many +1/+1 counters from Sekki, and put that many 1/1 colorless Spirit creature tokens onto the battlefield.

Sacrifice eight Spirits: Return Sekki from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Shape Stealer

Creature - Shapeshifter Spirit

Whenever Shape Stealer blocks or becomes blocked by a creature, change Shape Stealer's power and toughness to that creature's power and toughness until end of turn.

"Stand back. I know just what to do."
-Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker

Shinen of Fear's Chill

Creature - Spirit

Shinen of Fear's Chill can't block.

Channel - , Discard Shinen of Fear's Chill: Target creature can't block this turn.

Shinen of Flight's Wings

Creature - Spirit

Flying

Channel - , Discard Shinen of Flight's Wings: Target creature gains flying until end of turn.

Shinen of Fury's Fire

Creature - Spirit

Haste

Channel - , Discard Shinen of Fury's Fire: Target creature gains haste until end of turn.

Shinen of Life's Roar

Creature - Spirit

All creatures able to block Shinen of Life's Roar do so.

Channel - , Discard Shinen of Life's Roar: All creatures able to block target creature this turn do so.

Shinen of Stars' Light

Creature - Spirit

First strike

Channel - , Discard Shinen of Stars' Light: Target creature gains first strike until end of turn.

Skull Collector

Creature - Ogre Warrior

At the beginning of your upkeep, return a black creature you control to its owner's hand.

: Regenerate Skull Collector.

"Your blood I'll use. Your skull I'll keep."

Skyfire Kirin

Legendary Creature - Kirin Spirit

Flying

Whenever you cast a Spirit or Arcane spell, you may gain control of target creature with that spell's converted mana cost until end of turn.

Its fiery visitation burns away the fog of war and dissipates the ties of loyalty.

Sokenzan Renegade

Creature - Ogre Samurai Mercenary

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

At the beginning of your upkeep, if a player has more cards in hand than each other player, the player who has the most cards in hand gains control of Sokenzan Renegade.

Sokenzan Spellblade

Creature - Ogre Samurai Shaman

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

: Sokenzan Spellblade gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the number of cards in your hand.

Soramaro, First to Dream

Legendary Creature - Spirit

Flying

Soramaro, First to Dream's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand.

, Return a land you control to its owner's hand: Draw a card.

Stampeding Serow

Creature - Antelope Beast

Trample

At the beginning of your upkeep, return a green creature you control to its owner's hand.

Torii Watchward

Creature - Spirit

Vigilance (Attacking doesn't cause this creature to tap.)

Soulshift 4 (When this creature dies, you may return target Spirit card with converted mana cost 4 or less from your graveyard to your hand.)

Trusted Advisor

Creature - Human Advisor

Your maximum hand size is increased by two.

At the beginning of your upkeep, return a blue creature you control to its owner's hand.

Some of Minamo's students claimed he was as old as the knowledge he dispensed.

Yuki-Onna

Creature - Spirit

When Yuki-Onna enters the battlefield, destroy target artifact.

Whenever you cast a Spirit or Arcane spell, you may return Yuki-Onna to its owner's hand.

Akki Blizzard-Herder

Creature - Goblin Shaman

When Akki Blizzard-Herder dies, each player sacrifices a land.

"It remains unclear whether the akki shamans could in fact create storms or simply predicted them."
-The History of Kamigawa

Akki Raider

Creature - Goblin Warrior

Whenever a land is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Akki Raider gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

Akki were very territorial, attacking and destroying any settlements that came too close to their mountain homes. The more successful their raids, the bolder they became.

Ashen Monstrosity

Creature - Spirit

Haste

Ashen Monstrosity attacks each turn if able.

There was a dull thunder at the vanguard, then shocked cries in the midst of the column. Moments later, Takada, last of the rearguard, faced the kami alone.

Bile Urchin

Creature - Spirit

Sacrifice Bile Urchin: Target player loses 1 life.

"The two youths argued and tempers flared. One youth opened his mouth to utter a vile curse, but what he spat out instead was a kami of poison and filth."
-Sensei Golden-Tail

Blademane Baku

Creature - Spirit

Whenever you cast a Spirit or Arcane spell, you may put a ki counter on Blademane Baku.

, Remove X ki counters from Blademane Baku: For each counter removed, Blademane Baku gets +2/+0 until end of turn.