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CardName: Bakeneko Cost: {1}{W} Type: Legendary Creature - Spirit Cat Pow/Tgh: 2/1 Rules Text: When you cast a spirit or arcane spell, put a ki counter on Bakeneko. {T}: Flip Bakeneko. Flavour Text: Flips into: CardName: Card105694 Cost: Type: Legendary Creature - Spirit Pow/Tgh: 1/3 Rules Text: At the end of each turn, you may remove a ki counter and create a 1/1 flying cat. Flavour Text: Set/Rarity: Community Mashup Set Rare

Bakeneko
{1}{w}
 
 R 
Legendary Creature – Spirit Cat
When you cast a spirit or arcane spell, put a ki counter on Bakeneko.
{t}: Flip Bakeneko.
2/1
 
 R 
Legendary Creature – Spirit
At the end of each turn, you may remove a ki counter and create a 1/1 flying cat.
1/3
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Updated on 15 Jan 2019 by Vitenka

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2019-01-15 11:42:03: Vitenka created and commented on the card Bakeneko
on 15 Jan 2019 by Vitenka:

­Outlaw Technician + Lingering Souls

3/1 haste, and a 1/1 flier, for the price of a firebird. And two 1/1 fliers, with flashback.

So I guess I'm doing something that makes 1/1 flier token(s).

By general "I started typing and here we are" I declare that to be a cat. Famously, Japanese cats have wings; so we're in Kamigawa. Which means I'm making a legend.

I don't actually remember there being cat demons in kamigawa? Did they miss that out? There's equipment, and a cat-dragon in commander... Huh.

Right, so - Bakeneko (because the nekomata is overdone and Kamigawa always chose the slightly more obscure legend when it could). Wikpedia says:
The abilities attributed to the bakeneko are various, but include shapeshifting into humans, wearing a towel or napkin on the head and dancing, speaking human words, cursing humans, manipulating dead people, possessing humans, and lurking in the mountains and taking wolves along with them to attack travelers.
Because of course it does.

I am not even going to speculate what "Wearing a towel on the head" would mean mechanically. Also, I think that particular legend probably confused "Demonic cat!" with "Cute kitten!". Uh, where was I? Right. Shapeshifting is interesting. I could do a kamigawa flip card? Ughhhh they were SUCH a bad idea. Still, I don't think I did a non-joke one. So let's do that.

So I guess one side makes flying cats. Probably best if that's the flip side, it seems like a "And now... cats everywhere!" thing should be a reward.

So what makes it flip? Catnip. Um. Lamp oil? No... Triggers are HARD. Doesn't feel like plain old combat damage or graveyard should do it. Cast enough spirit or arcane, counters... mehhh. Ok; how about charge up and flip when you like. That works.

2019-01-15 11:42:17: Vitenka edited Bakeneko:

reframe

on 15 Jan 2019 by Vitenka:

It might be my font size; but wow, flip cards are unreadable for me. The type line and... the rarity box I think... are half overlapping the text boxes.

on 15 Jan 2019 by Froggychum:

yeah that's a mess... might not be you either.

Actually a neat idea, but could have just been a transform-er (not the new tcg by maro) :P

on 15 Jan 2019 by Vitenka:

Certainly could have been; but Kamigawa era did it this way.

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