Kamigawa 1337: Limited archetypes
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WU, GW, and GU merge gates
Green, white, and blue are the three colors that most care about controlling the merge gates. WU is a tempo deck that manipulates the state of the gate through passages and cost reduction. GW relies on keeping the gate open and has a lot of the ethereal ability word. GU uses the gate to power out large creatures and spells.
Flying
: Add two many of any one color. Spend this mana only to activate abilities of Passages.
: Add two many of any one color. Spend this mana only to activate abilities of Passages."By setting up an induction channel through the circumference of the gate, we can use the passage of kami to actually stabilize the portal!"
-Saku, Futurist technician
-Saku, Futurist technician
2/3
Whenever you open or close the gate, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.
: You may open or close the gate. Activate only as a sorcery. (The gate starts the game closed.)
: You may open or close the gate. Activate only as a sorcery. (The gate starts the game closed.)The first of the merge gates, opened in antiquity by Lord Konda's transgressions.
When Jukai Steward enters, open the gate.
Ethereal – At the beginning of your end step, if the gate is open, create a 1/1 colorless Spirit creature token.
Ethereal – At the beginning of your end step, if the gate is open, create a 1/1 colorless Spirit creature token.
"Welcome to our realm, little ones."
3/3
Ethereal – As long as the gate is open, creatures you control get +1/+1.
: You may open or close the gate. Activate only as a sorcery. (The gate starts the game closed.)
: You may open or close the gate. Activate only as a sorcery. (The gate starts the game closed.)Away from cities, naturally-forming merge gates allow kami free travel between their realm and Utsushiyo.
Flying, trample
Whenever a player opens the gate while Great Akaguchi is exiled, you may remove a time counter from it.
Suspend 5 –
(Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay and exile it with five time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, you may cast it without paying its mana cost. It has haste.)
Whenever a player opens the gate while Great Akaguchi is exiled, you may remove a time counter from it.
Suspend 5 –
(Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay and exile it with five time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, you may cast it without paying its mana cost. It has haste.)4/4
Whenever a player opens the gate, untap target permanent you control. If it's a creature or Vehicle, put a +1/+1 counter on it.
: You may open or close the gate. Activate only as a sorcery. (The gate starts the game closed.)
: You may open or close the gate. Activate only as a sorcery. (The gate starts the game closed.)With Boseiju destroyed, the Okina temple gained renewed importance in protecting Towashi’s kami.
UB and WB artifice
Blue and black the two colors that reject the traditional beliefs in the kami and focus on artifice. UB is the archetype that leans most into cybernetics (artifact creatures) and the upgrade keyword. WB cares about Vehicles and also uses Pilot tokens.
Upgrade – +1/+1 (This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter. When it dies, move its counters to another target creature you control.)
Permanents you control with counters on them have ward
.
Permanents you control with counters on them have ward
.On the cutting edge of biomechanical research.
3/3
Whenever an upgrade ability causes you to put one or more counters on another permanent you control, put the same number and kind of counters on Amalgamech.
Crew 3
Crew 3
No reason to let a perfectly good pilot go to waste.
3/3
Whenever a Vehicle you control enters, you may pay 
. If you do, create a 1/1 colorless Pilot creature token with “This token crews Vehicles as though its power were 2 greater.”
, Sacrifice a token: Target Vehicle you control gains indestructible until end of turn. Tap it.
. If you do, create a 1/1 colorless Pilot creature token with “This token crews Vehicles as though its power were 2 greater.”
, Sacrifice a token: Target Vehicle you control gains indestructible until end of turn. Tap it.2/2
Whenever an upgrade ability causes you to put one or more counters on another permanent you control, put the same number and kind of counters on Amalgamech.
Crew 3
Crew 3
No reason to let a perfectly good pilot go to waste.
3/3
BR sacrifice
Black and red are the color of ogres and oni, evil spirits. This archetype cares about sacrificing artifacts and creatures for fun and profit.
Create a 3/3 black Demon Spirit creature token. It gains haste until end of turn.
Whenever you sacrifice an artifact or creature, return Vile Summons from your graveyard to your hand.
Whenever you sacrifice an artifact or creature, return Vile Summons from your graveyard to your hand.
The second highest honor is holding the ritual dagger. The first highest is receiving it.
Menace
, Sacrifice another artifact or creature: Put a +1/+1 counter on Undercity Monster. It becomes a creature until end of turn.
Crew 3
, Sacrifice another artifact or creature: Put a +1/+1 counter on Undercity Monster. It becomes a creature until end of turn.
Crew 3
The illicit mech battles only became more thrilling once contestants began integrating scavenged tech from the Phyrexian Invasion.
3/3
RG and UR exile
Red is the color that most cares about casting spells from exile. RG focuses on a straightforward midrange strategy, using suspend to get additional value out of its mana. UR has a number of cards that reward you specifically for casting spells from exile, via suspend or otherwise. The UG deck also benefits from these effects.
Trample
Whenever whenever a creature with power 4 or greater enters under your control while Wildfire Kodama is exiled, you may remove a time counter from Wildfire Kodama.
Suspend 6 –
(Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay and exile it with six time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, you may cast it without paying its mana cost. It has haste.)
Whenever whenever a creature with power 4 or greater enters under your control while Wildfire Kodama is exiled, you may remove a time counter from Wildfire Kodama.
Suspend 6 –
(Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay and exile it with six time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, you may cast it without paying its mana cost. It has haste.)6/6
Create a 4/4 green Dog creature token.
Whenever a creature you control dies, you may exile Tanuki Migration from your graveyard and pay
. If you do, discover creature X. (Exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a creature card with mana value X or less. Cast it without paying its mana cost or put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom in a random order.)
Whenever a creature you control dies, you may exile Tanuki Migration from your graveyard and pay
. If you do, discover creature X. (Exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a creature card with mana value X or less. Cast it without paying its mana cost or put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom in a random order.)Whenever you cast a spell from exile, exile the top card of your library. You may cast or suspend that card this turn.
"Local residents report experiencing extremely vivid lucid dreams, including some unsubstantiated claims of maintaining 'lucidity' for a short while after waking."
- Selected Field Reports on Kami
- Selected Field Reports on Kami
4/4
Searing Portal deals 3 damage to any target. If excess damage was dealt this way, you may remove that many time counters from an exiled card you own.
The firefighters thought the break in the flames was a turn in their favor ... until something stepped out of it.
BG historic
Green is the color of tradition, and black is the color of balancing the past and future. This archetype cares about historic cards, in particular their path from battlefield to graveyard and back.
, Pay 1 life: Add one mana of any color.
Whenever you cast a historic spell, untap Orochi Harvester. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)
"In life, we nourish with deeds. In death, we nourish with legends."
1/2
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — Destroy target artifact or creature unless its controller discards a nonland card.
II — Mill four cards, then return a permanent card from your graveyard to your hand.
III — Create X 1/2 green Spider creature token with reach, where X is the number of historic permanents you control plus the number of historic cards in your graveyard.
I — Destroy target artifact or creature unless its controller discards a nonland card.
II — Mill four cards, then return a permanent card from your graveyard to your hand.
III — Create X 1/2 green Spider creature token with reach, where X is the number of historic permanents you control plus the number of historic cards in your graveyard.
RW samurai and warriors
Red and white are the main colors of organized samurai. This archetype combines typal synergy for samurai and warriors with the creation of Samurai creature tokens for an aggressive strategy.
Whenever a Samurai or Warrior you control attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on target attacking creature you control with lesser power than it.
"Hard work is your katana, loyalty your wakizashi. Your life serves Kamigawa, and Kamigawa will reward you."
4/4
Whenever Imperial Patrol enters or attacks, create a 2/2 white Samurai creature token.
Crew 3
Crew 3
“Those Reckoner scum think they’re untouchable in the shadows of the Undercity, but they can’t hide from the light of Kyodai.”
-Koku, Imperial Enforcer
-Koku, Imperial Enforcer
3/3