Kamigawa 1337: Mechanics

Mechanics | Skeleton | Limited archetypes | Mechanical overview

*Ethereal*: Used on 11 cards: Kami of Crossed Swords, Kami of Unseen Paths, Kami of Unexpected Hail, Kami of Great Feasts, Kyodai, Embodiment of Reikai, Kami of the Harvest Moon, Merge Suit, Kami of Treachery Incarnate, Jukai Steward, Bower Opening, Prism Gate

Ability word that goes on Spirits and indicates "As long as the gate is open, [effect]."

Reincorporate: If this would die or be exiled from the battlefield, instead exile it with two time counters on it and it gains suspend. Used on 5 cards: Myojin of Harmonious Society, Myojin of Continuous Improvement, Myojin of Holistic Progress, Myojin of Boundless Trickery, Myojin of Living History

Mechanic for a mythic cycle of myojins. Represents that "killing" a powerful kami merely sends it back to the spirit world.

.: The gate starts the game closed. Used on 24 cards: Closed, Kami of Crossed Swords, Kami of Unseen Paths, Kami of Unexpected Hail, Kami of Great Feasts, Embrace the Future, Suitchi, Sewer Seer, Fusei, Gate's Toll, Border Crossing, Restless Guardian, Council's Rebuke, Feed the Stoma, Kami of the Harvest Moon, Merge Gate, Keru-keru, Akki Guide, Jukai Shrine, Jukai Bower, Illicit Backdoor, Kami of Treachery Incarnate, Kami of the Blood Moon, Shrine to Hidetsugu, Spirit Technician, Restrict Access, Bar the Gate

Grouping mechanic for cards that reference the gate. See Merge Gates.

Suspend: Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay PARAM2 and exile it with PARAM1ASWORDS 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. Used on 10 cards: Cloud Dancer, Kami of the Brush, Canopy Prancer, Kami of Autumn's Harvest, Kami of Spring's Renewal, Kami of Winter’s Chill, Kami of Spring’s Blooming, Kami of Tsuyu’s Deluge, Wildfire Kodama, Great Akaguchi

Returning mechanic. Represents kami coming through the merge gates to the mortal world.

cloak: Put it onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature with ward {2}

. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card. Used on 1 cards: Tendo, Reikai Infiltrator

Cameo mechanic for Tendo, the main character of the story. Represents her ability to survive entering the spirit world via merge gates.

Historic: Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic. Used on 3 cards: Card169893, Card169894, Orochi Harvester

Batch that represents traditional elements of the plan. Found in black and green.

Upgrade - : This creature enters with a PARAM1 counter. When it dies, move its counters to another target creature you control. Used on 6 cards: Brute-force Hacker, Flashing Koi, Moonfolk Artisan, Augmented Nezumi, Futurist Surgeon, Chip Pocket

Mechanic representing cybernetic modifications. Found in blue and black.

In card text or details pages, write the mechanic's code name (playtest name) between square brackets, like "[Crittercast]", "[Bushido 1]" or "[Delay 4 {2}{R}{R}]". It will be expanded to the mechanic's name plus reminder text, such as "Suspend 4 – {2} {r} {r} . (Rather than cast this spell from your hand,...)"
To expand a mechanic's name but not its reminder text, include parentheses at the end of the square brackets: "[Crittercast()]", "[Delay 9 {R}()]".