- Kaito, Bane of Nightmares
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Kaito, Bane of Nightmares
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mana_cost
Supertypes
Legendary
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Types
Planeswalker
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Subtypes
Kaito
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Details
Rules
Ninjutsu (, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.)
During your turn, as long as Kaito has one or more loyalty counters on him, he's a 3/4 Ninja creature and has hexproof.
[+1]: You get an emblem with "Ninjas you control get +1/+1."
[0]: Surveil 2. Then draw a card for each opponent who lost life this turn.
[−2]: Tap target creature. Put two stun counters on it.
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Loyalty
4
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Color Identity
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Rarity
Mythic
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Number
409
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Artist
Richard Luong
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Language
English
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(EN)
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Expansion
Duskmourn: House of Horror
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Rulings
Although Kaito enters attacking when his ninjutsu ability resolves, he was never declared as an attacking creature (for purposes of abilities that trigger whenever a creature attacks, for example).
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As you activate Kaito's ninjutsu ability, you reveal Kaito from your hand and return the attacking creature. Kaito isn't put onto the battlefield until the ability resolves. If Kaito leaves your hand before then, he won't enter at all.
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If an opponent lost life this turn and subsequently lost the game, Kaito's fourth ability still counts that player when determining how many cards to draw.
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If at least one creature in combat has first strike or double strike, you can activate Kaito's ninjutsu ability during the first-strike combat damage step. In that case, Kaito will deal combat damage during the regular combat damage step, even if he has first strike.
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Kaito enters attacking the same player, planeswalker, or battle the returned creature was attacking. This is a rule specific to ninjutsu; in other cases, when a creature is put onto the battlefield attacking, that creature's controller chooses which player, planeswalker, or battle it's attacking.
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Kaito's fourth ability cares whether opponents lost life this turn, not how their life totals changed. For example, an opponent who gained 2 life and lost 1 life in the same turn still lost life that turn.
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Kaito's second ability causes him to stop being a planeswalker during your turn as long as he has at least one loyalty counter on him. While he's a creature, damage dealt to him won't cause loyalty counters to be removed. You can still activate Kaito's loyalty abilities.
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One or more stun counters on a permanent create a single replacement effect that stops the permanent from untapping. That effect is "If a permanent with a stun counter on it would become untapped, instead remove a stun counter from it."
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The ninjutsu ability can be activated during the declare blockers step, combat damage step, or end of combat step. If you wait until after the declare blockers step, because all combat damage is dealt at once, Kaito won't normally deal combat damage.
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The ninjutsu ability can be activated only after blockers have been declared. Before then, attacking creatures are neither blocked nor unblocked.
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Model attributes
id
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The id of the card
DSK-409
name
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The name of the card
Kaito, Bane of Nightmares
mana_cost
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The cost to cast the card
{2}{U}{B}
supertypes
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The supertypes of card, such as Legendary.
Legendary
types
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The types of card, such as Creature.
Planeswalker
subtypes
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The subtypes of the card, such as Storyborn or Hero.
Kaito
loyalty
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The loyalty of the planeswalker
4
color_identity
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The color identity of the card (the colors that appear on the card)
B, U
variants
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The variants the card is available in, such as normal or foil, and their prices.
variants.name
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The variant name, such as normal or foil
foil
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The variant name, such as normal or coldFoil
rarity
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The rarity of the card
Mythic
number
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The card number
409
artist
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The artist of the card
Richard Luong
language
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The language of the card, such as English.
English
language_code
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The language code, such as EN.
EN
images
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The images of the card
images.large
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The large url of the image
https://images.scrydex.com/magicthegathering/DSK-409/large
expansion
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The expansion the card belongs to
expansion.name
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The name of the expansion
Duskmourn: House of Horror