- Betrayers of Kamigawa
Infobox mtgset
Expansion Name = "Betrayers of Kamigawa"
Expansion Symbol =
Symbol Description =shuriken
Release Date =February 4 ,2005
Mechanics = Ninja, Ki counters
Keywords = Ninjutsu, Offerings
Size = 165 (55 rares, 55 uncommons, 55 commons)
Expansion Code = BOK
Development Code = Wind
Last Set = ""
Previous Set = ""
Next Set = "Saviors of Kamigawa "
Block Name = Kamigawa
First Set =Champions of Kamigawa
Second Set = "Betrayers of Kamigawa"
Third Set =Saviors of Kamigawa
Last Set = ""
Previous Set = ""
Next Set = "Saviors of Kamigawa ""Betrayers of Kamigawa" (or BoK) is the name of the expansion set which came out in February of
2005 . It contains 165 cards. The set's story is inspired byJapan esemedieval myths and revolves around the battle betweenspirit s (kami) and living beings. Most of the cards have Japanese-flavored names. The set's expansion symbol is ashuriken , or ninja throwing star.Mechanics
"Betrayers of Kamigawa" introduces several new mechanics to the game.
* Ninjutsu allows you to put a creature card from your hand into play tapped and attacking by paying aninjutsu cost and returning an attacking, unblocked creature to its owner's hand.
* Offering allows you to partially pay for a spell by sacrificing a creature of a certain creature type, and lets the spell be played as an instant. This ability is used on five spirit creatures, the Patron spirits of five non-human species in Kamigawa.
* Heroes are creatures that, once a certain condition is met, flip over and become an entirely new creature.
* New costs for Splice onto Arcane - Splice onto Arcane abilities now have nonmana costs. Also, one card, Minamo's Meddling, counters a spell and whatever is spliced onto it is discarded.Betrayers also features the first non-Wall creatures with defender.
External Links
* [http://mtgsalvation.com/betrayers-of-kamigawa-spoiler.html Spoiler for Betrayers of Kamigawa]
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