You may want to put "Black" and "Death" on that list, as in the novel Kiku becomes very powerul "Kiku, Shadow of Black Death" because of a curse unleashed upon her via a broken seal. Since characters are often times brought back in new forms when they're changed, there's a good chance she could make it into this set
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The Orb is only as useful as the number of cards we have confirmed. Without confirmed card names from spoiled cards, we're reaching out blindly for actual names because we don't know what can fit where. We only have the names of very few cards, and one actual card. I don't think number crunching is going to do us too much good this time around.
Though the Orb will allow us to better discredit the odd faker we'll get in the next few weeks. Unless the faker uses the Orb to concoct a fake card, but then we can use any confirmed cards that use key words to invalidate the fakes.
I agree with Xen, however, it seems as though the Orb will not be of much help until we get more info from other sources. Until then, it's a big crapshoot. Mixing words together like a bowl of Alphabits.
This is great! The Orb is up. And guess what! the card we know of is called Oppressive Will. I'm sure we already know this, but I had to see for myself.
EDIT: There are also 12 occurrences of the word Shinen, bushido 10, ninjutsu 0.
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EDIT 3: Commentary here. Getting 10 Kirin leads me to believe that they have a comes into play or leaves play ability. That way, every card would have its name printed on itself twice; once in title and once in text. Just throwing that out there, so 10 Kirin makes sense.
EDIT 4: Creature : 178!? 178 references to creature is a lot in a 165 card set, isn't it?
counter = 8
draw = 13 (!!)
draws = 3
flying = 27 (very much i think for 165 cards)
strike = 4
trample = 2
offering = 0
game = 13 (??? it's usually "comes into play" or "leaves play", so it could be part of a mechanic)
legendary = 44
soratami = 3
nezumi = 2
akki = 3
orochi = 2
kitsune = 7
control = 35
edit:
player = 35
creature = 178
artifact = 15
advisor = 3 (?)
instant = 26
protection = 2
mox & lotus = 0 (as expected ;))
blue = 2
red = 3
green = 3
white = 2
black = 4
destroy = 6
remove = 9
haste = 7
double = 1
Right now im at school and the browser blocks mtg.com. Can ne of u guys look up ne of the color combinations? like UW,UR BG,. Whats the order that the cost is always in,if its a 5 color creature? just want to see if there will be any multi colored lol
EDIT 3: Commentary here. Getting 10 Kirin leads me to believe that they have a comes into play or leaves play ability. That way, every card would have its name printed on itself twice; once in title and once in text. Just throwing that out there, so 10 Kirin makes sense.
The word Kirin will appear once in the card name, and once in the creature type line. I doubt that the Kirin will have CIP or leaving play abilities.
regenerated - they really wanna make removal worse.
destroy - 6
indestructable - 0
put - 31
card - 48
hand - 97 (holy crap! to be fair, soulshift mentions it a bit and splice)
remove - 9
reveal - 8
splice - 8
opponent - 15
discard - 16 (aha, a mechanic, perhaps?)
player - 28
play - 78 (lotsa CIP and LP and maybe aly cast costs)
tap - 7
untap - 6
doesnt - 3 (snakebites)
choose - 8 (modal cards)
ronin - 1
X - 23!!! (finally some x spells, or a mechanic?)
have 18
epic 10
beginning - 22
enchant - 3 (no more cycles)
enchanted -5
owner's - 25 (mechanic?)
return - 40 (possibility)
sacrifice - 14
gain - 12 (lotta lifegain, or something else?)
life - 21 (pehaps)
dealt - 7 (spirit linkers?)
pay - 6 (kuroesque?)
interesting thing here
equipment -3
but
equipped - 2
(what equipment doesnt have equipped creature gets?)
equip - 4 (1 in rules - 1 in reminder)
attach- 2 (aha, only 2 actual equipment, but a card that mentions equipment is there - a searcher like godo?)
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The Orb is only as useful as the number of cards we have confirmed. Without confirmed card names from spoiled cards, we're reaching out blindly for actual names because we don't know what can fit where. We only have the names of very few cards, and one actual card. I don't think number crunching is going to do us too much good this time around.
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I agree with Xen, however, it seems as though the Orb will not be of much help until we get more info from other sources. Until then, it's a big crapshoot. Mixing words together like a bowl of Alphabits.
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Excellion
Fracture: Israfiel (WBR), Wujal (URG), Valedon (GUB), Amduat (BGW), Paladris (RWU)
Collision (Set Two of the Fracture Block)
Quest for the Forsaken (Set Two of the Excellion Block)
Katingal: Plane of Chains
If you want to find only "ki counter" containing cards, type "counters".
As a test...
Epic - 10
Wisdom - 1
Zubera - 7 ?
Arcane - 44
Spirit - 75
Kirin - 10
Akki - 3
Samurai - 11
Kami - 10
Kitsune - 7
Konda - 1
Nezumi - 2
Ninja - 0
Snake - 6
Rat - 4
Ogre - 8
Equipment - 3
Artifact - 15
Sorcery - 26
Instant - 26
Creature - 178
Enchantment - 17
W - 33
WW - 1
1WW - 2
2W - 5
2WW - 3
3W - 3
3WW - 1
4W - 3
5WW - 1
http://www.wizards.com/magic/displayexpansion.asp?set=sok&page=2&lang=en
kirin 10!!!!! well guess there's a cycle plus
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EDIT: There are also 12 occurrences of the word Shinen, bushido 10, ninjutsu 0.
land 23 the question is how many are actually land
dragon 0
artifact 15
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EDIT 3: Commentary here. Getting 10 Kirin leads me to believe that they have a comes into play or leaves play ability. That way, every card would have its name printed on itself twice; once in title and once in text. Just throwing that out there, so 10 Kirin makes sense.
EDIT 4: Creature : 178!? 178 references to creature is a lot in a 165 card set, isn't it?
EDIT 1: Oh, and-
Michiko: 1
Charge: 1
Ki: 0
Counter: 8
Draw: 13
Hand: 97
Blood: 3
That's... an awful lot of draw and counters. Blue Control much?
EDIT 2: Some place names-
Eiganjo: 1
Minamo: 3
Takenuma: 1
Reito: 1
EDIT 4: More searching, pretty nifty stuff-
Yuki-Onna: 3
Cleansing: 0
Seeing: 0
Infinite: 0
Night's: 0
Life's: 3
Fire: 3
Reach: 0
Winds: 0
Web: 0
Rage: 0
Honden: 0
Interesting. Having systematically worked out all Honden options, what are the Zubera references for?
EDIT 5: Color checks, and some effects-
White: 2
Blue: 2
Black: 4
Red: 3
Green: 3
Destroy: 6
Attacking: 3
Attack: 3
Attacks: 1
Blocking: 1
Block: 9
Blocks: 11
matsu-tribe 3
Kashi-tribe 2
legendary 44
splice 8
Oni 2
Demon 6
soulshift 7
also
Kirin 10 (either 10 Kirin or 5 Kirin)
counter = 8
draw = 13 (!!)
draws = 3
flying = 27 (very much i think for 165 cards)
strike = 4
trample = 2
offering = 0
game = 13 (??? it's usually "comes into play" or "leaves play", so it could be part of a mechanic)
legendary = 44
soratami = 3
nezumi = 2
akki = 3
orochi = 2
kitsune = 7
control = 35
edit:
player = 35
creature = 178
artifact = 15
advisor = 3 (?)
instant = 26
protection = 2
mox & lotus = 0 (as expected ;))
blue = 2
red = 3
green = 3
white = 2
black = 4
destroy = 6
remove = 9
haste = 7
double = 1
It could also be "remove from game."
EDIT: I hope someone's collecting all this info and put it into one thread.
this does allow us to search up casting cost right?
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wisdom - 1
flames - 2
return - 40
flip - 4 (another disappointing one)
time - 2
jukai - 1
samurai - 11
fox - 4
merfolk - 0 (it was worth a try)
dosan - 0
monk - 7 (so much for the saviors)
garden - 2
target - 78
all - 14
graveyard - 30 (nice)
+x/+x - 1
+3/+3 - 1
+2/+2 - 6
+1/+1 - 17
ninja - 0 i'm very upset
Interesting, I'm getting 11 samurai, but only 10 for Bushido....any ideas?
peace
Kodama's
Kiku 0
Kiku's 1
oh well can't say that suprised me
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YEEAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
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goblin: 2
akki: 3
remove: 9
protection: 2
creature: 178
instant: 26
sorcery: 26
enchantment: 17
destroy: 6
search: 6
library: 19
graveyard: 30
damage: 29
return: 40
mana: 27
light: 3
bolt: 0
spirit: 75
shaman: 7
death: 3
tap: 7
horobi: 0
sharp: 0
ear: 0
sharp-ear: 0
infinity:0
divinity: 0
cannot: 0
blocked: 12
fear: 1
haste: 7
hand: 97
vigilance: 2
defender: 1
shadow: 1
swamp: 2
artifact: 15
island: 0
plains: 4
mountain: 0
forest: 0
The word Kirin will appear once in the card name, and once in the creature type line. I doubt that the Kirin will have CIP or leaving play abilities.
search - 6 (cant be that many tutors)
top - 7 (or chimney imp/scry effects)
bottom - 1 (a hinder type thing?)
graveyard - 30 (some soulshidt/yamabushi stuff)
lose - 4 (coin flips? or life loss)
coin - 0 (:frown:)
win - 0 (life loss)
flip - 4 (yay, 4 flippers - not 5?)
flipped - 1
regenerate - 4 (coincidence? probably)
regenerated - they really wanna make removal worse.
destroy - 6
indestructable - 0
put - 31
card - 48
hand - 97 (holy crap! to be fair, soulshift mentions it a bit and splice)
remove - 9
reveal - 8
splice - 8
opponent - 15
discard - 16 (aha, a mechanic, perhaps?)
player - 28
play - 78 (lotsa CIP and LP and maybe aly cast costs)
tap - 7
untap - 6
doesnt - 3 (snakebites)
choose - 8 (modal cards)
ronin - 1
X - 23!!! (finally some x spells, or a mechanic?)
have 18
epic 10
beginning - 22
enchant - 3 (no more cycles)
enchanted -5
owner's - 25 (mechanic?)
return - 40 (possibility)
sacrifice - 14
gain - 12 (lotta lifegain, or something else?)
life - 21 (pehaps)
dealt - 7 (spirit linkers?)
pay - 6 (kuroesque?)
interesting thing here
equipment -3
but
equipped - 2
(what equipment doesnt have equipped creature gets?)
equip - 4 (1 in rules - 1 in reminder)
attach- 2 (aha, only 2 actual equipment, but a card that mentions equipment is there - a searcher like godo?)
numbers
6 --> 1
7 ---> 3
8 ---> 1
9---> 0
10 ---> 2 (?)
we can piece this set together people.
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