Kaito, Bane of Nightmares

Kaito, Bane of Nightmares

Legendary Planeswalker — Kaito

Mana cost: {2}{U}{B}

How we read this card

Ninjutsu {1}{U}{B}
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.

static — turns something into a creature

static — grants a keyword

You get an emblem with "Ninjas you control get +1/+1."

activated +1 — gets an emblem

Surveil 2. Then draw a card for each opponent who lost life this turn.

activated 0 — surveils

activated 0 — draws you cards

Tap target creature. Put two stun counters on it.

activated −2 —

activated −2 — puts 2 counters on it

Causes: surveil, draw a card, tap a creature, put a counter on anything.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

you surveil — 233 cards in the game can cause this (Kaito is one).

When Kaito, Bane of Nightmares surveils:

  1. Mirko, Obsessive Theorist — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Prudent Fateseer // Peer Review — gives +1/+0
  3. Diviner of Victory // Unwind History — gets +1/+1
  4. Saheeli, Consul of Oversight — makes a token
  5. Copy Catchers — makes a token
  6. Proft, Consulting Detective — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  7. Matoya, Archon Elder — draws you 1 card
  8. Denzilore Fatehold — puts a counter on a creature
  9. Whispering Snitch — deals 1 damage
  10. Blood Operative — makes you lose life

5 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a planeswalker is cast — 361 cards in the game can cause this (Kaito is one).

When Kaito, Bane of Nightmares is cast:

  1. Jaya's Phoenix — returns itself from the graveyard
  2. Interplanar Beacon — gains you 1 life
  3. Defiler of Flesh — gives +1/+1
  4. Defiler of Dreams — draws you 1 card
  5. Primeval Bounty — puts 3 counters on a creature
  6. Tetsuko Umezawa, Pursuer — gets +1/+1
  7. Thor, God of Thunder — deals that spell's mana value damage
  8. Krile Baldesion — brings a card back
  9. Summon: Good King Mog XII — makes a token
  10. Blood Funnel — sacrifices a creature

239 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a planeswalker enters the battlefield — 366 cards in the game can cause this (Kaito is one).

When Kaito, Bane of Nightmares enters:

  1. Builder's Talent — puts a counter on a creature
  2. Brainstealer Dragon — makes a player lose life equal to its mana value
  3. Cloudstone Curio — triggers

2 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature becomes tapped — 565 cards in the game can cause this (Kaito is one).

  1. Chrome Companion — When Chrome Companion becomes tapped thanks to Kaito, Bane of Nightmares, it gains you 1 life
  2. Unctus, Grand Metatect — When a creature becomes tapped thanks to Kaito, Bane of Nightmares, Unctus, Grand Metatect draws you 1 card
  3. Sharae of Numbing Depths — When a creature becomes tapped thanks to Kaito, Bane of Nightmares, Sharae of Numbing Depths draws you 1 card
  4. Rewrite History — When a creature becomes tapped thanks to Kaito, Bane of Nightmares, Rewrite History draws you 1 card
  5. Stinging Licid — When a creature becomes tapped thanks to Kaito, Bane of Nightmares, Stinging Licid deals 2 damage
  6. Gideon's Avenger — When a creature becomes tapped thanks to Kaito, Bane of Nightmares, Gideon's Avenger puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  7. Icewrought Sentry — When a creature becomes tapped thanks to Kaito, Bane of Nightmares, Icewrought Sentry gets +2/+1
  8. Cryoshatter — When a creature becomes tapped thanks to Kaito, Bane of Nightmares, Cryoshatter kills a creature
  9. Don't Move — When a creature becomes tapped thanks to Kaito, Bane of Nightmares, Don't Move kills a creature
  10. Hylda of the Icy Crown — When a creature becomes tapped thanks to Kaito, Bane of Nightmares, Hylda of the Icy Crown triggers

12 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything becomes tapped — 699 cards in the game can cause this (Kaito is one).

  1. Gran-Gran — When Gran-Gran becomes tapped thanks to Kaito, Bane of Nightmares, it draws you 1 card

2 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card is drawn — 3,815 cards in the game can cause this (Kaito is one).

When Kaito, Bane of Nightmares makes a player draw a card:

  1. Temmet, Naktamun's Will — gives +1/+1
  2. Niv-Mizzet, Parun — deals 1 damage
  3. Aether Syphon — mills a card
  4. The Locust God — makes a token
  5. Starving Revenant — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  6. Diviner's Wand — gets +1/+1
  7. Ominous Seas — puts a foreshadow counter on itself
  8. Dream Trawler — gets +1/+0
  9. Iron Man, Armored Avenger — puts a counter on a creature
  10. The Astonishing Ant-Man — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

57 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything gets a counter — 4,415 cards in the game can cause this (Kaito is one).

  1. All Will Be One — When a permanent gets a counter thanks to Kaito, Bane of Nightmares, All Will Be One deals that much damage

7 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card in a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Kaito is one).

Kaito, Bane of Nightmares:

  1. Samwise Gamgee — puts cards into the graveyard that Samwise Gamgee can bring back
  2. Bloodbond March — puts cards into the graveyard that Bloodbond March can bring back
  3. Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — puts cards into the graveyard that Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy can bring back
  4. Harness the Storm — puts cards into the graveyard that Harness the Storm can bring back
  5. Transplant Theorist — puts cards into the graveyard that Transplant Theorist can bring back
  6. Heart-Shaped Herb — puts cards into the graveyard that Heart-Shaped Herb can bring back
  7. Wayward Angel — fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Wayward Angel needs
  8. Rescue from the Underworld — puts cards into the graveyard that Rescue from the Underworld can bring back
  9. Victimize — puts cards into the graveyard that Victimize can bring back
  10. Bound // Determined — puts cards into the graveyard that Bound // Determined can bring back

434 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything goes to a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Kaito is one).

When a card hits the graveyard thanks to Kaito, Bane of Nightmares:

  1. Quest for Ancient Secrets — puts a quest counter on itself
  2. Planar Void — hits a graveyard
  3. Measure of Wickedness — gives an opponent control of itself
  4. Energy Field — sacrifices itself

7 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything enters the battlefield — 26,499 cards in the game can cause this (Kaito is one).

  1. Nature's Wrath — When Kaito, Bane of Nightmares enters, Nature's Wrath makes a player sacrifice an Island or permanent

41 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.