Kaito, Dancing Shadow

Kaito, Dancing Shadow

Legendary Planeswalker — Kaito

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

How we read this card

Whenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, you may return one of them to its owner's hand. If you do, you may activate loyalty abilities of Kaito twice this turn rather than only once.

triggered — bounce

triggered — extra loyalty

Up to one target creature can't attack or block until your next turn.

activated +1 — restricts attacking or blocking

Draw a card.

activated 0 — draws you 1 card

Create a 2/2 colorless Drone artifact creature token with deathtouch and that ability

activated −2 — makes a token

When this token leaves the battlefield, each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

Causes: anything leaves the battlefield, draw a card, create a Drone artifact token, create a Drone creature token, put a Drone artifact token onto the battlefield, put a Drone creature token onto the battlefield.

Cares about: a creature deals combat damage.

Works well with

anything leaves the battlefield — 1 card in the game can cause this (Kaito is one).

  1. Toothy, Imaginary Friend — When Toothy, Imaginary Friend leaves the battlefield thanks to Kaito, Dancing Shadow, it draws you cards
  2. Gollum, Patient Plotter — When Gollum, Patient Plotter leaves the battlefield thanks to Kaito, Dancing Shadow, it has the Ring tempt you

a planeswalker it grants abilities to — 312 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Ichormoon Gauntlet — Ichormoon Gauntlet gives Kaito, Dancing Shadow an extra ability
  2. Way of the Cryomancer — Way of the Cryomancer gives Kaito, Dancing Shadow an extra ability
  3. Way of the Deathbringer — Way of the Deathbringer gives Kaito, Dancing Shadow an extra ability

309 other cards cause 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, Dancing Shadow 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).

  1. Liliana the Repentant — When a Drone enters thanks to Kaito, Dancing Shadow, Liliana the Repentant mills a card
  2. Liliana the Faultless — When a Drone enters thanks to Kaito, Dancing Shadow, Liliana the Faultless gains you 1 life
  3. Builder's Talent — When Kaito, Dancing Shadow enters, Builder's Talent puts a counter on a creature
  4. Brainstealer Dragon — When a Drone enters thanks to Kaito, Dancing Shadow, Brainstealer Dragon makes a player lose life equal to its mana value
  5. Cloudstone Curio — When Kaito, Dancing Shadow enters, Cloudstone Curio triggers

provide a creature to sacrifice — 2,720 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Jalira, Master Polymorphist — Kaito, Dancing Shadow makes fodder for Jalira, Master Polymorphist
  2. Polymorph — Kaito, Dancing Shadow makes fodder for Polymorph
  3. Proteus Staff — Kaito, Dancing Shadow makes fodder for Proteus Staff
  4. Synthetic Destiny — Kaito, Dancing Shadow makes fodder for Synthetic Destiny
  5. Mass Polymorph — Kaito, Dancing Shadow makes fodder for Mass Polymorph

2,715 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature token enters the battlefield — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (Kaito is one).

When a Drone enters thanks to Kaito, Dancing Shadow:

  1. Securitron Squadron — puts a counter on a permanent
  2. Anointer Priest — gains you 1 life
  3. Nesting Dovehawk — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

a creature token is created — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (Kaito is one).

  1. Staff of the Storyteller — When Kaito, Dancing Shadow makes a Drone token, Staff of the Storyteller puts a story counter on itself

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

a token enters the battlefield — 3,710 cards in the game can cause this (Kaito is one).

When a Drone enters thanks to Kaito, Dancing Shadow:

  1. Baron Bertram Graywater — makes a token
  2. Marneus Calgar — draws you 1 card
  3. Belladonna Took — gains you 1 life
  4. Kambal, Profiteering Mayor — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  5. Lucy MacLean, Positively Armed — makes a token
  6. Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards — draws you 1 card
  7. Cloakwood Swarmkeeper — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  8. Woodland Champion — puts that many +1/+1 counters on itself
  9. Leonardo, the Balance — puts a counter on a creature
  10. Spiritcall Enthusiast // Scrollboost — becomes prepared

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

a token is created — 3,711 cards in the game can cause this (Kaito is one).

When Kaito, Dancing Shadow makes a Drone token:

  1. Akim, the Soaring Wind — makes a token
  2. Idol of Oblivion — draws you 1 card
  3. Rosie Cotton of South Lane — puts a counter on a permanent
  4. Mirkwood Bats — makes each opponent lose 1 life

17 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, Dancing Shadow 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.

an artifact it makes cheaper to cast — 4,531 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Geist of Saint Thalia — Geist of Saint Thalia reduces what Kaito, Dancing Shadow costs

4,530 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an artifact enters the battlefield — 4,643 cards in the game can cause this (Kaito is one).

When a Drone enters thanks to Kaito, Dancing Shadow:

  1. Transplant Theorist — draws you 1 card
  2. Elvish Archivist — puts 2 +1/+1 counters on itself
  3. Golbez, Crystal Collector — surveils
  4. Sludge Strider — makes a player lose 1 life
  5. Underhanded Designs — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  6. Mechan Assembler — makes a token
  7. Glassdust Hulk — gets +1/+1
  8. Rook Turret — draws you 1 card
  9. Hedron Detonator — deals 1 damage
  10. Pactdoll Terror — makes each opponent lose 1 life

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

a creature it makes cheaper to cast — 19,392 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Emet-Selch of the Third Seat — Emet-Selch of the Third Seat reduces what Kaito, Dancing Shadow costs
  2. The Darkness Crystal — The Darkness Crystal reduces what Kaito, Dancing Shadow costs
  3. The Water Crystal — The Water Crystal reduces what Kaito, Dancing Shadow costs
  4. Gathering Stone — Gathering Stone reduces what Kaito, Dancing Shadow costs
  5. Nightscape Familiar — Nightscape Familiar reduces what Kaito, Dancing Shadow costs
  6. Stormscape Familiar — Stormscape Familiar reduces what Kaito, Dancing Shadow costs
  7. Highspire Bell-Ringer — Highspire Bell-Ringer reduces what Kaito, Dancing Shadow costs
  8. Geyser Drake — Geyser Drake reduces what Kaito, Dancing Shadow costs
  9. Uthros Psionicist — Uthros Psionicist reduces what Kaito, Dancing Shadow costs
  10. The Immortal Sun — The Immortal Sun reduces what Kaito, Dancing Shadow costs

19,382 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature it grants abilities to — 19,392 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Tidal Barracuda — Tidal Barracuda gives Kaito, Dancing Shadow flash
  2. Thrumming Stone — Thrumming Stone gives Kaito, Dancing Shadow ripple

19,390 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature it applies untap to — 19,392 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Storage Matrix — Storage Matrix gives Kaito, Dancing Shadow an extra untap

19,391 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature it applies animate to — 19,392 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Thran Lens — Thran Lens gives Kaito, Dancing Shadow life as a creature

19,391 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature enters the battlefield — 19,800 cards in the game can cause this (Kaito is one).

When a Drone enters thanks to Kaito, Dancing Shadow:

  1. Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom — gains you 1 life
  2. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — gains you 1 life
  3. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — gains you 1 life
  4. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — gains you 1 life
  5. Mogg Bombers — sacrifices itself

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