A very solid blue beatstick. Reminds me of Quicksilver Dragon but is more splashable and poses a threat even when killed.
YTK
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(5 votes)
From one of my favorite sets comes one of my favorite creatures. Keiga is a solid Dragon that poses a viable threat when on the field or in the graveyard.
VampireChild85
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(3 votes)
This card in a Dragon Storm deck turns it from an offensive deck to a thief deck. I like :-P
Laguz
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(3 votes)
The big weakness with this guy is board-clearing spells and abilities. You can't grab a creature when there is no creature to grab.
That doesn't mean it isn't an extremely effective creature though, especially because of how splashable it is. 4.5/5
Donovan_Fabian
★★★☆☆ (3.2/5.0)(3 votes)
I really love this card because its built in mind control is so perfect, either you have a 5/5 who can beat stick anything else into submission, or take over whatever it couldn't kill. Can imagine games like, oh your indestructible 7/7 kills my keiga? Alright it's mine now. It's true your out of luck if your opponent uses day of judgment or only has a shroud creature, but honestly how often does every creature have shroud, and your opponent wont want to use a board clearing spell unless they are already losing. I also love how its a flying 5/5, so its an evasive card as well. After shards of alara its great for those broodmate dragons too, you can block one and if it dies somehow it takes over the second dragon.
fuzzz
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(5 votes)
I really love how this is legendary. If there are two creatures threatening you, just put a second Keiga on the battlefield and they go to the graveyard instantly. Plus it's a 5/5 flying for 6 CMC and opponents don't like to see him go to the graveyard :)
In my mind this is the best of the kamigawa dragons. From a card advantage perspective this card is pure gold.
If ur opponent uses a removal spell on it you take one of his creatures and he (or she) just lost 2 cards to your 0. If it trades with an opposing creature same thing. and even if ur opponents creature just straight up kills it you can take that creature and ur still up 1 card.
and its a solid 5/5 flying beatstick to top it all off.
and its a dragon which is awesome.
and it had the best art of the cycle.
so this card all around ROCKS!
Reflect-O-Burn
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(5 votes)
Recently won a game with this guy dying, me gaining control of Emrakul, and my friend cursing up a storm.
Truly great card!
Tezzeret1
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Love everything about this card!!!. artwork, cost, ability. I just attack with him pretty freely.
Falgorn
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Fun fact (well, not so fun for your opponent...) : If you 're attacked by Emrakul or another annihilating Eldrazi, you can sacrifice Keiga when the annihilator resolves. Right after that, Keiga's ability delivers the opposing fattie's mind (or whatever) in your hands. And when a creature's controller changes, it's removed from combat! (506.4 in the Comprehensive Rulebook)
Reveling in sadistic glee optional.
Amnatto
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Combine with a (Kicked) Rite of Replication, and you just netted yourself 6 of your opponent's creatures. Good luck pulling that off in a game where it'll be actually useful...
ClockworkSwordfish
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
I'm a big fan of any card that has my opponent trying to Bandage the very 5/5 flier I keep sending in suicidal charges against him. 5/5 for mindgames and great art alone. The art to this is I think the most beautiful of this cycle of dragons, and that's saying a lot. All the Star dragons have incredible art.
Gabriel422
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Well, back then there wasn't any Path, O-Rings or Journey.
HairlessThoctar
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Time for a design story!
As Aaron Forsythe recounts (http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtgcom/daily/af38); Ryusei and Keiga, being in more dragon-centric colors, were allowed to be the most splashable, and as the dragons moved further and further from colors that most typically have dragons, they became that much less splashable, ending in the very green-centric Jugan.
Artscrafter
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
This whole cycle is nuts with Mimic Vat, at least if you can get the tokens to die easily. Kokusho's obviously pretty sick too (and arguably better) but this one especially pushes my buttons.
With a sac engine handy, this can be your choice of "5 damage to your opponent and take their best creature" or "take your opponent's best creature and a second target creature becomes blocked" once per turn for .
With a Voltaic Key handy, this becomes "gain control of two target creatures" at instant speed once per turn for .
With neither handy you can still crank out one at opponent's EOT and another during your turn.
land_comment
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.7/5.0)(6 votes)
Hey, cool, fuzzz, I didn't see that.
Ugin was a spirit dragon, like these, except he was a colorless planeswalker...
CAN'T FIGHT THE WORLDWAKE POWER!!!!!!!!!!!!
And Reflecto-Burn:
Your friend should have won the game; Emrakul has protection from all colors, so this couldn't target him.
DarthParallax
★★★★☆ (4.3/5.0)(8 votes)
I consider this the 'fixed' version of Callous Oppressor the 'fixed' part being...now it works! =D
I always thought it was wierd that when cards do what they were supposed to do they were called 'broken', but that when they stop doing that they are considered 'fixed'. :P
JaxsonBateman
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
This would've been an awesome general for EDH if putting Keiga in the command zone instead of the graveyard didn't cause his ability to not trigger. =(
Still, a great card overall, and IMO the second best of the Kami dragon cycle behind the overpowered Kokusho.
Equinox523
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
A very dangerous blue flyer that, aside from leaving a parting gift, even has a single blue in its casting cost, making it highly splashable in decks that don't usually feature Control Magic effects. Probably not as popular in his time due to the fact that it wasn't always useful to steal a creature, while 5 life always is.
Zalasin
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Keiga, the tide star + renegade doppleganger + rite of replication kicked = mass mind control
EndOsiris
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(5 votes)
@Land_Comment:
Emrakul, The Aeons Torn only has protection from colored spells. Keiga can absolutely target him.
Discoduck
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Someone should have mentioned Momentous Fall by now. I also quite like the idea of targeting this with a kicked Rite of Replication.
NocteMundi
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Look at him, all smug 'n chillin' by the pool..
"Yeah, im a 5/5 flyer just sittin here buddy, whatcha gonna do about it? Come at me bro, see what happens."
Shieldman
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(2 votes)
Dies to remov-- wait, dammit.
kiseki
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
One of only a few legendary cards I'm aware of that you might have cause to use the Legend rule against yourself. A fringe case is Flagstones of Trokair, which allows you to play Armageddon effects, siphon land from your deck, and trigger landfall. An even more fringe case is a 60 card battle of wits deck. You ramp into a Spawnsire of Ulamog, and after you blow his ultimate, you cast a pile of 200 Legendary eldrazi which kill themselves and get shuffled into your deck.
JB_Xyooj
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Well it didn't take control of Hidetsugu when he killed Keiga. :D
@Snoopfrogg: Nice suggestion, Twisted Justice becomes a sorcery Mind Control with "Draw 5 cards" attached to it... Not so bad...!
My favourite Kamigawa Dragon for sure, and my favourite non-red Dragon. With Divine Reckoning or Cataclysm it's surely a win/win situation. Its board presence is so heavy that it's almost impossible to your opponent to stay alive without losing card advantage, except some exile effects...
5/5
SkaerKrow
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Swing with Keiga for 5, Fling Keiga for 5 more, steal your opponent's best critter, protect your junk from the ensuing groin shot. Fun times.
Manji187
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(3 votes)
For all you dreamers out there....keiga is legendary. That means no Rite of Replication unless you were to have a Mirror Gallery out.
MrFluffyThing
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
@Manji187
Yes, we all know that this is Legendary. The point of Rite of Replication is to gain control of your opponents creatures, not to keep 6 copies of this in play. All 5 token copies from Rite enter at the same time, and all 6 you control die at once, which means you get to steal 6 creatures for 9CMC, which is far better than Plague Wind if you ask me...
mtg_random
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Run in a Scion of the Ur-Dragon EDH deck. In fact, run all of the Kamigawa spirit dragons (except maybe Jugan).
MagicShine
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Scion approves. Any of these dragons can wreak havoc in oh so many ways even if they are nowhere to be seen.
But, a quick question about it's effect. I was playing EDH with my Scion of the Ur-Dragon-deck and in a last ditch attempt to kill me (since I had dumped 20 dragons and played Patriarch's Bidding), my friend attacked with his Eldrazi. It's annihilator trigger ate some lesser dragons, and then I realized I had Keiga, and sacrificed him as well to gain control of his attacker. Now what happens? Is the attack negated or does the currently mind controlled Eldrazi continue his attack on his new master? We couldn't seem to find a solution anywhere =/
atemu1234
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I say it's better than mind control: Mind Control hooked on the tail of a 5/5 creature.
For only more than Mind Control, you get one stapled to a 5/5 flying body. Sure, it only kicks in upon death, but then, how awesome is it when your opponent is too afraid to deal with your flying fattie?
iHARBiNG3R
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
@ MagicShine. The annihilator mechanic triggers as soon as the eldrazi is declared as an attacker, so if you sacrifice Keiga then the attacking creature will come under your control before the damage is dealt. Its attack will not finish.
Lifegainwithbite
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Still not as good as Kokusho, the Evening Star.
Galgus
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
One of the more graceful ways to deal with Emrakul, though ideally you want a way to sacrifice Kiega before he swings.
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That doesn't mean it isn't an extremely effective creature though, especially because of how splashable it is. 4.5/5
Plus it's a 5/5 flying for 6 CMC and opponents don't like to see him go to the graveyard :)
If ur opponent uses a removal spell on it you take one of his creatures and he (or she) just lost 2 cards to your 0.
If it trades with an opposing creature same thing.
and even if ur opponents creature just straight up kills it you can take that creature and ur still up 1 card.
and its a solid 5/5 flying beatstick to top it all off.
and its a dragon which is awesome.
and it had the best art of the cycle.
so this card all around ROCKS!
Truly great card!
If you 're attacked by Emrakul or another annihilating Eldrazi, you can sacrifice Keiga when the annihilator resolves. Right after that, Keiga's ability delivers the opposing fattie's mind (or whatever) in your hands. And when a creature's controller changes, it's removed from combat! (506.4 in the Comprehensive Rulebook)
Reveling in sadistic glee optional.
As Aaron Forsythe recounts (http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtgcom/daily/af38); Ryusei and Keiga, being in more dragon-centric colors, were allowed to be the most splashable, and as the dragons moved further and further from colors that most typically have dragons, they became that much less splashable, ending in the very green-centric Jugan.
With a sac engine handy, this can be your choice of "5 damage to your opponent and take their best creature" or "take your opponent's best creature and a second target creature becomes blocked" once per turn for
With a Voltaic Key handy, this becomes "gain control of two target creatures" at instant speed once per turn for
With neither handy you can still crank out one at opponent's EOT and another during your turn.
Ugin was a spirit dragon, like these, except he was a colorless planeswalker...
CAN'T FIGHT THE WORLDWAKE POWER!!!!!!!!!!!!
And Reflecto-Burn:
Your friend should have won the game; Emrakul has protection from all colors, so this couldn't target him.
the 'fixed' part being...now it works! =D
I always thought it was wierd that when cards do what they were supposed to do they were called 'broken', but that when they stop doing that they are considered 'fixed'. :P
Still, a great card overall, and IMO the second best of the Kami dragon cycle behind the overpowered Kokusho.
Emrakul, The Aeons Torn only has protection from colored spells. Keiga can absolutely target him.
"Yeah, im a 5/5 flyer just sittin here buddy, whatcha gonna do about it? Come at me bro, see what happens."
A fringe case is Flagstones of Trokair, which allows you to play Armageddon effects, siphon land from your deck, and trigger landfall.
An even more fringe case is a 60 card battle of wits deck. You ramp into a Spawnsire of Ulamog, and after you blow his ultimate, you cast a pile of 200 Legendary eldrazi which kill themselves and get shuffled into your deck.
My favourite Kamigawa Dragon for sure, and my favourite non-red Dragon. With Divine Reckoning or Cataclysm it's surely a win/win situation. Its board presence is so heavy that it's almost impossible to your opponent to stay alive without losing card advantage, except some exile effects...
5/5
Yes, we all know that this is Legendary. The point of Rite of Replication is to gain control of your opponents creatures, not to keep 6 copies of this in play. All 5 token copies from Rite enter at the same time, and all 6 you control die at once, which means you get to steal 6 creatures for 9CMC, which is far better than Plague Wind if you ask me...
But, a quick question about it's effect. I was playing EDH with my Scion of the Ur-Dragon-deck and in a last ditch attempt to kill me (since I had dumped 20 dragons and played Patriarch's Bidding), my friend attacked with his Eldrazi. It's annihilator trigger ate some lesser dragons, and then I realized I had Keiga, and sacrificed him as well to gain control of his attacker. Now what happens? Is the attack negated or does the currently mind controlled Eldrazi continue his attack on his new master? We couldn't seem to find a solution anywhere =/
No strings attached, like Roil Elemental. No "Until End of Turn" Bull like Conquering Manticore or Zealous Con***s.
It's just "Take control". HELL YEAH!