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Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
Champions of Kamigawa Rare
Reviewed October 20, 2004
Constructed: 2.7
Casual: 4.2
Limited: 3.9
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Chris
Gerhardt
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game store owner in CA,
ShuffleAndCut |
I've seen Kiki-Jiki in
play in limited, and this guy is seriously
amazing. Pair him up with a good utility
creature, and he is downright scary!
Just to take a few commons as examples from the
set, how about
Sakura-Tribe Elder - Go grab a land each turn
and thin your deck. Or try
Frostwielder and now you can do 2 damage to a
creature or player each turn. If you can, you can
use Kiki to create the token Frostwielder at the
end step of your opponent's turn, after the
sacrifice stage. Then you can tap the token
to do 1 to your opponent, then untap it for your
turn and do it again! If you'd rather, you
could just copy a simple fattie over and over...to
attack or block, like
Moss Kami. And those are just a few
commons. Below, Jeff Zandi mentions how good
Kiki is with the Zuburas from Kamigawa.
Great idea!
Now take it a step
further, and imagine making copies of something on
the powerful end of the spectrum. In
limited, it's power is obvious.
I can see it being a
really fun card in Casual also. Copying
large creatures can be really fun... So good...
I can see him possibly
finding a niche in constructed, possibly getting
muscled out on the board to do his dirty work.
He's a bit high costed, but his ability is so
interesting, he might just see the light of
constructed play in some creative deckbuilder's
deck.
Constructed:
3
Casual: 4.5
Limited: 5
Current Price:
Kiki Jiki,
Mirror Breaker -
Champions of Kamigawa - $7.63
Combos
Well With:
Sakura-Tribe Elder -
Champions of Kamigawa -
$0.42
Frostwielder -
Champions of Kamigawa -
$0.30
Moss Kami -
Champions of Kamigawa -
$0.30
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Judge Bill
*Level 2
MTG Judge
*game store employee
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Wow. A goblin that
can actually do more than smash. :)
You've probably
already seen the combo with this and Intruder
Alarm (and a non-legendary creature). That'd
probably be lots of fun in casual, but I think
it'll be too slow in limited. Also, by the time
you get to turn 5, the only thing that hasn't
killed you yet that you would want to copy might
be Darksteel Colossus.
Way too slow for the
aggro matchups, so it probably wouldn't be a
good choice for most decks.
Great in limited
though ... select their largest creature
(assuming it is non-legendary), and either
attack or block with it. This would make me
highly consider red as a main color.
Constructed: 2
Casual: 4
Limited: 4.5
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Jeff Zandi
5
Time Pro Tour
Veteran
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Kiki-Jiki, Mirror
Breaker
This is one of the biggest game-changing rare
creatures in Champions of
Kamigawa limited formats. While the mana
commitment is intense at 2RRR,
there can be no doubt to Kiki-Jiki's usefulness.
Best of all, Kiki-Jiki
himself has haste, so the fun starts the moment he
hits the board. Here's
one of my favorite scenarios with the Mirror
Breaker so far...tap Kiki-Jiki
to copy your favorite Zubera, I've chosen the red
one. BUT...use Kiki-Jiki's
ability during your opponent's end-of-turn step,
after the end-of-turn
trigger has passed. Your Zubera copy will now
remain in play until the next
end-of-turn trigger occurs. During your own turn,
tap Kiki-Jiki to make
another Zubera copy. At the end of turn, when you
sacrifice both Zubera
copies, you have TWO Zubera going-to-the-graveyard
triggers, causing, with
the red Zubera, you to have TWO Zubera graveyard
effects to process, each of
which is going to deal TWO DAMAGE (2 damage for
each Zubera going to the
graveyard this turn) to either a creature or
player. Or draw four cards with
the blue Zubera, or completely empty your
opponent's hand with the black
Zubera, or put FOUR 1/1 Spirit tokens into play
with the green Zubera. Even
when you use Kiki-Jiki to simply copy a big giant
(non legendary) creature
for a bigger attack, it's hard to go wrong with
Kiki-Jiki. In constructed
play, Kiki-Jiki is highly sought after currently
for all sorts of creature
combo decks where you gain some cool advantage by
sacrificing the copy at
the end of the turn.
CONSTRUCTED: 3.5
CASUAL: 3.5
LIMITED: 4.0
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Ray "Monk"
Powers
* Level 3 DCI Judge
*DCI Tournament Organizer |
Kiki-Jiki, Mirror
Breaker
There have already
been some amazing articles about this guy, so it’s
hard to add more on about him. His ability with
Intruder Alarm is completely broken, and, although
he is fragile on his own, his ability to make
re-usable not fragile creatures makes him great in
constructed and limited games. In limited his RRR
casting cost definitely limits him some though.
Constructed:
3
Casual:
4
Limited:
2
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DeQuan
Watson
* game store owner (The
Game Closet - Waco,TX) |
Kiki-Jiki has the
coolest name in the set. Beyond that...well it's
beyond me. I think casual players will LOVE this
card ten times more than constructed players. In
constructed there may be one or two neat combo-esque
tricks you can pull off, but that's all I'd give
ol' Kiki-Jiki credit for. In limited play, I would
absolutely play this guy. He's not real big, but
getting free copies of creatures every turns ure
doesn't hurt.
Constructed: 3
Casual: 4
Limited: 4.5 |
Paul
Hagan |
Kiki-Jiki, Mirror
Breaker --
I'm not sure I would play this guy in any
tournament deck, but I won't call him a bad card.
For what he does, Kiki-Jiki has to be priced at
2RRR, or else he would be seeing *way* too much
play. A scary ability on the turn he comes into
play, Kiki-Jiki can allow you to start making
copies of any creature imaginable -- whatever is
in your deck!
The real home for Kiki-Jiki is casual decks, where
they can really abuse his ability with cheap,
undercosted creatures. Think of him copying Rathi
Dragon, Ravenous Baloth, Spiritmonger, etc. He can
just be silly.
In limited, if I'm in red, this card definitely
makes the cut. I won't turn down an extra attacker
each turn.
Constructed Rating: 2.0
Casual Rating: 3.5
Limited Rating: 3.5 |
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