The Kami War // O-Kagachi Made Manifest is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter.) I — Exile target nonland permanent an opponent controls. II — Return up to one other target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. Then each opponent discards a card. III — Exile this Saga, then return it to the battlefield transformed under your control. O-Kagachi Made Manifest is all colors. Flying, trample Whenever this creature attacks, defending player chooses a nonland card in your graveyard. Return that card to your hand. This creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the mana value of that card.
Complete guide
The Kami War is an epic Saga that tells the history of Kamigawa through a powerful five-color enchantment that eventually transforms into a devastating Dragon Spirit. This card offers a sequence of removal and disruption before returning as a combat powerhouse that recovers resources from your graveyard.
Unfolding the Saga
When The Kami War enters the battlefield, you exile any nonland permanent an opponent controls. On the second chapter, you bounce a different nonland permanent and force each opponent to discard. Finally, chapter III exiles the Saga and returns it as O-Kagachi Made Manifest, a massive flying and trample threat.
The Transformation Step
As the third lore counter is placed, the Saga's final chapter ability triggers. This ability exiles the card and then returns it to the battlefield transformed. Because it is a new object entering the battlefield, it will not have any of the damage or counters it previously had, and it will be an Enchantment Creature — Dragon Spirit that is all colors.
Attacking with O-Kagachi
Whenever O-Kagachi Made Manifest attacks, the defending player must choose a nonland card from your graveyard. You return that card to your hand, and O-Kagachi gets a power boost equal to that card's mana value. Note that the opponent chooses the card, so they will likely pick the card with the least impact or the lowest mana value.
Key Characteristics
The mana value of O-Kagachi Made Manifest is always 6, derived from the front face's mana cost, regardless of which side is up. In any zone other than the battlefield, such as your hand or graveyard, only the characteristics of the front face (The Kami War) exist.
Interaction examples
Gray Merchant of AsphodelIf you control O-Kagachi Made Manifest and cast Gray Merchant of Asphodel, your devotion to black increases by one. Although O-Kagachi is all colors, its mana cost does not have any pips; however, because it is black, it counts as a black permanent. Gray Merchant will see itself and O-Kagachi, contributing to the total life drain effect.
Syr Konrad, the GrimWhen O-Kagachi Made Manifest attacks and the defending player chooses a creature card in your graveyard, that card is returned to your hand. This causes Syr Konrad, the Grim to trigger because a creature card has left your graveyard, dealing 1 damage to each opponent.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : The Kami War // O-Kagachi Made Manifest
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
Each face of a transforming double-faced card has its own set of characteristics: name, types, subtypes, abilities, and so on. While a transforming double-faced permanent is on the battlefield, consider only the characteristics of the face that's currently up. The other set of characteristics is ignored.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
Each transforming double-faced card in this set is cast face up. In every zone other than the battlefield, consider only the characteristics of its front face. If it is on the battlefield, consider only the characteristics of the face that's up; the other face's characteristics are ignored.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
The mana value of a transforming double-faced card is the mana value of its front face, no matter which face is up.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
The back face of a transforming double-faced card usually has a color indicator that defines its color.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #5· Wizards of the Coast
A transforming double-faced card enters the battlefield with its front face up by default, unless a spell or ability instructs you to put it onto the battlefield transformed or you cast it transformed, in which case it enters with its back face up.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #6· Wizards of the Coast
If you are instructed to put a card that isn't a double-faced card onto the battlefield transformed, it will not enter the battlefield at all. In that case, it stays in the zone it was previously in. For example, if a single-faced card is a copy of Azusa's Many Journeys, the chapter III ability will cause it to be exiled and then remain in exile.
No other card is named in this ruling.
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