Kiora ... How shall we break thee

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i agree that i wish she started out of lightning bolt range but then shed be too good.

[Mattao19]

{Agrus Kos, Wojek Veteran} I want to try that sooo bad but Sphinxs are so expensive!!! Lol but that's actually a sick combo!

Also btw idk why but whenever I refer to you I have to use curly brackets to link to that card lol

[MuggyWuggy]

Skullcrack

[Ertai]

A 2 power for 4? Hmmm I'm not sure if I like it very much.

[Ekann1]

Not sure how great she'll be in standard, but I'm definitely getting 1 for edh.

[Vileo]

Ummm...Bant Maze's End...Her negative one lets you drop extra lands so w/ the Maze you can get 3 out a turn (4 w/ {Urban Evolution}). Use {Sphinx's Revelation} to stay alive and draw, {Urban Evolution} to draw and lay down gates, {Gatecreeper Vine} to block and fetch, {Cyclonic Rift} to slow them down/stop them completely, {Supreme Verdict} if you get in danger, ect.

If no one mentioned this, I was about to. Bant Maze was already legit (Although my version doesn't play the terribad 5 mana explore) but a planeswalker that fogs a fattie til you can verdict, then lets you explore is soo good in that deck.

[rarehuntertay]

I don't really see her as playable except in limited. In standard, mono-black will eat her for lunch. Mono-U, well Thassa is the God of the Sea, so she'll be flooded by unblockables. R/W will burn her or attack her. G/R Monster will chomp down. In Modern, I think she is also way too fragile.

[Coffee Vampire]

Say you are against mono black. You play her and -1 her, then she gets {Hero's Downfall}ed right away. That's still a 2-for1 in your favor, and an extra land drop.

[Mattao19]

There's no way WotC would have made her 2 loyalty unless she was really OP at 3+ so I'm sure that she'll be good

[rarehuntertay]

That's a lot of garbage.  How are we supposed to break walkers then?

Personally I'm ok with people not being able to ultimate Liliana of the Veil, Garruk, Caller of Beasts, Jace Architect of Thought, Tamiyo, Sorin Lord of Innistrad, Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Ajani Caller of the Pride (15-20 car tokens turn 4? Neat),  Vraska the Unseen, Chandra the firebrand, or Ral Zarek the turn they play them. Because that seems broken (an mind you these are all just the walkers we know of that he's been in standard with).

You forgot Domri... His is pretty much game over in an aggro shell

[Deebiia]

The + is eh.. It would be amazing if it were a CREATURE you control (I say creature because it would be way too OP for permanent).
The -1 is way cool! With simple mana ramp, bring Kiora out T3, -1 you could potentially have 6-ish mana T4.
Finally the -5 is SUPER cool! Since there isn't a reliable way to get rid of emblems, this would be awesome to have by T6 and since its in {G}{U} there are enough ways to stall (Counters, fogs, etc.)

Overall I say its a 6/10 card because of the 2 loyalty counters. Easily picked off by little guys or burn spells.

[rarehuntertay]

The + is eh.. It would be amazing if it were a CREATURE you control (I say creature because it would be way too OP for permanent).
The -1 is way cool! With simple mana ramp, bring Kiora out T3, -1 you could potentially have 6-ish mana T4.
Finally the -5 is SUPER cool! Since there isn't a reliable way to get rid of emblems, this would be awesome to have by T6 and since its in {G}{U} there are enough ways to stall (Counters, fogs, etc.)

Overall I say its a 6/10 card because of the 2 loyalty counters. Easily picked off by little guys or burn spells.

This is only one way to get rid of emblems that I am aware of, and that option does not exist in standard...

[Agrus Kos, Enforcer of Truth]

The + is eh.. It would be amazing if it were a CREATURE you control (I say creature because it would be way too OP for permanent).
The -1 is way cool! With simple mana ramp, bring Kiora out T3, -1 you could potentially have 6-ish mana T4.
Finally the -5 is SUPER cool! Since there isn't a reliable way to get rid of emblems, this would be awesome to have by T6 and since its in {G}{U} there are enough ways to stall (Counters, fogs, etc.)

Overall I say its a 6/10 card because of the 2 loyalty counters. Easily picked off by little guys or burn spells.

This is only one way to get rid of emblems that I am aware of, and that option does not exist in standard...

Emblems aren't permanents, they don't exist inside the game. As far as I know you can't get rid of them...

They exist within the Command Zone. And you can't technically get rid of them, but restarting the game does make them go away.... {Karn Liberated}

[rarehuntertay]

The + is eh.. It would be amazing if it were a CREATURE you control (I say creature because it would be way too OP for permanent).
The -1 is way cool! With simple mana ramp, bring Kiora out T3, -1 you could potentially have 6-ish mana T4.
Finally the -5 is SUPER cool! Since there isn't a reliable way to get rid of emblems, this would be awesome to have by T6 and since its in {G}{U} there are enough ways to stall (Counters, fogs, etc.)

Overall I say its a 6/10 card because of the 2 loyalty counters. Easily picked off by little guys or burn spells.

This is only one way to get rid of emblems that I am aware of, and that option does not exist in standard...

Emblems aren't permanents, they don't exist inside the game. As far as I know you can't get rid of them...

{Karn Liberated} ultimate

[BlazingNate]

We'll the only reliable way to kill her is with heroes downfall and dreadbore because she can just +1 herself and can't be burned or attacked