Hair-Strung Koto
Champions of Kamigawa 252 • rare
- Set
- Champions of Kamigawa
- Collector number
- 252
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 6 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Rebecca Guay
- Market price
- $0.59
What it does
Tap an untapped creature you control: Target player mills a card.
"The Kami War drove many members of Konda's court insane. As their spiritual world turned against them, so too did their minds turn from reality."— *The History of Kamigawa*
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Released in October 2004 as part of the Champions of Kamigawa set, the Hair-Strung Koto represents the set's central theme of Japanese folklore and Shinto-inspired spirit mythology. In the game's lore, the koto is an artifact imbued with the spirits of the deceased, requiring the player to tap creatures to perform, reflecting the ritualistic nature of the Kamigawa plane's design philosophy.
The card features artwork by Ben Thompson, who utilized a distinct, flowing style to capture the ethereal aesthetic requested by the art direction team for the set. Upon its release, the card was viewed primarily as a niche utility piece for limited formats, noted more for its thematic resonance with the set's 'spiritcraft' mechanics than for widespread competitive dominance.
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