Kuja, Genome Sorcerer // Trance Kuja, Fate Defied
Final Fantasy 497† • rare
- Set
- Final Fantasy
- Collector number
- 497†
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana black mana red mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black · Red
- Artist
- Joshua Raphael
What it does
At the beginning of your end step, create a tapped 0/1 black Wizard creature token with "Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this token deals 1 damage to each opponent." Then if you control four or more Wizards, transform Kuja.
"Peace is but a shadow of death, desperate to forget its painful past..."
Where you can play it
- StandardLegal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Kuja first appeared as the primary antagonist of the 2000 video game Final Fantasy IX, designed by character artist Toshiyuki Itahana. His aesthetic was famously inspired by androgynous fashion trends and the theatricality of Japanese opera, specifically the Takarazuka Revue, which sought to contrast the series' traditional fantasy tropes with a more flamboyant, gender-fluid visual language.
This specific card represents the character in both his base form and his Trance state, a pivotal transformation in the game’s narrative representing an overflow of latent power. As part of the modern Final Fantasy Trading Card Game, which debuted in 2011 to celebrate the series' history, the card is designed to reflect his role as an agent of chaos and destruction, utilizing mechanic-heavy playstyles that mirror his manipulative and nihilistic nature in the original title.
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