Magic: the Gathering players duked it out in both Alchemy and Historic at the Neon Dynasty Championship last weekend. Alan Gadbois covered some of the best performing decks and cards from the tournament, but there’s one card that stood out to me as a MUST-BUY: Fable of the Mirror-Breaker.
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Fable of the Mirror Breaker
Fable of the Mirror-Breaker stood out to me in my early evaluations of Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty. Its first chapter makes a token similar to
Captain Lannery Storm
Captain Lannery Storm
Haste
Whenever Captain Lannery Storm attacks, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Whenever you sacrifice a Treasure, Captain Lannery Storm gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
. Chapter II has is a great loot ability. And finally, the saga transforms into a nerfed
Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
Haste
{T}: Create a token that's a copy of target nonlegendary creature you control, except it has haste. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.
.
Reflection of Kiki-Jiki doesn’t have the same combo potential that the OG Kiki does, but making a token of your best creature every turn creates some serious value.
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Fable in Alchemy
There were two flavors of aggro decks in the top 8 of he Neon Dynasty Championship that played Fable of the Mirror-Breaker. In total, there were 12 copies of Fable in the top 8 decks.
Mardu Aggro
This deck uses Reflection of Kiki-Jiki to make copies of Citystalker Connoisseur to strip your opponent’s hand apart,
Skyclave Apparition
Skyclave Apparition
When this creature enters, exile up to one target nonland, nontoken permanent you don't control with mana value 4 or less.
When this creature leaves the battlefield, the exiled card's owner creates an X/X blue Illusion creature token, where X is the mana value of the exiled card.
to repeatedly exile opposing creatures, and
Triumphant Adventurer
Triumphant Adventurer
Deathtouch
During your turn, this creature has first strike.
Whenever this creature attacks, venture into the dungeon. (Enter the first room or advance to the next room.)
to power through dungeons.
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Grixis Aggro
This deck’s notable targets for Reflection of Kiki-Jiki’s token-making are Town-razer Tyrant,
Graveyard Trespasser
Graveyard Trespasser
Ward—Discard a card.
Whenever this creature enters or attacks, exile up to one target card from a graveyard. If a creature card was exiled this way, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Daybound (If a player casts no spells during their own turn, it becomes night next turn.)
, and Citystalker Connoisseur.
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Why Buy Fable of the Mirror-Breaker?
There’s a very low risk to buying Fable of the Mirror-Breaker right now because of how cheap the card is. At the time of writing, the regular printing of Fable of the Mirror-Breaker is less than $0.50! The showcase version of the card isn’t that much more expensive, coming in at about $1.00.
Additionally, the multiple top 8 performances from the Neon Dynasty Championship demonstrate the potential of the card. If it’s strong enough to do well in Alchemy, then it’s certainly strong enough for Standard, and could break into Pioneer as well.
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