Lord of the Woods, Kasumigami

Base cost 6 or less is almost everything: 548 of the 568 entities in our 17 community lists. Our read is that it plays like a bigger Stillness: their board sits out their next turn while an 8/8 stands in your Garden. In this set, only Ace, Kenta of Many Swords and Zakuza, The Ruin Tyrant (cost 7), Silence (8), Qingyue (10) and another Kasumigami stay free.

It roots only what is in their Garden when it lands. Entities they play or portal next turn aren’t Rooted, though only Charge entities can attack right away. Their leader isn’t an entity, so a leader holding a weapon still attacks, and Rooted doesn’t stop abilities or Defender.

Everything it roots is a target for the Uproot cards. Portaling costs no IKZ, so with Silence waiting in your Alley, play Kasumigami, portal Silence and destroy a Rooted entity with 5 health or less that same turn; The Tremblin’ Beanz does the same at 1 health or less. Priestess of Sanzu, already in your Garden, can attack any of them, even untapped ones.

8 base health puts it out of reach of this set’s health-limited removal: Killing Mist destroys base health 7 or less, Fatal Strike 3 or less, and Entangled Fate roots health 5 or less. Its cost of 9 is past every displace, Lotus of the Mizuryuu, Vessel of Mizuryuu (cost 4 or less) and Relentless Stampede (cost 7 or less). Only Qingyue has a higher printed cost (10), so Kasumigami comes late in the game. Beyond the Water Veil can still set its attack to 0 for a turn.

Suna the Wayfarer makes it cost 8 from hand while Suna is in your Garden, and Offering of Prosperity and Sword of the Ancient ramp toward it. Any entity costing 4 or more that it roots turns on Gift of the Grove’s heal 3.