Editing Kiora (section)

==Cards==
[[File:Kiora, the Crashing Wave.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Kiora's first appearance on a Magic card]]
Kiora has appeared on two Magic cards so far, in the expansions ''Born of the Gods'' and ''Battle for Zendikar''. Her ''Born of the Gods'' card costs 2GU and starts with 2 loyalty. Her +1 ability prevents all damage that one opponent's card would do until your next turn, and so can be used against any creatures that would otherwise threaten her starting loyalty (which there are many of, since she has one of the lower starting loyalty scores of any planeswalker). It's also very effective against planeswalkers who can do damage repeatedly, like [[Chandra Nalaar]] or [[Tibalt]]. She also has a -1 ability that lets you draw a card and play an additional land this turn; this mimics the card Explore from ''Zendikar''. Drawing extra cards is always good, but without additional help, you may not be able to reliably take advantage of the extra land play; when you can, it's also a significant advantage. Her ultimate costs -5 loyalty, and gives you a 9/9 Kraken creature token every turn until the game ends or time stops. Short of playing some kind of Ghostly Prison-type card or playing an Eldrazi, there are not many ways for your opponent to keep up with that in the long game (although the new version of [[Ajani Goldmane]] can slow the tokens down rather hilariously with his ultimate).

Her new card from ''Battle for Zendikar'' is a bit different. It costs 2GU and starts with 4 loyalty. Her +1 ability untaps one creature and one land- nowhere near as powerful as her other card's +1, but pretty useful with the right tech. Her -2 ability has you mill the top four cards of your library into your graveyard, though not without nabbing a creature or land first. Situational, but useful with graveyard resources like the Sultai from Tarkir. Her ultimate costs -8, but is probably the best ability on the card, letting you have your creatures fight your opponents' as they enter the battlefield... then giving you not one, not two, but three 8/8 blue Octopus tokens. Instant win if you play your cards right, pun intended.