| Name | Shen - Kinkou  |
|---|---|
| Type | Unit |
| Description | [Reaction] (Play any time, even before spells and abilities resolve, including to a battlefield you control.)[Shield 2] (+2 :rb_might: while I'm a defender.)[Tank] (I must be assigned combat damage first.) |
| Artist | Six More Vodka |
| Set | Origins #241 |
| Wallpaper |  download |
| Image |  download |
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Shen - Kinkou, Unit, designed by Six More Vodka first released in Mar, 2026 in the set Origins.
Shen – Kinkou fits best in midrange or control-leaning defensive decks that want to stall the board, protect key win conditions, and react at instant speed, since his Reaction timing, Shield 2, and Tank make him excellent at absorbing pressure, disrupting combat math, and blanking aggressive pushes; he’s particularly strong in metas dominated by aggro or combat-trick-heavy strategies where surprise deployment and forced damage assignment create tempo swings. However, in faster combo decks or proactive aggro builds he’s usually too defensive and low-impact, and in environments with heavy removal or non-combat win conditions he can underperform compared to more proactive 3-cost threats or value engines (for example, a 3-cost unit that generates card advantage, removal on play, or persistent scaling pressure would generally be stronger in midrange mirrors). He should see play primarily as a tech or meta call in decks that need a durable reactive defender rather than as an auto-include sta
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