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Kíli the Resourceful
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Kíli is a premium engine for the RW Dwarf/Storied deck, turning Dwarves and Equipment into steady card advantage while also helping enable Storied. Its 1/2 body is weak in unsupported decks, so it needs a substantial density of relevant permanents.
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Gameplay notes
Kíli triggers only once each turn, so multiple Dwarves or Equipment entering together still draw only one card. When possible, use flash Equipment such as Sting on the opponent's turn to earn an additional trigger, and after achieving an enduring story, save your free equip activation until you know which creature most needs the Equipment.
Key synergies
Orcrist triggers Kíli's Equipment-enter draw ability, helps establish an enduring story, and can then be equipped for {0} once the story is active, eliminating Orcrist's largest tempo cost.
Dori entering triggers Kíli's card draw as a Dwarf, and Dori plus its Treasure add two permanents toward turning on Kíli's Storied Equipment ability.
Dwarven Shortsword entering triggers Kíli's card draw as an Equipment, while its artifact status helps enable Kíli's Storied ability so the Equipment can later be moved for free.
The Plate Mail entering triggers Kíli's Equipment card draw, and after Storied is active Kíli can reduce its otherwise prohibitive equip cost from four mana to zero.
Ori entering triggers Kíli's card draw as a Dwarf, and both creatures are legendary permanents, putting you two-thirds of the way toward an enduring story.
Ragged Short Spear triggers Kíli's Equipment card draw, helps enable Storied, and can then be equipped for {0} once the enduring story is active, eliminating its main tempo drawback.
Casting Well-Worn Spatula triggers Kíli's Equipment card draw, advances Storied, and can later be moved for free once Kíli's Storied ability is active.
Casting Bofur from exile after using Concerted Care triggers Kíli's Dwarf-entry card draw, while Bofur's legendary status also advances Storied. Concerted Care can protect Kíli so the ongoing Dwarf and Equipment engine remains active.
The Black Arrow entering triggers Kíli's card-draw ability, contributes toward an enduring story, and can later be moved for free with Kíli's Storied equip-cost ability.
Dwarven Mattock triggers Kíli's card-draw ability when it enters, helps reach Storied as an artifact, and Kíli can later waive its otherwise expensive equip cost once the enduring story is active.
Dáin enters as another legendary Dwarf, triggering Kíli's card draw, then creates an Equipment. Together with Kíli, Dáin and the Axe immediately provide three qualifying permanents for Storied, turning on Kíli's free equip ability.
Dáin entering triggers Kíli's once-per-turn draw ability because Dáin is a Dwarf, and the two cheap legendary permanents supply two of the three permanents needed to activate both Storied abilities.
With an enduring story, Bifur doubles Kíli's triggered ability when another Dwarf or Equipment enters, so Bifur's own entry can draw two cards and later qualifying entries can do the same despite Kíli's once-per-turn limit.
Dáin's Company can find Kíli as a Dwarf, while casting the Company with Kíli in play triggers Kíli to draw another card. Kíli also supplies the second Dwarf needed for lifelink.
Each Dwarf token created by The Lonely Mountain can trigger Kíli's once-per-turn card draw, while the Equipment used to reduce the land's activation cost can also trigger Kíli and help establish an enduring story.
My Precious entering triggers Kíli's card draw, and once Storied is active Kíli lets its first equip activation each turn cost {0}, bypassing both the {2} mana and 2-life payment.
Wizard's Staff is an Equipment that helps enable Kíli's enduring story, after which Kíli can equip it for {0}. While Kíli is equipped, another Dwarf or Equipment entering causes his once-per-turn draw ability to trigger an additional time, drawing two cards.
Seek the Heart can tutor Kíli, and casting The Arkenstone adds a legendary artifact toward Storied, helping unlock Kíli's free equip ability while its anthem and recurring draw support the resulting Equipment-heavy creature deck.
Kíli draws when Thorin enters as a Dwarf and separately rewards the Equipment needed for Thorin's trigger; Thorin's legendary status and those Equipment also help establish Kíli's enduring story.
Dwarven Provisioner entering triggers Kíli's once-per-turn card draw because it is another Dwarf, while providing a useful cheap play that helps keep the Dwarf engine moving.
Iron Hills Stalwart entering triggers Kíli's card draw as a Dwarf, while its free attachment ability immediately makes use of the Equipment that helps enable Kíli's Storied ability.
Casting Nori triggers Kíli's draw ability because Nori is a Dwarf, while Nori's legendary status also helps reach the three permanents needed for Storied.
Casting Óin triggers Kíli's once-per-turn draw ability because Óin is a Dwarf, while both cheap legendary creatures help assemble the three qualifying permanents needed for an enduring story.
Sting is a legendary artifact that advances Storied and triggers Kíli's draw ability. Because it has flash, it can enter on the opponent's turn and produce another card without competing with Kíli's once-per-turn trigger on your turn.
Casting Fíli with Kíli in play produces Fíli plus a Dwarf token, ensuring Kíli's once-per-turn draw trigger; later nontoken Dwarves continue to generate both board presence and a card.
Casting Glamdring from exile triggers Kíli's Equipment card draw, and after achieving an enduring story Kíli can waive Glamdring's equip cost for the turn.
The Blacksmith enters as a Dwarf to trigger Kíli and creates an Axe Equipment that advances Storied. Kíli later makes that Axe free to move, which is especially valuable with the Blacksmith's double strike.
Dwalin entering triggers Kíli's card draw as a Dwarf, while Kíli's free first equip activation after Storied makes it easy to move Dwalin's increasingly powerful Equipment bonus onto the best attacker each turn.
Casting Dwarven Mauler triggers Kíli's card draw as a Dwarf entering, while the pair supports repeated Equipment movement: Kíli can make the first equip free and Mauler discounts every equip ability targeting it.
Glóin entering as another Dwarf triggers Kíli to draw a card, and both legendary Dwarves help build toward Kíli's enduring-story threshold.
Thorin and Kíli are two cheap legendary Storied Dwarves, quickly supplying two of the three qualifying permanents. Thorin also triggers Kíli's once-per-turn card draw when he enters after Kíli, and the resulting ward protects Kíli's Equipment engine.
Map supplies a cheap artifact and legendary permanent toward Kíli's enduring story, enabling the free equip ability while fixing mana for an Equipment-heavy deck.
At the Door creates one or more Dwarves to trigger Kíli's once-per-turn card draw, while choosing Dwarf for the enchantment turns Kíli and the new tokens into larger threats.
Kíli and this inexpensive Saga provide two of the three qualifying permanents needed for an enduring story, making it much easier to unlock Kíli's free first equip activation.
Stone by Sunlight can temporarily make a creature an artifact, supplying the third qualifying permanent needed to establish an enduring story permanently and unlock Kíli's free first equip each turn.



































