Welcome to COTW: Special Edition #1. I don't know how regular the Special Editions will be, but I may get the urge (or a request, as in this case) to do one once in a while. Don't hold your breath, though. This Special Edition will focus on one of the most useful New Card Types: KI Powers.
For those of you who don't know anything about KI Powers, here is a little info (including the text from the KI Powers Rules Card):
KI Powers are found in the Apocalypse. They are a new card type for Mishima only. The set includes 17 (I think) different KI Powers. Here are the rules for these cards:
KI POWERS RULES CARD
Over the long centuries, the Mishimen have developed powers strange to
the other corporations and the Brotherhood, called Ki Powers. Most who
use Ki Powers show no trace of the Darkness and some are more resilient
to it than ordinary people. Ki Power cards may be attached to any
Mishima-affiliated warrior as one action each. The warrior gains the
effects listed on the Ki Power card while it is attached. A warrior may
only have one copy of each Ki Power card attached to it (no duplicates).
Ki Powers may be given to warriors who gain the Mishima affiliation
through card play. If a warrior loses his Mishima affiliation he may
keep his Ki Powers, but no more may be attached until he regains his
Mishima affiliation.
These cards rank for the incredibly useful (SUPREME CONCENTRATION, THE MONKEY'S FOOT, etc.) to the merely so-so (uh... OK, so they're all pretty good). Some allow a warrior to end combats, some allow him to heal himself, some allow him to add his opponent's stats to his own(!). Any way you slice or dice it, these cards breathe new life into the (probably) least played faction in the DT universe. Here is a complete (at least until the next expansion) list of KI Powers:
ADAMANTIUM WILL
AURA OF MYSTICAL RESISTANCE
HANDS OF STONE
KANJI'S LUCKY SENSE
KI SELF HEALING
KI TELEPORTATION
NOMURA'S QUICKENED STEP
SHADOW WALK
SUPREME CONCENTRATION
THE CHAMELEON'S SKIN
THE COBRA'S VENOMOUS STRIKE
THE CROW'S PIERCING GLANCE
THE MONGOOSE'S ARTFUL DODGE
THE MONKEY'S FOOT
TORONAGA'S RAGING MIGHT
WEAPON LINK
YORAMA'S DEFLECTING HANDS
For complete spoilers, go to:
http://geocities.datacellar.net/Area51/Vault/4587/apocalyp.htm
the best place to go for Spoilers (hope you don't mind my plugging your
page, Non). It isn't the creator's page, as his space was too limited
for Spoilers (right, Bryan?), but it is a very good page. In case you
are interested in going to Bryan's page, here is that URL:
http://userpages.itis.com/bwinter/doomtrooper/doomtrooper.html