---
name: "Kiku, Night's Flower"
mana_cost: "{B}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Human Assassin"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "CHK"
set_name: "Champions of Kamigawa"
collector_number: "121"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Jim Murray"
oracle_id: "98d68954-bffe-460e-ab83-6a4bbb59cc13"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/kiku-nights-flower-chk"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Kiku, Night's Flower
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Human Assassin
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1

## Oracle Text
{2}{B}{B}, {T}: Target creature deals damage to itself equal to its power.

> *"A wanderer has told me of an assassin in the Takenuma Swamp who uses her dark arts to animate her enemies' shadows against them. A wild tale, but it explains much."
—Diary of Azusa*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Kiku's Shadow](/printing/kikus-shadow-sok.md) — Sorcery
2. [Hooded Assassin](/printing/hooded-assassin-frf.md) — Creature — Human Assassin
3. [Abyssal Hunter](/printing/abyssal-hunter-mir.md) — Creature — Human Assassin
4. [King's Assassin](/printing/kings-assassin-por.md) — Creature — Human Assassin
5. [Wei Assassins](/printing/wei-assassins-ptk.md) — Creature — Human Soldier Assassin
6. [Cruel Sadist](/printing/cruel-sadist-m15.md) — Creature — Human Assassin

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Champions of Kamigawa (CHK) #121
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Jim Murray
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`