Legendary Creature — Kirin Spirit
Flying
Whenever you cast a Spirit or Arcane spell, you may gain life equal to that spell's mana value.
Even the most benevolent and life-giving of kami joined the war against the mortal world, but only with heavy and sorrowful hearts.
4/4
Card details
- Shown printing
- Saviors of Kamigawa (SOK)
- Artist
- Shishizaru
- Color identity
- Green
- Colors
- Green
- Mana value
- 7
- Keywords
- Flying
- First released
- June 3, 2005
- Printings
- 1
- EDHREC rank
- #19855 on EDHREC
- Market price
- $0.39 (cheapest printing, updated weekly)
Legality
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- Standard BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- AlchemyNot legal
- GladiatorNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
- Pauper CommanderNot legal
- Duel CommanderLegal
- PreDHLegal
- PremodernNot legal
- Old SchoolNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- FutureNot legal
Rulings (1)
If the Spirit or Arcane spell has
in the mana cost, then you use the value of on the stack. For example, Shining Shoal costs 
. If you choose X = 2, then Shining Shoal’s mana value is 4. Shining Shoal also has an ability that says “You may exile a white card with mana value X from your hand rather than pay Shining Shoal’s mana cost”; if you choose to pay the alternative cost and exile a card with mana value 2, then X is 2 while Shining Shoal is on the stack and its mana value is 4.
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