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Kairi, the Swirling Sky

Legendary Creature — Dragon Spirit4 generic manaBlue manaBlue mana

A death trigger this generous only works because the creature dying is never in doubt. A 6/6 flyer with ward 3 generic mana is a body opponents have to deal with, and when they finally do, the game forks. One mode is bounce dressed as removal insurance: return any number of nonland permanents summing to six mana value or less, which can unwind a wide board of tokens, mana rocks, and cheap threats in a single trigger. The other treats the graveyard as a second hand, milling six to seed it and reclaiming up to two instants and sorceries you most want to cast again. Both halves point at the same shell: a control deck wants the bounce to stabilize and the spell recursion to grind, so neither mode is dead weight depending on what you drew. Ward 3 generic mana does the protective work that matters most here, since the cleanest way to defuse a death effect is to exile the creature before it can die; taxing removal three mana makes lining that up harder. What you pay for is the sequencing: six mana buys a threat whose best payoff arrives only after it leaves the battlefield, so the card is a body and a contingency plan folded into one slot, and it bets the game runs long enough to collect on both.

Kairi, the Swirling Sky (neo)
NEO · #408mythic
Pricing
Normal: $3.14
Foil: $5.84
Oracle Text

Rules text

Flying, ward 3 generic mana When Kairi dies, choose one — • Return any number of target nonland permanents with total mana value 6 or less to their owners' hands. • Mill six cards, then return up to two instant and/or sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
N/A
Brawl
Legal
Historic
Legal
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
Legal
Standard Brawl
N/A
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
N/A
Pauper Commander
N/A
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
Legal
Penny Dreadful
N/A
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
Legal
TLR
N/A
Printings elsewhere

Other printings

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