Skip to content
Moxonomy

Sunpearl Kirin

Creature — Kirin1 generic manaWhite mana

Bouncing your own permanent is an old white-blue value trick, but stapling it to a flash flier rewrites when the question gets asked. Instead of a sorcery-speed engine you have to sequence around your own turn, this fires at the end of an opponent's turn or in response to removal: rescue a permanent about to die, replay a creature to fire off its arrival ability again, or cash in a token for a card. That token clause is the design tell. Returning a real permanent is pure tempo (you spend a card now to get it back later), but a token bounced to its owner's hand ceases to exist entirely, so converting that non-return into a fresh draw quietly favors decks that spew out expendable bodies. The flash-flying frame does double duty: it lets the return dodge sorcery-speed windows, and the 2/1 body means the same cast that saves a creature or banks a card also puts two evasive damage in the air. Because the return is optional ("up to one other target"), it stays a clean beater when nothing needs protecting and becomes an instant-speed reset when something does. A two-drop on the type line that plays like a modal spell with a flier attached.

Sunpearl Kirin (tdm)
TDM · #29uncommon
Pricing
Normal: $0.28
Foil: $0.38
Oracle Text

Rules text

Flash Flying When this creature enters, return up to one other target nonland permanent you control to its owner's hand. If it was a token, draw a card.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
Legal
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
N/A
Brawl
Legal
Historic
Legal
Alchemy
Legal
Timeless
Legal
Standard Brawl
Legal
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
Legal
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
Legal
TLR
Legal
Printings elsewhere

Other printings

1 set
Quick navigation
move selectesc close