Agent of Kotis
Creature — Human Rogue
Renew — 
, Exile this card from your graveyard: Put two +1/+1 counters on target creature. Activate only as a sorcery.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Tarkir: Dragonstorm
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #21567
Agent of Kotis taps down an opponent's creature for as long as it stays on the battlefield — a soft lock that compounds quickly in token strategies where you're fielding multiple copies. The cost is real: three mana for a 2/2 with no immediate board impact means it earns its slot only when you can reliably flood the board with it.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Agent of Kotis is a narrow card outside of Commander, where its tap-down effect on a fragile 2/2 body can't compete in faster formats like Modern or Pioneer that demand more immediate impact per mana spent. In Pauper it's legal but outclassed by commons that either remove threats outright or trade more efficiently. Commander is where Agent of Kotis finds its niche — specifically in go-wide token decks helmed by commanders like Trostani, Selesnya's Voice or Rhys the Redeemed that can generate multiple copies simultaneously, turning a modest tap effect into a soft lock across multiple opponents' boards. Even there, it competes against a deep pool of tap-effects and removal that don't require a creature on the board to function.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Agent of Kotis is deep bulk — you're not paying a premium to try it, and there's no meaningful floor to fall through. It won't hold or gain value, but at this price point that's irrelevant: you grab a copy because the effect fits your deck, not because of what it costs.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.