Blade-Blizzard Kitsune
Creature — Fox Ninja
Ninjutsu 
(, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.)
Double strike
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #17247
Blade-Blizzard Kitsune is a two-mana 2/2 with double strike and ninjutsu for a single blue mana — the ninjutsu cost alone makes it a serious threat in any deck that wants to connect early and often. That rate is efficient enough to demand inclusion wherever double strike on a cheap, reboundable body matters.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Blade-Blizzard Kitsune is a staple in any ninjutsu-focused build — the one-blue ninjutsu cost is the cheapest in the mechanic, and double strike means it punishes any deck that leaves it unblocked even once. In Modern and Legacy, it sits below the competitive threshold: double strike is valuable but the body is undersized, and dedicated aggro or tempo decks have stronger options at the two-drop slot. Pioneer offers the same lukewarm verdict — it can slot into fringe ninja synergy builds but doesn't crack competitive lists. Blade-Blizzard Kitsune's home is unambiguously Commander, where cheap ninjutsu enablers are at a premium and the format's slower pace lets the double-strike threat mature into real damage.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Blade-Blizzard Kitsune is pure bulk — pick up as many as you need without thinking twice. Demand is narrow enough that the price is unlikely to climb unless a ninjutsu deck breaks into competitive Commander conversations, so buy it for the synergy, not the spec.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.