Briarknit Kami
Creature — Spirit
Whenever you cast a Spirit or Arcane spell, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Saviors of Kamigawa
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #22132
Briarknit Kami lands as a 3/3 that immediately hands you a card and pumps every other creature you control by +1/+1 counters equal to your Forests — in a dedicated Forests deck, that's a board-wide anthem attached to a draw spell on a body. Six mana is real, but the enter-the-battlefield package justifies the slot in any green deck that counts its Forests.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Briarknit Kami is a Commander card through and through — the six-mana cost is too slow for Legacy or Vintage, where it's technically legal but irrelevant, and Modern has enough efficient threats that a 3/3 for six needs to do more than it does in fair game states. In Commander, though, the math changes: green ramp fills the board with Forests fast, and a mid-to-late game Briarknit Kami can swing your entire team from irrelevant to threatening in one trigger. Oathbreaker is the only other format where it has a plausible home, specifically in a green value shell that's already going wide.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Briarknit Kami is pure bulk — easy to pick up in any order filler slot. Bulk rares with niche-specific payoffs tend to stay at this price floor indefinitely, so don't expect movement; just grab a copy if the deck calls for it.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.