Brigid, Hero of Kinsbaile
Legendary Creature — Kithkin Archer
First strike
: Brigid deals 2 damage to each attacking or blocking creature target player controls.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Lorwyn
- Price
- $6.26
- EDHREC rank
- #13270
Brigid, Hero of Kinsbaile blankets the board with a tapping effect that turns every attack or block into a liability for your opponents — she makes combat math miserable for anyone without reach or flying. The cost is a fragile 2/3 body at four mana, but Brigid, Clachan's Heart decks run her as a recursive engine piece, not a do-or-die threat.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Brigid, Clachan's Heart
Brigid, Clachan's Heart returns Brigid, Hero of Kinsbaile from the graveyard repeatedly, turning her tap-on-attack trigger into a persistent soft-lock that forces opponents to either stop attacking or trade two damage for one on every creature they commit.
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 |
Brigid, Hero of Kinsbaile is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but she's doing real work in exactly one of those formats. In Commander, her static deterrent scales with the number of players and the density of ground creatures your opponents control — the more crowded the board, the more damage she negates each turn cycle. In Legacy and Vintage she's nowhere near the conversation; those formats don't have the patience for a four-mana 2/3 that doesn't win the game immediately. Oathbreaker is the one competitive fringe where she could slot into a white control signature-spell shell, but even there she's a niche pick.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Chevill, Bane of Monsters and Reconnaissance cover adjacent territory — the former punishes combat-focused creatures with bounties, the latter lets your own creatures tap without consequences — but neither replicates what Brigid, Hero of Kinsbaile does specifically: taxing every attacking or blocking creature on your opponents' side passively, without requiring targets or setup. If you need a strict budget replacement, Aven Mindcensor costs less and applies pressure in a different axis, but there's no clean one-for-one swap that matches her board-wide reach at lower price.
Price Context
Current price
$6.26 mid tier
At $6.26, Brigid, Hero of Kinsbaile sits in the mid tier — affordable enough to include without budget anxiety, but steep enough to warrant a clear plan for what she's doing in the 99. Her price is stable given that Brigid, Clachan's Heart keeps demand steady; she's unlikely to crater, but she's also not climbing without a new synergy piece to push her.
Explore
Sources
Mentioned
- Brigid, Clachan's Heart
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.