Descendant of Kiyomaro
Creature — Human Soldier
As long as you have more cards in hand than each opponent, this creature gets +1/+2 and has "Whenever this creature deals combat damage, you gain 3 life."
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Saviors of Kamigawa
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #30154
Descendant of Kiyomaro is a two-mana 2/1 that gains you life and pumps when you have more cards in hand than an opponent — solid upside for a low ask, but entirely conditional on maintaining hand advantage. It earns a slot in decks that actively reward life gain or enforce hand-size pressure; everywhere else, it's a vanilla creature waiting to disappoint.
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 |
In Commander, Descendant of Kiyomaro occupies a narrow niche: hand-size-matters builds and life-gain synergy decks where its triggers fire consistently. Outside those homes, a 2/1 for two with conditional upside doesn't clear the bar in a 99-card format full of better two-drops. In Legacy and Vintage, it's legal but completely irrelevant — the card doesn't interact with those formats' axes at all. Modern is the same story: no competitive shell wants a creature this fragile and conditional. Descendant of Kiyomaro is a Commander-only pickup, and only for the right Commander.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Descendant of Kiyomaro is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not the card. It won't appreciate; the narrow application and low demand mean this price is a ceiling as much as a floor.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.