Gibbering Kami
Creature — Spirit
Flying
Soulshift 3 (When this creature dies, you may return target Spirit card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to your hand.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Champions of Kamigawa
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #24882
Gibbering Kami is a five-mana 2/2 flier with Arcane subtype and spiritcraft trigger — the rate is unplayable outside narrow tribal synergy. Unless your deck specifically rewards Spirit spells or Arcane chains, this slot does more work as almost any other threat.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Gibbering Kami sees essentially no competitive play in any format where it's legal. In Commander, Spirit-tribal shells — particularly those led by Kamigawa-era Spirit commanders — are the only realistic home, and even there it competes with cheaper, more impactful Spirits. Pauper is the one format where five-mana commons occasionally matter, but a 2/2 flier at that cost is well below the floor for viable threats. Legacy and Vintage don't give it a second look.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Gibbering Kami is deep bulk — the price reflects the demand accurately. It won't rise without a reprint that creates new Spirit-tribal synergy, so there's no reason to buy multiples speculatively.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.