Hearth Kami
Creature — Spirit
, Sacrifice this creature: Destroy target artifact with mana value X.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Champions of Kamigawa
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #26475
Hearth Kami trades itself to destroy any artifact — clean, unconditional, and attached to a body that can attack or block before it goes. The cost is real: you're spending a creature and paying X mana, so it's slower than instant-speed answers, but the flexibility of scaling X means it always gets there.
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 |
In Commander, Hearth Kami is a niche inclusion — red already has access to better artifact removal like Vandalblast, so it only earns a slot in decks that specifically want a creature-based answer or sacrifice synergies. In Pauper, the commons card pool is thinner and artifact threats are more common, making Hearth Kami a reasonable sideboard option against artifact-heavy matchups. Legacy and Vintage have far more efficient answers and the card sees essentially no competitive play there. For most Commander builds, Hearth Kami is a budget role-player in the right shell, not a default inclusion.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Hearth Kami is deep bulk — you'll find it in a common box before you'd bother ordering it. It holds no monetary value to speak of, but it costs nothing to slot in if you already own one and need a creature-based artifact answer.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.