Hidetsugu and Kairi
Legendary Creature — Ogre Demon Dragon
Flying
When Hidetsugu and Kairi enters, draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.
When Hidetsugu and Kairi dies, exile the top card of your library. Target opponent loses life equal to its mana value. If it's an instant or sorcery card, you may cast it without paying its mana cost.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BU
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- March of the Machine Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #7720
Hidetsugu and Kairi lands as a 4/4 flying that immediately deals half an opponent's life total and puts a free spell into play — that's three meaningful effects stapled to one six-mana body. The cost is real: six mana is a target, and the free-spell payoff scales hard with what's sitting on top of your library, making setup mandatory in competitive shells but trivially satisfied in decks like Sivitri, Dragon Master that already stack the deck with high-CMC spells like Clone Legion.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Sivitri, Dragon Master
Sivitri, Dragon Master tutors Dragons directly to the top of the library, which means Hidetsugu and Kairi's enter-the-battlefield trigger almost always cheats out another Dragon for free — a two-card sequence that generates enormous board presence with zero additional mana.
Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign
Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign already rewards you for stacking odd-mana-cost spells on top of your library, and Hidetsugu and Kairi sits at six mana — even — so the pairing takes some work, but the density of high-CMC spells Yennett wants means the free-cast trigger consistently hits something impactful.
Marvo, Deep Operative
Marvo, Deep Operative manipulates the top of the library repeatedly through its connive mechanic, giving you reliable control over what Hidetsugu and Kairi casts for free and turning every attack into a cascading value engine.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Hidetsugu and Kairi belongs — the combination of political damage, a free spell off the top, and a relevant flying body all matter more in a multiplayer game where tempo swings affect three opponents at once. In Legacy and Vintage, six mana is a prohibitive rate when the format ends on turn one or two, and the effect, while strong, doesn't compensate for that inefficiency. Modern and Pioneer are theoretically legal homes, but again, the mana cost places Hidetsugu and Kairi firmly in the "win-more" zone where cheaper threats dominate. Play it in Commander, build around the top-of-library trigger, and don't look back.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Hidetsugu and KairiClone LegionArchaeomancer
Infinite card draw; Infinite draw triggers; Near-infinite copies of creatures you control; Near-infinite creature tokens; Near-infinite death triggers; Near-infinite ETB; Near-infinite lifeloss; Near-infinite LTB; Near-infinite magecraft triggers; Near-infinite storm count
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Hidetsugu and KairiClone LegionShipwreck Dowser
Infinite card draw; Infinite draw triggers; Near-infinite copies of creatures you control; Near-infinite creature tokens; Near-infinite death triggers; Near-infinite ETB; Near-infinite lifeloss; Near-infinite LTB; Near-infinite magecraft triggers; Near-infinite storm count; Near-infinitely large creature until end of turn
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Hidetsugu and KairiClone LegionMnemonic Wall
Infinite card draw; Infinite draw triggers; Near-infinite copies of creatures you control; Near-infinite creature tokens; Near-infinite death triggers; Near-infinite ETB; Near-infinite lifeloss; Near-infinite LTB; Near-infinite magecraft triggers; Near-infinite storm count
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Hidetsugu and KairiClone LegionPinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak
Infinite card draw; Near-infinite lifeloss; Near-infinite ETB; Infinite draw triggers; Near-infinite storm count; Near-infinite LTB; Near-infinite magecraft triggers; Near-infinite death triggers; Near-infinite creature tokens; Near-infinite copies of creatures you control
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Hidetsugu and KairiClone LegionScholar of the Ages
Infinite card draw; Infinite draw triggers; Near-infinite copies of creatures you control; Near-infinite creature tokens; Near-infinite death triggers; Near-infinite ETB; Near-infinite lifeloss; Near-infinite LTB; Near-infinite magecraft triggers; Near-infinite storm count; Return all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand
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Current price
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Pricing data for Hidetsugu and Kairi isn't available at the moment, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for current market rates before buying. Given its narrow best-fit in Commander and the setup it requires, it's worth verifying the price reflects its actual demand rather than residual hype.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.