Homura, Human Ascendant // Homura's Essence
Legendary Creature — Human Monk // Legendary Enchantment
Homura can't block.
When Homura dies, return it to the battlefield flipped.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Saviors of Kamigawa
- Price
- $3.45
- EDHREC rank
- #16900
When Homura, Human Ascendant // Homura's Essence dies, it flips into an enchantment that gives every creature you control flying and +2/+2 — a permanent, board-wide anthem that costs nothing extra once it's in play. The catch is that Homura enters the battlefield unable to attack or block, so you're building around his death, not his life.
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 |
Commander is the natural home for Homura, Human Ascendant // Homura's Essence — the singleton format rewards unique build-around effects, and the multiplayer table means opponents will often kill Homura for you, triggering the flip without you spending a resource. In Legacy and Vintage, a six-mana creature with a death-trigger payoff is too slow and too fragile for those formats' axes of competition. Oathbreaker is legal but similarly unfit; the pressure of a 20-life format punishes expensive do-nothing creatures. Stick to Commander.
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Price Context
Current price
$3.45 cheap tier
At $3.45, Homura, Human Ascendant // Homura's Essence sits in the cheap tier — reasonable for a mythic with a genuinely unique effect that sees consistent niche play. The price is stable; it's not chasing new printings and the card hasn't been widely reprinted, so you're unlikely to find it cheaper anytime soon.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.