Kami of Tattered Shoji
Creature — Spirit
Whenever you cast a Spirit or Arcane spell, this creature gains flying until end of turn.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Betrayers of Kamigawa
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #29999
Kami of Tattered Shoji is a five-mana 3/4 that lets you pay two and tap it to draw a card — a slow, expensive engine that barely keeps pace with what Commander demands. Bulk rare territory: the rate is too poor for competitive lists and too fragile for casual ones.
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, Kami of Tattered Shoji competes against a deep bench of repeatable draw effects at lower mana investment, and it loses that competition cleanly — tapping to draw for two mana is simply not efficient enough when the average game demands constant card advantage at scale. In Pauper, where the card pool is restricted to commons, Kami of Tattered Shoji is legal but still uncompetitive; the format moves faster and values proactive threats over slow tap-activated engines. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters — the card does nothing those formats care about. This is a card that exists at bulk common power level regardless of its rarity.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Kami of Tattered Shoji sits firmly in bulk territory, and there's no pressure driving that price up. It's safe to pick up as a placeholder, but don't expect the rate to move — there's no competitive demand to create a floor above bulk.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.