Kami of the Painted Road
Creature — Spirit
Whenever you cast a Spirit or Arcane spell, this creature gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Champions of Kamigawa
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #28958
Kami of the Painted Road makes your whole attacking team unblockable for a turn — that's the effect; the cost is five mana and a creature slot for something that does nothing until you swing. It's a finisher-enabler, not a value engine, and whether that tradeoff pays off depends entirely on how wide you go.
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 the Painted Road is a one-shot alpha strike enabler — you tap it on the turn you've built a wide enough board to kill someone, and the unblockability seals it. Pauper is where the card sees its most competitive consideration, since evasion at common is genuinely scarce and go-wide token strategies can make the five-mana investment reasonable. Legacy, Vintage, and Modern are non-starters — the effect is powerful enough conceptually, but five mana for a creature that does nothing until combat is too slow when those formats are ending games on turns one through four.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Kami of the Painted Road is deep bulk — the cheapest category of card you can buy. Bulk commons and uncommons at this price rarely move unless a specific competitive deck adopts them, and nothing in the current metagame suggests that's coming for this one.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.