Kami of the Waning Moon
Creature — Spirit
Flying
Whenever you cast a Spirit or Arcane spell, target creature gains fear until end of turn. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Champions of Kamigawa
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #21784
Kami of the Waning Moon gives every Spirit you control flying for three mana — a lord-style anthem on a 1/1 body that happens to be a Spirit itself. It's a role-player, not a headliner: slot it into Spirit tribal and it pulls weight; anywhere else it's a 1/1 with no text.
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 |
Kami of the Waning Moon is a Commander card through and through — the effect only scales in multiplayer games where you're fielding enough Spirits to justify a three-mana anthem. In Legacy, Modern, and Vintage it's outclassed by tribal lords with higher base stats or wider type coverage, and the three-mana slot is brutally competitive in those formats. Pauper is the one constructed format where it could see fringe play in a dedicated Spirit shell, since the common-rarity tribal options are narrower, but even there it's a build-around rather than a staple. Treat Kami of the Waning Moon as a Commander-specific pickup and ignore the other legalities.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Kami of the Waning Moon is deep bulk — you'll find it in any dollar-bin or bulk-rare box without trying. There's no pressure scenario that pushes this above a quarter, so pick it up whenever you need it without a second thought.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.