Kei Takahashi
Legendary Creature — Human Cleric
: Prevent the next 2 damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GW
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Chronicles
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #28945
Kei Takahashi lets you tap to prevent all damage a creature would deal this turn — a repeatable, instant-speed effect that can lock down a table's biggest threat every turn cycle. The cost is steep: a 2/2 body for three mana that dies to anything and does nothing unless you're holding up mana every turn.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Kei Takahashi is a fringe pillow-fort piece — repeatable damage prevention is genuinely rare, but a three-mana 2/2 with no protection is too fragile to build around. Legacy and Vintage are legal on paper, but neither format has any interest in a slow, tap-activated creature that doesn't affect the board meaningfully against fast combo and Force of Will decks. Kei Takahashi's most realistic home is a casual Commander build focused on prevention effects, stax-adjacent pillowfort, or Legends-matter tribal.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Kei Takahashi is deep bulk — the price reflects its near-absence from competitive and popular casual lists. Don't expect movement; this is a card you pick up from a dollar bin if you have a specific use for it, not one you stockpile.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.