Kinetic Augur
Creature — Human Shaman
Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)
Kinetic Augur's power is equal to the number of instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard.
When this creature enters, discard up to two cards, then draw that many cards.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Core Set 2021
- Price
- $0.24
- EDHREC rank
- #18630
Kinetic Augur enters and immediately refills your hand — you discard your hand and draw cards equal to its power, which starts at four and climbs with every instant and sorcery you've cast. The Emperor of Palamecia can push that power higher and loves the discard as a cost, making this a natural fit, but in any deck that doesn't benefit from dumping its hand, a raw four-mana 4/3 with a loot effect is a poor rate.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
The Emperor of Palamecia
The Emperor of Palamecia rewards casting instants and sorceries and cares about graveyard fuel, so Kinetic Augur delivers on both axes — it enters as a large body, refills your hand at a size proportional to your spell count, and the discard feeds any discard-matters payoffs in the 99.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Kinetic Augur is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but competitive constructed formats have moved past what it offers. In Modern and Legacy, four mana for a creature that loots is too slow when Faithless Looting and cheaper cantrips exist. Commander is where Kinetic Augur actually earns its slot — the average spell count in a 99-card deck can push its power well above four, meaning you're often drawing five or six cards on entry, which is a legitimate refuel in a format where card advantage is everything.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.24 bulk tier
At $0.24, Kinetic Augur is firmly bulk, and there's no pressure to buy in at any particular time. Cards at this price tier rarely appreciate unless they spike in a competitive format, and nothing about Kinetic Augur's profile points there — treat it as an easy inclusion or a throw-in trade.
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Sources
Mentioned
- The Emperor of Palamecia
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.