Kinjalli's Sunwing
Creature — Dinosaur
Flying
Creatures your opponents control enter tapped.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Ixalan Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #3144
Kinjalli's Sunwing taxes every creature your opponents play by making them enter tapped, which is a repeatable tempo hit that compounds fast in multiplayer. At three mana with flying, it pulls its weight in any white deck that wants to slow the table down — and in Gishath, Sun's Avatar lists, it does that while wearing a Dinosaur type line.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Gishath, Sun's Avatar
Gishath, Sun's Avatar wants every Dinosaur it can find, and Kinjalli's Sunwing delivers both a relevant tribal type and a stax effect that keeps blockers off the board long enough for Gishath's combat trigger to connect.
Pantlaza, Sun-Favored
Pantlaza, Sun-Favored triggers a Discover off the first Dinosaur you cast each turn, so Kinjalli's Sunwing slots in as a Dinosaur that earns its seat on tribal count alone while slowing down anything opponents try to develop.
Sephara, Sky's Blade
Sephara, Sky's Blade wants a wide flying board, and Kinjalli's Sunwing contributes a flier that also taps down would-be blockers or attackers before combat even starts.
Zacama, Primal Calamity
Zacama, Primal Calamity decks run enough Naya Dinosaurs that Kinjalli's Sunwing fits the tribal package, and the tapped-entry clause buys time on turns when Zacama isn't online yet.
Ghalta and Mavren
Ghalta and Mavren attacks repeatedly, so Kinjalli's Sunwing's ability to enter-tap blockers before combat is a direct damage multiplier — fewer blockers means more tokens from Mavren's trigger.
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 |
Commander is where Kinjalli's Sunwing does its best work: three opponents means the enter-tapped clause fires constantly, and even one or two activations per round puts the table noticeably behind on board development. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer it's legal but essentially unplayed — three mana for a 2/3 flier with a conditional stax effect doesn't clear the bar when those formats have faster, more targeted disruption. Oathbreaker shares enough of Commander's multiplayer texture that the card is playable there in a white tempo shell, though the smaller starting life total makes the math on racing less forgiving. The honest read is that Kinjalli's Sunwing is a Commander card dressed in universal legality.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data isn't available in this snapshot, but Kinjalli's Sunwing has historically sat in the bulk-to-under-a-dollar range given its narrow competitive relevance and multiple printings. It's worth picking up in a trade binder or as a cheap buylist grab if you're building Gishath, Sun's Avatar or Pantlaza, Sun-Favored — you're not paying a premium for it.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.