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Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy

Legendary Creature — Human Druid

Whenever you tap a nonland permanent for mana, add one mana of any type that permanent produced.
{5}{G}{U}: Look at the top five cards of your library. You may put a non-Human creature card from among them onto the battlefield. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

CMC
2
Mana cost
{G}{U}
Color identity
GU
Rarity
mythic
Set
Final Fantasy: Through the Ages
Price
$12.61
EDHREC rank
#1354
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Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy card art
Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy turns every nonland mana source into a discount engine and doubles as an infinite-mana outlet that cheats creatures directly onto the battlefield — the impact is immediate and punishing. The floor is a two-mana card that accelerates every subsequent turn; the ceiling is a two-card infinite with Basalt Monolith that ends the game on the spot, which is why Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools // Thrasios, Triton Hero runs it in over 60% of builds.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Tevesh Szat, Doom of FoolsThrasios, Triton Hero

Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools // Thrasios, Triton Hero

61.7% of decks · synergy 0.59

Thrasios's activated ability costs four mana to dig and put lands into play, so Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy's extra mana on every rock and dork accelerates the loop while also reducing the total mana threshold for going infinite.

02
Thrasios, Triton HeroYoshimaru, Ever Faithful

Thrasios, Triton Hero // Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful

53.7% of decks · synergy 0.49

Same Thrasios engine, same math — Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy effectively discounts the card-advantage ability that this deck relies on to find and execute its combo lines.

03
Sisay, Weatherlight Captain

Sisay, Weatherlight Captain

48.4% of decks · synergy 0.45

Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy is a legendary creature with a nonzero power, so Sisay, Weatherlight Captain can tutor it directly onto the battlefield, and then Kinnan immediately starts paying back the mana tax on every subsequent activation.

04
Loot, the Pathfinder

Loot, the Pathfinder

37.4% of decks · synergy 0.33

Loot, the Pathfinder cares about artifacts entering the battlefield, and Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy turns every mana rock in that synergy package into a faster engine — more mana means more artifacts means more triggers.

05
Derevi, Empyrial Tactician

Derevi, Empyrial Tactician

28.8% of decks · synergy 0.24

Derevi, Empyrial Tactician floods the board with creatures and artifacts that tap for mana, and Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy scales directly with headcount — the more untap triggers Derevi generates, the more each source produces.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy is most dangerous — the format's reliance on mana rocks and creature-based ramp means Kinnan is never short of things to accelerate, and the seven-mana activated ability becomes live faster than opponents expect. In competitive EDH specifically, it's a standalone commander that enables turn-two or turn-three infinite mana with the right rocks, placing it firmly in bracket 4 territory. In Legacy and Vintage, Kinnan is legal but sees almost no play — those formats don't run enough nonland mana sources in creature form to make the passive relevant, and a two-mana do-nothing without an existing board is too slow. Pioneer is the same story: the mana-creature density exists in theory, but there's no broken enough payoff loop to justify the slot over more targeted accelerants.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Budget Alternatives

Cheaper options that do most of the same work

No single card replicates both halves of Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy, but Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider does the closest impression of the passive at a higher mana cost — it doubles mana from lands rather than nonland sources, which is a meaningful downgrade in artifact-heavy shells but workable in landfall or green stompy builds. If you only need the mana-doubling effect and can accept a narrower scope, Magus of the Candelabra or Selvala, Heart of the Wilds cover specific niches at lower price points, though neither replaces the activated outlet that makes Kinnan so dangerous in combo contexts.

Price Context

Current price

$12.61 mid tier

At $12.61, Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy sits in the mid tier — expensive enough to feel like a real purchase, cheap enough that it's accessible to most players who want it. Given its central role in multiple competitive Commander archetypes and consistent demand from cEDH builders, the price is stable rather than inflated.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.