Kinsbaile Aspirant
Creature — Kithkin Citizen
As an additional cost to cast this spell, behold a Kithkin or pay 
. (To behold a Kithkin, choose a Kithkin you control or reveal a Kithkin card from your hand.)
Whenever another creature you control enters, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Lorwyn Eclipsed
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #19592
Kinsbaile Aspirant enters with a +1/+1 counter and grows every time you champion or add counters through your Kithkin engine — that's a legitimate body at low investment. Outside a dedicated Brigid, Clachan's Heart shell, though, it's too narrow to justify a slot.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Brigid, Clachan's Heart
Brigid, Clachan's Heart cares about +1/+1 counters distributed across Kithkin, and Kinsbaile Aspirant feeds that engine from the moment it lands — 33% of Brigid decks run it for exactly that reason.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Kinsbaile Aspirant is legal across Constructed formats but sees essentially no play outside Commander — the effect is too incremental for Legacy or Modern, where two mana buys much more threatening creatures. In Pioneer and Standard it's similarly outclassed by generic two-drops with better statlines or immediate impact. Commander is the only home where Kinsbaile Aspirant earns its slot, and even there it's nearly exclusive to Brigid, Clachan's Heart decks that can chain counter triggers repeatedly.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Kinsbaile Aspirant is deep bulk — you're not paying for this card, you're just finding a copy. Demand is narrow enough that the price floor is unlikely to move meaningfully in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Brigid, Clachan's Heart
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.