Kinsbaile Courier
Creature — Kithkin Soldier
When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
Encore 
(, Exile this card from your graveyard: For each opponent, create a token copy that attacks that opponent this turn if able. They gain haste. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only as a sorcery.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Commander Legends
- Price
- $0.20
- EDHREC rank
- #22462
Kinsbaile Courier is a 2/2 Kithkin for three mana that gives target creature +1/+1 and lifelink until end of turn — a combat trick stapled to an underpowered body. The rate is bad: three mana for a 2/2 with a one-shot effect is not competitive at any table that isn't explicitly tribal Kithkin.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Kinsbaile Courier sees no meaningful play in Legacy or Vintage — formats where three mana buys you game-winning threats, not a marginal combat trick. In Pauper, the common card pool is more forgiving, but Kinsbaile Courier still can't compete with the format's efficient creatures and actual card-advantage engines. Commander is the only format where tribal synergies could theoretically justify it, and even there it belongs only in a dedicated Kithkin build where every Kithkin body matters — a deck that almost never appears at serious tables.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.20 bulk tier
At $0.20, Kinsbaile Courier is deep bulk — the kind of card that ends up in trade binders next to draft chaff. That price reflects its power level accurately and is unlikely to move without an unexpected tribal reprint push.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.