Kirol, History Buff // Pack a Punch
Legendary Creature — Vampire Cleric // Sorcery
Whenever one or more cards leave your graveyard, Kirol becomes prepared. (While it's prepared, you may cast a copy of its spell. Doing so unprepares it.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RW
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven
- Price
- $0.19
- EDHREC rank
- #17007
Kirol, History Buff // Pack a Punch turns every Lesson you learn into a body on the battlefield, then flips into a pump spell that can close a game the turn you've built critical mass. The cost is real — you're leaning on a mechanic with limited support outside dedicated Strixhaven shells — but in the right deck it functions closer to a Diamond Lion than a bulk rare: cheap, explosive, and underrated.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Quintorius, History Chaser
Quintorius, History Chaser already rewards you for casting spells from exile and grinding through your library, so Kirol, History Buff // Pack a Punch plugs in as a redundant payoff that converts the same Learn triggers into an army and a finisher on the same card.
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 |
In Commander, Kirol, History Buff // Pack a Punch is a role-player in Quintorius, History Chaser builds and any Boros or Naya shell that runs the Lesson package heavily enough to chain multiple triggers per turn. Competitive constructed formats like Pioneer and Modern have faster clocks than Kirol wants to operate on — spending two mana on a 2/2 that requires further setup rarely lines up against the format's threats. Standard is the sweet spot outside Commander: the Lesson infrastructure exists in the format, the power level is calibrated for that environment, and Pack a Punch can close games against unprepared opponents in a way it simply can't in older formats.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Kirol, History Buff // Pack a PunchDiamond LionTethmos High Priest
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature; Infinite magecraft triggers; Infinite self-mill; Infinite storm count; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite death triggers; Infinite sacrifice triggers
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Kirol, History Buff // Pack a PunchDiamond LionForum Necroscribe
Infinite magecraft triggers; Infinite self-mill; Infinite storm count; Infinite +1/+1 counters on most creatures you control; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite death triggers; Infinite sacrifice triggers
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Kirol, History Buff // Pack a PunchForum NecroscribeComposite Golem
Infinite +1/+1 counters on most creatures you control; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite black mana; Infinite blue mana; Infinite death triggers; Infinite green mana; Infinite magecraft triggers; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite self-mill; Infinite storm count
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Current price
$0.19 bulk tier
At $0.19, Kirol, History Buff // Pack a Punch is firmly bulk — the kind of card you pick up in a trade binder without thinking twice. Bulk rares with narrow mechanical triggers rarely spike unless a new set pushes the supported mechanic into mainstream viability, so treat this as an easy inclusion at minimal cost rather than a spec target.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.