Kiss of the Amesha
Sorcery
Target player gains 7 life and draws two cards.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- UW
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.20
- EDHREC rank
- #24663
Kiss of the Amesha costs six mana to gain 7 life and draw two cards — passable rates stapled together, but six is too much for a spell that doesn't affect the board or close a game. In Commander it occasionally earns a slot in lifegain-matters decks that need cheap card count to hit payoffs, but it's firmly a budget filler, not a staple.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Kiss of the Amesha is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but sees virtually no competitive play in any of them. In Commander it finds its most forgiving home — six mana is acceptable in a 40-life format where lifegain triggers matter, and the two-card draw patches some of the tempo loss. Outside Commander, six mana for this effect is simply unplayable; Legacy and Vintage have access to far more efficient card draw and lifegain at a fraction of the cost. It's a Commander-only card in practice, and even there it's competing against tighter options.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.20 bulk tier
At $0.20, Kiss of the Amesha is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a common box rather than order. That price is stable because demand is low and copies are plentiful; don't expect movement in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.