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Kitchen Finks

Creature — Ouphe

When this creature enters, you gain 2 life.
Persist (When this creature dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it.)

CMC
3
Mana cost
{1}{G/W}{G/W}
Color identity
GW
Rarity
rare
Set
Friday Night Magic 2009
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#14050
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Kitchen Finks card art
Kitchen Finks enters with a 3/2 body, 2 life, and a promise to do it again — three mana for that much staying power is a genuine deal. Pair it with Vizier of Remedies and the persist trigger never removes a counter, which is where the card stops being a value creature and starts being an engine.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Kitchen Finks is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker. Modern is where it built its reputation — years of aggressive and midrange sideboards leaned on it as a lifegain cushion against burn and a body that demanded two answers. In Legacy and Vintage it sees fringe play, mostly as a combo piece rather than a standalone threat. Commander is the most compelling home today: the persist mechanic interacts with a wide range of sacrifice, counter-manipulation, and lifegain commanders, and Kitchen Finks pulls double duty as a resilient blocker and a combo enabler in the same slot.

Key Combos

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Price Context

Current price

unknown tier

Pricing data isn't available at the moment — check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the current market rate. Kitchen Finks has seen multiple reprints, which has historically kept it accessible, so it's worth verifying before assuming it's expensive.

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