Kitesail Apprentice
Creature — Kor Soldier
As long as this creature is equipped, it gets +1/+1 and has flying.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Worldwake
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #24179
Kitesail Apprentice is a one-mana 1/1 that gains flying as long as you control another equipped creature — a conditionally evasive body that costs nothing to deploy but demands infrastructure to matter. In the wrong deck it's a vanilla 1/1; in a dedicated equipment shell, it's a reliable evasive attacker from turn one.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Kitesail Apprentice slots into Voltron and equipment-tribal builds where you're suiting up multiple creatures simultaneously — the flying condition is easy to maintain and the one-mana entry cost means it eats minimal resources. In Pauper, aggressive white equipment decks can make real use of it as a cheap evasive threat that punishes opponents who don't answer it early. Legacy and Vintage have access to far more powerful one-drops, so Kitesail Apprentice doesn't compete there. It's a card with a specific home, and outside that home it does very little.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Kitesail Apprentice is deep bulk — you'll find it in a common box before you find it on a store shelf. That price is a floor; there's no realistic scenario where demand drives it higher.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.