Kithkin Zephyrnaut
Creature — Kithkin Soldier
Kinship — At the beginning of your upkeep, you may look at the top card of your library. If it shares a creature type with this creature, you may reveal it. If you do, this creature gets +2/+2 and gains flying and vigilance until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Morningtide
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #25173
Kithkin Zephyrnaut is a conditional 3/3 flying, vigilance body for three mana — fine stats, but the keyword suite only switches on when clash is active, which requires specific deck architecture to make reliable. Without consistent clash support, it's a vanilla 1/1 for three, and that's not a card anyone is playing.
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 |
Kithkin Zephyrnaut sees essentially no competitive play anywhere. In Pauper, where commons fight for slots, the clash mechanic is too inconsistent to build around when better white flyers exist at the same cost. In Commander, clash appears on so few cards that building a synergy density high enough to make Kithkin Zephyrnaut reliably a 3/3 is more work than the payoff justifies — tribal Kithkin decks are fringe at best. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in a three-mana creature that requires setup to be functional. This is a card that lives in Limited nostalgia, not constructed reality.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Kithkin Zephyrnaut is deep bulk — the price reflects exactly what it is. Don't expect movement; clash-matters cards have no competitive home driving demand.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.