Kitsune Ace
Creature — Fox Pilot
Whenever a Vehicle you control attacks, choose one —
• That Vehicle gains first strike until end of turn.
• Untap this creature.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty
- Price
- $0.28
- EDHREC rank
- #12089
Kitsune Ace crews Vehicles for free by tapping and gives them flying and lifelink until end of turn — that's a meaningful combat upgrade stapled onto a crew enabler at two mana. In Kotori, Pilot Prodigy builds specifically, it does exactly what the deck wants and costs next to nothing to include.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Kotori, Pilot Prodigy
Kotori, Pilot Prodigy turns any crewed Vehicle into an artifact creature at the start of combat, and Kitsune Ace's tap-to-crew plus the flying and lifelink grant means you're getting an evasive, life-gaining attacker every turn off a single two-drop.
Greasefang, Okiba Boss
Greasefang, Okiba Boss reanimates Vehicles and attacks with them immediately, and Kitsune Ace fills the crew requirement while making those Vehicles harder to block and harder to race against.
Miles "Tails" Prower
Miles "Tails" Prower rewards packing the 99 with Vehicles and their crew enablers, and Kitsune Ace pulls double duty as a cheap pilot that also buffs whatever it crews.
Kolodin, Triumph Caster
Kolodin, Triumph Caster cares about artifact creatures entering and attacking, and Kitsune Ace's crew ability feeds that gameplan while the flying grant helps pushed Vehicles close out games.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Kitsune Ace is a narrow two-mana creature — legal in Commander, Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but only genuinely relevant where Vehicles are the theme. In Commander it earns its slot in dedicated Vehicle decks and nowhere else; the effect is too parasitic to carry its weight in a generic midrange shell. In Pauper it has a legal home but Vehicles aren't a real archetype there, so it sits unplayed. Competitive formats like Modern and Pioneer have faster, more redundant Vehicle payoffs, and Kitsune Ace doesn't clear the bar for those 60-card lists.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.28 bulk tier
At $0.28, Kitsune Ace is bulk — safe to pick up as a throw-in without a second thought. The price will stay flat; it has no crossover appeal outside Vehicle decks, so there's no pressure driving it upward.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Kotori, Pilot Prodigy
- Greasefang, Okiba Boss
- Miles "Tails" Prower
- Kolodin, Triumph Caster
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.