Kitsune Bonesetter
Creature — Fox Cleric
: Prevent the next 3 damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn. Activate only if you have more cards in hand than each opponent.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Saviors of Kamigawa
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #26838
Kitsune Bonesetter prevents all combat damage to a creature you control until end of turn — but only if you have more cards in hand than each opponent, a condition that collapses the moment anyone draws ahead of you. The ceiling is a niche fog effect on a 1/1 body for two mana; it rarely earns its slot.
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 |
Kitsune Bonesetter sees essentially no competitive play in any format. In Commander, the hand-size condition is unreliable at a four-player table where someone almost always has more cards than you, and a 1/1 body for two mana does nothing on its own. In Pauper, where the card is legal, proactive threats and efficient interaction dominate — a conditional, one-creature fog effect can't compete. Legacy and Vintage have access to every tool ever printed, which makes Kitsune Bonesetter a non-starter. The card exists at the fringe of Commander group-hug or high-hand-count builds, but even there far better options exist.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Kitsune Bonesetter is pure bulk — the price reflects demand, which is effectively zero. Don't expect that floor to move; cards with this narrow a use case don't recover value without a dramatic rules change or a new combo context that doesn't currently exist.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.