Kitsune Healer
Creature — Fox Cleric
: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.: Prevent all damage that would be dealt to target legendary creature this turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Champions of Kamigawa
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #21255
Kitsune Healer offers a tap ability that prevents all damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn — reactive, conditional, and asking you to leave a 2/2 back every combat to do it. The opportunity cost is too steep in any format where threats move faster than a tapped Fox Cleric can keep up.
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 Healer is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legality is not a recommendation. In Commander, damage prevention is a narrow effect and a 2/2 body for three mana that must tap to do it won't survive the table long enough to matter. Pauper is the only format where a fog-on-a-stick might earn a fringe look, but the tap cost and fragility keep Kitsune Healer out of competitive lists there too. Across every other format it's legal in, faster and more reliable options exist at the same mana cost or less.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Kitsune Healer is deep bulk — the kind of card that ends up in a trade binder filler slot. That price reflects demand accurately, and there's no reason to expect it to move.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.