Kyoki, Sanity's Eclipse
Legendary Creature — Demon Spirit
Whenever you cast a Spirit or Arcane spell, target opponent exiles a card from their hand.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Betrayers of Kamigawa
- Price
- $1.22
- EDHREC rank
- #18777
Kyoki, Sanity's Eclipse turns every spell you cast into forced discard — opponents lose a card from hand or exile a permanent they control each time you play something, which compounds fast in a long game. The cost is a six-mana 5/4 with no evasion, so if you're not already winning when it lands, you need a way to protect it.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Kyoki, Sanity's Eclipse actually gets to breathe — four opponents means four hands to strip, and in a spell-heavy black deck the triggered ability fires often enough to lock someone out of resources before they can answer it. In Legacy and Vintage it's strictly a casual option; six mana for a creature with no immediate board impact is nowhere near the power threshold those formats demand. Oathbreaker is technically legal but the compressed game length works against a card that wants time to grind.
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Price Context
Current price
$1.22 cheap tier
At $1.22, Kyoki, Sanity's Eclipse sits firmly in bulk-rare territory, which makes it an easy pick-up if discard or Demon tribal is your angle. That price is unlikely to move much given its narrow application, so there's no urgency — grab it when you need it.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.