Myojin of Cleansing Fire
Legendary Creature — Spirit
Myojin of Cleansing Fire enters with a divinity counter on it if you cast it from your hand.
Myojin of Cleansing Fire has indestructible as long as it has a divinity counter on it.
Remove a divinity counter from Myojin of Cleansing Fire: Destroy all other creatures.
- CMC
- 8
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Champions of Kamigawa
- Price
- $2.71
- EDHREC rank
- #15169
Myojin of Cleansing Fire enters and immediately threatens a one-sided board wipe — remove the divinity counter and every other permanent your opponents control is gone. Eight mana is the real cost, and if it dies before you crack the counter, you've spent your turn doing nothing; the payoff is enormous but fragile, and Myojin of Grim Betrayal exists in the same design space to remind you this cycle rewards patience over speed.
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 |
Myojin of Cleansing Fire is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but the only format where it sees real play is Commander. In Legacy and Vintage the eight-mana cost is disqualifying — those formats end before you untap with this in play. Modern is the same story; no competitive Modern deck wants a do-nothing eight-drop. Commander is where the card makes sense: longer games, multiplayer tables full of permanents to wipe, and commanders like Jodah or Esika that let you cheat the cost clause entirely.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Myojin of Cleansing FireMyojin of Grim BetrayalHuatli's Raptor
Destroy all creatures except Myojin of Cleansing Fire during each turn; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite proliferate; Put all creature cards destroyed by Myojin of Cleansing Fire onto the battlefield under your control; Lock
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Myojin of Cleansing FireMyojin of Grim BetrayalPark Heights Maverick
Destroy all creatures during each turn; Destroy all creatures that enter the battlefield; Gain control of most creatures during each of your turns; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite proliferate; Lock
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Current price
$2.71 cheap tier
At $2.71, Myojin of Cleansing Fire sits in the bulk-rare tier — cheap enough to pick up without deliberation. Demand is narrow and Commander-specific, so the price is unlikely to spike unless a high-profile combo surfaces, but it's also not going lower from here.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Myojin of Grim Betrayal
- Huatli's Raptor
- Park Heights Maverick
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.