Myojin of Night's Reach

Legendary Creature — Spirit

Myojin of Night's Reach enters with a divinity counter on it if you cast it from your hand.
Myojin of Night's Reach has indestructible as long as it has a divinity counter on it.
Remove a divinity counter from Myojin of Night's Reach: Each opponent discards their hand.

CMC
8
Mana cost
{5}{B}{B}{B}
Color identity
B
Rarity
rare
Set
Champions of Kamigawa
Price
$5.24
EDHREC rank
#11723
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Myojin of Night's Reach card art
Myojin of Night's Reach empties every opponent's hand the turn it enters — a one-sided Wheel of Fortune that leaves you with a full grip and three empty ones. Eight mana is steep, but the divinity counter means it can repeat the effect if you have a blink or bounce outlet.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander
legacy
modern
pioneer
standard
vintage
pauper
oathbreaker

Myojin of Night's Reach is a Commander card, full stop. The multiplayer table is the only context where stripping three hands simultaneously justifies eight mana, and the divinity counter's reuse potential matters most when games run long. In Legacy, Modern, or Pioneer, eight mana gets you killed in the time it takes to cast this, and one-for-one hand disruption at that cost is simply unplayable. Standard is the same story — the curve is too compressed for an eight-drop whose effect doesn't end the game. Vintage has the raw mana to cheat it into play, but better bombs exist at that power level.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Budget Alternatives

Cheaper options that do most of the same work

Mind Shatter and Syphon Mind cover the mass discard angle at a fraction of the cost — Syphon Mind is under $0.50 and even replaces itself in multiplayer. The trade-off is that neither is reusable and neither hits all opponents simultaneously the way Myojin of Night's Reach does, so you're trading raw impact for efficiency.

Price Context

Current price

$5.24 mid tier

At $5.24, Myojin of Night's Reach sits in mid-tier pricing that reflects genuine Commander demand rather than a spike — it's not a staple, but it's iconic enough to hold steady. The original printing never got a wide reprint, which keeps the floor from dropping, so this is close to the floor price for the effect.

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