Petalmane Baku
Creature — Spirit
Whenever you cast a Spirit or Arcane spell, you may put a ki counter on this creature.
, Remove X ki counters from this creature: Add X mana of any one color.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Betrayers of Kamigawa
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #18973
Petalmane Baku is a mana-generating engine in dedicated Spirit and Arcane shells, where it stockpiles ki counters passively and converts them into green mana on demand. The cost is tribal lock-in — outside a deck built around Spirits and Arcane spells, it's a vanilla 1/1 that competes poorly with Kiri-Onna and every other role-player in the tribe.
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 |
Petalmane Baku is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but sees meaningful play in exactly one of those: Commander, specifically Spirit-tribal builds that chain Arcane spells. In Pauper, the Baku cycle lacks the density of Arcane support to make the mana payoff consistent enough to compete. Legacy, Modern, and Vintage have no interest — faster mana acceleration exists, and the tribal requirement is too steep for those formats' efficiency bar.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Kiri-OnnaPetalmane BakuUgin's ConjurantEzzaroot Channeler
Infinite colored mana; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite storm count
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Petalmane Baku is deep bulk, and that price is stable — Spirit-tribal Commander demand is narrow enough that no spike is coming. Pick it up without thinking twice if you're building the archetype.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.