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Spirit en-Kor

Creature — Kor Spirit

Flying
{0}: The next 1 damage that would be dealt to this creature this turn is dealt to target creature you control instead.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{3}{W}
Color identity
W
Rarity
common
Set
Stronghold
Price
$0.14
EDHREC rank
#20110
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Spirit en-Kor card art
Spirit en-Kor lets you redirect any amount of damage to itself for free, as many times per turn as you have mana — which makes it the engine behind one of Commander's nastiest infinite loops alongside Monk Gyatso. The cost is a 1/1 body for two mana that does nothing without a combo partner, so you're running it for one reason only.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper legal
oathbreaker legal

Spirit en-Kor is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but its real home is Commander — the singleton format is where a niche two-mana creature with a specific redirect ability finds a reliable shell built around it. In Pauper it's technically playable at common, but the combo lines it enables there are slower and less supported than in Commander. Legacy and Vintage have access to Spirit en-Kor but offer far more efficient combo pieces, so it sees essentially no competitive play in those formats. Treat it as a Commander card.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.14 bulk tier

At $0.14, Spirit en-Kor is deep bulk — pick it up in any common/uncommon bin without a second thought. The price is stable because demand is narrow and supply is plentiful; don't expect movement either direction.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.