Sunpearl Kirin
Creature — Kirin
Flash
Flying
When this creature enters, return up to one other target nonland permanent you control to its owner's hand. If it was a token, draw a card.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Tarkir: Dragonstorm
- Price
- $0.29
- EDHREC rank
- #13448
Sunpearl Kirin enters the battlefield and immediately hands you a 4/4 Zombie Warrior token if you control God-Eternal Oketra — that's a two-card board presence spike for a single creature cast. The five-mana cost is real, but the tempo you get when Oketra is online makes it a clean include over slower value pieces.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
God-Eternal Oketra
God-Eternal Oketra turns every creature cast into a token factory, and Sunpearl Kirin is a five-mana creature that both triggers that ability and has enough body to matter — you're paying five and landing eight power across two creatures immediately.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Sunpearl Kirin is legal across every major constructed format but sees virtually no play outside Commander, where the singleton rule and token-generation payoffs give it a natural home. In Commander specifically, it slots cleanly into white creature-centric decks that want to flood the board rather than grind card advantage. Competitive constructed formats like Modern and Pioneer have faster clocks and tighter curves — a five-mana 3/3 with a situational triggered ability doesn't clear the bar. Standard is the one window where it might see fringe play if a Kirin or Spirit tribal shell materializes, but that support isn't there now.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.29 bulk tier
At $0.29, Sunpearl Kirin is firmly bulk — a near-zero budget barrier for any Commander player who wants it. Bulk rares at this price point rarely climb unless a format-warping deck adopts them, and nothing in the current metagame suggests that's coming for Sunpearl Kirin.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.