Teachings of the Kirin // Kirin-Touched Orochi
Enchantment — Saga // Enchantment Creature — Snake Monk
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter.)
I — Mill three cards. Create a 1/1 colorless Spirit creature token.
II — Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.
III — Exile this Saga, then return it to the battlefield transformed under your control.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty
- Price
- $0.28
- EDHREC rank
- #14301
Teachings of the Kirin // Kirin-Touched Orochi gives you a repeatable creature-pump engine that flips into a 3/4 deathtouch body once you've assembled enough modified permanents — the back half alone pulls its weight in combat. The cost is real: you need three modified permanents in play before the saga completes, which means this card is dead weight in anything but a dedicated counters or equipment shell.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Teachings of the Kirin // Kirin-Touched Orochi slots into dedicated modified decks — Samurai, Ninja, or +1/+1 counters builds — where the anthem effect on chapters one and two meaningfully accelerates board development and the 3/4 deathtouch back half contributes a real blocker. Outside of those shells it's too narrow; a generic green deck that doesn't consistently field three modified permanents will flip this too slowly to matter. In Modern and Pioneer, the card is legal but the three-modified requirement competes against faster, more focused synergy pieces, so it sees virtually no play. Legacy and Vintage offer no environment where this rate is competitive. Commander remains the only realistic home.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.28 bulk tier
At $0.28, Teachings of the Kirin // Kirin-Touched Orochi is firmly bulk — pick it up without thinking twice if the deck calls for it. Bulk rares with narrow synergy requirements rarely climb, so treat this as a low-cost role-player rather than a spec.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.