Turncoat Kunoichi
Creature — Mutant Ninja Fox
Sneak 
(You may cast this spell for if you also return an unblocked attacker you control to hand during the declare blockers step. It enters tapped and attacking.)
When this creature enters, choose target creature an opponent controls. Exile that creature until this creature leaves the battlefield. If this creature's sneak cost was paid, instead exile the chosen creature.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Price
- $0.31
- EDHREC rank
- #14279
Turncoat Kunoichi enters with a poison counter already on an opponent, then sticks around as a 1/1 deathtouch body that can block or threaten trades. The cost is that it only works in formats where infect synergies are active — outside of those shells, a 1/1 that hands out one poison counter does almost nothing.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Splinter, Radical Rat
Splinter, Radical Rat cares about poison counters on opponents, and Turncoat Kunoichi delivers one for free the moment it enters — no combat required, no attack declared, just an immediate trigger that advances Splinter's poison-accumulation engine from the first moment it's on board.
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 |
In Commander, Turncoat Kunoichi is a niche piece in dedicated infect or poison-counter builds — primarily Splinter, Radical Rat shells where every free poison counter accelerates the gameplan. Outside of that specific archetype, it's too slow to matter across a table of four players. In 60-card formats like Modern and Legacy, infect strategies want creatures that attack and grow, not a 1/1 that hands out a single counter without swinging; Turncoat Kunoichi won't find a home there. Standard and Pioneer are the same story — there's no infect infrastructure in those formats to make one free poison counter worth a card slot.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.31 bulk tier
At $0.31, Turncoat Kunoichi sits squarely in bulk territory, which is appropriate for a card with a narrow lane. It's a cheap pickup if you're building Splinter, Radical Rat and want every incremental poison trigger available, but don't expect the price to move — demand outside that single commander is essentially zero.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Splinter, Radical Rat
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.