Infernal Kirin
Mana cost

Mana value4TypeLegendary Creature — Kirin Spirit
Color identity
Black
RarityRare
SetSaviors of Kamigawa (SOK)
ArtistCarl Critchlow
Price€1.03 · foil €13.95 · $2.41
✦ This card can be a commander. See the commander page →
Infernal Kirin 


Legendary Creature — Kirin Spirit
Flying
Whenever you cast a Spirit or Arcane spell, target player reveals their hand and discards all cards with that spell's mana value.
Whenever you cast a Spirit or Arcane spell, target player reveals their hand and discards all cards with that spell's mana value.
The kirin bellowed—an echoing, twisted parody of its once-inspirational call.
3/3
Legality
CommanderLegalStandardNot legalPioneerNot legalModernLegalLegacyLegalVintageLegalPauperNot legalBrawlNot legalOathbreakerLegalHistoricNot legalTimelessNot legalPenny DreadfulLegal
Rulings
2005-06-01
If the Spirit or Arcane spell has in the mana cost, then you use the value of
on the stack. For example, Shining Shoal costs
. If you choose X = 2, then Shining Shoal's mana value is 4. Shining Shoal also has an ability that says "You may exile a white card with mana value X from your hand rather than pay Shining Shoal's mana cost"; if you choose to pay the alternative cost and exile a card with mana value 2, then X is 2 while Shining Shoal is on the stack and its mana value is 4.