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Cloudhoof Kirin

Cloudhoof Kirin

Legendary Creature — Kirin Spirit

Cloudhoof Kirin wants a deck that wins by emptying its opponents' decks. It also works in a deck built around Kirins or Spirits.

  • Mana cost3 genericblueblue
  • Blue ()
  • Power / toughness4 / 4
  • RarityRare

Flying

Whenever you cast a Spirit or Arcane spell, you may have target player mill X cards, where X is that spell's mana value.

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Cards That Fit Cloudhoof Kirin

Picked for what they do in Cloudhoof Kirin's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Cloudhoof Kirin's color identity.Mana ValueThe total amount of mana a card costs, all added up. A card costing two generic and one green has a mana value of three. Wizards renamed this from "converted mana cost" in 2021, so older cards and articles may still use the old name.Sol RingOpen the full glossary

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Rulings for Cloudhoof Kirin

explain how Cloudhoof Kirin works in tricky situations. They come from Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic.RulingThe official answer to how a card works in a tricky situation. Most rulings are written by Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic, and a few are notes from Scryfall, the card database Magic players use. A ruling explains a card. It does not change what the card says.Open the full glossary

Wizards of the Coast 1 Jun 2005

If the Spirit or Arcane spell has {X} in the mana cost, then you use the value of {X} on the stack. For example, Shining Shoal costs {X}{W}{W}. 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.

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Commanders that share the most with Cloudhoof Kirin, and what they share.

Color identityEvery color of mana symbol on a card, in its cost and in its rules text. Your commander's color identity sets the limit for your whole deck: every other card has to fit inside it. A deck led by a green and white commander cannot play a card with any blue in its color identity.Open the full glossaryUPlayers write colors as letters: U for blue. Blue is U because B was already taken by black.MillMill decks win by emptying opponents' libraries, the decks they draw from: a player who has to draw from an empty library loses the game. Milling means putting cards from the top of a library straight into the graveyard.Open the Mill pageMillPuts cards from the top of a player's library, the deck they draw from, straight into their graveyard. Aimed at opponents it can win the game, because a player who has to draw from an empty library loses.Open the Mill pageEvasionAn ability that makes a creature hard to block, so its attacks reach the player. Flying, menace, landwalk and plain 'can't be blocked' are the common kinds.Open the Evasion pageSpiritsSpirits are found in every color, most often white, blue and black; many fly, and many care about the graveyard.Open the Spirits page