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Kaho, Minamo Historian

Kaho, Minamo Historian

Legendary Creature — Human Wizard

Kaho wants a deck that casts extra spells for free off the top of its deck. It also works in a deck built around Humans, Tutors / Toolbox or Wizards.

  • Mana cost2 genericblueblue
  • Blue ()
  • Power / toughness2 / 2
  • RarityRare

When Kaho enters, search your library for up to three instant cards, exile them, then shuffle.

X, tap: You may cast a spell with mana value X from among cards exiled with Kaho without paying its mana cost.

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Archetypes

Cards That Fit Kaho, Minamo Historian

Picked for what they do in Kaho's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Kaho'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 Kaho, Minamo Historian

explain how Kaho 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 an effect takes a card Kaho exiled out of the exile zone, then you can't use Kaho's ability to cast that card.

Wizards of the Coast 1 Jun 2005

If another player gains control of Kaho, that player may cast any of the cards exiled with Kaho's ability.

Wizards of the Coast 1 Jun 2005

Kaho's activated ability refers only to cards exiled by its triggered ability. If another effect exiled the cards, you won't be able to use Kaho to cast those cards.

3 rulings, all written by Wizards of the Coast. Read the originals on Gatherer ↗

Similar Commanders

Commanders that share the most with Kaho, 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.Cascade/Free CastCascade decks cast extra spells for free, straight from the top of their deck, every time they cast the right card. Cascade turns over cards from the top of your library until it hits a cheaper spell, which you may cast without paying for it.Open the Cascade/Free Cast pageMana SinkGives you somewhere useful to spend spare mana, usually through an ability you can activate again and again. Rogue's Passage, Mind StoneOpen the Mana Sink pageFree CastCan be cast without paying its mana cost when a condition is met, often "if you control your commander". Because it costs nothing, you can still answer something after your mana is already spent. Fierce Guardianship, Deflecting SwatOpen the Free Cast pageETB ValueDoes something useful the moment it arrives: an enter the battlefield ability, which players shorten to ETB. You keep that effect even if the card is removed straight afterwards, which is why these pair so well with flicker cards that make them enter again. Solemn Simulacrum, The One RingOpen the ETB Value pageTutors / ToolboxCards that search your deck for another card, each one called a tutor, so you can find the exact answer you need.Open the Tutors / Toolbox page