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Kianne, Dean of Substance // Imbraham, Dean of Theory

Kianne, Dean of Substance // Imbraham, Dean of Theory

Legendary Creature — Elf Druid // Legendary Creature — Bird Wizard

Kianne wants a deck that makes an army of small creatures and attacks with all of them. It also works in a deck built around Birds, Druids or Elves.

  • Mana cost2 genericgreen
  • Blue, Green ()
  • Power / toughness2 / 2
  • RarityRare

tap: Exile the top card of your library. If it's a land card, put it into your hand. Otherwise, put a study counter on it.

4 genericgreen: Create a 0/0 green and blue Fractal creature token. Put a +1/+1 counter on it for each different mana value among nonland cards you own in exile with study counters on them.

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Xblueblue, tap: Exile the top X cards of your library and put a study counter on each of them. Then you may put a card you own in exile with a study counter on it into your hand.

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Archetypes

Cards That Fit Kianne, Dean of Substance

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

explain how Kianne 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 16 Apr 2021

Cards are exiled face up unless an effect states otherwise.

Wizards of the Coast 16 Apr 2021

Exiled cards with study counters on them retain their study counters even if Kianne or Imbraham leave the battlefield.

Wizards of the Coast 16 Apr 2021

The second abilities of both Kianne and Imbraham look at all cards you own in exile with study counters, even if they were exiled by a different permanent, such as another Kianne or Imbraham.

Wizards of the Coast 16 Apr 2021

You may choose 0 as the value of X as you activate Imbraham’s last ability. If you do, you will not exile any cards from your library. However, you may still put a card previously exiled with a study counter on it into your hand.

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

Similar Commanders

Commanders that share the most with Kianne, 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 glossaryUGPlayers write colors as letters: U for blue, G for green. Blue is U because B was already taken by black.TokensToken decks fill the battlefield with small creatures made by their cards, then attack with all of them or make them all bigger at once. A token is a creature (or other object) that a card creates, not a card from your deck.Open the Tokens pageToken EngineMakes tokens again and again rather than once. A token is a creature or other permanent created by a card, with no card of its own. Something that makes one token gives you a body; something that makes them every turn gives you a board you can keep rebuilding after it is cleared. Grave Titan, Bitterblossom, OphiomancerOpen the Token Engine page+1/+1 CountersPuts +1/+1 counters on creatures, permanently raising their power and toughness. Unlike a temporary boost that wears off at end of turn, these markers stay put and stack up over a long game. Hardened Scales, The Great HengeOpen the +1/+1 Counters pageToken MakerCreates one or more tokens. Different cards make very different ones: creatures Grave Titan, Treasures Smothering Tithe, Clues Tireless Tracker or Food Gilded Goose. This is one of our largest tags, so pair it with an archetype or theme when you are hunting a specific kind.Open the Token Maker pageLibrary ManipulationCards that let you look at, rearrange or play from the top of your deck, so you control what you draw next.Open the Library Manipulation page