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Kimahri, Valiant Guardian

Legendary Creature — Cat Warrior MV 4

Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.

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What it does

Vigilance

Ronso Rage — At the beginning of combat on your turn, put a +1/+1 counter on Kimahri and tap target creature an opponent controls. Then you may have Kimahri become a copy of that creature, except its name is Kimahri, Valiant Guardian and it has vigilance and this ability.

Rulings

5 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.

  • 2025-06-06

    If the copied creature is copying something else, then Kimahri becomes a copy of whatever that creature is copying, with the listed exceptions.

  • 2025-06-06

    If the target creature is an illegal target as Kimahri's last ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. You won't put a counter on Kimahri, and Kimahri won't become a copy of anything.

  • 2025-06-06

    If the copied creature has X in its mana cost, X is 0.

  • 2025-06-06

    If the copied creature is a token, Kimahri copies the original characteristics of that token as stated by the effect that created the token, with the listed exceptions.

  • 2025-06-06

    Kimahri copies exactly what was printed on the original creature, with the listed exceptions (unless that creature is copying something else or is a token; see below). It doesn't copy whether that creature is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or any Auras or Equipment attached to it, or any non-copy effects that have changed its types, color, power and toughness, and so on.

Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.

In the 99

Every deck whose current list includes Kimahri, Valiant Guardian, whatever its commander.

Decks running it 3
Games played 0
Win rate — Fewer than 5 completed games, which is not enough to publish a rate yet.
Confirmed on board 0 Games where a board photo caught it actually in play.

Most played under

Commander Decks Games Win rate
Tidus, Yuna's Guardian 2 0 —

Colors it shows up in

  • Bant 2 decks

Every version of Kimahri, Valiant Guardian

2 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly. A printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall publishes none for some of them.

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Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only. No individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.