Kiora, the Crashing Wave
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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What it does
+1: Until your next turn, prevent all damage that would be dealt to and dealt by target permanent an opponent controls.
−1: Draw a card. You may play an additional land this turn.
−5: You get an emblem with "At the beginning of your end step, create a 9/9 blue Kraken creature token."
Combos with Kiora, the Crashing Wave
Lines this card is part of — what it needs alongside it, and what the two of them do. An infinite result is the one that moves a deck's bracket.
- Port Razer Thrasta, Tempest's Roar Odric, Lunarch Marshal Infinite
- Infinite combat damage
- Infinite combat phases
- Infinite mana creatures you control can produce
- Infinite untap of creatures you control
Combo data from Commander Spellbook, the community-maintained database of Magic combos. Mirrored nightly.
Rulings
5 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2014-02-01
Once the first ability resolves, the damage prevention continues to apply even if that permanent changes controllers.
- 2014-02-01
Kiora’s second ability allows you to play an additional land during your main phase. Doing so follows the normal timing rules for playing lands. In particular, you won’t play a land as that ability resolves. The ability will fully resolve (and you’ll draw a card, perhaps a land you’ll play later) first.
- 2014-02-01
If Kiora leaves the battlefield after her second ability is activated but before it resolves, you’ll still be able to play an additional land after the ability resolves.
- 2014-02-01
The effect of the second ability is cumulative with other effects that let you play additional lands, such as the one from Rites of Flourishing.
- 2014-02-01
Kiora’s first ability can target any permanent an opponent controls, not just one that can deal or be dealt damage.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Kiora, the Crashing Wave, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hakbal of the Surging Soul | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Simic 1 deck
Every version of Kiora, the Crashing Wave
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 genuinely publishes none for some of them.
Duel Decks: Elspeth vs. Kiora
- Foil
- $1.41
Born of the Gods
- Normal
- $1.20
- Foil
- $13.00
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Kiora, the Crashing Wave — a name search across every version, for the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
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.
