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Rune-Tail, Kitsune Ascendant // Rune-Tail's Essence
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Rune-Tail, Kitsune Ascendant

{2}{W}

Legendary Creature — Fox Monk

When you have 30 or more life, flip Rune-Tail.

2 / 2

Rune-Tail's Essence

Legendary Enchantment

Prevent all damage that would be dealt to creatures you control.

Set
The List (PLST #SOK-27)
Rarity
Rare
Mana value
3
Released
2020-03-13
Artist
Randy Gallegos
EDHREC rank
#7,501
Colour identity
{W}
Finishes
Nonfoil, Foil
Served from
Local database

Commander bracket

3 +
Bracket 3 and up — Upgraded
In 6 two-card combos

Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules

EDHREC

Salt Score 0.71
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Can be your commander
Protection

Combos 6

Rune-Tail, Kitsune Ascendant // Rune-Tail's Essence+Pariah
{W}
LockPrevent all damage that would be dealt to creatures you controlPrevent all damage that would be dealt to you
2,317 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Rune-Tail, Kitsune Ascendant // Rune-Tail's Essence+Protector of the Crown
{W}
Creatures you control can't be dealt damageLockYou can't be dealt damage
1,376 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Rune-Tail, Kitsune Ascendant // Rune-Tail's Essence+Pariah's Shield
{W}
LockPrevent all damage that would be dealt to creatures you controlPrevent all damage that would be dealt to you
1,179 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Rune-Tail, Kitsune Ascendant // Rune-Tail's Essence+Palisade Giant
{W}
LockPrevent all damage that would be dealt to permanents you controlPrevent all damage that would be dealt to you
1,145 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Rune-Tail, Kitsune Ascendant // Rune-Tail's Essence+With Great Power . . .
{W}
LockPrevent all damage that would be dealt to creatures you controlPrevent all damage that would be dealt to you
508 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Empyrial Archangel+Rune-Tail, Kitsune Ascendant // Rune-Tail's Essence
{G}{W}{U}
LockPrevent all damage that would be dealt to permanents you controlPrevent all damage that would be dealt to you
21 decks Commander Spellbook ↗

Commander recommendations

Top synergy 50

Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.

  1. Protector of the Crown 65 %+64.5 %
  2. Pariah 72 %+63.7 %
  3. Palace Guard 61 %+60.6 %
  4. Wall of Glare 59 %+58.4 %
  5. Palisade Giant 57 %+56.8 %
  6. Guardian of the Gateless 58 %+56.3 %
  7. Felidar Sovereign 58 %+51.7 %
  8. Soul's Attendant 64 %+50.1 %
  9. Soul Warden 71 %+50.0 %
  10. Brave the Sands 54 %+48.7 %
  11. Wave of Reckoning 46 %+43.3 %
  12. Cosmos Elixir 45 %+40.2 %
  13. Test of Endurance 42 %+38.3 %
  14. Rhox Faithmender 41 %+37.5 %
  15. Eight-and-a-Half-Tails 39 %+37.1 %
  16. Serra Ascendant 49 %+36.5 %
  17. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun 47 %+35.8 %
  18. Pariah's Shield 41 %+35.7 %
  19. Sunscorch Regent 39 %+34.9 %
  20. Suture Priest 47 %+34.7 %
  21. Goldenglow Moth 32 %+31.2 %
  22. Angel of Destiny 40 %+30.8 %
  23. Speaker of the Heavens 39 %+30.5 %
  24. Aetherflux Reservoir 38 %+29.5 %
  25. Approach of the Second Sun 33 %+28.5 %
  26. Mangara, the Diplomat 48 %+28.4 %
  27. Beacon of Immortality 29 %+27.2 %
  28. Well of Lost Dreams 35 %+27.0 %
  29. Authority of the Consuls 49 %+26.8 %
  30. Oketra's Monument 54 %+26.8 %
  31. Linden, the Steadfast Queen 32 %+25.7 %
  32. Weathered Bodyguards 25 %+24.4 %
  33. Rebuff the Wicked 42 %+23.5 %
  34. Heliod, Sun-Crowned 33 %+23.5 %
  35. Pristine Talisman 27 %+22.9 %
  36. Keeper of the Accord 38 %+22.6 %
  37. Court of Grace 33 %+22.2 %
  38. Voice of the Blessed 27 %+22.1 %
  39. Cleric Class 30 %+21.8 %
  40. Radiant Fountain 27 %+21.7 %
  41. Phyrexian Vindicator 30 %+21.6 %
  42. Mass Calcify 33 %+20.7 %
  43. Hundred-Handed One 20 %+20.0 %
  44. Fountain Watch 20 %+19.9 %
  45. Metropolis Reformer 26 %+19.4 %
  46. Fumigate 27 %+19.3 %
  47. Sigarda's Splendor 24 %+19.0 %
  48. The Gaffer 23 %+18.9 %
  49. Greater Auramancy 20 %+18.7 %
  50. Storm Herd 21 %+18.3 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Plains 93 %-1.3 %
  2. Sol Ring 81 %-2.0 %
  3. Swords to Plowshares 76 %+1.3 %
  4. Pariah 72 %+63.7 %
  5. Soul Warden 71 %+50.0 %
  6. Pearl Medallion 67 %+6.5 %
  7. Path to Exile 67 %-0.6 %
  8. Protector of the Crown 65 %+64.5 %
  9. Soul's Attendant 64 %+50.1 %
  10. Palace Guard 61 %+60.6 %
  11. Wall of Glare 59 %+58.4 %
  12. Guardian of the Gateless 58 %+56.3 %
  13. Felidar Sovereign 58 %+51.7 %
  14. Palisade Giant 57 %+56.8 %
  15. Brave the Sands 54 %+48.7 %
  16. Oketra's Monument 54 %+26.8 %
  17. Arcane Signet 51 %-6.4 %
  18. Emeria, the Sky Ruin 50 %+10.6 %
  19. Authority of the Consuls 49 %+26.8 %
  20. Serra Ascendant 49 %+36.5 %
  21. Mangara, the Diplomat 48 %+28.4 %
  22. Suture Priest 47 %+34.7 %
  23. Generous Gift 47 %+5.8 %
  24. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun 47 %+35.8 %
  25. Wave of Reckoning 46 %+43.3 %
  26. Cosmos Elixir 45 %+40.2 %
  27. Test of Endurance 42 %+38.3 %
  28. Rebuff the Wicked 42 %+23.5 %
  29. Rhox Faithmender 41 %+37.5 %
  30. Pariah's Shield 41 %+35.7 %
  31. Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx 41 %+8.4 %
  32. Angel of Destiny 40 %+30.8 %
  33. Land Tax 40 %+6.9 %
  34. Esper Sentinel 39 %+5.6 %
  35. Eight-and-a-Half-Tails 39 %+37.1 %
  36. Speaker of the Heavens 39 %+30.5 %
  37. Sunscorch Regent 39 %+34.9 %
  38. Keeper of the Accord 38 %+22.6 %
  39. Aetherflux Reservoir 38 %+29.5 %
  40. Knight of the White Orchid 38 %+12.6 %
  41. Sun Titan 37 %+15.4 %
  42. War Room 35 %+0.3 %
  43. Well of Lost Dreams 35 %+27.0 %
  44. Ghostly Prison 34 %+13.3 %
  45. Court of Grace 33 %+22.2 %
  46. Approach of the Second Sun 33 %+28.5 %
  47. Heliod, Sun-Crowned 33 %+23.5 %
  48. Mass Calcify 33 %+20.7 %
  49. The Wind Crystal 33 %+11.3 %
  50. Goldenglow Moth 32 %+31.2 %

Format legality

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Not legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Commander Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Brawl Not legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Historic Not legal
Timeless Not legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Legal
Premodern Not legal
PreDH Legal
Pauper EDH Not legal
Old School Not legal
Future Not legal
Gladiator Not legal
All printingsScryfall ↗Edhrec ↗

Rulings

  • 2005-06-01

    Each Ascendant is legendary in both its unflipped and flipped forms. This means that effects that look for legendary creature cards, such as Time of Need and Captain Sisay, can find an Ascendant.

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