Kiora, Sovereign of the Deep
Legendary Creature — Merfolk Noble
Vigilance, ward
Whenever you cast a Kraken, Leviathan, Octopus, or Serpent spell from your hand, look at the top X cards of your library, where X is that spell's mana value. You may cast a spell with mana value less than X from among them without paying its mana cost. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
4 / 5
- Set
- March of the Machine: The Aftermath (MAT #35)
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Mana value
- 5
- Released
- 2023-05-12
- Artist
- Chris Rallis
- EDHREC rank
- #8,730
- Colour identity
- Finishes
- Nonfoil, Foil
- Served from
- Local database
Commander bracket
Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules
EDHREC
Combos
Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.
Commander recommendations
Top synergy 50
Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.
- Slinn Voda, the Rising Deep
- Whelming Wave
- Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle
- Serpent of Yawning Depths
- Scourge of Fleets
- Stormsurge Kraken
- Spawning Kraken
- Tromokratis
- Brinelin, the Moon Kraken
- Koma, Cosmos Serpent
- Hullbreaker Horror
- Garruk's Uprising
- Summon: Leviathan
- Koma, World-Eater
- Inkwell Leviathan
- Starwinder
- Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait
- Kiora, Behemoth Beckoner
- Stormtide Leviathan
- Simic Sky Swallower
- Lorthos, the Tidemaker
- Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty
- Xolatoyac, the Smiling Flood
- Nadir Kraken
- Benthic Anomaly
- Up the Beanstalk
- Breaching Leviathan
- Monstrosity of the Lake
- Monstrous Vortex
- Deep-Sea Kraken
- Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
- Quest for Ula's Temple
- Shipbreaker Kraken
- The Unagi of Kyoshi Island
- Grappling Kraken
- Charix, the Raging Isle
- Glacier Godmaw
- Kozilek's Unsealing
- Elder Deep-Fiend
- Kodama's Reach
- Cultivate
- Traverse the Outlands
- Rishkar's Expertise
- Sin, Unending Cataclysm
- Kiora, the Crashing Wave
- Kenessos, Priest of Thassa
- Reservoir Kraken
- Kiora Bests the Sea God
- Return of the Wildspeaker
- Mosswort Bridge
Most included 50
Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.
- Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle
- Whelming Wave
- Sol Ring
- Command Tower
- Slinn Voda, the Rising Deep
- Island
- Forest
- Serpent of Yawning Depths
- Garruk's Uprising
- Hullbreaker Horror
- Scourge of Fleets
- Koma, Cosmos Serpent
- Cultivate
- Spawning Kraken
- Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait
- Koma, World-Eater
- Stormsurge Kraken
- Tromokratis
- Hinterland Harbor
- Brinelin, the Moon Kraken
- Summon: Leviathan
- Arcane Signet
- Kodama's Reach
- Starwinder
- Rampant Growth
- Inkwell Leviathan
- Kiora, Behemoth Beckoner
- Stormtide Leviathan
- Growth Spiral
- Counterspell
- Dreamroot Cascade
- Simic Sky Swallower
- Reliquary Tower
- Lorthos, the Tidemaker
- Xolatoyac, the Smiling Flood
- Beast Within
- Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty
- Farseek
- Simic Growth Chamber
- Yavimaya Coast
- Nature's Lore
- Nadir Kraken
- Up the Beanstalk
- Breeding Pool
- Benthic Anomaly
- Monstrosity of the Lake
- Breaching Leviathan
- Flooded Grove
- Monstrous Vortex
- Rejuvenating Springs
Format legality
Rulings
- 2023-05-12
If the spell has
in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost. - 2023-05-12
If you cast a spell "without paying its mana cost," you can't pay any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs. If the spell has any mandatory additional costs, those must be paid to cast it.
- 2023-05-12
The spell you cast without paying its mana cost is cast during the resolution of the triggered ability. Timing restrictions of that spell based on card type are ignored. It will resolve before the spell that caused the ability to trigger.