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 #135)
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Mana value
- 5
- Released
- 2023-05-12
- Artist
- Chris Rallis
- EDHREC rank
- #8,846
- Colour identity
- Finishes
- Etched
- 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
- Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle
- Whelming Wave
- Serpent of Yawning Depths
- Scourge of Fleets
- Spawning Kraken
- Stormsurge Kraken
- Tromokratis
- Brinelin, the Moon Kraken
- Koma, Cosmos Serpent
- Hullbreaker Horror
- Summon: Leviathan
- Koma, World-Eater
- Garruk's Uprising
- Starwinder
- Inkwell Leviathan
- 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
- Verdant Kraken
- Quest for Ula's Temple
- The Unagi of Kyoshi Island
- Shipbreaker Kraken
- Grappling Kraken
- Glacier Godmaw
- Charix, the Raging Isle
- Kozilek's Unsealing
- Kodama's Reach
- Elder Deep-Fiend
- Cultivate
- Sin, Unending Cataclysm
- Traverse the Outlands
- Rishkar's Expertise
- Kiora, the Crashing Wave
- Kenessos, Priest of Thassa
- Kiora Bests the Sea God
- Reservoir Kraken
- 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
- Summon: Leviathan
- Brinelin, the Moon Kraken
- Arcane Signet
- Kodama's Reach
- Starwinder
- Rampant Growth
- Inkwell Leviathan
- Kiora, Behemoth Beckoner
- Stormtide Leviathan
- Growth Spiral
- Counterspell
- Dreamroot Cascade
- Reliquary Tower
- Simic Sky Swallower
- Lorthos, the Tidemaker
- Xolatoyac, the Smiling Flood
- Farseek
- Beast Within
- Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty
- Yavimaya Coast
- Simic Growth Chamber
- Nature's Lore
- Up the Beanstalk
- Verdant Kraken
- Nadir Kraken
- Breeding Pool
- Benthic Anomaly
- Breaching Leviathan
- Monstrosity of the Lake
- Flooded Grove
- Monstrous Vortex
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.