Kiora, Sovereign of the Deep
- Mana cost
- {3}{G}{U}
- Type
- Legendary Creature — Merfolk Noble
- Power / toughness
- 4 / 5
- Set
- March of the Machine: The Aftermath #85 (mythic)
- Price
- $7.10 USD
Vigilance, ward {3}
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.
Kiora, Sovereign of the Deep has 5 printings, first in March of the Machine: The Aftermath (2023). EDHREC ranks it #8,895 among Commander cards. It appears most in Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle decks (2,357 on EDHREC). It has 3 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Kiora, Sovereign of the Deep most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle: 2,357 decks
- Kenessos, Priest of Thassa: 1,938 decks
- Koma, Cosmos Serpent: 613 decks
- Kiora of Salt and Sand: 18 decks
Often played with Kiora, Sovereign of the Deep
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : 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.
- : 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.
- : If the spell has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.