Kairi, the Swirling Sky

Kairi, the Swirling Sky

Legendary Creature — Dragon Spirit

Mana cost: {4}{U}{U}

How we read this card

Flying, ward {3}
When Kairi dies, choose one —

triggered —

Return any number of target nonland permanents with total mana value 6 or less to their owners' hands.

triggered — bounce

Mill six cards, then return up to two instant and/or sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand.

triggered — mills a card

triggered — brings a card back

What we read on this card

Causes: you face a dilemma, an artifact leaves the battlefield, a battle leaves the battlefield, a creature leaves the battlefield, an enchantment leaves the battlefield, a planeswalker leaves the battlefield, mill a card, an instant leaves a graveyard, a sorcery leaves a graveyard.

Cares about: an instant in a graveyard, a sorcery in a graveyard.

Works well with

hits creature — 509 cards in Kairi's colors can cause this (Kairi is one).

  1. Jalira, Master Polymorphist — Jalira, Master Polymorphist can put Kairi, the Swirling Sky onto the battlefield from your library
  2. Polymorph — Polymorph can put Kairi, the Swirling Sky onto the battlefield from your library
  3. Proteus Staff — Proteus Staff can put Kairi, the Swirling Sky onto the battlefield from your library
  4. Synthetic Destiny — Synthetic Destiny can put Kairi, the Swirling Sky onto the battlefield from your library
  5. Mass Polymorph — Mass Polymorph can put Kairi, the Swirling Sky onto the battlefield from your library

5 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an instant leaves a graveyard — 83 cards in Kairi's colors can cause this (Kairi is one).

  1. Murktide Regent — When an instant leaves a graveyard thanks to Kairi, the Swirling Sky, Murktide Regent puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

a Dragon enters the battlefield — 73 cards in Kairi's colors can cause this (Kairi is one).

When Kairi, the Swirling Sky enters:

  1. Dragon's Hoard — puts a gold counter on itself
  2. Roiling Dragonstorm — triggers

a nontoken Spirit enters the battlefield — 154 cards in Kairi's colors can cause this (Kairi is one).

  1. Baboon Spirit — When Kairi, the Swirling Sky enters, Baboon Spirit makes a token

a Spirit enters the battlefield — 175 cards in Kairi's colors can cause this (Kairi is one).

When Kairi, the Swirling Sky enters:

  1. Mausoleum Wanderer — gets +1/+1
  2. Nebelgast Herald — taps a creature an opponent controls

a card in a graveyard — 1,684 cards in Kairi's colors can cause this (Kairi is one).

Kairi, the Swirling Sky:

  1. Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — puts cards into the graveyard that Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy can bring back
  2. Transplant Theorist — puts cards into the graveyard that Transplant Theorist can bring back
  3. Heart-Shaped Herb — puts cards into the graveyard that Heart-Shaped Herb can bring back
  4. Mindwhisker — fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Mindwhisker needs
  5. Barkform Harvester — puts cards into the graveyard that Barkform Harvester can bring back
  6. Cybernetic Specialist — puts cards into the graveyard that Cybernetic Specialist can bring back
  7. Picklock Prankster // Free the Fae — puts cards into the graveyard that Picklock Prankster // Free the Fae can bring back
  8. Reito Sentinel — puts cards into the graveyard that Reito Sentinel can bring back
  9. Most Decrepit Old Bird // Speak Secrets — fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Most Decrepit Old Bird // Speak Secrets needs
  10. Vantress Gargoyle — fills a graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Vantress Gargoyle needs

86 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything goes to a graveyard — 1,684 cards in Kairi's colors can cause this (Kairi is one).

When a card hits the graveyard thanks to Kairi, the Swirling Sky:

  1. Quest for Ancient Secrets — puts a quest counter on itself
  2. Energy Field — sacrifices itself

a creature attacks — 3,238 cards in Kairi's colors can cause this (Kairi is one).

When Kairi, the Swirling Sky attacks:

  1. Adaptive Omnitool — searches a library
  2. Kindred Discovery — draws you 1 card
  3. Teo, Spirited Glider — draws you 1 card
  4. Shadow Puppeteers — turns something into a creature
  5. Screaming Swarm — mills a card
  6. Imperious Mindbreaker — mills a card
  7. Staff of Titania — makes a token
  8. Saw — sacrifices a creature
  9. Ultima Weapon — kills a creature an opponent controls
  10. Throwing Knife — sacrifices itself

44 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything attacks — 3,238 cards in Kairi's colors can cause this (Kairi is one).

When Kairi, the Swirling Sky attacks:

  1. ED-E, Lonesome Eyebot — puts a quest counter on itself
  2. Madame Web, Clairvoyant — mills a card
  3. Dawnsire, Sunstar Dreadnought — deals 100 damage
  4. Curse of Verbosity — draws you 1 card
  5. Gossip's Talent — triggers
  6. Alora, Merry Thief — triggers
  7. Twins of Discord — triggers
  8. Great Gilded Boat — draws and discards
  9. Cosmic Cube — triggers
  10. Doom's Time Platform — exiles a card from your graveyard

3 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature blocks — 3,238 cards in Kairi's colors can cause this (Kairi is one).

When Kairi, the Swirling Sky blocks:

  1. Barrow-Blade — strips abilities
  2. Dead-Iron Sledge — kills a creature
  3. Dwindle — kills a creature

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature is cast — 3,254 cards in Kairi's colors can cause this (Kairi is one).

When Kairi, the Swirling Sky is cast:

  1. Oketra's Monument — makes a token
  2. Kozilek's Unsealing — makes 2 tokens
  3. The Clone Saga — copies a spell
  4. Customs Depot — draws you 1 card
  5. Bontu's Monument — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  6. Vanquisher's Banner — draws you 1 card
  7. Rhonas's Monument — gives +2/+2
  8. Hazoret's Monument — draws and discards
  9. Aether Barrier — makes a player sacrifice a permanent
  10. Kefnet's Monument — triggers

12 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken creature enters the battlefield — 3,316 cards in Kairi's colors can cause this (Kairi is one).

When Kairi, the Swirling Sky enters:

  1. Arni, Humble Scribe — untaps itself
  2. Minion Reflector — makes a token
  3. Overburden — triggers

2 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature enters the battlefield — 3,581 cards in Kairi's colors can cause this (Kairi is one).

  1. Ray Fillet, Wave Warrior — When Kairi, the Swirling Sky enters, Ray Fillet, Wave Warrior puts a counter on itself

52 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.