Brinelin, the Moon Kraken
Brinelin, the Moon Kraken: Legendary Creature - Kraken, Commander Masters. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {6}{U}{U}
- Mana value
- 8
- Type
- Legendary Creature - Kraken
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Power / toughness
- 6/8
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Commander Masters (CMM)
- Released
- 2023-08-04
- Collector number
- 78
- Artist
- Adam Paquette
- Commander rank
- 5,360 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Partner
- Commander
- Can be your commander
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About Brinelin, the Moon Kraken
Brinelin, the Moon Kraken is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon blue legendary creature from Commander Masters (CMM), a Masters set released in August 2023. It is collector number 78 in that set, with art by Adam Paquette. It costs {6}{U}{U} (six generic and two blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 8. It is a 6/8 creature. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 4 sets, from The List (2020) to Commander Masters (2023). It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.24 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
When Brinelin enters and whenever you cast a spell with mana value 6 or greater, you may return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand.
Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.24 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Brinelin, the Moon Kraken by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
Other printings of Brinelin, the Moon Kraken
Brinelin, the Moon Kraken has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #CMM-78 | Uncommon | 2026 |
| The List (PLST) #CMR-60 | Uncommon | 2021 |
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) #86226 | Uncommon | 2020 |
| Commander Legends (CMR) #555 | Uncommon | 2020 |
| Commander Legends (CMR) #60 | Uncommon | 2020 |
Official rulings
The 8 most recent official rulings for Brinelin, the Moon Kraken, newest first.
- Once the game begins, your two commanders are tracked separately. If you cast one, you won't have to pay an additional {2} the first time you cast the other. A player loses the game after having been dealt 21 damage from any one of them, not from both of them combined.
- For spells with {X} in their mana costs, use the value chosen for X to determine the spell's mana value.
- Both commanders start in the command zone, and the remaining 98 cards (or 58 cards in a Commander Draft game) of your deck are shuffled to become your library.
- To have two commanders, both must have the partner ability as the game begins. Losing the ability during the game doesn't cause either to cease to be your commander.
- If your Commander deck has two commanders, you can only include cards whose own color identities are also found in your commanders' combined color identities. If Falthis and Kediss are your commanders, your deck may contain cards with black and/or red in their color identity, but not cards with green, white, or blue.
- You can choose two commanders with partner that are the same color or colors. In Commander Draft, you can even choose two of the same commander with partner if you drafted them. If you do this, make sure you keep the number of times you've cast each from the command zone clear for "commander tax" purposes.
- An ability that triggers when a player casts a spell resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered.
- If something refers to your commander while you have two commanders, it refers to one of them of your choice. If you are instructed to perform an action on your commander (e.g. put it from the command zone into your hand due to Command Beacon), you choose one of your commanders at the time the effect happens.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a blue colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.