Karmic Guide
Karmic Guide: Creature - Angel Spirit, Secrets of Strixhaven Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}{W}{W}
- Mana value
- 5
- Type
- Creature - Angel Spirit
- Colour identity
- White (W)
- Power / toughness
- 2/2
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC)
- Released
- 2026-04-24
- Collector number
- 151
- Artist
- Allen Williams
- Commander rank
- 962 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Echo, Flying, Protection
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About Karmic Guide
Karmic Guide is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white creature from Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC), a Commander product released in April 2026. It is collector number 151 in that set, with art by Allen Williams. It costs {3}{W}{W} (three generic and two white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. It is a 2/2 creature. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 11 sets, from Urza's Legacy (1999) to Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (2026). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.50 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Flying, protection from black
Echo {3}{W}{W} (At the beginning of your upkeep, if this came under your control since the beginning of your last upkeep, sacrifice it unless you pay its echo cost.)
When this creature enters, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.50 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Karmic Guide by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Premodern | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Karmic Guide
Karmic Guide has been printed in 11 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1911 | Rare | 2025 |
| Crimson Vow Commander (VOC) #90 | Rare | 2021 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #281 | Rare | 2021 |
| Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC) #68 | Rare | 2021 |
| Modern Horizons 2 (MH2) #263 | Rare | 2021 |
| Commander Anthology (CMA) #13 | Rare | 2017 |
| Eternal Masters (EMA) #17 | Rare | 2016 |
| Vintage Masters (VMA) #32 | Rare | 2014 |
| Commander 2013 (C13) #14 | Rare | 2013 |
| Judge Gift Cards 2012 (J12) #4 | Rare | 2012 |
| Urza's Legacy (ULG) #11 | Rare | 1999 |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Karmic Guide, newest first.
- Your permanent's echo ability will trigger at the beginning of your upkeep if it entered the battlefield since the beginning of your last upkeep, or if you gained control of it since the beginning of your last upkeep.
- Paying for echo is always optional. When the echo triggered ability resolves, if you can't pay the echo cost or choose not to, you sacrifice that permanent.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a white colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Karmic Guide is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.
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