Kiora Bests the Sea God
Kiora Bests the Sea God: Enchantment - Saga, Theros Beyond Death. I - Create an 8/8 blue Kraken creature token with hexproof. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {5}{U}{U}
- Mana value
- 7
- Type
- Enchantment - Saga
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Set
- Theros Beyond Death (THB)
- Released
- 2020-01-24
- Collector number
- 52
- Artist
- Victor Adame Minguez
- Commander rank
- 4,587 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Kiora Bests the Sea God
Kiora Bests the Sea God is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare blue enchantment from Theros Beyond Death (THB), an expansion set released in January 2020. It is collector number 52 in that set, with art by Victor Adame Minguez. It costs {5}{U}{U} (five generic and two blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 7. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 2 sets. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $8.54 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I - Create an 8/8 blue Kraken creature token with hexproof.
II - Tap all nonland permanents target opponent controls. They don't untap during their controller's next untap step.
III - Gain control of target permanent an opponent controls. Untap it.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $8.54 (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 Kiora Bests the Sea God by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Kiora Bests the Sea God
Kiora Bests the Sea God has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Theros Beyond Death Promos (PTHB) #52p | Mythic | 2020 |
| Theros Beyond Death Promos (PTHB) #52s | Mythic | 2020 |
Official rulings
The 8 most recent official rulings for Kiora Bests the Sea God, newest first.
- The control-change effect of the third chapter ability lasts indefinitely. It doesn’t wear off during the cleanup step. In a multiplayer game, it does expire if you leave the game.
- Any nonland permanents that come under the target player’s control after the second chapter ability resolves will untap as normal.
- Removing lore counters won’t cause a previous chapter ability to trigger. If lore counters are removed from a Saga, the appropriate chapter abilities will trigger again when the Saga receives lore counters.
- Once a chapter ability has triggered, the ability on the stack won’t be affected if the Saga gains or loses counters, or if it leaves the battlefield.
- Nonland permanents target opponent controls that are already tapped when the second chapter ability resolves won’t be tapped again, but they won’t untap during their controller’s next untap step.
- If multiple chapter abilities trigger at the same time, their controller puts them on the stack in any order. If any of them require targets, those targets are chosen as you put the abilities on the stack, before any of those abilities resolve.
- The second chapter ability targets the player but not their permanents. Permanents with hexproof may be tapped this way.
- Each symbol on the left of a Saga’s text box represents a chapter ability. A chapter ability is a triggered ability that triggers when a lore counter that is put on the Saga causes the number of lore counters on the Saga to become equal to or greater than the ability’s chapter number. Chapter abilities are put onto the stack and may be responded to.
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