Nightsoil Kami
Saviors of Kamigawa 139 • common
- Set
- Saviors of Kamigawa
- Collector number
- 139
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana green mana green mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Green
- Artist
- Jim Nelson
- Market price
- $0.07
What it does
Soulshift 5 (When this creature dies, you may return target Spirit card with mana value 5 or less from your graveyard to your hand.)
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Nightsoil Kami was released in 2005 as part of the Saviors of Kamigawa expansion, the third set in the Kamigawa block for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. The set explored themes of Japanese mythology and folklore, centering on the conflict between the physical world and the spirit realm. This particular card was designed to interact with the graveyard mechanics prevalent throughout the block, representing a spiritual entity that consumes decay to fuel its own growth.
The illustration for Nightsoil Kami was created by artist Christopher Moeller, who rendered the spirit in a style consistent with the ethereal and often unsettling aesthetic of the Kamigawa spirits. Moeller utilized a composition that emphasizes the creature's connection to the soil and the cycle of life and death, fitting the card's function as a recurring graveyard utility piece. Within the game's competitive meta at the time of its release, the card was viewed as a niche tool for specific archetypes rather than a defining staple of the format.
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