Kami of Whispered Hopes

Oracle Text

If one or more +1/+1 counters would be put on a permanent you control, that many plus one +1/+1 counters are put on that permanent instead.
{T}: Add X mana of any one color, where X is this creature's power.

Card Details

1/1Power / Toughness

2GMana Cost

1Prints

Set

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Character Background

Kami of Whispered Hopes is a quiet engine for green decks that want to snowball counters into mana and board dominance, making it especially strong in value and combo shells, with some crossover into midrange. Its replacement effect turns every +1/+1 counter you place on your permanents into an extra one, which means it supercharges cards that already scale with counters, from mana dorks and token makers to planeswalkers or creatures that arrive with counters. The tap ability then converts its own power into mana of any one color, so any way to grow it quickly turns into explosive ramp. In practice, this means pairing it with repeatable counter sources like Incubation Druid, Evolution Sage, or adaptive creatures can create huge turns fast. Because it starts as a fragile 1/1, protect it with hexproof, counter enablers, or instant-speed buffs, and build around cards that let counters do double duty.

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