First printed in Stronghold (1998)
Creature — Kor Spirit
Flying: The next 1 damage that would be dealt to this creature this turn is dealt to target creature you control instead.
Death free throat from thirst, mouth from speech, feet from earth.
—Kor requiem
2/2
- Illustrated by
- John Matson
Legality
- Legal in
- Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Oathbreaker
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Penny Dreadful, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Tiny Leaders, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
Rulings (5)
- It can redirect damage to itself.
- It is possible to redirect more damage to a creature than that creature’s toughness.
- The ability of this card does not do anything to stop Trample damage from being assigned to the defending player.
- You can use this ability as much as you want prior to damage being dealt.
- When you redirect combat damage it is still combat damage.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.002 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).
Combos
30 combos, the most popular first:
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Monk Gyatso + Spirit en-Kor (+ 1 other requirement)
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Monk Gyatso + Semblance Anvil + Spirit en-Kor
- Infinitely large creature: Crackdown Construct + Spirit en-Kor
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Monk Gyatso + Planar Gate + Spirit en-Kor
- Infinite lifegain: Spirit en-Kor + Task Force + Worthy Cause
- Infinite lifegain: Daru Spiritualist + Spirit en-Kor + Worthy Cause
- Infinite lifegain: Animal Boneyard + Daru Spiritualist + Spirit en-Kor
- Infinite lifegain: Animal Boneyard + Spirit en-Kor + Task Force
- Infinite lifegain: Daru Spiritualist + Miren, the Moaning Well + Spirit en-Kor
- Infinite lifegain: Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim + Daru Spiritualist + Spirit en-Kor