Kumena's Speaker
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
IxalanXLN · #196
- Card type
- Creature — Merfolk Shaman
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 0.13 € · ★ 0.52 € · 0.18 $ · ★ 0.58 $
- Mana value
- 1
- Power
- 1
- Toughness
- 1
- Colour
- Green
Card text
This creature gets +1/+1 as long as you control another Merfolk or an Island.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PioneerLegal
- TimelessLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Johann Bodin
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2017-09-29
Flavour text
"The same power that drives the river ever onward flows through the roots and branches—to me."
Rulings
Because damage remains marked on a creature until it’s removed as the turn ends, the damage Kumena’s Speaker takes during combat may become lethal if you no longer control a Merfolk or Island later in the turn.
Kumena’s Speaker gets only +1/+1 from its ability, no matter how many Merfolk and Islands you control.
Most nonbasic lands that produce blue mana aren’t Islands. For example, Glacial Fortress isn’t an Island. Some nonbasic lands (such as Irrigated Farmland from the Amonkhet set) do have basic land types printed on the type line and may be Islands.