---
name: "Hikari, Twilight Guardian"
mana_cost: "{3}{W}{W}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Spirit"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Flying"]
set: "CHK"
set_name: "Champions of Kamigawa"
collector_number: "12"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Glen Angus"
oracle_id: "98a89d5c-871c-4da6-a502-9fdb7bdfccff"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/hikari-twilight-guardian-chk"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Hikari, Twilight Guardian
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{W}{W}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Spirit
- **Power/Toughness:** 4/4
- **Keywords:** Flying

## Oracle Text
Flying
Whenever you cast a Spirit or Arcane spell, you may exile Hikari. If you do, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Flickering Spirit](/printing/flickering-spirit-tsp.md) — Creature — Spirit
2. [Kami of Tattered Shoji](/printing/kami-of-tattered-shoji-bok.md) — Creature — Spirit
3. [Celestial Kirin](/printing/celestial-kirin-sok.md) — Legendary Creature — Kirin Spirit
4. [Guardian of Solitude](/printing/guardian-of-solitude-chk.md) — Creature — Spirit
5. [Spectral Arcanist](/printing/spectral-arcanist-voc.md) — Creature — Spirit Wizard
6. [Roaming Ghostlight](/printing/roaming-ghostlight-clu.md) — Creature — Spirit

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Champions of Kamigawa (CHK) #12
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Glen Angus
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`