---
name: "Kaito, Bane of Nightmares"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Legendary Planeswalker — Kaito"
colors: ["B", "U"]
color_identity: ["B", "U"]
keywords: ["Surveil", "Ninjutsu"]
set: "DSK"
set_name: "Duskmourn: House of Horror"
collector_number: "409"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Richard Luong"
oracle_id: "fa43077b-5d8b-4fb1-8dda-2a9185e6715e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/kaito-bane-of-nightmares-dsk"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Kaito, Bane of Nightmares
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Legendary Planeswalker — Kaito
- **Starting Loyalty:** 4
- **Keywords:** Surveil, Ninjutsu

## Oracle Text
Ninjutsu {1}{U}{B} ({1}{U}{B}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.)
During your turn, as long as Kaito has one or more loyalty counters on him, he's a 3/4 Ninja creature and has hexproof.
+1: You get an emblem with "Ninjas you control get +1/+1."
0: Surveil 2. Then draw a card for each opponent who lost life this turn.
−2: Tap target creature. Put two stun counters on it.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Kaito, Cunning Infiltrator](/printing/kaito-cunning-infiltrator-fdn.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Kaito
2. [Kaito Shizuki](/printing/kaito-shizuki-prm.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Kaito
3. [Ingenious Infiltrator](/printing/ingenious-infiltrator-j21.md) — Creature — Vedalken Ninja
4. [Sakashima's Student](/printing/sakashimas-student-sld.md) — Creature — Human Ninja
5. [Ninja of the New Moon](/printing/ninja-of-the-new-moon-mh1.md) — Creature — Spirit Ninja
6. [Covert Technician](/printing/covert-technician-neo.md) — Artifact Creature — Human Ninja

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Duskmourn: House of Horror (DSK) #409
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Richard Luong
- **Total Printings:** 21 across all historical editions

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