---
name: "Kami of the Waning Moon"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Spirit"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Flying"]
set: "CHK"
set_name: "Champions of Kamigawa"
collector_number: "120"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Matt Thompson"
oracle_id: "c42e3df9-b9e1-4b36-bc9d-05351f87d707"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/kami-of-the-waning-moon-chk"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Kami of the Waning Moon
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Spirit
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1
- **Keywords:** Flying

## Oracle Text
Flying
Whenever you cast a Spirit or Arcane spell, target creature gains fear until end of turn. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)

> *« L'espace d'un instant, les défenseurs de Reito parurent se regrouper. Puis les kami réapparurent en gémissant, provoquant leur fuite tels des moineaux apeurés. »
—Grandes batailles de Kamigawa*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Kami of Tattered Shoji](/printing/kami-of-tattered-shoji-bok.md) — Creature — Spirit
2. [Fear of Fear Itself](/printing/fear-of-fear-itself-unk.md) — Enchantment Creature — Nightmare
3. [Aphotic Wisps](/printing/aphotic-wisps-shm.md) — Instant
4. [Spiderwig Boggart](/printing/spiderwig-boggart-lrw.md) — Creature — Goblin Shaman
5. [Shriek of Dread](/printing/shriek-of-dread-pls.md) — Instant
6. [Kami of Fire's Roar](/printing/kami-of-fires-roar-chk.md) — Creature — Spirit

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Champions of Kamigawa (CHK) #120
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Matt Thompson
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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