---
name: "Kiora Bests the Sea God"
mana_cost: "{5}{U}{U}"
cmc: 7
type_line: "Enchantment — Saga"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "THB"
set_name: "Theros Beyond Death"
collector_number: "52"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Victor Adame Minguez"
oracle_id: "84d0c616-2fce-47f4-bfdd-783741a63fd2"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/kiora-bests-the-sea-god-thb"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Kiora Bests the Sea God
- **Mana Cost:** `{5}{U}{U}` (CMC: 7)
- **Type:** Enchantment — Saga

## Oracle Text
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — Create an 8/8 blue Kraken creature token with hexproof.
II — Tap all nonland permanents target opponent controls. They don't untap during their controller's next untap step.
III — Gain control of target permanent an opponent controls. Untap it.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Kiora, the Tide's Fury](/printing/kiora-the-tides-fury-j21.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Kiora
2. [Kiora, the Crashing Wave](/printing/kiora-the-crashing-wave-ddo.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Kiora
3. [Time of Ice](/printing/time-of-ice-plst.md) — Enchantment — Saga
4. [In the Darkness Bind Them](/printing/in-the-darkness-bind-them-ltc.md) — Enchantment — Saga
5. [Summon: Leviathan](/printing/summon-leviathan-pfin.md) — Enchantment Creature — Saga Leviathan
6. [The Trickster-God's Heist](/printing/the-trickster-gods-heist-khm.md) — Enchantment — Saga

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Theros Beyond Death (THB) #52
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Victor Adame Minguez
- **Total Printings:** 13 across all historical editions

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