---
name: "Next of Kin"
mana_cost: "{2}{G}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Enchantment — Aura"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: ["Enchant"]
set: "NCC"
set_name: "New Capenna Commander"
collector_number: "62"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Andreas Zafiratos"
oracle_id: "5b079914-1302-40b5-8060-7c3e5b6e9eae"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/next-of-kin-ncc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Next of Kin
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{G}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Enchantment — Aura
- **Keywords:** Enchant

## Oracle Text
Enchant creature
When enchanted creature dies, you may put a creature card you own with lesser mana value from your hand or from the command zone onto the battlefield. If you do, return this card to the battlefield attached to that creature at the beginning of the next end step.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Gift of Immortality](/printing/gift-of-immortality-ths.md) — Enchantment — Aura
2. [Animate Dead](/printing/animate-dead-2ed.md) — Enchantment — Aura
3. [Creature Bond](/printing/creature-bond-3ed.md) — Enchantment — Aura
4. [Dawn Evangel](/printing/dawn-evangel-thb.md) — Enchantment Creature — Human Cleric
5. [Reins of the Vinesteed](/printing/reins-of-the-vinesteed-mor.md) — Enchantment — Aura
6. [Bequeathal](/printing/bequeathal-exo.md) — Enchantment — Aura

## Printing Details
- **Set:** New Capenna Commander (NCC) #62
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Andreas Zafiratos
- **Total Printings:** 16 across all historical editions

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