---
name: "Pious Kitsune"
mana_cost: "{2}{W}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Fox Cleric"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "CHK"
set_name: "Champions of Kamigawa"
collector_number: "38"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Anthony S. Waters"
oracle_id: "58c33104-2406-4849-88f3-d629e433aca0"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/pious-kitsune-chk"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Pious Kitsune
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{W}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Fox Cleric
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/2

## Oracle Text
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a devotion counter on this creature. Then if a creature named Eight-and-a-Half-Tails is on the battlefield, you gain 1 life for each devotion counter on this creature.
{T}, Remove a devotion counter from this creature: You gain 1 life.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Patron of the Kitsune](/printing/patron-of-the-kitsune-bok.md) — Legendary Creature — Spirit
2. [Seven-Tail Mentor](/printing/seven-tail-mentor-neo.md) — Creature — Fox Samurai
3. [Kitsune Loreweaver](/printing/kitsune-loreweaver-sok.md) — Creature — Fox Cleric
4. [Filigree Familiar](/printing/filigree-familiar-plst.md) — Artifact Creature — Fox
5. [Kitsune Diviner](/printing/kitsune-diviner-chk.md) — Creature — Fox Cleric
6. [Kitsune Bonesetter](/printing/kitsune-bonesetter-sok.md) — Creature — Fox Cleric

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Champions of Kamigawa (CHK) #38
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Anthony S. Waters
- **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`