---
name: "Rune-Tail, Kitsune Ascendant // Rune-Tail's Essence"
mana_cost: "{2}{W}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Fox Monk // Legendary Enchantment"
colors: []
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "SOK"
set_name: "Saviors of Kamigawa"
collector_number: "27"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Randy Gallegos"
oracle_id: "710f1f8a-e5f7-4889-9f12-2611f42d5c73"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/rune-tail-kitsune-ascendant-rune-tails-essence-sok"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Rune-Tail, Kitsune Ascendant // Rune-Tail's Essence
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{W}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Fox Monk // Legendary Enchantment

## Oracle Text
(No Oracle text)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Kitsune Mystic // Autumn-Tail, Kitsune Sage](/printing/kitsune-mystic-autumn-tail-kitsune-sage-chk.md) — Creature — Fox Wizard // Legendary Creature — Fox Wizard
2. [Devilthorn Fox](/printing/devilthorn-fox-soi.md) — Creature — Fox
3. [Patron of the Kitsune](/printing/patron-of-the-kitsune-bok.md) — Legendary Creature — Spirit
4. [Golden-Tail Disciple](/printing/golden-tail-disciple-neo.md) — Enchantment Creature — Fox Monk
5. [Kitsune Riftwalker](/printing/kitsune-riftwalker-chk.md) — Creature — Fox Wizard
6. [Kitsune Dawnblade](/printing/kitsune-dawnblade-sok.md) — Creature — Fox Samurai

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Saviors of Kamigawa (SOK) #27
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Randy Gallegos

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2005-06-01)* Each Ascendant is legendary in both its unflipped and flipped forms. This means that effects that look for legendary creature cards, such as Time of Need and Captain Sisay, can find an Ascendant.