Kaito, Bane of Nightmares
Tier BLegendary Planeswalker — Kaito, {2}{U}{B}
Oracle Text
Ninjutsu {1}{U}{B} ({1}{U}{B}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.)
During your turn, as long as Kaito has one or more loyalty counters on him, he's a 3/4 Ninja creature and has hexproof.
+1: You get an emblem with "Ninjas you control get +1/+1."
0: Surveil 2. Then draw a card for each opponent who lost life this turn.
−2: Tap target creature. Put two stun counters on it.
Power Level
Competitive Utilization
| Format | Archetype | Tier | Copies | Deck % | Board | Real Freq |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| standard | Dimir Midrange(12.4%) | A | 4.0 | 100% | Main | 4.00 |
| legacy | Dimir Control(9.0%) | A | 1.9 | 100% | Main | 1.90 |
| legacy | Dimir Tempo(10.2%) | A | 1.9 | 77% | Main | 1.46 |
| pioneer | Dimir Aggro(3.6%) | B | 4.0 | 100% | Main | 4.00 |
| legacy | Sultai Tempo(0.3%) | B | 1.0 | 33% | Main | 0.33 |
| standard | Dimir Self-Bounce(0.2%) | C | 4.0 | 100% | Main | 4.00 |
| standard | Dimir Aggro(0.2%) | C | 4.0 | 100% | Main | 4.00 |
| legacy | Ninjas(0.6%) | C | 2.5 | 100% | Main | 2.50 |
| legacy | Grixis Control(0.4%) | C | 1.7 | 100% | Main | 1.70 |
| legacy | Esper Control(0.9%) | C | 1.8 | 92% | Main | 1.66 |
| modern | Dimir Midrange(0.5%) | C | 1.2 | 74% | Main | 0.89 |
| modern | Esper Midrange(0.3%) | C | 1.2 | 69% | Main | 0.83 |
| modern | Dimir Murktide(0.2%) | C | 1.1 | 64% | Main | 0.70 |
| modern | Grixis Midrange(0.2%) | C | 1.8 | 38% | Main | 0.68 |
| duel-commander | Obyra, Dreaming Duelist(1.0%) | C | 1.0 | 50% | Main | 0.50 |
| standard | Dimir Control(0.2%) | C | 1.0 | 50% | Side | 0.50 |
| modern | Dimir Midrange(0.5%) | C | 1.0 | 48% | Side | 0.48 |
| modern | Dimir Murktide(0.2%) | C | 1.1 | 36% | Side | 0.40 |
| modern | Esper Midrange(0.3%) | C | 1.0 | 36% | Side | 0.36 |
| standard | Esper Self-Bounce(0.0%) | D | 4.0 | 100% | Main | 4.00 |
| standard | Esper Midrange(0.0%) | D | 4.0 | 100% | Main | 4.00 |
| standard | Dimir Faeries(0.0%) | D | 3.0 | 100% | Main | 3.00 |
| vintage | Oops! All Spells(0.0%) | D | 3.0 | 100% | Side | 3.00 |
| pioneer | Dimir Midrange(0.0%) | D | 3.0 | 100% | Main | 3.00 |
| pioneer | Esper Midrange(0.0%) | D | 2.1 | 100% | Side | 2.10 |
| pioneer | 5c Legends(0.0%) | D | 2.0 | 100% | Side | 2.00 |
| legacy | Esper Tempo(0.0%) | D | 2.0 | 71% | Main | 1.42 |
| pioneer | 4c Rona Combo(0.0%) | D | 2.0 | 50% | Side | 1.00 |
| duel-commander | Basim Ibn Ishaq(0.0%) | D | 1.0 | 100% | Main | 1.00 |
| duel-commander | Silas Renn, Seeker Adept // Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful(0.0%) | D | 1.0 | 100% | Main | 1.00 |
| vintage | 4C Midrange(0.0%) | D | 1.0 | 100% | Main | 1.00 |
| standard | Esper Self-Bounce(0.0%) | D | 2.5 | 33% | Side | 0.83 |
| pioneer | 4c Legends(0.0%) | D | 2.0 | 33% | Side | 0.66 |
| cedh | Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow(0.2%) | 1.0 | 82% | Main | 0.82 |