Karai, Future of the Foot

Karai is a 3cmc 3/3 WB legendary ninja that returns a creature from graveyard to hand on combat damage, or to the battlefield if her Sneak cost was paid — making her a premium reanimator threat that rewards unblocked attackers. Signature in ninja typal and reanimator shells where bouncing an attacker to pay Sneak is a repeatable value loop; the battlefield reanimation mode makes her a defining midrange threat in Orzhov aggro-reanimator strategies. Her trigger only fires on combat damage and requires evasion or an unblocked attacker, making her conditional in multiplayer.

• When Karai's Sneak cost is paid, the returned creature enters the battlefield directly — this bypasses ETB-replacement effects that care about how a creature 'enters from the graveyard' (e.g. it is NOT cast, so Cascade/cast triggers don't fire).

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• In ninja typal decks, Karai rewards bouncing a ninjutsu creature during declare blockers to pay her Sneak cost, creating a double-Sneak loop that is difficult for opponents to disrupt at instant speed.

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• Because Karai enters tapped and attacking when Sneak is paid, she deals combat damage that same turn — making the battlefield reanimation available immediately, not a turn later.

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• EDHREC rank: #11,623