The 20 Best Fox Cards in Magic Ranked

Last updated on August 23, 2026

Eiganjo Dynastorian | Illustration by Aldo Dominguez

Greetings planeswalkers! Let’s keep things light and talk about one of my favorite animals. Foxes are adorable for sure, but how do they fare in our favorite magical card game?

To find out, let’s take a pleasant journey through Magic Foxdom, ranking all relevant fox cards from worst to best. I’ll cover a wide variety of MTG formats, but primarily be focused on casual play and Commander.

Let’s begin!

What Are Foxes in MTG?

Silverchase Fox | Illustration by Howard Lyon

Fox is a creature type in Magic with very little cohesive mechanical identity, mostly used for worldbuilding. There are a meager number of fox creatures in Magic so far, which come from a wide variety of Magic sets but were featured most prominently in Kamigawa block and its sequel, Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty.

The majority of these are mono-white cards. If we’re being honest, most foxes in this game have been of the “Limited filler” variety.

#20. Vulpikeet

Vulpikeet is honestly pretty bad, but if you’re playing a mutate deck with a restricted color identity, you’ll want as many of the on-color mutate cards as you can get. This fox bird doesn’t look too bad when it mutates onto Nethroi, Apex of Death and reanimates three or four creatures.

#19. Flourishing Fox

Flourishing Fox was a nightmare card in Limited that also managed to see a respectable amount of Standard play in Boros () cycling decks. It was often paired with Zenith Flare, as both took advantage of cheap cyclers to fuel powerful effects. Though it always started small, this fox could get out of control very quickly!

Though cycling isn’t a common archetype in Commander, there’s a great Jeskai commander (Gavi, Nest Warden) that absolutely would play Flourishing Fox. EDH has a large enough card pool that you should have plenty of decent cyclers to include, too.

#18. Filigree Familiar

Unfortunately for Filigree Familiar, this card has been power crept in multiple ways by the strictly better Circuit Mender, which even has a more supported creature type. If it’s just a fox-to-fox comparison, Familiar’s still better than some of the competition, but it doesn’t compete with non-fox creatures.

#17. Selfless Samurai

Boros () samurai was a bit of a bust in Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty, but it certainly wasn’t Selfless Samurai’s fault. This card combines two very useful abilities for the deck (lifelink and indestructible) into one efficient package. It’s a must-have for samurai EDH, as well.

#16. Golden-Tail Trainer

Golden-Tail Trainer was notoriously bad in Modern Horizons 3, where it just kind of… didn’t work. That’s not the case in Commander though, where you can stack up all sorts of modifications here and go nuts with the generous cost reduction and a big overrun on attacks.

#15. Kitsune, Dragon’s Daughter

Kitsune, Dragon's Daughter spots you a little Switcheroo on ETB and does it again when you attack. That sort of shifting creatures around makes attacking a little easier, and you don’t even have to move your own creatures around, so there’s some potential for politicking here, too.

#14. Werefox Bodyguard

Werefox Bodyguard from Wilds of Eldraine is an excellent Fiend Hunter variant. It has careful templating with “non-fox” to prevent it from going infinite with two copies of itself, but there's plenty to like with how flexible the targeting is.

#13. Turncoat Kunoichi

This is a very cool design, and somehow another Fiend Hunter fox creature? Maybe that’s the identity they’ve been missing all along. It’s pretty standard fare if you just cast it, but sneaking Turncoat Kunoichi makes its removal ability permanent, which is a sweet upgrade to this type of effect.

#12. Rune-Tail, Kitsune Ascendant

Rune-Tail, Kitsune Ascendant is a really interesting Commander card due to how easy it is to flip in that format. Given that you start with 40 life, you can play Rune-Tail's Essence right away on turn 3! Whether or not this flip card is good depends on the kind of table you’re playing at. It’s great for combat and against damage-based sweepers, but it’s also highly vulnerable to Naturalize effects.

#11. Mila, Crafty Companion / Lukka, Wayward Bonder

Mila, Crafty Companion was a really promising card that unfortunately never made much of an impact on Standard. Like several other cards from Strixhaven, Mila is a modal double-faced card, the other side being Lukka, Wayward Bonder.

Unfortunately for Mila, Lukka, Wayward Bonder is just an atrocious planeswalker for its cost. Its +1 is only card advantage if you discard creatures (hard to do after casting a 6-drop), its -2 requires setup to do anything, and the -7 requires three full turn cycles to pull off. Mila is definitely the better card of the two, and at least has a home in superfriends decks and as a deterrent against removal.

#10. Vulpine Harvester

Vulpine Harvester is a solid Phyrexian fox included in one of the March of the Machine Commander precons. It works best with a couple of disposable artifacts like Commander's Sphere and Nihil Spellbomb.

#9. Miles “Tails” Prower

This Sonic the Hedgehog fox is all about vehicles, and has a somewhat unique textbox that cares specifically about flying vehicles. Miles “Tails” Prower is more of a support piece for vehicle decks, but you could build a Commander deck around it if you just absolutely love Tails or something.

#8. Pearl-Ear, Imperial Advisor

Pearl-Ear, Imperial Advisor is watching the throne while The Wandering Emperor is away, and it’s looking to put a spin on Voltron in the meantime. Like its predecessor, this newer version is another mono-white fox advisor that rewards you for auras. Though it’s less appealing to load up on its own, it has a better stat line and can pick up value while you beef up something else better suited to wear pants. I like it as a support card in decks focused on auras like Mazzy, Truesword Paladin.

#7. Bright-Palm, Soul Awakener

Bright-Palm, Soul Awakener is a Naya commander with the only instance of the backup mechanic on a legendary creature. It works best in a deck centered around +1/+1 counters, and EDH has a lot of great +1/+1 counters commanders.

#6. The Restoration of Eiganjo / Architect of Restoration

The Restoration of Eiganjo may not be Fable of the Mirror-Breaker, but it’s good enough to at least get a comparison going. This white saga is a natural 2-for-1 that can also be a 3-for-1 or ramp spell if you’re discarding the right cards to Chapter 2. Though not technically a fox on the front side, it makes this list by virtue of Architect of Restoration.

I’d recommend The Restoration of Eiganjo in many Commander decks, especially if you’re white with enchantment synergies or you're in need of a good discard outlet. It’s not the most overwhelming EDH card or anything, but it can be a solid value play.

#5. Inquisitive Glimmer

Cost reduction on a 2-drop will never not be useful. Inquisitive Glimmer even tacks on some trinket text about rooms if you’re running Marine Vendrell, but this is a solid early play for any WU+ enchantment deck.

#4. Eiganjo Dynastorian

Replenish is a hyper-powerful card for enchantment decks, but what are you willing to do to get it? It’s neither difficult nor trivial to prepare Eiganjo Dynastorian, but there are multiple layers of set-up involved here. It’s a nice way to get a taste of an absurdly expensive Reserved List card.

#3. Mr. Foxglove

Fantastic Mr. Foxglove is a pure Bant () cheatyface commander that’ll dump a Blightsteel Colossus into play with a smile on his face. It’s the right balance of fun and strong, and somehow it ended up being the only fox creature in all of Bloomburrow.

#2. Light-Paws, Emperor’s Voice

Light-Paws, Emperor's Voice is an aura/Voltron build-around that had a brief period of success in MTGA's Historic format. UW Auras was at one point a top deck with scary nut draws featuring Light-Paws. It played a wide variety of auras (including the disposable Sentinel's Eyes) and could often tutor up whatever it needed for maximum Voltroning. The deck has fallen off since then, as Historic has gotten much more powerful over time.

It's also a pretty fierce commander, repeating the play patterns from 60-card formats, but with much stronger auras and fast mana to back up the plan.

#1. Zirda, the Dawnwaker

Zirda, the Dawnwaker takes the top spot by virtue of the busted companion mechanic. In Commander and Cube, Zirda has access to easy infinite mana combos with Basalt Monolith and Grim Monolith. It can make for a good Boros commander on its own, or a companion for a variety of other decks. Optimizing for permanents having activated abilities is much easier in EDH than other formats!

Are There Any Legendary Foxes?

Yes! The number of legendary foxes is in the double digits, though none of them lead a typal deck built around foxes in any meaninful way. These include:

• Bright-Palm, Soul Awakener
• Eight-and-a-Half-Tails
• Kitsune, Dragon's Daughter
• Light-Paws, Emperor's Voice
• Mila, Crafty Companion
• Miles “Tails” Prower
• Mr. Foxglove
• Opal-Eye, Konda's Yojimbo
• Pearl-Ear, Imperial Advisor
• Rune-Tail, Kitsune Ascendant
• Sensei Golden-Tail
• Zirda, the Dawnwaker

Are There Any Fox Lords?

No. With foxes, you’re limited to generic anthem effects like Chronicle of Victory, Rally the Ranks, and Door of Destinies. There probably aren’t enough playable foxes to justify this approach either.

What Is Fox Offering?

Fox offering is a one-off ability that appears on Patron of the Kitsune, a member of the “Patron” cycle from Betrayers of Kamigawa. Each of these patrons allowed you to sacrifice a creature of a specific type to cast them at instant speed and with a reduced cost.

What Does the Fox Say?

I believe it’s “ring-ding-ding-ding dingeringeding”.

Wrap Up

Werefox Bodyguard | Illustration by Nestor Ossandon Leal

There aren’t that many foxes in MTG, but they could be doing much worse! Several foxes make fine inclusions for various white EDH decks, and there are some decent utility creatures in the pack. I’m still holding out hope that WotC eventually prints a truly broken fox.

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Until next time!