Kindle

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Kindle
Mechanic
Type	Static
Introduced	Tempest
Last used	Innistrad: Crimson Vow
Scryfall Statistics
cards

Kindle is a slang term used by Magic R&D to describe the spells that look at the graveyard for other copies, getting increasingly stronger dependent on the number of those copies.

History

First seen on the eponymous Kindle, the effect was designed by Mark Rosewater to be a non-creature version of Plague Rats.

Odyssey added the Burst cycle. Coldsnap added another cycle and Eldritch Moon a mirrored pair. This design of card tends to appear at least once each time a cycle of common "collect them all" type cards is printed, such as in Magic Origins and Core Set 2020. Undead Servant is the only creature with a Kindle effect.

Similar effects

Later on, designs expanded in the use of playing cards of the same name. They are often common to make the most of drafting experience, where a player could end up with more than four copies in a forty-card deck, which is a significantly different experience than four copies in a sixty-card deck. The biggest category is the ability to tutor multiple copies, whether of themselves or other commons.

Collectible cycles

Cycle name
Kamigawa Zuberas	Silent-Chant Zubera	Floating-Dream Zubera	Ashen-Skin Zubera	Ember-Fist Zubera	Dripping-Tongue Zubera
	Five common Zubara creatures with magnified effects for each Zubera that died that turn. These are five of the seven native Zuberas in Magic, with another mirrored pair in Saviors of Kamigawa.
Magic Origins Collectibles	Cleric of the Forward Order	Faerie Miscreant	Undead Servant	Infectious Bloodlust	Timberpack Wolf
	Five common cards that have magnified effects when multiple copies are played. Only Undead Servant is a Kindle effect.
Core Set 2020 Collectibles	Battalion Foot Soldier	Faerie Miscreant	Undead Servant	Pack Mastiff	Growth Cycle
	Five common cards that have magnified effects when multiple copies are played. Growth Cycle and again Undead Servant are a Kindle effects.

Similar mechanics

• All cards with intensity
• All cards with grandeur
• All cards that are relentless
• Many cards with myriad

Tutor effects

• Daru Cavalier, Screaming Seahawk, Avarax, Embermage Goblin — tutors for one copy when it enters the battlefield
• Howling Wolf, Skyshroud Sentinel, Squadron Hawk — tutors for three other copies when it enters the battlefield
• Legion Conquistador, Battalion Foot Soldier, Gathering Throng — tutors for any number of copies when it enters the battlefield
• Whisper Squad, Elvish Clancaller, Llanowar Sentinel, Gigantiform, Magitek Infantry — tutors for another copy onto the battlefield for mana
• Growth-Chamber Guardian — tutors for another copy when +1/+1 counters are placed
• Welkin Hawk, Wretched Throng — tutors for another copy when it dies
• Tempest Hawk — tutors for another copy when it deals an opponent damage
• Trustworthy Scout — exiles itself from the graveyard to tutor for another copy
• Legion Angel — tutors another copy from outside the game
• Tutors for other cards
  • Say Its Name — exiles three copies from the graveyard to tutor for Altanak, the Thrice-Called
  • Arachnus Spinner — tutors copies of Arachnus Web
  • Grand Master of Flowers — tutors copies of Monk of the Open Hand
  • Nissa Revane — tutors copies of Nissa's Chosen
  • Renowned Weaponsmith — tutors copies of Heart-Piercer Bow and Vial of Dragonfire
  • Bogbrew Witch — tutors copies of Festering Newt and Bubbling Cauldron
  • Agency Outfitter — tutors copies of Thinking Cap and Magnifying Glass
  • Dragonstorm Forecaster — tutors copies of Boulderborn Dragon and Dragonstorm Globe

Other effects

• Groffskithur — returns another copy from the graveyard to the hand when blocked
• Myr Servitor — returns all other copies from the graveyard to the battlefield during the upkeep
• Demigod of Revenge — returns all other copies from the graveyard to the battlefield when cast
• Powerstone Shard — taps for more mana for each copy on the battlefield
• Plague Rats — power and toughness are equal to the number of copies controlled
• Charmed Stray, Baloth Packhunter — puts +1/+1 counter(s) to each other controlled copy when it enters the battlefield
• Gruff Triplets — puts +1/+1 counter(s) to each other controlled copy when a copy dies
• Blazing Effigy — deals 3 damage to target creature when it dies. This effect is magnified by "chaining" the death triggers of Blazing Effigies off each other.
• Pardic Firecat and Diligent Farmhand — increases Flame Burst and Muscle Burst counts respectively
• Stomping Slabs — deals 7 damage to any target if another copy is revealed in the top seven cards of the library
• Food Fight — activated ability deals one extra damage per copy
• Hedron Alignment — wins the game if the four copies are in four different zones
• Biovisionary — wins the game if four copies are controlled