Kaalia of the Vast
Legendary Creature — Human Cleric
Flying
Whenever Kaalia attacks an opponent, you may put an Angel, Demon, or Dragon creature card from your hand onto the battlefield tapped and attacking that opponent.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BRW
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Modern Horizons 3
- Price
- $2.06
- EDHREC rank
- #3349
Kaalia of the Vast cheats a free Angel, Demon, or Dragon into play every time she attacks — and one of those targets is Master of Cruelties, which reduces an opponent to 1 life on contact. The cost is that she dies to almost any interaction at instant speed, so she needs haste or protection to deliver even one trigger.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Kaalia of the Vast lives — she's the engine of an entire archetype, and the 99 practically build themselves around her attack trigger. In Legacy and Vintage she's legal but irrelevant; four mana for a 2/2 that requires combat to function doesn't compete in formats defined by fast combos and counterspell density. Modern follows the same logic: she's castable but not viable, outpaced by everything in the format before she can swing. Oathbreaker is worth mentioning as a novelty, but the 20 starting life total makes her attack trigger far more explosive, arguably too much so for casual pods.
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Price Context
Current price
$2.06 cheap tier
At $2.06, Kaalia of the Vast sits in cheap territory for a commander that routinely headlined $100+ precon upgrades. Reprint pressure has driven the price down and it's unlikely to spike without a scarcity event — pick up copies freely without worrying about timing.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.