Kabira Takedown // Kabira Plateau
Instant // Land
Kabira Takedown deals damage equal to the number of creatures you control to target creature or planeswalker.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Pioneer Masters
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #2587
Kabira Takedown // Kabira Plateau earns its slot by doubling as a Plains when you don't need the removal — flex land or instant-speed creature kill, no dead draws. In white token decks, especially Otharri, Suns' Glory, the damage scales with your board presence, meaning a populated battlefield turns it into a genuine threat eliminator.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Otharri, Suns' Glory
Otharri, Suns' Glory generates experience counters and a swarm of tokens, so Kabira Takedown // Kabira Plateau's damage output scales directly with the board state Otharri builds — the bigger your army, the more threatening creatures you can cleanly answer.
Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
Adeline, Resplendent Cathar floods the board with Human tokens on attack, and Kabira Takedown // Kabira Plateau converts that wide presence into removal power, letting you kill relevant threats without spending a dedicated removal spell slot.
God-Eternal Oketra
God-Eternal Oketra rewards casting creatures by creating 4/4 Zombie tokens, and a packed board means Kabira Takedown // Kabira Plateau can deal enough damage to erase high-value targets that would otherwise stabilize against your go-wide plan.
Katilda and Lier
Katilda and Lier cares about Humans and spell recursion, and Kabira Takedown // Kabira Plateau fits both angles — it's a spell you can flash back through Lier's ability and a land when the mana base needs smoothing.
Katilda, Dawnhart Prime
Katilda, Dawnhart Prime builds a Human-heavy board that taps for mana, and Kabira Takedown // Kabira Plateau punishes opponents by translating that creature density into scalable removal in a color identity that otherwise struggles to answer big threats.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Kabira Takedown // Kabira Plateau is a staple in white token and creature-wide strategies — the floor is a tapped Plains and the ceiling is an instant that kills a key blocker or combo piece mid-combat. The damage cap tied to creature count means it underperforms in control shells with few creatures but overperforms in go-wide builds where you routinely have eight-plus attackers. In Pioneer and Modern, it sees fringe play as a land-spell in aggressive white or Humans lists that want high creature density and low land exposure — the instant speed matters against decks holding up interaction. Legacy and Vintage have better options at every point on the curve, so it doesn't see serious play there. Oathbreaker follows the same logic as Commander: pair it with a planeswalker that generates tokens and the card earns its spot.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Kabira Takedown // Kabira Plateau is a modal double-faced card with broad casual demand, which typically keeps its price modest but stable — MDFCs with land backs rarely crater to bulk. No current pricing data is available here, so check Scryfall or a retailer directly before buying; given its Commander popularity in white creature decks, it's worth picking up a copy sooner rather than waiting.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.