Kalemne's Captain
Creature — Giant Soldier
Vigilance
: Monstrosity 3. (If this creature isn't monstrous, put three +1/+1 counters on it and it becomes monstrous.)
When this creature becomes monstrous, exile all artifacts and enchantments.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Legendary Cube Prize Pack
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #18885
Kalemne's Captain blanks every counter on every permanent an opponent controls — a sweeping, one-sided neutralization that can completely reset a counters-based strategy. The triple-white monstrosity cost is the price of admission, but in the right deck it's worth every pip.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Kalemne's Captain earns its slot, specifically in white-heavy decks that can reliably activate monstrosity and benefit from the political vacuum left by stripping counters off opponents' permanents. Legacy and Vintage are legal but have no interest — the five-mana 5/5 body is far too slow for those formats and the effect, while powerful, isn't close to what those formats are doing. Kalemne's Captain is a Commander card through and through: a high-ceiling, high-cost effect that thrives in slower games where opponents are building up Atraxa counters, Crystalline Giant stacks, or Proliferate engines.
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data isn't available for Kalemne's Captain at the moment — check Scryfall or your preferred vendor for a current number. Given its narrow Commander application, it tends to stay budget-friendly, so if you need the effect, waiting for a spike probably isn't necessary.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.