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Kamahl, Heart of Krosa

Legendary Creature — Human Druid

At the beginning of combat on your turn, creatures you control get +3/+3 and gain trample until end of turn.
{1}{G}: Until end of turn, target land you control becomes a 1/1 Elemental creature with vigilance, indestructible, and haste. It's still a land.
Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

CMC
8
Mana cost
{6}{G}{G}
Color identity
G
Rarity
mythic
Set
Commander Legends
Price
$4.62
EDHREC rank
#4792
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Kamahl, Heart of Krosa card art
Kamahl, Heart of Krosa turns every land into a 1/1 creature at the end of your turn and pumps your whole board by +3/+3 and trample — on a stick, every turn, for free once he's in play. The seven-mana cost is real, but commanders like Jolrael, Voice of Zhalfir and Yedora, Grave Gardener treat that price as a rounding error given the immediate board-state dominance he generates.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Jolrael, Voice of Zhalfir

Jolrael, Voice of Zhalfir

41.9% of decks · synergy 0.41

Jolrael, Voice of Zhalfir draws cards whenever tokens enter under your control, so the land-creature trigger from Kamahl, Heart of Krosa converts every end step into a card — that loop alone justifies the inclusion rate above 40%.

03
Jyoti, Moag Ancient

Jyoti, Moag Ancient

38.8% of decks · synergy 0.37

Jyoti, Moag Ancient generates Forest land tokens, which Kamahl, Heart of Krosa immediately converts into creatures and then buffs — the two cards form a self-contained go-wide engine with no additional pieces required.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Kamahl, Heart of Krosa lives — the seven-mana cost is acceptable in a format with 40 life and abundant ramp, and the repeating end-step animation means a single unanswered turn cycle can lock opponents out of attacking into your land-creatures. Legacy and Vintage are both legal homes on paper, but the cost and the sorcery-speed limitations make him uncompetitive in those formats where the game rarely reaches turn seven. Oathbreaker is the one other format worth mentioning: as a signature spell he'd be ineligible, but as a supporting piece in a green planeswalker shell he can close games the same way he does in Commander.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$4.62 cheap tier

At $4.62, Kamahl, Heart of Krosa sits in the cheap tier despite being a genuine engine piece in multiple archetypes — that price reflects his narrow format legality more than his in-game power. He's a stable pickup: casual demand from Commander keeps the floor firm, and he's unlikely to drop further without a reprint in a widely-distributed product.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.