Kamahl's Desire
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has first strike.
Threshold — Enchanted creature gets +3/+0 as long as there are seven or more cards in your graveyard.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Odyssey
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #28060
Kamahl's Desire gives a creature trample and +3/+0 until end of turn for two mana at sorcery speed — a modest pump spell with a relevant keyword stapled on. It's fine in threshold-matters or graveyard-value shells, but outside those contexts it doesn't do enough to justify a slot.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Kamahl's Desire is a niche role-player — threshold decks and Odyssey-block-synergy builds can squeeze value from it, but most red aggro or stompy strategies have better pump options. In Pauper, the common slot is fiercely competitive and Kamahl's Desire doesn't make the cut when Temur Battle Rage delivers a similar effect more efficiently. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters; the card simply isn't powerful enough to see play at those tables. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander verdict — playable in the right themed list, invisible everywhere else.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Kamahl's Desire is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not scarcity. There's no price floor to speak of; demand is too narrow to push the number meaningfully in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.