Kamahl's Summons
Sorcery
Each player may reveal any number of creature cards from their hand. Then each player creates a 2/2 green Bear creature token for each card they revealed this way.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Onslaught
- Price
- $0.40
- EDHREC rank
- #15566
Kamahl's Summons puts a 2/2 Bear token into play for each player who reveals a creature card from their hand — in a multiplayer game, that's routinely four or more bodies from a single four-mana sorcery. Ayula, Queen Among Bears turns every one of those tokens into a triggered fight or buff, making this spell a genuine engine piece rather than a token generator that sits in the bulk box.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ayula, Queen Among Bears
Ayula, Queen Among Bears triggers off every Bear that enters the battlefield, so Kamahl's Summons arriving with three or four tokens in a four-player game means three or four immediate fight or pump triggers — it's one of the most efficient single spells in the deck.
Duskana, the Rage Mother
Duskana, the Rage Mother grants all 2/2 colorless creature tokens +3/+3 and trample for the turn, and Kamahl's Summons generates exactly 2/2 Bear tokens — the pair turns a table-wide gift into an immediate alpha strike threat.
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 |
Kamahl's Summons is a Commander card through and through: the multiplayer gifting clause scales with each opponent at the table, and in a four-player game you're almost always getting three to five tokens from a single four-mana spell. In a one-on-one format like Legacy or Vintage, where it's technically legal, you're looking at a ceiling of two tokens if your opponent bites — unreliable and slow against the threats those formats present. Oathbreaker offers the same multiplayer upside as Commander at a smaller table, though the card still shines brightest when you have three opponents to distribute the offer to.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.40 bulk tier
At $0.40, Kamahl's Summons is firmly bulk, and that price reflects its narrow home in Bear tribal rather than any lack of power. It won't climb without a new high-profile Bear commander pushing demand, but at this price it's an automatic include in any Ayula or Duskana build — there's no reason to hesitate.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Ayula, Queen Among Bears
- Duskana, the Rage Mother
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.