Kangee, Aerie Keeper
Legendary Creature — Bird Wizard
Kicker 
(You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.)
Flying
When Kangee enters, if it was kicked, put X feather counters on it.
Other Bird creatures get +1/+1 for each feather counter on Kangee.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- UW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $6.73
- EDHREC rank
- #12995
Kangee, Aerie Keeper lands as a lord that pumps every Bird you control by a variable amount — pay more kicker and the whole flock scales with it. The floor is a 3/4 flyer for five mana; the ceiling is a board-wide anthem that closes games, which makes Kastral, the Windcrested builds willing to spend the extra mana every time.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Kastral, the Windcrested
Kastral, the Windcrested is a Bird-tribal commander, and Kangee, Aerie Keeper is one of the highest-leverage payoffs in that strategy — a single heavily-kicked Kangee can turn a wide board of small flyers into a lethal swing.
Choco, Seeker of Paradise
Choco, Seeker of Paradise generates the mana and board presence that makes Kangee, Aerie Keeper's kicker cost trivial, letting Choco decks treat Kangee as a late-game finisher rather than a mid-curve play.
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 the natural home for Kangee, Aerie Keeper — the longer game and higher mana totals mean you can kick it for five or more, and a Bird-tribal pod will feel that anthem immediately. Legacy and Vintage legality is technically there, but a five-mana creature with a conditional pump effect has no competitive footing in either format. Oathbreaker is the one non-Commander 60-card-adjacent format where Kangee could slot in, though only in a dedicated Bird shell built around it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Favorable Winds and Gravitational Shift both pump your flyers for two or three mana with no kicker tax, making them cheaper and more consistent in Bird or evasion-heavy builds. Neither scales as dramatically as a large-kicked Kangee, Aerie Keeper, so if you want a single card to close out a game by itself, the alternatives fall short — they're better thought of as complementary pieces than true replacements.
Price Context
Current price
$6.73 mid tier
At $6.73, Kangee, Aerie Keeper sits in the mid tier — noticeable in a budget build but not a barrier for a focused Bird-tribal deck. It's a low-print tribal lord with a narrow home, so demand is stable rather than growing; the price reflects collector interest more than spike demand.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Kastral, the Windcrested
- Choco, Seeker of Paradise
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.