Kaya, Ghost Assassin
Legendary Planeswalker — Kaya
0: Exile Kaya or up to one target creature. Return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of your next upkeep. You lose 2 life.
−1: Each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
−2: Each opponent discards a card and you draw a card.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BW
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Conspiracy: Take the Crown
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #14472
Kaya, Ghost Assassin offers a unique combination of hand disruption, life drain, and creature exile on a five-mana planeswalker — but the 0-loyalty entry point means she dies to any aggression the turn she arrives unless you're protecting her. She rewards patient, controlling builds that can actually keep her alive long enough to ult.
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 |
In Commander, Kaya, Ghost Assassin fits into Orzhov and four-color-plus control shells that want repeatable hand disruption and incremental value — her minus-one exile is particularly relevant in a format full of utility creatures and commanders that need to be dealt with repeatedly. In Legacy and Vintage, five mana is an enormous ask for a planeswalker that doesn't immediately impact the board or threaten to win the game; she doesn't see meaningful play in either format. Oathbreaker is where she has the most theoretical upside as the actual game piece, since her abilities become the engine the deck is built around rather than a supporting role.
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Price Context
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Price data isn't currently available for Kaya, Ghost Assassin, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the current market rate before buying. She's never been a competitive staple, which historically keeps her accessible — if you want her for a Commander build, she's unlikely to cost a premium.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.