Keldon Overseer
Creature — Human Warrior
Kicker 
(You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.)
Haste
When this creature enters, if it was kicked, gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Dominaria
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #23703
Keldon Overseer steals a creature and gives it haste — you attack with it immediately, drain the board of a threat, and lose it at end of turn, all for five mana. Situationally powerful and completely replaceable, it earns a slot only in decks that want repeated theft effects or can sacrifice the stolen creature before giving it back.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Keldon Overseer is a role-player in dedicated theft or sacrifice shells — it's too slow and one-shot for competitive tables but does real work in Yasova Dragonclaw or Brion Stoutarm decks that exploit the stolen creature before returning it. In Pauper, a five-mana sorcery-speed Act of Treason effect is fringe at best, crowded out by cheaper options in aggressive red strategies. Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, and Vintage have no interest — the effect doesn't scale to those formats' speed or power density. Keldon Overseer lives in Commander, and only in the right Commander deck.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Keldon Overseer is deep bulk — you'll find it in a common bin long before you'd bother ordering it. That price is stable because demand is narrow; it won't spike unless a theft-matters commander breaks out and even then there are comparable effects competing for the slot.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.