Kemba's Legion
Creature — Cat Soldier
Vigilance
This creature can block an additional creature each combat for each Equipment attached to this creature.
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.22
- EDHREC rank
- #25495
Kemba's Legion puts a 4/4 vigilance body on the board that grows every combat — but eight mana for that effect is a steep ask even in Commander. Unless you're building around equipment synergies and can reliably suit it up, cheaper threats do more for less.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Kemba's Legion is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it's a Commander card through and through — eight mana is simply not viable in Legacy, Modern, or Vintage, where the game ends before you untap with it. In Commander, it occupies a narrow slot in dedicated equipment decks that can both afford the mana investment and consistently have multiple pieces attached to extract the combat trigger's value. Oathbreaker shares Commander's slower pace but the 60-card singleton constraint makes it harder to build the critical mass of equipment that makes Kemba's Legion worth the slot.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.22 bulk tier
At $0.22, Kemba's Legion is bulk, and that price reflects its limited demand outside of dedicated equipment Commander builds. It's stable at this tier — casual interest keeps a floor under it, but there's no pressure pushing it higher.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.