Kessig Malcontents
Creature — Human Warrior
When this creature enters, it deals damage to target player or planeswalker equal to the number of Humans you control.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Avacyn Restored
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #22550
Kessig Malcontents enters and deals damage equal to the number of Humans you control — in a dedicated Human tribal deck, that's a Lightning Bolt stapled to a 3/3 body for three mana. It's a role-player, not a headliner, but in the right shell it punches well above its cost.
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 |
Kessig Malcontents is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it's effectively a Commander card — Human tribal is where it earns its slot. In Commander, a mid-to-late-game cast into a board of 15–20 Humans can close a game or kill a player outright, and the 3/3 body sticks around afterward. In competitive Modern and Legacy, a three-mana creature that deals damage once on entry isn't close to the rate those formats demand, so it sees no meaningful play there. Oathbreaker is the one fringe exception, where a Human-focused signature spell shell could make use of it, but the card lives and dies in 100-card casual.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Kessig Malcontents is deep bulk — a throw-in card at any price point. It's unlikely to appreciate; the supply is large and demand is narrow enough that this stays a quarter-bin staple for Human tribal brewers indefinitely.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.