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Kobolds of Kher Keep

Creature — Kobold

CMC
0
Mana cost
{0}
Color identity
R
Rarity
common
Set
Mystery Booster 2
Price
$1.44
EDHREC rank
#9878
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Kobolds of Kher Keep card art
Kobolds of Kher Keep is a zero-mana 0/1 creature — it enters the battlefield for free, does nothing on its own, and exists entirely to be exploited. The moment you pair it with something that cares about cast triggers, enters-the-battlefield effects, or bounce loops like Cloudstone Curio, it becomes an engine piece; Flubs, the Fool turns that free cast into raw card advantage.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Flubs, the Fool

Flubs, the Fool

17.4% of decks · synergy 0.16

Flubs, the Fool draws a card whenever you cast a spell with the same name as one you've cast before — and Kobolds of Kher Keep, with its identical four siblings in the zero-mana kobold cycle, lets you chain those triggers from an empty hand at zero cost.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper legal
oathbreaker legal

Kobolds of Kher Keep is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker — the formats where zero-mana creatures have historically caused headaches or enabled degenerate loops. In Legacy and Vintage it shows up almost exclusively in storm and combo shells that need cheap storm count or free sacrifice fodder. Pauper legality is a curiosity more than a fixture; there's no engine there that makes a 0/1 for zero broken. Commander is where Kobolds of Kher Keep gets the most play, slotting into any deck that rewards free casts, ETB spam, or sacrifice triggers at instant speed.

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Price Context

Current price

$1.44 cheap tier

At $1.44, Kobolds of Kher Keep sits at the low end of niche combo pieces — cheap enough to throw in speculatively, not so cheap it feels disposable. The price reflects narrow but real demand: it's not a card that goes in every deck, but the decks that want it really want it.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.