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Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca

Legendary Creature — Merfolk Shaman

Tap another untapped Merfolk you control: Kumena can't be blocked this turn.
Tap three untapped Merfolk you control: Draw a card.
Tap five untapped Merfolk you control: Put a +1/+1 counter on each Merfolk you control.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{1}{G}{U}
Color identity
GU
Rarity
mythic
Set
Secret Lair Drop
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#4954
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Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca card art
Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca turns a board of tapped Merfolk into card draw, +1/+1 counters, and an ever-widening token army — three distinct engines on one three-mana body. The cost is that every ability requires tapping Kumena plus additional Merfolk, so it folds hard to interaction at the wrong moment; Deeproot Pilgrimage helps offset that by converting each unblocked swing into more bodies to feed the machine.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Hakbal of the Surging Soul

Hakbal of the Surging Soul

84.3% of decks · synergy 0.78

Hakbal of the Surging Soul runs Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca in over 84% of its decks because Hakbal floods the board with Merfolk tokens and lands them explore triggers, giving Kumena a constant supply of bodies to tap for counters and cards without ever depleting the attack step.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker. Commander is its home — the 100-card singleton format gives it the critical mass of Merfolk it needs, and the multiplayer table means opponents can't always hold up interaction for every tap activation. In Pioneer and Modern, tribal Merfolk lists exist but typically want lords that pump the team on entry rather than a three-mana legend that asks you to tap creatures you'd rather swing with; Kumena occasionally shows up as a flex threat but isn't a staple. Legacy and Vintage have faster clocks and better Merfolk infrastructure, yet both formats tend to favor more immediate payoffs over a setup-heavy value engine.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

4,058 decks
Kumena, Tyrant of OrazcaDeeproot PilgrimageIntruder Alarm

Kumena, Tyrant of OrazcaDeeproot PilgrimageIntruder Alarm

Infinite card draw; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite draw triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite untap of creatures; Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control; Infinite untap of creatures you control

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Price Context

Current price

unknown tier

Current price data for Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca isn't available in our feed — check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a live figure. Historically it has sat in the $3–8 range depending on reprint supply, which puts it well within impulse-buy territory for the synergy it delivers in any Merfolk build.

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