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Kydele, Chosen of Kruphix

Legendary Creature — Human Wizard

{T}: Add {C} for each card you've drawn this turn.
Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

CMC
4
Mana cost
{2}{G}{U}
Color identity
GU
Rarity
mythic
Set
Commander 2016
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#11952
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Kydele, Chosen of Kruphix card art
Kydele, Chosen of Kruphix turns draw-heavy turns into a mana engine — tap her for one colorless per card drawn that turn, and she chains directly into Staff of Domination for infinite mana the moment you've drawn four or more. The cost is that she does nothing in isolation: zero cards drawn equals zero mana, so she needs a deck built around filling her tank.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Kruphix, God of Horizons

Kruphix, God of Horizons

17.5% of decks · synergy 0.17

Kruphix, God of Horizons converts excess mana into colorless storage across turns, and Kydele, Chosen of Kruphix is the engine that generates that surplus — the two share a color identity and a gameplan of hoarding resources until something breaks the game open.

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 not legal
oathbreaker legal

Kydele, Chosen of Kruphix is a Commander card through and through — her design assumes a 100-card singleton context where you're building an entire engine around one creature's tap ability. In Legacy and Vintage she's technically legal but sees no meaningful play: four mana for a 2/3 with a conditional tap ability doesn't compete in those formats, and the combo lines she enables are faster and more consistent elsewhere. Oathbreaker is the one fringe case worth noting, where she can slot as a signature-spell-supported mana engine in a dedicated build. Everywhere else, she doesn't exist.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

1,428 decks
Staff of DominationKydele, Chosen of Kruphix

Staff of DominationKydele, Chosen of Kruphix

Infinite colorless mana; Infinite lifegain triggers; Infinite lifegain; Infinite card draw; Infinite untap of creatures you control; Infinite draw triggers; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce

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Price Context

Current price

unknown tier

Current pricing data for Kydele, Chosen of Kruphix isn't available in this context — check TCGPlayer or Scryfall for the live number. Historically she's been an affordable mythic, so budget is rarely the obstacle to picking her up.

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