Lieutenant Kirtar
Legendary Creature — Bird Soldier
Flying
, Sacrifice Lieutenant Kirtar: Exile target attacking creature.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Odyssey
- Price
- $1.03
- EDHREC rank
- #14702
Lieutenant Kirtar turns surplus legends into a repeatable exile engine — sacrifice a legendary creature, exile a target flier with power 3 or greater, no questions asked. The cost is real: you need a steady stream of expendable legends to keep the ability live, which is exactly why Kastral, the Windcrested decks prize it so highly.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Kastral, the Windcrested
Kastral, the Windcrested generates a stream of Bird tokens and cares about legends entering, giving Lieutenant Kirtar both the fodder supply and the tribal context it needs to function as a consistent removal piece rather than a one-shot answer.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Lieutenant Kirtar actually does something — legendary creatures are everywhere, and exiling a problematic flier for the cost of a legend you no longer need is a clean rate. Outside Commander, it's legal in Legacy and Vintage but competes in pools so powerful that a three-mana situational removal piece that requires a sacrifice doesn't make the cut. Oathbreaker gives it a niche home if your signature spell and planeswalker enable a legends-matter shell, but the format is small enough that real competitive demand is minimal.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.03 cheap tier
At $1.03, Lieutenant Kirtar sits in the bulk-rare tier — cheap enough to throw into any legends-matter build without deliberation. Demand is narrow enough that the price is unlikely to spike unless a new Kastral-style commander drives a second wave of interest.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.