Queen Kayla bin-Kroog
Legendary Creature — Human Noble
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: Discard all the cards in your hand, then draw that many cards. You may choose an artifact or creature card with mana value 1 you discarded this way, then do the same for artifact or creature cards with mana values 2 and 3. Return those cards to the battlefield. Activate only as a sorcery.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Magic Online Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #12381
Queen Kayla bin-Kroog turns a tap ability into a three-card Aether Vial that pulls creatures with mana costs 1, 2, and 3 directly onto the battlefield — no mana spent, no questions asked. The catch is the mandatory discard before you draw, which means you need a hand worth discarding from; pair her with Zirda, the Dawnwaker to halve her activation cost and the engine becomes genuinely threatening.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Zirda, the Dawnwaker
Zirda, the Dawnwaker cuts Queen Kayla bin-Kroog's activation cost in half, turning a two-mana tap into a one-mana tap and letting you fire her multiple times per turn cycle if you have the untap support to back it up.
Joshua, Phoenix's Dominant
Joshua, Phoenix's Dominant rewards you for playing creatures with different mana values, and Queen Kayla bin-Kroog's ability to cheat in one-drops, two-drops, and three-drops simultaneously means you're consistently hitting the spread Joshua wants to see in a single activation.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Queen Kayla bin-Kroog actually lives — the 99-card singleton format gives her a deep pool of cheap creatures to pull from, and the slower pace of multiplayer means you have the turns to untap her repeatedly and rebuild after the discard tax. In competitive Modern or Legacy, she's legal but wholly unplayable; three mana to set up a tap ability that requires a full turn is not a tempo proposition any 60-card format wants. Oathbreaker is the one fringe home worth mentioning: as a planeswalker-adjacent strategy, aggressive low-curve white-red creature packages can abuse her before opponents stabilize.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
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No current price data is available for Queen Kayla bin-Kroog, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the live market. Given her narrow application outside Commander, she tends to stay affordable — if the Zirda combo shell interests you, there's rarely a reason to rush the purchase.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Zirda, the Dawnwaker
- Joshua, Phoenix's Dominant
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.