The Kenriths' Royal Funeral
Legendary Enchantment
When The Kenriths' Royal Funeral enters, exile up to two target legendary creature cards from your graveyard. You draw X cards and you lose X life, where X is the greatest mana value among cards exiled this way.
Legendary spells you cast cost 
less to cast for each card exiled with The Kenriths' Royal Funeral.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- March of the Machine: The Aftermath
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #9026
The Kenriths' Royal Funeral hits the board and immediately taxes every legendary creature death in a format full of them — opponents paying extra mana to recur their commanders is a real drag on their engines, and decks like Ardbert, Warrior of Darkness that want creatures dying constantly feel it most. The cost is that it does nothing alone; it needs a legendary-dense table to matter, and at three mana it competes with interaction that answers problems rather than taxing around them.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ardbert, Warrior of Darkness
Ardbert, Warrior of Darkness is built around legendary creatures dying repeatedly, which means The Kenriths' Royal Funeral turns every death trigger into a mana tax that opponents have to pay just to keep up — it shows up in over half of all Ardbert lists for exactly that reason.
Kethis, the Hidden Hand
Kethis, the Hidden Hand cares deeply about legendary permanents going to and from graveyards, and The Kenriths' Royal Funeral fits as both a legendary permanent to fuel Kethis's cost reduction and a tax that punishes opponents trying to fight through the same graveyard axis.
Shanid, Sleepers' Scourge
Shanid, Sleepers' Scourge runs a high density of legendary permanents for the draw trigger, so The Kenriths' Royal Funeral slots in as both a payoff piece and a speed bump that slows down any opponent trying to recast their own legendary creatures.
Dihada, Binder of Wills
Dihada, Binder of Wills churns through legendary permanents and wants as many in play as possible, and The Kenriths' Royal Funeral adds a tax layer that protects Dihada's board investment by making it more expensive for opponents to recycle their own legendary threats.
Ratadrabik of Urborg
Ratadrabik of Urborg creates nonlegendary tokens of legendary creatures that die, which means Ratadrabik's own engine is largely immune to The Kenriths' Royal Funeral's tax while opponents trying to recur their commanders pay full price.
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 The Kenriths' Royal Funeral belongs — four players at a table full of legendary commanders guarantees the tax is relevant from turn one. The enchantment rewards legendary-dense strategies and punishes the format's most common recovery line: recasting a commander from the command zone. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but irrelevant; those formats don't care about commander tax, and three mana for a situational enchantment doesn't clear the bar when faster answers exist. Modern and Pioneer have the card legal but no real home for it, since those formats lack the commander zone entirely and legendary creature density isn't reliable enough to make the tax matter.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Acererak the ArchlichRelic of LegendsThe Kenriths' Royal Funeral
Infinite card draw; Infinite draw triggers; Near-infinite +1/+1 counters; Near-infinite ETB; Near-infinite LTB; Near-infinite Treasure tokens; Near-infinite colored mana; Near-infinite creature tokens; Near-infinite lifegain; Near-infinite lifegain triggers; Near-infinite lifeloss; Near-infinite storm count; Near-infinite ventures into the dungeon
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Acererak the ArchlichCarnival of SoulsThe Kenriths' Royal FuneralBontu's Monument
Infinite card draw; Infinite draw triggers; Near-infinite +1/+1 counters; Near-infinite ETB; Near-infinite LTB; Near-infinite Treasure tokens; Near-infinite colored mana; Near-infinite creature tokens; Near-infinite lifegain; Near-infinite lifegain triggers; Near-infinite lifeloss; Near-infinite ventures into the dungeon; Near-infinite storm count
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Acererak the ArchlichCarnival of SoulsThe Kenriths' Royal FuneralTablet of the Guilds
Infinite card draw; Infinite draw triggers; Near-infinite +1/+1 counters; Near-infinite ETB; Near-infinite LTB; Near-infinite Treasure tokens; Near-infinite colored mana; Near-infinite creature tokens; Near-infinite lifegain; Near-infinite lifegain triggers; Near-infinite lifeloss; Near-infinite ventures into the dungeon; Near-infinite storm count
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Acererak the ArchlichCarnival of SoulsThe Kenriths' Royal FuneralGod-Pharaoh's Faithful
Infinite card draw; Infinite draw triggers; Near-infinite +1/+1 counters; Near-infinite ETB; Near-infinite LTB; Near-infinite Treasure tokens; Near-infinite colored mana; Near-infinite creature tokens; Near-infinite lifegain; Near-infinite lifegain triggers; Near-infinite lifeloss; Near-infinite ventures into the dungeon; Near-infinite storm count
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Acererak the ArchlichCarnival of SoulsThe Kenriths' Royal FuneralPrism Ring
Infinite card draw; Infinite draw triggers; Near-infinite +1/+1 counters; Near-infinite ETB; Near-infinite LTB; Near-infinite Treasure tokens; Near-infinite colored mana; Near-infinite creature tokens; Near-infinite lifegain; Near-infinite lifegain triggers; Near-infinite lifeloss; Near-infinite ventures into the dungeon; Near-infinite storm count
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Current price
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Current pricing data for The Kenriths' Royal Funeral isn't available in this snapshot, so check Scryfall or your preferred vendor for the live number. Given its narrow commander-focused design and the fact that it's a build-around enchantment rather than a staple, it typically won't carry a premium unless demand from Ardbert and Kethis lists spikes it.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.