MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #5

Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet

DIGITAL ONLY

ea1·#5·mythic·nonfoil

Illus. Todd Lockwood

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Jul '22

4 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #6,987 · Niche pick

Variants

Nonfoil

Gameplay

Legendary Creature — Vampire Warrior

Lifelink If a nontoken creature an opponent controls would die, instead exile that card and create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token. {2}{B}, Sacrifice another Vampire or Zombie: Put two +1/+1 counters on Kalitas.

3/4

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 4

2016-01-22wotc

Abilities that trigger whenever a creature an opponent controls dies won't trigger unless that creature is a token (see below).

2016-01-22wotc

If a creature token an opponent controls dies, it goes to that player's graveyard as normal before ceasing to exist.

2016-01-22wotc

You can't sacrifice Kalitas to activate the last ability, even if it's somehow become a Zombie.

2016-01-22

Context

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from EA1 — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #5 of *Explorer Anthology 1*, the set that shipped alongside the July 2022 Explorer Anthology 1 release.

Card type: Legendary Creature — Vampire Warrior, color identity black, printed at mythic. Mythic rares historically land in roughly one out of every eight boosters at standard print densities. Mana cost: {2}{B}{B} (4 converted). Keyword abilities: Lifelink.

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #6,987 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Todd Lockwood. Rarix catalogs 404 other cards credited to this artist.