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◇ Catalog #753

Kalastria Highborn

fdn·#753·rare·nonfoil

Illus. D. Alexander Gregory

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EDHrec rank #11,731 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil

Nonfoil

Gameplay

Creature — Vampire Shaman

Whenever this creature or another Vampire you control dies, you may pay {B}. If you do, target player loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

Each of Malakir's great families boasts a contingent of nulls appropriate to its rank in society.

2/2

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 3

2010-03-01wotc

If multiple Vampires you control (possibly including Kalastria Highborn itself) are put into their owners' graveyards at the same time, Kalastria Highborn's ability triggers that many times.

2010-03-01wotc

If the targeted player is an illegal target by the time the ability resolves (for example, if that player has left a multiplayer game), the entire ability doesn't resolve. You can't pay {B} and you don't gain life.

2010-03-01wotc

You target a player when the ability triggers. You choose whether to pay {B} as the ability resolves. You may pay {B} only once per resolution.

Context

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from FDN — the lineup includes Foil and 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 #753 of *Foundations*, the set that shipped alongside the April 2026 Foundations release.

Card type: Creature — Vampire Shaman, color identity black, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {B}{B} (2 converted).

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

EDHrec ranks this card #11,731 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by D. Alexander Gregory. Rarix catalogs 317 other cards credited to this artist.