Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet

Oath of the Gatewatch Promos (POGW) #86s · Mythic · Legendary Creature — Vampire Warrior

Mana cost: {2}{B}{B}

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.

Power/toughness 3/4 · Illustrated by Todd Lockwood · Released January 22, 2016

Prices

Printings

  1. Foundations Commander #108 (FDC) · Mythic · 2026 · $1.44 USD
  2. Secret Lair Drop #1687 (SLD) · Mythic · 2024 · $11.36 USD
  3. The List #OGW-86 (PLST) · Mythic · 2023 · $7.19 USD
  4. Explorer Anthology 1 #5 (EA1) · Mythic · 2022
  5. Oath of the Gatewatch #86 (OGW) · Mythic · 2016 · $4.68 USD
  6. Oath of the Gatewatch Promos #86s (this printing) · Mythic · 2016 · $22.82 USD foil

Legality

Rulings

  1. 2016-01-22 · wotc — Abilities that trigger whenever a creature an opponent controls dies won't trigger unless that creature is a token (see below).
  2. 2016-01-22 · wotc — If a creature token an opponent controls dies, it goes to that player's graveyard as normal before ceasing to exist.
  3. 2016-01-22 · wotc — You can't sacrifice Kalitas to activate the last ability, even if it's somehow become a Zombie.
  4. 2016-01-22 · wotc — If Kalitas dies at the same time as creatures your opponents control, those creature cards will be exiled and you'll get that many Zombies.

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