Death Kiss

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Death Kiss: Creature - Beholder, Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{5}{R}
Mana value
6
Type
Creature - Beholder
Colour identity
Red (R)
Power / toughness
5/5
Rarity
Rare
Set
Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB)
Released
2022-06-10
Collector number
675
Artist
Daren Bader
Commander rank
4,735 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Double, Goad, Monstrosity

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About Death Kiss

Death Kiss is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare red creature from Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB), a draft-focused set released in June 2022. It is collector number 675 in that set, with art by Daren Bader. It costs {5}{R} (five generic and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 6. It is a 5/5 creature. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $4.49 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Whenever a creature an opponent controls attacks one of your opponents, double its power until end of turn.

{X}{X}{R}: Monstrosity X. (If this creature isn't monstrous, put X +1/+1 counters on it and it becomes monstrous.)

When this creature becomes monstrous, goad up to X target creatures your opponents control.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $4.49 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Death Kiss by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Death Kiss

The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) #629Rare2022

Official rulings

Four official rulings apply to Death Kiss, newest first.

  • Monstrous isn't an ability that a creature has. It's just something true about that creature. If the creature stops being a creature or loses its abilities, it will continue to be monstrous.
  • Once a creature becomes monstrous, it can't become monstrous again. If the creature is already monstrous when the monstrosity ability resolves, nothing happens.
  • To double a creature's power, it gets +X/+0, where X is its power as that ability resolves.
  • An ability that triggers when a creature becomes monstrous won't trigger if that creature isn't on the battlefield when its monstrosity ability resolves.

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