Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet: Legendary Creature - Vampire Warrior, Foundations Commander. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{B}{B}
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Legendary Creature - Vampire Warrior
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Power / toughness
- 3/4
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Set
- Foundations Commander (FDC)
- Released
- 2026-10-02
- Collector number
- 108
- Artist
- Todd Lockwood
- Commander rank
- 7,214 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Lifelink
- Commander
- Can be your commander
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About Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare black legendary creature from Foundations Commander (FDC), released in October 2026. It is collector number 108 in that set, with art by Todd Lockwood. It costs {2}{B}{B} (two generic and two black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 3/4 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 6 sets, from Oath of the Gatewatch (2016) to Foundations Commander (2024). It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.91 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
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.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.91 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet has been printed in 6 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1687 | Mythic | 2024 |
| The List (PLST) #OGW-86 | Mythic | 2023 |
| Explorer Anthology 1 (EA1) #5 | Mythic | 2022 |
| Oath of the Gatewatch (OGW) #86 | Mythic | 2016 |
| Oath of the Gatewatch Promos (POGW) #86s | Mythic | 2016 |
Official rulings
Four official rulings apply to Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet, newest first.
- Abilities that trigger whenever a creature an opponent controls dies won't trigger unless that creature is a token (see below).
- If a creature token an opponent controls dies, it goes to that player's graveyard as normal before ceasing to exist.
- You can't sacrifice Kalitas to activate the last ability, even if it's somehow become a Zombie.
- 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.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a black colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.
- Wretched Ranks (FDC), led by Ghoulcaller Gisa