Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar
Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar: Legendary Creature - Elemental Lizard, Commander Legends. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{R}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Legendary Creature - Elemental Lizard
- Colour identity
- Red (R)
- Power / toughness
- 1/1
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Commander Legends (CMR)
- Released
- 2020-11-20
- Collector number
- 188
- Artist
- Jesper Ejsing
- Commander rank
- 1,151 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Partner
- Commander
- Can be your commander
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About Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar
Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon red legendary creature from Commander Legends (CMR), a draft-focused set released in November 2020. It is collector number 188 in that set, with art by Jesper Ejsing. It costs {1}{R} (one generic and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It is a 1/1 creature. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 4 sets, from The List (2020) to Commander Legends (2020). It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $6.15 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
Whenever a commander you control deals combat damage to an opponent, it deals that much damage to each other opponent.
Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)
Kediss loves molten metal, searing flames, and head scratches.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $6.15 (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 Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
Other printings of Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar
Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #CMR-188 | Uncommon | 2026 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #2364 | Rare | 2026 |
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) #86252 | Uncommon | 2020 |
| Commander Legends (CMR) #573 | Uncommon | 2020 |
Official rulings
The 8 most recent official rulings for Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar, newest first.
- To have two commanders, both must have the partner ability as the game begins. Losing the ability during the game doesn't cause either to cease to be your commander.
- An effect that checks whether you control your commander is satisfied if you control one or both of your two commanders.
- Kediss's triggered ability will trigger if any commander you control deals combat damage to an opponent, not just your commander.
- If something refers to your commander while you have two commanders, it refers to one of them of your choice. If you are instructed to perform an action on your commander (e.g. put it from the command zone into your hand due to Command Beacon), you choose one of your commanders at the time the effect happens.
- If your Commander deck has two commanders, you can only include cards whose own color identities are also found in your commanders' combined color identities. If Falthis and Kediss are your commanders, your deck may contain cards with black and/or red in their color identity, but not cards with green, white, or blue.
- Once the game begins, your two commanders are tracked separately. If you cast one, you won't have to pay an additional {2} the first time you cast the other. A player loses the game after having been dealt 21 damage from any one of them, not from both of them combined.
- The damage the commander deals as a result of Kediss's triggered ability isn't combat damage. It isn't tracked with combat damage dealt by commanders and won't cause Kediss's ability to trigger again.
- Kediss's triggered ability won't trigger if a commander you control deals combat damage to a planeswalker.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a red colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.