Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet

Legendary Creature — Vampire Warrior

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, Traiter of Ghet.

Combos

• Grave Pact + Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet + Virulent Plague
• Grave Pact + Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet + Viscera Seer

Tokens

• Zombie 2/2 B

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Historic Brawl	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (46)

PhyrexianPraetor on Back in Black

4 days ago

I saw your list and thought I would suggest a couple of ideas.

Since you're running fetch lands you could consider running some number of Godless Shrine and a long side of it, Silent Clearing. My reason is that you can then substitute Damnation with Damn, it's far better than Damnation due to it being both spot removal and a board-wipe when needed. Silent Clearing will also give you additional card draw in the late game and since you run fetch lands you could consider Fatal Push since you will have a decent number of opportunities to have revolt.

Another card you might want to consider is Withering Torment. It costs one more than Feed the Swarm, but is an instant and only costs you two life points. If you do consider my idea of running dual lands you could even go with Vindicate as an option. It would effectively fill the role of Feed the Swarm and Fulminator Mage at the same time, the only downside is that you can't recur it like Fulminator Mage. Another option would be Anguished Unmaking in place of Feed the Swarm. It would deal with every problematic non-land permanent and could potentially cost you less life than Feed the Swarm would.

I would also suggest looking at adding cards like Hopeless Nightmare, The Meathook Massacre and Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet. Hopeless nightmare will still give you control over your opponent's hand and will add to your devotion count. In the late game it can be sacrificed to scry away needless cards. If you play both The Meathook Massacre and Kalitas you end up having a very strong combo. You can clear the board with Kalitas in play and gain some life while creating zombie tokens.

If you wanted some additional ideas you can take a look at my list on my profile.

Cloudy2024 on Tripwire

5 months ago

Nighthawk Scavenger,Mirri the Cursed or Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet would up the power level and are cheap(ish). Also Gifted Aetherborn would be a good addition and replacement for Healer's Hawk as it doesn't really fit with the vampire part of the deck anyway. overall an awesome deck and definitely deserves an upvote from me!

griffstick on Stumbled upon a decent combo

1 year ago

I was playing brawl arena and my cmdr is Zagras, Thief of Heartbeats, in my hand is a bunch of wizards, rougues, warriors, and clerics. But two particular cards that peeked my interest. Those cards are, Terror of the Peaks and Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet. I have Zagras, Thief of Heartbeats in play and Terror of the Peaks in play. Already this seems strong. Then I played Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet. This is the combo. Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet enters the battlefield, triggers Terror of the Peaks, I target a creature (doesn't matter how big the creature because they have deathtouch thanks to Zagras, Thief of Heartbeats) that creature dies but instead gets exiled because of Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet and she makes a 2/2 zombie token. That token triggers Terror of the Peaks, boom another exiled creature, and another 2/2 zombie. I do this 6 times and my opponent concedes.

So the combo goes, give all your creatures deathtouch have Terror of the Peaks out and play Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet and wipe the table and make a ton of 2/2 zombies tokens.

griffstick on Restrictions to make commanders interesting?

1 year ago

I've been keeping up on magic online playing brawl and that's because I don't have time raising to kids under 2 yrs old to leave the house for several hours to play magic. So what do I suggest?

I'm a mono black player at heart. And playing brawl has really shown me a wide range of cmdrs and its easy to build with every card at your disposal.

Sheoldred  ^Flip was the most fun for a newer mono black cmdr but your opponents might find it to be very oppressive as it's focus is getting cards to the graveyard by making players discard and mill. Meanwhile kill spells to put more creatures in the graveyard. Plus killing Sheoldred  ^Flip only allows you to recast her allowing you to kill another creature on etb. So spells that bring her back immediately like Undying Evil do work here.

For mono black historic brawl I like Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet. Now I know how this isn't a card that you missed on your hiatus but maybe this is one worth looking into. Make a control shell and smash with kalitas. Have a few backup win cons.

Outside of mono black I like

• Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
• Radagast the Brown
• Delney, Streetwise Lookout
• Eriette of the Charmed Apple
• Troyan, Gutsy Explorer this deck has an interesting mana curve. 1 and 2 drops skips 3 and 4 drops then 5 6 and 7 drops fills a bulk of the slots.

That's what I got.

griffstick on Card creation challenge

1 year ago

Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet is my favorite legendary. She went to Kaladesh and learned a new ability.

Repeat challenge

Vessiliana on The Angelic Vampire

1 year ago

orcopollo, thank you for the interest and the suggestion! I actually used to run Liesa in here, as well as Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet, and I found that I was as upset at my opponents' creatures being exiled as they were, since I lost so many bleeder triggers. I still am looking for a good home for both of my Liesas!

abby315 on None

1 year ago

Probably depends on if you need the 4 drop to stabilize or be aggressive more - Sheoldred is probably the best card at doing both and I don't think there's a comparable option out there. Esika's Chariot is probably the best in that it's classic and gives you both blockers and a threat, but I don't think it's quite the same. Other options... maybe Gonti, Lord of Luxury? Is Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet no longer power-crept enough (or is the GY exile at all useful anymore)? Questing Beast if you want a pure threat?

Crow_Umbra on Burakos's Crew

1 year ago

No prob dnthymamai! Totally understandable regarding the infinite combos; I know they can be polarizing among players. If your playgroup ever changes their mind, I'd recommend adding that combo for sure.

If you're looking for more graveyard/aristocrats hate, I'd recommend:

• Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet or Gisa, Glorious Resurrector, depending on your budget.

• Sanctifier en-Vec also provides some additional hate options for colors that utilize their graveyard, and/or use discard to set it up.

• Scavenger Grounds is another option that can be an easy swap with a land.

• Calamity's Wake is an instant speed option that can also blank combos and other interaction for that turn.

I think you can probably swap out Changeling Outcast for something else. Since Burakos can fill any role in the party, they have less need for Changelings than Nalia de'Arnise might. Zhentarim Bandit or Preacher of the Schism could be some options for more Treasure support or draw. Preacher as a 2/4 with Deathtouch for 3 mana alone is pretty nice.