Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet

Legendary Creature — Vampire Warrior

Lifelink

If a nontoken creature an opponent controls would die, instead exile that card and put a 2/2 black Zombie creature token onto the battlefield.

, Sacrifice another Vampire or Zombie: Put two +1/+1 counters on Kalitas, Traiter of Ghet.

Discussion (49)

Kadj on Vampire Party

2 weeks ago

Kalitas, Traitor of Ghetseems very good, and Cordial Vampire would be great with your sac outlets. Also i think you have 1-2 many lands

Jackfrost23 on Is there a reason why Armageddon is Good??

1 month ago

I am weighing Garruk Wildspeaker and Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet for the four drop slot. I'm really interested in Crime / Punishment but I don't know what I would cut to fit it in.

Jackfrost23 on Is there a reason why Armageddon is Good??

1 month ago

Jorn, God of Winter  ^Flip. Thanks so much for the suggestion nbarry223! I am considering adding two in the place of Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet. What do you think?

Rhadamanthus on Anointed Procession/Parallel Lives vs Dauthi …

1 month ago

It's because Anointed Procession and Parallel Lives each result in an event that the other can still apply to (the creation of tokens), but Dauthi Voidwalker and Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet result in an event where there's nothing for the other to apply to (the card isn't going to the graveyard anymore).

Chaospyke on Anointed Procession/Parallel Lives vs Dauthi …

1 month ago

Why is that replacement effects such as Anointed Procession and Parallel Lives stack on each other but Dauthi Voidwalker and Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet must be chosen which effect to apply and don't stack.

Chaospyke on Rayami, First of the Fallen …

1 month ago

Since the sacrifice is a cost, no one could respond to that. Rayami herself is a replacement effect notable because it says 'instead'. It therefore does not use the stack.

So sacrificing you own Gladecover would happen instantly this way; no one would be able to respond or at all. It is of not that other replacement effects such as an opponent's Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet could cause a problem, but as the owner of the Gladecover, you would choose which replacement effect to apply.

Neotrup on Trigger Dauthi Voidwalker & Undead …

2 months ago

If a creature card would be put into an opponent's graveyard, it will be exiled instead by Dauthi Voidwalker, as it's a replacement effect. Because it never goes to the graveyard, Undead Alchemist will not trigger. This means the card will get a void counter, but you will not get a zombie.

If instead we were talking about two replacement effects (like Dauthi Voidwalker and Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet), the creatures controller, or owner if the card has no controller, will decide which effect to apply first (with Kalitas specifically it will always have a controller, but other effects may look at milling). Because the card will not be going to the graveyard anymore, rather to exile, the other effect will not apply. This means the creature's controller will decide whether the card gets a void counter or you get a zombie.

YamishiTheWickedOne on Sexy Vampires

3 months ago

If you're looking for further advice still, here's my list of best 1 mana vampires:

Viscera Seer

Knight of the Ebon Legion

Stromkirk Noble

Indulgent Aristocrat

Insolent Neonate

More niche 1-drops include

Falkenrath Gorger

Vampire Lacerator

Vicious Conquistador

Skymarcher Aspirant really only if you wanna be hyper aggressive and run like 8-12 lords.

If you want my opinion on the best vampires in MtG in no particular order:

Viscera Seer

Gatekeeper of Malakir

Bloodghast

Knight of the Ebon Legion

Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet

Gifted Aetherborn

Stromkirk Noble

Olivia Voldaren

Champion of Dusk (because Sorin's a thing, before 5 mana was really pushing it)

and a narrow niche that makes him the best vampire in the game but ONLY in manaless dredge: Balustrade Spy