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Kamahl, Heart of KrosaHow it works & interactions with other cards

By the ManaCount desk· 7 min read· Commander Legends· November 20, 2020
Carte Magic Kamahl, Heart of Krosa

Kamahl, Heart of Krosa is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.

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Official card text

At the beginning of combat on your turn, creatures you control get +3/+3 and gain trample until end of turn. {1}{G}: Until end of turn, target land you control becomes a 1/1 Elemental creature with vigilance, indestructible, and haste. It's still a land. Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

How it works : Kamahl, Heart of Krosa

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

  1. #1· Wizards of the Coast

    Only creatures you control at the time Kamahl's triggered ability resolves will get +3/+3 and gain trample. Creatures that come under your control later in the turn and noncreature permanents that become creatures later in the turn won't get the bonuses.

    No other card is named in this ruling.

  2. #2· Wizards of the Coast

    A land that becomes a creature because of Kamahl's activated ability will retain any other supertypes, card types, subtypes, and abilities it had.

    No other card is named in this ruling.

  3. #3· Wizards of the Coast

    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.

    No other card is named in this ruling.

  4. #4· Wizards of the Coast

    Both commanders start in the command zone, and the remaining 98 cards (or 58 cards in a Commander Draft game) of your deck are shuffled to become your library.

    No other card is named in this ruling.

  5. #5· Wizards of the Coast

    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.

    No other card is named in this ruling.

  6. #6· Wizards of the Coast

    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.

    No other card is named in this ruling.

  7. #7· Wizards of the Coast

    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.

    No other card is named in this ruling.

  8. #8· Wizards of the Coast

    An effect that checks whether you control your commander is satisfied if you control one or both of your two commanders.

    No other card is named in this ruling.

  9. #9· Wizards of the Coast

    You can choose two commanders with partner that are the same color or colors. In Commander Draft, you can even choose two of the same commander with partner if you drafted them. If you do this, make sure you keep the number of times you've cast each from the command zone clear for "commander tax" purposes.

    No other card is named in this ruling.

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Popular combos

Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.

Yedora, Grave Gardener
+Kamahl, Heart of Krosa
+Ashnod's Altar
#1

Yedora, Grave Gardener + Kamahl, Heart of Krosa + Ashnod's Altar

Infinite colorless manaInfinite death triggersInfinite landfall triggersInfinite creature LTB
  1. 1Activate the Forest by tapping it, adding {G}.
  2. 2Activate Kamahl's first ability by paying {1}{G}, causing the Forest to become a 1/1 Elemental until end of turn.
  3. 3Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing the Forest, adding {C}{C}.
  4. 4When the Forest dies, Yedora triggers, returning the Forest land from your graveyard to the battlefield face down as a Forest land.
  5. 5Repeat.
Springheart Nantuko
+Kamahl, Heart of Krosa
+Doubling Season
#2

Springheart Nantuko + Kamahl, Heart of Krosa + Doubling Season

Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature tokensInfinite landfall triggersInfinite tapped Forest tokens
  1. 1Animate a Forest that enters untapped using Kamahl
  2. 2Cast Springheart Nantuko for its bestow cost by paying {1}{G}, attaching it to the animated Forest.
  3. 3Play a land. When the land enters, Springheart Nantuko triggers, causing you to pay {1}{G} to create two token copies of the Forest that enters untapped.
  4. 4When the Forest tokens enter, Springheart Nantuko triggers twice.
  5. 5Holding priority, activate the Forest tokens by tapping them, adding {G}{G}.
  6. 6Resolve the first Springheart Nantuko trigger, choosing not to pay and creating two 1/1 Insect creature tokens.
  7. 7Resolve the second Springheart Nantuko trigger, causing you to pay {1}{G} to create two token copies of the Forest that enters untapped.
  8. 8Repeat from step 4.
Springheart Nantuko
+Kamahl, Heart of Krosa
+Adrix and Nev, Twincasters
#3

Springheart Nantuko + Kamahl, Heart of Krosa + Adrix and Nev, Twincasters

Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature tokensInfinite landfall triggersInfinite tapped Forest tokens
  1. 1Animate a Forest that enters untapped using Kamahl
  2. 2Cast Springheart Nantuko for its bestow cost by paying {1}{G}, attaching it to the animated Forest.
  3. 3Play a land. When the land enters, Springheart Nantuko triggers, causing you to pay {1}{G} to create two token copies of the Forest that enters untapped.
  4. 4When the Forest tokens enter, Springheart Nantuko triggers twice.
  5. 5Holding priority, activate the Forest tokens by tapping them, adding {G}{G}.
  6. 6Resolve the first Springheart Nantuko trigger, choosing not to pay and creating two 1/1 Insect creature tokens.
  7. 7Resolve the second Springheart Nantuko trigger, causing you to pay {1}{G} to create two token copies of the Forest that enters untapped.
  8. 8Repeat from step 4.
Springheart Nantuko
+Kamahl, Heart of Krosa
+Parallel Lives
#4

Springheart Nantuko + Kamahl, Heart of Krosa + Parallel Lives

Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature tokensInfinite landfall triggersInfinite tapped Forest tokens
  1. 1Animate a Forest that enters untapped using Kamahl
  2. 2Cast Springheart Nantuko for its bestow cost by paying {1}{G}, attaching it to the animated Forest.
  3. 3Play a land. When the land enters, Springheart Nantuko triggers, causing you to pay {1}{G} to create two token copies of the Forest that enters untapped.
  4. 4When the Forest tokens enter, Springheart Nantuko triggers twice.
  5. 5Holding priority, activate the Forest tokens by tapping them, adding {G}{G}.
  6. 6Resolve the first Springheart Nantuko trigger, choosing not to pay and creating two 1/1 Insect creature tokens.
  7. 7Resolve the second Springheart Nantuko trigger, causing you to pay {1}{G} to create two token copies of the Forest that enters untapped.
  8. 8Repeat from step 4.
Yedora, Grave Gardener
+Kamahl, Heart of Krosa
+Phyrexian Altar
#5

Yedora, Grave Gardener + Kamahl, Heart of Krosa + Phyrexian Altar

Infinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite landfall triggersInfinite creature LTB
  1. 1Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing a nontoken creature, adding {1}.
  2. 2The creature dies, triggering Yedora, returning the creature from your graveyard to the battlefield face-down as a Forest land.
  3. 3Activate the creature by tapping it, adding {G}.
  4. 4Activate Kamahl by paying {1}{G}, causing the creature to become a 1/1 Elemental that is still a land until end of turn.
  5. 5Repeat.
Springheart Nantuko
+Kamahl, Heart of Krosa
+Primal Vigor
#6

Springheart Nantuko + Kamahl, Heart of Krosa + Primal Vigor

Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature tokensInfinite landfall triggersInfinite tapped Forest tokens
  1. 1Animate a Forest that enters untapped using Kamahl
  2. 2Cast Springheart Nantuko for its bestow cost by paying {1}{G}, attaching it to the animated Forest.
  3. 3Play a land. When the land enters, Springheart Nantuko triggers, causing you to pay {1}{G} to create two token copies of the Forest that enters untapped.
  4. 4When the Forest tokens enter, Springheart Nantuko triggers twice.
  5. 5Holding priority, activate the Forest tokens by tapping them, adding {G}{G}.
  6. 6Resolve the first Springheart Nantuko trigger, choosing not to pay and creating two 1/1 Insect creature tokens.
  7. 7Resolve the second Springheart Nantuko trigger, causing you to pay {1}{G} to create two token copies of the Forest that enters untapped.
  8. 8Repeat from step 4.
Springheart Nantuko
+Kamahl, Heart of Krosa
+Elspeth, Storm Slayer
#7

Springheart Nantuko + Kamahl, Heart of Krosa + Elspeth, Storm Slayer

Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature tokensInfinite landfall triggersInfinite tapped Forest tokens
  1. 1Animate a Forest that enters untapped using Kamahl
  2. 2Cast Springheart Nantuko for its bestow cost by paying {1}{G}, attaching it to the animated Forest.
  3. 3Play a land. When the land enters, Springheart Nantuko triggers, causing you to pay {1}{G} to create two token copies of the Forest that enters untapped.
  4. 4When the Forest tokens enter, Springheart Nantuko triggers twice.
  5. 5Holding priority, activate the Forest tokens by tapping them, adding {G}{G}.
  6. 6Resolve the first Springheart Nantuko trigger, choosing not to pay and creating two 1/1 Insect creature tokens.
  7. 7Resolve the second Springheart Nantuko trigger, causing you to pay {1}{G} to create two token copies of the Forest that enters untapped.
  8. 8Repeat from step 4.
Springheart Nantuko
+Kamahl, Heart of Krosa
+Anointed Procession
#8

Springheart Nantuko + Kamahl, Heart of Krosa + Anointed Procession

Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature tokensInfinite landfall triggersInfinite tapped Forest tokens
  1. 1Animate a Forest that enters untapped using Kamahl
  2. 2Cast Springheart Nantuko for its bestow cost by paying {1}{G}, attaching it to the animated Forest.
  3. 3Play a land. When the land enters, Springheart Nantuko triggers, causing you to pay {1}{G} to create two token copies of the Forest that enters untapped.
  4. 4When the Forest tokens enter, Springheart Nantuko triggers twice.
  5. 5Holding priority, activate the Forest tokens by tapping them, adding {G}{G}.
  6. 6Resolve the first Springheart Nantuko trigger, choosing not to pay and creating two 1/1 Insect creature tokens.
  7. 7Resolve the second Springheart Nantuko trigger, causing you to pay {1}{G} to create two token copies of the Forest that enters untapped.
  8. 8Repeat from step 4.
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