Queen Kayla bin-Kroog 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.
Official card text
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: Discard all the cards in your hand, then draw that many cards. You may choose an artifact or creature card with mana value 1 you discarded this way, then do the same for artifact or creature cards with mana values 2 and 3. Return those cards to the battlefield. Activate only as a sorcery.
Complete guide
Queen Kayla bin-Kroog is a powerhouse for aggressive and midrange decks, offering a unique blend of hand filtering and explosive board development. By turning a hand of redundant spells into fresh resources and free permanents, she can single-handedly swing the momentum of a game. This legendary noble rewards careful deckbuilding and strategic activation during your main phase.
A Royal Exchange
When you activate Queen Kayla bin-Kroog's ability, you pay four mana and tap her during your main phase. First, you discard every card in your hand and immediately draw that same number of cards. This process ensures you never lose card advantage, as you are simply swapping your old hand for a new one while simultaneously populating your graveyard with potential targets.
Recruiting from the Wreckage
After drawing, the second part of the ability looks at the cards you just discarded. You may select one artifact or creature card with mana value 1, one with mana value 2, and one with mana value 3. All chosen cards are returned to the battlefield simultaneously. Even if an effect like Leyline of the Void exiles the discarded cards instead of letting them hit the graveyard, Kayla can still 'find' them in exile and return them to play.
Timing and Strategy
Because this ability can only be activated as a sorcery, you must plan your turn around it. It is often best to play lands or high-cost spells from your hand first, then activate Kayla when your hand consists of specific targets or cards you no longer need. Remember, the cards you return must have been discarded as part of the activation; you cannot pick cards that were already in your graveyard from previous turns.
Interaction examples
Roaming ThroneIf you control Roaming Throne and chose 'Noble' as it entered, Queen Kayla bin-Kroog's ability is an activated ability, not a triggered one, so the Throne does not double it. However, if Kayla returns Roaming Throne to the battlefield alongside other creatures, the Throne's static effect will be active immediately for any triggered abilities those creatures might have as they enter.
Solemn SimulacrumIf you discard Solemn Simulacrum to Kayla's ability, you cannot return it to the battlefield because its mana value is 4, and Kayla only targets cards with mana values 1, 2, or 3. To get the Simulacrum into play, you would need to cast it normally before or after using Kayla's ability.
If you have three cards in hand—a 1-mana creature, a 2-mana artifact, and a 3-mana creature—you can activate Kayla to discard them, draw three new cards, and then put all three discarded permanents onto the battlefield for free, effectively gaining a massive mana advantage while refreshing your hand.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Queen Kayla bin-Kroog
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
From among the discarded cards, you may choose an artifact or creature card with mana value 1, you may choose an artifact or creature card with mana value 2, and you may choose an artifact or creature card with mana value 3. Then put all the chosen cards onto the battlefield simultaneously.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
If a replacement effect causes cards you discard this way to be exiled rather than go to the graveyard, Queen Kayla bin-Kroog's ability can still find those cards in exile. You can still put cards discarded this way onto the battlefield with Queen Kayla's ability.
No other card is named in this ruling.
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