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Kagha, Shadow Archdruid

Kagha, Shadow Archdruid

Legendary Creature — Elf Druid

Kagha wants a deck that fills its discard pile and plays cards back out of it. It also works in a deck built around Druids, Elves or Library Manipulation.

  • Mana cost2 genericblackgreen
  • Black, Green ()
  • Power / toughness1 / 4
  • RarityUncommon

Whenever Kagha attacks, it gains deathtouch until end of turn. Mill two cards. (Put the top two cards of your library into your graveyard.)

Once during each of your turns, you may play a land or cast a permanent spell from among cards in your graveyard that were put there from your library this turn.

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Archetypes

Cards That Fit Kagha, Shadow Archdruid

Picked for what they do in Kagha's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Kagha's color identity.Mana ValueThe total amount of mana a card costs, all added up. A card costing two generic and one green has a mana value of three. Wizards renamed this from "converted mana cost" in 2021, so older cards and articles may still use the old name.Sol RingOpen the full glossary

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Rulings for Kagha, Shadow Archdruid

explain how Kagha works in tricky situations. They come from Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic.RulingThe official answer to how a card works in a tricky situation. Most rulings are written by Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic, and a few are notes from Scryfall, the card database Magic players use. A ruling explains a card. It does not change what the card says.Open the full glossary

Wizards of the Coast 10 Jun 2022

If you play a land or cast a permanent spell from your graveyard using another permission, it won't count as the "once during each of your turns" for Kagha's effect.

Wizards of the Coast 10 Jun 2022

If you play a land or cast a permanent spell from your graveyard via Kagha, and then have a new Kagha come under your control in the same turn, you may do so again that turn.

Wizards of the Coast 10 Jun 2022

Once you begin to cast the spell, losing control of Kagha won't affect it. You can finish casting it as normal.

Wizards of the Coast 10 Jun 2022

You must follow the normal timing rules of the card you play from your graveyard.

Wizards of the Coast 10 Jun 2022

You must pay all costs when casting a spell this way.

5 rulings, all written by Wizards of the Coast. Read the originals on Gatherer ↗

Similar Commanders

Commanders that share the most with Kagha, and what they share.

Color identityEvery color of mana symbol on a card, in its cost and in its rules text. Your commander's color identity sets the limit for your whole deck: every other card has to fit inside it. A deck led by a green and white commander cannot play a card with any blue in its color identity.Open the full glossaryBGPlayers write colors as letters: B for black, G for green.Graveyard/Self-MillGraveyard decks fill their own graveyard on purpose, then play cards from it as if it were a second hand. Moving cards from the top of your own deck straight into the graveyard is called self-mill.Open the Graveyard/Self-Mill pageSelf-MillPuts cards from your OWN library into your graveyard on purpose. Milling means moving cards off the top of a library into a graveyard. Aimed at an opponent that is an attack; aimed at yourself it is setup, filling the graveyard for the cards that want to use what is in it. Stitcher's Supplier, Hermit DruidOpen the Self-Mill pageLibrary ManipulationCards that let you look at, rearrange or play from the top of your deck, so you control what you draw next.Open the Library Manipulation page