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Kaseto, Orochi Archmage

Kaseto, Orochi Archmage

Legendary Creature — Snake Wizard

Kaseto wants a deck that plays cheap creatures and attacks from the first turns. It also works in a deck built around Snakes or Wizards.

  • Mana cost1 genericgreenblue
  • Blue, Green ()
  • Power / toughness2 / 2
  • RarityMythic

greenblue: Target creature can't be blocked this turn. If that creature is a Snake, it gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

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Cards That Fit Kaseto, Orochi Archmage

Picked for what they do in Kaseto's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Kaseto'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 Kaseto, Orochi Archmage

explain how Kaseto 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 4 Nov 2015

Once a creature has been legally blocked, activating Kaseto’s ability targeting that creature won’t cause it to become unblocked. It will give it +2/+2 if it’s a Snake, though.

1 ruling, all written by Wizards of the Coast. Read the originals on Gatherer ↗

Similar Commanders

Commanders that share the most with Kaseto, 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 glossaryUGPlayers write colors as letters: U for blue, G for green. Blue is U because B was already taken by black.AggroAggro decks play cheap creatures early and attack every turn, trying to knock opponents out before their bigger plans come together.Open the Aggro pageCombat TrickAn instant you cast during a fight to change how it ends: making a creature bigger or smaller, or keeping your creatures from dying. Boros Charm, Flawless ManeuverOpen the Combat Trick pageMana SinkGives you somewhere useful to spend spare mana, usually through an ability you can activate again and again. Rogue's Passage, Mind StoneOpen the Mana Sink pageSnakesSnakes are mostly green creatures, and some have deathtouch, so any damage they deal to a creature destroys it.Open the Snakes page