✦ Urza's 99
← Back
Kambal, Consul of Allocation
USD $7.36
USD foil $9.88
EUR €4.83
MTGO 0.02 tix

Kambal, Consul of Allocation

{1}{W}{B}

Legendary Creature — Human Advisor

Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, that player loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

He has "friends" in places both high and low, and all seem to owe him favors.

2 / 3

Set
Kaladesh (KLD #183)
Rarity
Rare
Mana value
3
Released
2016-09-30
Artist
Vincent Proce
EDHREC rank
#1,305
Colour identity
{B}{W}
Finishes
Nonfoil, Foil
Served from
Local database

Commander bracket

1 +
Fits any bracket
No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.

Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules

EDHREC

Salt Score 0.83
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Can be your commander

Combos

Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.

Commander recommendations

Top synergy 50

Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.

  1. Sanguine Bond 62 %+44.0 %
  2. Authority of the Consuls 60 %+43.9 %
  3. Blind Obedience 59 %+43.0 %
  4. Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose 57 %+37.2 %
  5. Soul Warden 51 %+34.5 %
  6. Aetherflux Reservoir 42 %+34.3 %
  7. Cliffhaven Vampire 38 %+33.9 %
  8. Suture Priest 46 %+33.6 %
  9. Marauding Blight-Priest 46 %+33.1 %
  10. Exquisite Blood 48 %+32.8 %
  11. Painful Quandary 34 %+31.5 %
  12. Ghostly Prison 48 %+31.4 %
  13. Debt to the Deathless 41 %+31.0 %
  14. Exsanguinate 43 %+29.2 %
  15. Liesa, Shroud of Dusk 28 %+26.3 %
  16. Bloodchief Ascension 30 %+26.1 %
  17. Soul's Attendant 37 %+25.8 %
  18. Sheoldred, the Apocalypse 32 %+25.7 %
  19. Well of Lost Dreams 32 %+25.3 %
  20. Crypt Ghast 31 %+24.6 %
  21. Fumigate 31 %+23.7 %
  22. Gray Merchant of Asphodel 34 %+23.4 %
  23. Enduring Tenacity 35 %+23.3 %
  24. Bolas's Citadel 36 %+23.1 %
  25. Mai, Scornful Striker 25 %+22.8 %
  26. Vizkopa Guildmage 28 %+21.6 %
  27. Felidar Sovereign 24 %+21.4 %
  28. Karlov of the Ghost Council 26 %+21.3 %
  29. Smothering Tithe 42 %+20.9 %
  30. Drana's Emissary 24 %+20.2 %
  31. Phyrexian Arena 47 %+19.4 %
  32. Serra Ascendant 25 %+18.5 %
  33. Scoured Barrens 40 %+18.0 %
  34. Grand Abolisher 27 %+17.9 %
  35. Rhox Faithmender 22 %+17.9 %
  36. Norn's Annex 19 %+17.0 %
  37. Starscape Cleric 26 %+16.9 %
  38. Alhammarret's Archive 21 %+16.7 %
  39. Sunscorch Regent 20 %+16.4 %
  40. Bloodthirsty Conqueror 25 %+16.0 %
  41. Archivist of Oghma 22 %+15.4 %
  42. Polluted Bonds 17 %+15.2 %
  43. Esper Sentinel 33 %+15.2 %
  44. Read the Bones 24 %+14.9 %
  45. Pristine Talisman 20 %+14.9 %
  46. Tithe Drinker 18 %+14.8 %
  47. Greed 19 %+14.8 %
  48. Exemplar of Light 21 %+14.3 %
  49. Sign in Blood 32 %+14.0 %
  50. Drannith Magistrate 18 %+14.0 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Swamp 97 %-0.3 %
  2. Plains 97 %-0.4 %
  3. Sol Ring 85 %+1.4 %
  4. Command Tower 81 %-5.1 %
  5. Arcane Signet 73 %-7.2 %
  6. Swords to Plowshares 66 %+2.4 %
  7. Sanguine Bond 62 %+44.0 %
  8. Isolated Chapel 62 %-6.3 %
  9. Authority of the Consuls 60 %+43.9 %
  10. Blind Obedience 59 %+43.0 %
  11. Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose 57 %+37.2 %
  12. Caves of Koilos 57 %-1.3 %
  13. Godless Shrine 56 %+3.9 %
  14. Orzhov Signet 55 %+2.1 %
  15. Path to Exile 54 %+4.6 %
  16. Soul Warden 51 %+34.5 %
  17. Exquisite Blood 48 %+32.8 %
  18. Anguished Unmaking 48 %+6.1 %
  19. Ghostly Prison 48 %+31.4 %
  20. Tainted Field 47 %-2.3 %
  21. Phyrexian Arena 47 %+19.4 %
  22. Talisman of Hierarchy 47 %-6.6 %
  23. Suture Priest 46 %+33.6 %
  24. Marauding Blight-Priest 46 %+33.1 %
  25. Exsanguinate 43 %+29.2 %
  26. Aetherflux Reservoir 42 %+34.3 %
  27. Smothering Tithe 42 %+20.9 %
  28. Debt to the Deathless 41 %+31.0 %
  29. Orzhov Basilica 41 %+2.9 %
  30. Vault of Champions 41 %+1.7 %
  31. Scoured Barrens 40 %+18.0 %
  32. Bojuka Bog 40 %-4.7 %
  33. Temple of Silence 39 %+0.2 %
  34. Cliffhaven Vampire 38 %+33.9 %
  35. Blood Artist 38 %+9.0 %
  36. Soul's Attendant 37 %+25.8 %
  37. Fetid Heath 37 %-6.6 %
  38. Despark 36 %+6.8 %
  39. Bolas's Citadel 36 %+23.1 %
  40. Enduring Tenacity 35 %+23.3 %
  41. Mortify 35 %+13.4 %
  42. Painful Quandary 34 %+31.5 %
  43. Gray Merchant of Asphodel 34 %+23.4 %
  44. Marsh Flats 33 %+3.7 %
  45. Esper Sentinel 33 %+15.2 %
  46. Shattered Sanctum 32 %-7.7 %
  47. Dark Ritual 32 %+6.6 %
  48. Well of Lost Dreams 32 %+25.3 %
  49. Sheoldred, the Apocalypse 32 %+25.7 %
  50. Sign in Blood 32 %+14.0 %

Format legality

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Commander Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Brawl Legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Historic Legal
Timeless Legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Legal
Premodern Not legal
PreDH Not legal
Pauper EDH Not legal
Old School Not legal
Future Not legal
Gladiator Legal
All printingsScryfall ↗Gatherer ↗Edhrec ↗

Rulings

  • 2016-09-20

    A noncreature spell is a spell that isn't a creature at all. An artifact creature spell isn't a noncreature spell. Lands are never spells.

  • 2016-09-20

    Kambal's ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger.

An unhandled error has occurred. Reload 🗙

Rejoining the server...

Rejoin failed... trying again in seconds.

Failed to rejoin.
Please retry or reload the page.

The session has been paused by the server.

Failed to resume the session.
Please retry or reload the page.