
Kellan, the Kid
Legendary Creature — Human Faerie Rogue
Flying, lifelink
Whenever you cast a spell from anywhere other than your hand, you may cast a permanent spell with equal or lesser mana value from your hand without paying its mana cost. If you don't, you may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield.
"I found out who I was. Now it's time to discover who I am."
3 / 3
Commander bracket
Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules
EDHREC
Combos 11
All 11 combos.
Commander recommendations
Top synergy 50
Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.
- Vega, the Watcher
- Doc Aurlock, Grizzled Genius
- Fblthp, Lost on the Range
- The Key to the Vault
- Saw It Coming
- Sage of the Beyond
- Rashmi, Eternities Crafter
- The Reality Chip
- Behold the Multiverse
- Make Your Own Luck
- Savvy Trader
- Ravenform
- Doomskar
- Ethereal Valkyrie
- Apex Devastator
- One with the Multiverse
- Kellan, Inquisitive Prodigy
- Tlincalli Hunter
- Beanstalk Giant
- Tatyova, Benthic Druid
- The Foretold Soldier
- Search for Tomorrow
- Chimil, the Inner Sun
- Green Slime
- Fortune Teller's Talent
- Kellan Joins Up
- Cosmic Intervention
- Tam, Observant Sequencer
- Railway Brawler
- Augur of Autumn
- Avatar's Wrath
- Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty
- Ultimate Magic: Holy
- Slickshot Lockpicker
- Surge of Brilliance
- Chulane, Teller of Tales
- Battle Mammoth
- Mosswort Bridge
- Elven Chorus
- Deep-Sea Kraken
- Inspiring Refrain
- The Thirteenth Doctor
- Studious First-Year
- Woodland Acolyte
- Stormkeld Vanguard
- Jace Reawakened
- Monk Gyatso
- Sol Talisman
- Outcaster Trailblazer
- Aminatou's Augury
Most included 50
Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.
- Island
- Forest
- Plains
- Command Tower
- Vega, the Watcher
- Sol Ring
- Doc Aurlock, Grizzled Genius
- Fblthp, Lost on the Range
- Arcane Signet
- The Key to the Vault
- Saw It Coming
- Sage of the Beyond
- Rashmi, Eternities Crafter
- The Reality Chip
- Behold the Multiverse
- Swords to Plowshares
- Make Your Own Luck
- Savvy Trader
- Ravenform
- Exotic Orchard
- Doomskar
- Apex Devastator
- Hinterland Harbor
- Ethereal Valkyrie
- One with the Multiverse
- Tatyova, Benthic Druid
- Glacial Fortress
- Seaside Citadel
- Kellan, Inquisitive Prodigy
- Beanstalk Giant
- Path to Exile
- Tlincalli Hunter
- Canopy Vista
- Prairie Stream
- Search for Tomorrow
- The Foretold Soldier
- Avatar's Wrath
- Chimil, the Inner Sun
- Dreamroot Cascade
- Breeding Pool
- Green Slime
- Fortune Teller's Talent
- Spara's Headquarters
- Chulane, Teller of Tales
- Kellan Joins Up
- Hallowed Fountain
- Railway Brawler
- Sunpetal Grove
- Reliquary Tower
- Cosmic Intervention
Format legality
Rulings
- 2024-04-12
A permanent spell is an artifact, battle, creature, enchantment, or planeswalker spell.
- 2024-04-12
If the permanent spell you cast has
in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.
- 2024-04-12
If the spell you cast that caused Kellan, the Kid’s last ability to trigger has
in its mana cost, X is the value chosen as that spell was cast for the purpose of determining its mana value.
- 2024-04-12
If the spell you cast that caused Kellan, the Kid’s last ability to trigger is represented by a split card, the characteristics of the half you didn’t cast are ignored while that spell is on the stack. For example, if you cast the Cease half of Cease // Desist from the Murders at Karlov Manor release, that spell’s mana value is 2 because Cease’s mana cost is
.
- 2024-04-12
If you cast a spell “without paying its mana cost,” you can’t choose to cast it for any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs, such as kicker costs. If the spell has any mandatory additional costs, those must be paid to cast the spell.
- 2024-04-12
Putting a land card onto the battlefield with Kellan’s last ability doesn’t count as playing a land. It can put a land card onto the battlefield even if you’ve already played your land for the turn.