Kotis, the Fangkeeper
Legendary Creature — Zombie Warrior
Indestructible
Whenever Kotis deals combat damage to a player, exile the top X cards of their library, where X is the amount of damage dealt. You may cast any number of spells with mana value X or less from among them without paying their mana costs.
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- Set
- Tarkir: Dragonstorm (TDM #362)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana value
- 4
- Released
- 2025-04-11
- Artist
- Tomas Duchek
- EDHREC rank
- #5,339
- Colour identity
- Finishes
- Nonfoil, Foil
- Served from
- Local database
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
Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.
Commander recommendations
Top synergy 50
Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.
- Rancor
- Aqueous Form
- Dragonfire Blade
- Favor of the Overbeing
- Felix Five-Boots
- Snakeskin Veil
- Rogue's Passage
- Aether Tunnel
- Blackblade Reforged
- Swiftfoot Boots
- Indomitable Might
- Strong Back
- Gonti, Night Minister
- Forgotten Ancient
- Combat Research
- The Thirteenth Doctor
- Fireshrieker
- Audacity
- Leyline Axe
- Slip Out the Back
- Brotherhood Regalia
- Inquisitor's Flail
- Invigorate
- Security Bypass
- Power Fist
- Guardian Augmenter
- Damnation
- Ancient Cellarspawn
- Winged Boots
- Shadowspear
- Conqueror's Flail
- Trailblazer's Boots
- Overprotect
- Gemrazer
- Final Act
- Ancestral Mask
- Champion's Helm
- Negate
- Brokkos, Apex of Forever
- Llanowar Elves
- Bear Umbra
- Berserk
- Astarion's Thirst
- Hollowmurk Siege
- Enter the Enigma
- Loxodon Warhammer
- An Offer You Can't Refuse
- Canopy Cover
- Demonic Embrace
- Wingspan Stride
Most included 50
Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.
- Forest
- Island
- Swamp
- Command Tower
- Sol Ring
- Arcane Signet
- Aqueous Form
- Rancor
- Swiftfoot Boots
- Rogue's Passage
- Exotic Orchard
- Farseek
- Dragonfire Blade
- Opulent Palace
- Favor of the Overbeing
- Felix Five-Boots
- Snakeskin Veil
- Hinterland Harbor
- Rampant Growth
- Blackblade Reforged
- Woodland Cemetery
- Aether Tunnel
- Counterspell
- Indomitable Might
- Strong Back
- Breeding Pool
- Gonti, Night Minister
- Nature's Lore
- Overgrown Tomb
- Forgotten Ancient
- Cultivate
- Yavimaya Coast
- Watery Grave
- An Offer You Can't Refuse
- Birds of Paradise
- Combat Research
- Fireshrieker
- Assassin's Trophy
- The Thirteenth Doctor
- Llanowar Wastes
- Negate
- Llanowar Elves
- Audacity
- Drowned Catacomb
- Slip Out the Back
- Zagoth Triome
- Dreamroot Cascade
- Leyline Axe
- Rejuvenating Springs
- Damnation
Format legality
Rulings
- 2025-04-04
If an exiled card has
in its mana cost, X is 0 for the purpose of determining its mana value. - 2025-04-04
If any of the spells you cast has
in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost. - 2025-04-04
Since you are using an alternative cost to cast the spells, you can’t pay any other alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs, such as kicker costs. If the spells have any mandatory additional costs, you must pay those.
- 2025-04-04
You cast the spells from among the exiled cards while Kotis’s last ability is resolving and still on the stack. You can’t wait to cast them later in the turn. Timing restrictions based on the card’s type are ignored.