First printed in Jumpstart (2020)
Legendary Creature — Azra Warlock
Menace
Whenever you sacrifice a creature, you may pay . If you do, draw a card. (
can be paid with either
or
.)
, Sacrifice a creature: Kels gains indestructible until end of turn.
4/3
- Illustrated by
- Magali Villeneuve
Legality
- Legal in
- Legacy, Vintage, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Competitive Brawl
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Pauper, Future Standard, Alchemy, Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Standard Brawl
Rulings (6)
- A legendary permanent that is put into a graveyard because of the "legend rule" isn't sacrificed.
- You can activate Kels's last ability even if nothing's about to destroy it and even if it already has indestructible.
- If you sacrifice Kels, its middle ability triggers. It also triggers for any other creatures you sacrifice at the same time. You can sacrifice Kels to pay the cost of its own ability.
- Kels's middle ability is a triggered ability, not an activated ability. It doesn't allow you to sacrifice a permanent whenever you want; rather, you need some other way of sacrificing permanents, such as Kels's last ability.
- While resolving Kels's middle ability, you can't pay
more than once to draw more than one card.
- If you sacrifice a permanent as part of a spell or activated ability's cost, Kels's middle ability will resolve before that spell or ability.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.12 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).
Combos
12 combos, the most popular first:
- Infinite card draw, Near-infinite colorless mana…: Ashnod's Altar + Kels, Fight Fixer + Nadir Kraken + Pitiless Plunderer
- Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers…: Kels, Fight Fixer + Nadir Kraken + Phyrexian Altar + Pitiless Plunderer
- Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers…: Kels, Fight Fixer + Phyrexian Altar + The Watcher in the Water
- Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers…: Kels, Fight Fixer + Phyrexian Altar + The Locust God
- Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Kels, Fight Fixer + Mortuary + Ornithopter + Phyrexian Altar
- Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Kels, Fight Fixer + Mortuary + Phyrexian Altar + Phyrexian Walker
- Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Kels, Fight Fixer + Mortuary + Phyrexian Altar + Shield Sphere
- Infinite death triggers, Infinite draw triggers…: Kels, Fight Fixer + Kobolds of Kher Keep + Mortuary + Phyrexian Altar
- Infinite death triggers, Infinite draw triggers…: Crookshank Kobolds + Kels, Fight Fixer + Mortuary + Phyrexian Altar
- Infinite death triggers, Infinite draw triggers…: Crimson Kobolds + Kels, Fight Fixer + Mortuary + Phyrexian Altar