First printed in Commander 2011 (2011)
Legendary Creature — Vampire
Flying, lifelink
Sacrifice a creature: Put X +1/+1 counters on Vish Kal, where X is the sacrificed creature's power.
Remove all +1/+1 counters from Vish Kal: Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn for each +1/+1 counter removed this way.
5/5
- Illustrated by
- Michael C. Hayes
Legality
- Legal in
- Legacy, Vintage, Penny Dreadful, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Pauper, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
Rulings (2)
- Use the sacrificed creature's power as it last existed on the battlefield to determine how many +1/+1 counters to put on Vish Kal.
- Vish Kal's last ability doesn't deal damage. It doesn't cause you to gain any life from its lifelink ability.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.007 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).
Combos
132 combos, the most popular first:
- Destroy any number of creatures, Infinite creature LTB…: Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinitely large creature until end of turn: Crackdown Construct + Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter
- Destroy all creatures opponents control, Infinite artifact ETB…: Animation Module + Pitiless Plunderer + Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter
- Destroy all creatures opponents control, Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature…: Darksteel Angel + Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter (+ 1 other requirement)
- Destroy all creatures opponents control, Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature…: Darksteel Angel + Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight + Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter
- Destroy all creatures opponents control, Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature…: Conspiracy + Requiem Angel + Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter
- Destroy all creatures opponents control, Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature…: Enduring Renewal + Priest of Gix + Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter
- Destroy all creatures opponents control, Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature…: Horde of Notions + Jegantha, the Wellspring + Maelstrom Wanderer + Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter
- Destroy all creatures opponents control, Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature…: Horde of Notions + Jegantha, the Wellspring + Temur Ascendancy + Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite creature ETB…: Cathodion + Tayam, Luminous Enigma + Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter (+ 1 other requirement)