Other commanders that will make everyone at the table kill you just as much:
...
Oh, wait, no, there are none.
Posted By:
Heretical_Tarp
(12/31/2013 8:29:49 PM)
I like including Kaalia in my Scion of the Ur-Dragon commander deck. It doesn't matter that I only run a couple angels/demons. It is inevitable that I will end up with dragons in my hand. And this allows me to admire the artwork without having to build around her.
Posted By:
Zosk
(1/20/2014 9:55:13 AM)
Kaalia calls aurelia,
we go round again,
Kaalia calls maelstrom archangel, who calls Maelstrom Wanderer, who casts Palinchron and fury of the horde,
we go round again,
Kaalia calls Hellkite Charger, play ability, maelstrom archangel calls Relentless assault,
We go round again,
etc.
Posted By:
doitpow
(2/20/2014 2:31:34 PM)
@ MattLynn I noticed you spammed that stupid "combo" on all those pages, probably high out of your mind. Kaalia + Master of Cruelties is a 1-hit KO; Master brings their life down to 1 and Kaalia swings in for 2 more, killing them on the spot. No need to put dead card like Emrakul or Platinum Emperion in a Kaalia EDH deck when a Lightning Bolt or even Gut Shot would do the same job more effectively.
Posted By:
troll_berserker
(2/20/2014 10:05:08 PM)
Aurelia wouldn't work to cause a second combat. If you read errata "any" triggers wouldn't stack with Kaalia's effect.
Posted By:
applecorn
(3/19/2014 2:51:03 PM)
Oddly, it allows you to put Elder Land Wurm onto the battlefield attacking, despite it having defender. The same is true of Dragon Egg, though that's somewhat less useful.
Posted By:
EyeballFrog
(4/7/2014 1:39:45 PM)
She gets a lot of hate in 1v1 matches, which I can totally understand and relate with. I think what keeps her from being banned though is that she is considerably weakened in multiplayer, which is the typical format used in Official Commander tournaments, usually consisting of 4-man pods. Playing Kaalia in one of those matches will usually result in being instantly targeted by the other opponents, who will then work as a team to bring that player down.
So that's what it is folks, board politics are what keep this card from being banned, not power level, of which Kaalia has in spades.
Posted By:
MechaKraken
(4/29/2014 10:37:15 AM)