Card
Koh, the Face Stealer
Mana cost {4}{B}{B}
Legendary Creature — Shapeshifter Spirit 6/6
When Koh enters, exile up to one other target creature. Whenever another nontoken creature dies, you may exile it. Pay 1 life: Choose a creature card exiled with Koh. Koh has all activated and triggered abilities of the last chosen card.
Part of 19 known combos, 4 of them two-card. 3 official rulings.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Mythic · TLA · #107
- Cheapest printing
- €0.79
- EDHREC salt
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- Color identity
- Black
Bracket
- B1 Exhibition — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partners: Bloodthirster, Port Razer, Medomai the Ageless, Greven, Predator Captain
- B2 Core — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partners: Bloodthirster, Port Razer, Medomai the Ageless, Greven, Predator Captain
- B3 Upgraded — Not in the same deck as its early two-card combo partners: Bloodthirster, Port Razer, Medomai the Ageless, Greven, Predator Captain
- B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
- B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
Why
- Two-card combo with Bloodthirster, Port Razer, Medomai the Ageless, Greven, Predator Captain (early with Bloodthirster, Port Razer, Medomai the Ageless, Greven, Predator Captain)
How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket
Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags
Combos
19 known combos, 4 of them two-card.
- Sheoldred, the Apocalypse + Vilis, Broker of Blood + Koh, the Face Stealer
Produces: Infinite card draw, Near-infinite lifegain, Near-infinite lifegain triggers
View on Commander Spellbook - Koh, the Face Stealer + Asmodeus the Archfiend + Skirge Familiar
Produces: Infinite self-discard triggers, Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite black mana
View on Commander Spellbook - Repay in Kind + Koh, the Face Stealer
Produces: Each opponent loses the game, Near-infinite lifeloss for all players
View on Commander Spellbook
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2025-10-02 · Wizards of the Coast
Players can respond to the triggered ability that exiles nontoken creatures that die. If the card leaves the graveyard before the ability resolves, Koh will not exile the card and it cannot be chosen with Koh's activated ability. - 2025-10-02 · Wizards of the Coast
Activated abilities contain a colon. They're generally written "[Cost]: [Effect]." Some keyword abilities, like equip, are activated abilities and they have colons in their reminder text. - 2025-10-02 · Wizards of the Coast
Triggered abilities use the word "when," "whenever," or "at." They're often written as "[Trigger condition], [effect]." Some keyword abilities, such as prowess, are triggered abilities and will have "when," "whenever," or "at" in their reminder text.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast