Kalain, Reclusive Painter

Legendary Creature — Human Elf Bard · one black manaone red mana

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Kalain, Reclusive Painter is part of 22 combos legal in Commander. Often combined with Deadeye Navigator and Emiel the Blessed.

Kalain, Reclusive Painterone black manaone red mana
Legendary Creature — Human Elf Bard

When Kalain enters, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "tap this permanent, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Other creatures you control enter with an additional +1/+1 counter on them for each mana from a Treasure spent to cast them.

Mana value
2
Power/Toughness
1/2
Keywords
Treasure
Produces
one white manaone blue manaone black manaone red manaone green mana
Color identity
one black manaone red mana

Frequently combined with

The cards that most often join Kalain, Reclusive Painter across all of its 22 combos.

Roles in combos

Kalain, Reclusive Painter can stand in for these generic cards, so it also fits the combos that require them.

What Kalain, Reclusive Painter provides to the combos it is part of.

  • Creature with ETB: Create Treasure(s)

Combos with Kalain, Reclusive Painter

22 combos legal in Commander.

Color Identity: U, B, R

Cards in combo:
Deadeye Navigator
Panharmonicon
Kalain, Reclusive Painter
Results in combo:
Infinite artifact ETB
Infinite artifact LTB
Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB

Color Identity: W, U, B, R

Cards in combo:
Deadeye Navigator
Mondrak, Glory Dominus
Kalain, Reclusive Painter
Results in combo:
Infinite artifact ETB
Infinite artifact LTB
Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB

Color Identity: U, B, R

Cards in combo:
Deadeye Navigator
Xorn
Kalain, Reclusive Painter
Results in combo:
Infinite artifact ETB
Infinite artifact LTB
Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB

Color Identity: U, B, R

Cards in combo:
Deadeye Navigator
Kalain, Reclusive Painter
Starfield Vocalist
Results in combo:
Infinite artifact ETB
Infinite artifact LTB
Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB

Color Identity: B, R, G, W

Cards in combo:
Emiel the Blessed
Zirda, the Dawnwaker
Kalain, Reclusive Painter
Results in combo:
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB

Color Identity: W, U, B, R

Cards in combo:
Deadeye Navigator
Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines
Kalain, Reclusive Painter
Results in combo:
Infinite artifact ETB
Infinite artifact LTB
Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB

Color Identity: B, R, G, W

Cards in combo:
Emiel the Blessed
Agatha of the Vile Cauldron
Kalain, Reclusive Painter
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB

Color Identity: U, B, R

Cards in combo:
Deadeye Navigator
Kalain, Reclusive Painter
Mirror Room // Fractured Realm
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite artifact ETB
Infinite artifact LTB
Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB

Color Identity: W, U, B, R

Cards in combo:
Deadeye Navigator
Anointed Procession
Kalain, Reclusive Painter
Results in combo:
Infinite artifact ETB
Infinite artifact LTB
Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB

Color Identity: U, B, R, G

Cards in combo:
Deadeye Navigator
Yarok, the Desecrated
Kalain, Reclusive Painter
Results in combo:
Infinite artifact ETB
Infinite artifact LTB
Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB

Color Identity: W, U, B, R, G

Cards in combo:
Emiel the Blessed
Training Grounds
Kalain, Reclusive Painter
Results in combo:
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB

Color Identity: U, B, R

Cards in combo:
Deadeye Navigator
Virtue of Knowledge // Vantress Visions
Kalain, Reclusive Painter
Results in combo:
Infinite artifact ETB
Infinite artifact LTB
Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB

Color Identity: U, B, R, G

Cards in combo:
Deadeye Navigator
Jolene, the Plunder Queen
Kalain, Reclusive Painter
Results in combo:
Infinite artifact ETB
Infinite artifact LTB
Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB

Color Identity: W, U, B, R

Cards in combo:
Deadeye Navigator
Kalain, Reclusive Painter
Elspeth, Storm Slayer
Results in combo:
Infinite artifact ETB
Infinite artifact LTB
Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB

Color Identity: U, B, R, G

Cards in combo:
Deadeye Navigator
Adrix and Nev, Twincasters
Kalain, Reclusive Painter
Results in combo:
Infinite artifact ETB
Infinite artifact LTB
Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB

Color Identity: W, U, B, R, G

Cards in combo:
Emiel the Blessed
Biomancer's Familiar
Kalain, Reclusive Painter
Results in combo:
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB

Color Identity: W, U, B, R

Cards in combo:
Deadeye Navigator
Kalain, Reclusive Painter
Bard, King of Dale
Results in combo:
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite artifact ETB
Infinite artifact LTB
Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers

Color Identity: U, B, R, G

Cards in combo:
Deadeye Navigator
Primal Vigor
Kalain, Reclusive Painter
Results in combo:
Infinite artifact ETB
Infinite artifact LTB
Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB

Color Identity: U, B, R, G

Cards in combo:
Deadeye Navigator
Parallel Lives
Kalain, Reclusive Painter
Results in combo:
Infinite artifact ETB
Infinite artifact LTB
Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB

Color Identity: W, U, B, R

Cards in combo:
Deadeye Navigator
Kalain, Reclusive Painter
Exalted Sunborn
Results in combo:
Infinite artifact ETB
Infinite artifact LTB
Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB
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