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Kalain, Reclusive Painter — Commander Hub · Mythicwyrm

Legendary Creature — Human Elf Bard

Kalain, Reclusive Painter

Mana value2EDHREC#4,505

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The Commander

Guide

Gameplan

Strengths

Weaknesses

Key Cards

Upgrade Path

Core Cards

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Win Conditions

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▸Swing with a wide board of oversized, counter-loaded creatures
▸Aristocrats drain via Reckless Fireweaver, Mayhem Devil, or Blood Artist effects
▸Alternate win with Revel in Riches off your Treasure pile
▸Combo turns using Dockside Extortionist plus mana doublers into a big X or repeatable trigger

Archetypes

Treasure / Artifacts — Treasures are both ramp and the literal fuel for Kalain's counter ability, making them double duty.
+1/+1 Counters — Every creature cast with Treasure mana enters oversized, enabling counter-matters payoffs and proliferate.
Aristocrats — Sacrifice outlets and death triggers pair with Treasure generators to grind out value and drain life.
Combo — Dockside plus Treasure doublers and free-cast effects can produce explosive mana for game-ending plays.

Combos

No combos found for this commander on Commander Spellbook.

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When Kalain enters, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with " {T} , 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.

Ramp into Treasures early, then dump that Treasure mana into big creatures so they enter loaded with +1/+1 counters. You build a wide-but-tall board fast, abusing artifact mana and sacrifice synergies to either swarm with buffed bodies or fuel an aristocrats/combo finish.

Cheap two-mana commander that immediately replaces itself with a Treasure

Treasure mana scales counters infinitely—huge tokens or creatures for cheap

Slots into Treasure, Aristocrats, and +1/+1 counter shells in BR

Rewards artifact ramp you'd run anyway, so deckbuilding is flexible

Counters only apply on cast, not from blink or reanimation—anti-synergy with cheating creatures into play

Board-wipe vulnerable since value is invested in creatures

BR lacks reliable enchantment/artifact removal and card draw can stall

The counter ability is symmetric only on creatures cast with Treasure mana—no extra value the turn you spend non-Treasure mana

Dockside Extortionist

Generates a pile of Treasures to dump into a single massive creature for enormous counters.

Pitiless Plunderer

Turns every creature death into a Treasure, feeding both ramp and Kalain's counter engine.

Goldspan Dragon

Doubles the mana from each Treasure, so every counter-funded creature gets twice the boost.

Mahadi, Emporium Master

Produces Treasures on every end step, snowballing your counter mana across turns.

Reckless Fireweaver

Pings opponents whenever artifacts enter, converting your Treasure flow into reach and a win condition.

Revel in Riches

Treasure-centric alternate win that fits the engine perfectly.

Add fast mana and Treasure doublers (Goldspan Dragon, Xorn, Smothering Tithe-style payoffs) plus proliferate effects to grow counters further. Tighten the curve toward efficient Treasure makers like Dockside and Pitiless Plunderer, and include sacrifice outlets and aristocrat drains so a board wipe doesn't blank your investment. Round out with proactive interaction and a couple of compact combos for closing power-level gaps.