---
name: "Kalastria Highborn"
mana_cost: "{B}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Vampire Shaman"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "FDN"
set_name: "Foundations"
collector_number: "607"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "D. Alexander Gregory"
oracle_id: "77e319da-d782-4258-bf0e-626755e5adc9"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/kalastria-highborn-fdn"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Kalastria Highborn
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Vampire Shaman
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2

## Oracle Text
Whenever this creature or another Vampire you control dies, you may pay {B}. If you do, target player loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

> *Each of Malakir's great families boasts a contingent of nulls appropriate to its rank in society.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Vengeful Bloodwitch](/printing/vengeful-bloodwitch-fdn.md) — Creature — Vampire Warlock
2. [Blood Artist](/printing/blood-artist-inr.md) — Creature — Vampire
3. [Kheru Bloodsucker](/printing/kheru-bloodsucker-ktk.md) — Creature — Vampire
4. [Vindictive Vampire](/printing/vindictive-vampire-rvr.md) — Creature — Vampire
5. [Bloodrite Invoker](/printing/bloodrite-invoker-plst.md) — Creature — Vampire Shaman
6. [A-Blood Artist](/printing/a-blood-artist-jmp.md) — Creature — Vampire

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Foundations (FDN) #607
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** D. Alexander Gregory
- **Total Printings:** 14 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`