---
name: "Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Vampire Warrior"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Lifelink"]
set: "OGW"
set_name: "Oath of the Gatewatch"
collector_number: "86"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Todd Lockwood"
oracle_id: "e1cfd1cb-44a5-429f-a5c1-e6d29bad1c71"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/kalitas-traitor-of-ghet-ogw"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Vampire Warrior
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/4
- **Keywords:** Lifelink

## Oracle Text
Lifelink
If a nontoken creature an opponent controls would die, instead exile that card and create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
{2}{B}, Sacrifice another Vampire or Zombie: Put two +1/+1 counters on Kalitas.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Kalitas, Bloodchief of Ghet](/printing/kalitas-bloodchief-of-ghet-zen.md) — Legendary Creature — Vampire Warrior
2. [Kalastria Highborn](/printing/kalastria-highborn-fdn.md) — Creature — Vampire Shaman
3. [Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter](/printing/vish-kal-blood-arbiter-pcmd.md) — Legendary Creature — Vampire
4. [Kinzu of the Bleak Coven](/printing/kinzu-of-the-bleak-coven-one.md) — Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Vampire
5. [Kheru Bloodsucker](/printing/kheru-bloodsucker-ktk.md) — Creature — Vampire
6. [Evereth, Viceroy of Plunder](/printing/evereth-viceroy-of-plunder-j25.md) — Legendary Creature — Vampire Soldier

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Oath of the Gatewatch (OGW) #86
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Todd Lockwood
- **Total Printings:** 15 across all historical editions

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