Kestia, the Cultivator
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Multicolor. Legendary Enchantment Creature — Nymph

Commander 2018 #42 · Illustrated by Zezhou Chen
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Oracle text
Bestow (If you cast this card for its bestow cost, it's an Aura spell with enchant creature. It becomes a creature again if it's not attached.)
Enchanted creature gets +4/+4.
Whenever an enchanted creature or enchantment creature you control attacks, draw a card.
4/4
Format legality
The only printing of Kestia, the Cultivator
| Printing | Rarity | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Commander 2018 c18 #42· 2018mythic· Cardmarket €1.08 foil | mythic | $2.34 | €1.08 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2018
- Printings
- 1
- Mana value
- 4
- EDHREC rank
- #13,913 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Keywords
- Bestow
- Artist
- Zezhou Chen
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Commander 2018 card (#42).
042 · C18 · M · EN
- 042Collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
- C18Set code for Commander 2018
- MMythic rare
- ENPrinted in English
- ★Foil. On foil cards a star replaces the dot between the set code and the language code.
How to read a Magic card: every part and code, on real cards.
Rulings (10)
July 13, 2018
If a permanent with bestow enters the battlefield by any method other than being cast, it will be an enchantment creature. You can't choose to pay the bestow cost and have it become an Aura.
July 13, 2018
If multiple enchanted or enchantment creatures you control attack, you draw that many cards.
July 13, 2018
A spell with bestow is either a creature spell or an Aura spell. It's never both. Similarly, a permanent with bestow is either a creature or an Aura, but not both.
July 13, 2018
Unlike other Aura spells, an Aura spell with bestow still resolves if its target is illegal. Instead of entering the battlefield as an Aura, the effect making it an Aura spell ends, it loses enchant creature, and it resolves and enters the battlefield as an enchantment creature.
July 13, 2018
The phrase "you control" applies to both "enchanted creature" and "enchantment creature." That is, Kestia's ability triggers when an enchanted creature you control attacks, not any player's enchanted creature.
July 13, 2018
Bestow is an alternative cost to cast the spell with bestow. It can't be combined with other alternative costs, such as casting a spell "without paying its mana cost."
July 13, 2018
Unlike other Auras, an Aura with bestow isn't put into its owner's graveyard if the enchanted creature leaves the battlefield or becomes an illegal creature for the Aura to enchant. Rather, the effect making it an Aura ends, it loses enchant creature, and it remains on the battlefield as an enchantment creature. It can attack (and its abilities can be activated, if it has any) on the turn it becomes unattached if it's been under your control continuously, even as an Aura, since your most recent turn began.
July 13, 2018
If an enchanted enchantment creature attacks, you draw only one card for it.
July 13, 2018
To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost (such as a bestow cost) you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.
July 13, 2018
Auras attached to a creature don't become tapped when the creature becomes tapped. Except in some rare cases, an Aura with bestow remains untapped when it becomes unattached and becomes a creature.
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