Ketramose Ascendant
Ketramose, the New Dawn arrives as a compact but potent legend you will slot into midrange or control shells that can exploit exile. This Light Play foil from Aetherdrift shows the god stepping out of desert light with a commanding stance and armor that reads as ritual and resolve. On cast you get menace, lifelink, and indestructible on a 4/4 body, which makes Ketramose both a deterrent and a reliable clock for decks that can meet its exile requirement.
The card's exile trigger is where most games pivot. Ketramose cannot attack or block unless there are seven or more cards in exile so plan your engine accordingly. When you push cards into exile from graveyards or the battlefield during your turn you draw and lose one life, turning incremental exile effects into card advantage at a modest life cost. As a Mythic from Aetherdrift this foil plays nicely alongside flicker, self mill, and exile-based recursion lines. If you want a rule-of-thumb: slot removal and repeatable exile sources to accelerate the god into combat and convert its steady value into a win condition.
Card Details:
- Mana Cost – {1}{W}{B}
- Card Type – Legendary Creature
- Subtypes – God
- Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – Menace, lifelink, indestructible. Ketramose can’t attack or block unless there are seven or more cards in exile. Whenever one or more cards are put into exile from graveyards and/or the battlefield during your turn, you draw a card and lose 1 life.
- Power / Toughness – 4/4