All 53 Grixis Commanders in MTG | ManaGathering: The MTG Card Encyclopedia

Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin Whenever Kefka enters or attacks, each player discards a card. Then you draw a card for each card type among cards discarded this way. {8}: Each opponent sacrifices a permanent of their choice. Transform Kefka. Activate only as a sorcery. // Flying Whenever an opponent loses life during your turn, you draw that many cards.

Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin

$6.50

FIN

Kess, Dissident Mage Flying Once during each of your turns, you may cast an instant or sorcery spell from your graveyard. If a spell cast this way would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead.

Kess, Dissident Mage

$3.91

NCC

Sauron, the Dark Lord Ward—Sacrifice a legendary artifact or legendary creature. Whenever an opponent casts a spell, amass Orcs 1. Whenever an Army you control deals combat damage to a player, the Ring tempts you. Whenever the Ring tempts you, you may discard your hand. If you do, draw four cards.

Sauron, the Dark Lord

$26.06

LTR

Nekusar, the Mindrazer At the beginning of each player's draw step, that player draws an additional card. Whenever an opponent draws a card, Nekusar deals 1 damage to that player.

Nekusar, the Mindrazer

$3.44

CMM

Saruman, the White Hand Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, amass Orcs X, where X is that spell's mana value. (Put X +1/+1 counters on an Army you control. It's also an Orc. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Orc Army creature token first.) Goblins and Orcs you control have ward {2}.

Saruman, the White Hand

$0.53

LTC

Fire Lord Azula Firebending 2 (Whenever this creature attacks, add {R}{R}. This mana lasts until end of combat.) Whenever you cast a spell while Fire Lord Azula is attacking, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy. (A copy of a permanent spell becomes a token.)

Fire Lord Azula

$1.28

TLA

Marchesa, the Black Rose Dethrone (Whenever this creature attacks the player with the most life or tied for most life, put a +1/+1 counter on it.) Other creatures you control have dethrone. Whenever a creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it dies, return that card to the battlefield under your control at the beginning of the next end step.

Marchesa, the Black Rose

$3.25

2X2

Norman Osborn // Green Goblin Norman Osborn can't be blocked. Whenever Norman Osborn deals combat damage to a player, he connives. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.) {1}{U}{B}{R}: Transform Norman Osborn. Activate only as a sorcery. // Flying, menace Spells you cast from your graveyard cost {2} less to cast. Goblin Formula — Each nonland card in your graveyard has mayhem. The mayhem cost is equal to its mana cost. (You may cast a card from your graveyard for its mayhem cost if you discarded it this turn. Timing rules still apply.)

Norman Osborn // Green Goblin

$19.19

SPM

Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen Flying When Nicol Bolas enters, each opponent discards a card. {4}{U}{B}{R}: Exile Nicol Bolas, then return him to the battlefield transformed under his owner's control. Activate only as a sorcery. // +2: Draw two cards. −3: Nicol Bolas deals 10 damage to target creature or planeswalker. −4: Put target creature or planeswalker card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. −12: Exile all but the bottom card of target player's library.

Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen

$18.33

M19

Sauron, Lord of the Rings When you cast this spell, amass Orcs 5, mill five cards, then return a creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Trample Whenever a commander an opponent controls dies, the Ring tempts you.

Sauron, Lord of the Rings

$0.49

LTC

Edward Kenway At the beginning of your end step, create a Treasure token for each tapped Assassin, Pirate, and/or Vehicle you control. Whenever a Vehicle you control deals combat damage to a player, look at the top card of that player's library, then exile it face down. You may play that card for as long as it remains exiled.

Edward Kenway

$7.39

ACR

Don Andres, the Renegade Each creature you control but don't own gets +2/+2, has menace and deathtouch, and is a Pirate in addition to its other types. Whenever you cast a noncreature spell you don't own, create two tapped Treasure tokens.

Don Andres, the Renegade

$0.47

LCC

Obeka, Splitter of Seconds Menace Whenever Obeka deals combat damage to a player, you get that many additional upkeep steps after this phase.

Obeka, Splitter of Seconds

$0.31

OTJ

Admiral Beckett Brass Other Pirates you control get +1/+1. At the beginning of your end step, gain control of target nonland permanent controlled by a player who was dealt combat damage by three or more Pirates this turn.

Admiral Beckett Brass

$0.23

LCC

Cormela, Glamour Thief Haste {1}, {T}: Add {U}{B}{R}. Spend this mana only to cast instant and/or sorcery spells. When Cormela dies, return up to one target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.

Cormela, Glamour Thief

$0.29

SNC

Be'lakor, the Dark Master Flying Prince of Chaos — When Be'lakor enters, you draw X cards and you lose X life, where X is the number of Demons you control. Lord of Torment — Whenever another Demon you control enters, it deals damage equal to its power to any target.

Be'lakor, the Dark Master

$28.99

40K

Admiral Brass, Unsinkable When Admiral Brass enters, mill four cards. At the beginning of combat on your turn, you may return target Pirate creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield with a finality counter on it. It has base power and toughness 4/4. It gains haste until end of turn. (If a creature with a finality counter on it would die, exile it instead.)

Admiral Brass, Unsinkable

$0.27

LCC

Lord Xander, the Collector When Lord Xander enters, target opponent discards half the cards in their hand, rounded down. Whenever Lord Xander attacks, defending player mills half their library, rounded down. When Lord Xander dies, target opponent sacrifices half the nonland permanents they control of their choice, rounded down.

Lord Xander, the Collector

$3.72

SNC

Davros, Dalek Creator Menace At the beginning of your end step, create a 3/3 black Dalek artifact creature token with menace if an opponent lost 3 or more life this turn. Then each opponent who lost 3 or more life this turn faces a villainous choice — You draw a card, or that player discards a card.

Davros, Dalek Creator

$0.71

WHO

Obeka, Brute Chronologist {T}: The player whose turn it is may end the turn. (Exile all spells and abilities from the stack. The player whose turn it is discards down to their maximum hand size. Damage wears off, and "this turn" and "until end of turn" effects end.)

Obeka, Brute Chronologist

$0.36

CMR

The Valeyard If an opponent would face a villainous choice, they face that choice an additional time. (They can make the same or different choices.) While voting, you may vote an additional time.

The Valeyard

$0.40

WHO

Inalla, Archmage Ritualist Eminence — Whenever another nontoken Wizard you control enters, if Inalla is in the command zone or on the battlefield, you may pay {1}. If you do, create a token that's a copy of that Wizard. The token gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step. Tap five untapped Wizards you control: Target player loses 7 life.

Inalla, Archmage Ritualist

$3.87

C17

Abaddon the Despoiler Trample Mark of Chaos Ascendant — During your turn, spells you cast from your hand with mana value X or less have cascade, where X is the total amount of life your opponents have lost this turn.

Abaddon the Despoiler

$11.01

40K

Dr. Eggman Flying At the beginning of your end step, draw a card. Then each opponent faces a villainous choice — That player discards a card, or you may put a Construct, Robot, or Vehicle card from your hand onto the battlefield.

Dr. Eggman

$1.31

SLD

Thraximundar Haste Whenever Thraximundar attacks, defending player sacrifices a creature of their choice. Whenever a player sacrifices a creature, you may put a +1/+1 counter on Thraximundar.

Thraximundar

$1.26

2X2

Wick, the Whorled Mind Whenever Wick or another Rat you control enters, create a 1/1 black Snail creature token if you don't control a Snail. Otherwise, put a +1/+1 counter on a Snail you control. {U}{B}{R}, Sacrifice a Snail: Wick deals damage equal to the sacrificed creature's power to each opponent. Then draw cards equal to the sacrificed creature's power.

Wick, the Whorled Mind

$0.28

BLB

Missy Whenever another nonartifact creature dies, return it to the battlefield under your control face down and tapped. It's a 2/2 Cyberman artifact creature. At the beginning of your end step, each opponent faces a villainous choice — Each artifact creature you control deals 1 damage to that opponent, or you draw a card and chaos ensues.

Missy

$0.33

WHO

Mishra, Eminent One At the beginning of combat on your turn, create a token that's a copy of target noncreature artifact you control, except its name is Mishra's Warform and it's a 4/4 Construct artifact creature in addition to its other types. It gains haste until end of turn. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.

Mishra, Eminent One

$0.49

BRC

Goro-Goro and Satoru Whenever one or more creatures you control that entered this turn deal combat damage to a player, create a 5/5 red Dragon Spirit creature token with flying. {1}{R}: Creatures you control gain haste until end of turn.

Goro-Goro and Satoru

$1.73

MOC

Doctor Doom, King of Latveria Whenever you discard one or more land cards, each opponent loses 2 life. At the beginning of combat on your turn, target Villain you control gains menace until end of turn. It connives. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature.)

Doctor Doom, King of Latveria

$7.32

MSC

Mai and Zuko Firebending 3 You may cast Ally spells and artifact spells as though they had flash.

Mai and Zuko

$4.86

TLE

Cult of Skaro Whenever Cult of Skaro attacks, choose one at random — • Thay — Put a +1/+1 counter on each artifact creature you control. • Caan — Draw two cards. • Sec — Create a 3/3 black Dalek artifact creature token with menace. • Jast — Each opponent loses 4 life.

Cult of Skaro

$0.33

WHO

Marchesa, Dealer of Death Whenever you commit a crime, you may pay {1}. If you do, look at the top two cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the other into your graveyard. (Targeting opponents, anything they control, and/or cards in their graveyards is a crime.)

Marchesa, Dealer of Death

$0.26

OTJ

Anhelo, the Painter Deathtouch The first instant or sorcery spell you cast each turn has casualty 2. (As you cast that spell, you may sacrifice a creature with power 2 or greater. When you do, copy the spell and you may choose new targets for the copy.)

Anhelo, the Painter

$0.45

NCC

Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor Deathtouch Whenever a Curse is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, return it to the battlefield attached to you at the beginning of the next end step. At the beginning of your upkeep, you may attach a Curse attached to you to one of your opponents. If you do, draw two cards.

Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor

$1.26

MIC

Cecily, Haunted Mage Your maximum hand size is eleven. Whenever Cecily, Haunted Mage attacks, you draw a card and you lose 1 life. Then if you have eleven or more cards in your hand, you may cast an instant or sorcery spell from your hand without paying its mana cost. Partner—Friends forever (You can have two commanders if both have this ability.)

Cecily, Haunted Mage

$0.38

SLX

Nicol Bolas Flying At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Nicol Bolas unless you pay {U}{B}{R}. Whenever Nicol Bolas deals damage to an opponent, that player discards their hand.

Nicol Bolas

$1.43

A25

Loki, the Deceiver Whenever Loki attacks, create a tapped and attacking token that's a copy of another target Villain you control, except it isn't legendary and it's an Illusion in addition to its other types. Sacrifice that token at the beginning of the next end step. Whenever one or more Villains you control deal combat damage to a player, draw a card.

Loki, the Deceiver

$0.43

MSC

Sedris, the Traitor King Each creature card in your graveyard has unearth {2}{B}. ({2}{B}: Return the card to the battlefield. The creature gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step or if it would leave the battlefield. Unearth only as a sorcery.)

Sedris, the Traitor King

$1.15

2X2

Zevlor, Elturel Exile Haste {2}, {T}: When you next cast an instant or sorcery spell that targets only a single opponent or a single permanent an opponent controls this turn, for each other opponent, choose that player or a permanent they control, copy that spell, and the copy targets the chosen player or permanent.

Zevlor, Elturel Exile

$0.31

CLB

Ashad, the Lone Cyberman The first nonlegendary artifact spell you cast each turn has casualty 2. (As you cast it, you may sacrifice a creature with power 2 or greater. When you do, copy it. A copy of an artifact spell becomes a token.) Whenever you sacrifice another creature, put a +1/+1 counter on Ashad.

Ashad, the Lone Cyberman

$0.31

WHO

The Rani Whenever The Rani enters or attacks, create a red Aura enchantment token named Mark of the Rani attached to another target creature. That token has enchant creature and "Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and is goaded." Whenever a goaded creature deals combat damage to one of your opponents, investigate.

The Rani

$0.32

WHO

Ashnod the Uncaring Deathtouch Whenever you activate an ability of an artifact or creature that isn't a mana ability, if one or more permanents were sacrificed to activate it, you may copy that ability. You may choose new targets for the copy. (Sacrificing an artifact for mana to activate an ability doesn't count.)

Ashnod the Uncaring

$0.33

BRC

Crosis, the Purger Flying Whenever Crosis deals combat damage to a player, you may pay {2}{B}. If you do, choose a color, then that player reveals their hand and discards all cards of that color.

Crosis, the Purger

$0.65

C17

Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge Flying When Jeleva enters, each player exiles the top X cards of their library, where X is the amount of mana spent to cast Jeleva. Whenever Jeleva attacks, you may cast an instant or sorcery spell from among cards exiled with Jeleva without paying its mana cost.

Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge

$2.04

C13

Edea, Possessed Sorceress Ward {2} At the beginning of combat on your turn, gain control of target creature an opponent controls until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn. Whenever a creature you control but don't own dies, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control and you draw a card.

Edea, Possessed Sorceress

$9.75

FIC

Evelyn, the Covetous Flash Whenever Evelyn or another Vampire you control enters, exile the top card of each player's library with a collection counter on it. Once each turn, you may play a card from exile with a collection counter on it if it was exiled by an ability you controlled, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast it.

Evelyn, the Covetous

$0.29

SNC

Nathan Drake, Treasure Hunter First strike You may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast spells you don't own or to activate abilities of permanents you control but don't own. Whenever Nathan Drake attacks, exile the top card of each player's library. You may cast a spell from among those cards.

Nathan Drake, Treasure Hunter

$4.77

SLD

Parnesse, the Subtle Brush Whenever you or a permanent you control becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter that spell or ability unless that player pays 4 life. Whenever you copy a spell, up to one target opponent may also copy that spell. They may choose new targets for that copy.

Parnesse, the Subtle Brush

$0.42

NCC

Tetsuo, Imperial Champion Whenever Tetsuo attacks, if it's equipped, choose one — • Tetsuo deals damage equal to the greatest mana value among Equipment attached to it to any target. • You may cast an instant or sorcery spell from your hand with mana value less than or equal to the greatest mana value among Equipment attached to Tetsuo without paying its mana cost.

Tetsuo, Imperial Champion

$0.41

DMC

Mairsil, the Pretender When Mairsil enters, you may exile an artifact or creature card from your hand or graveyard and put a cage counter on it. Mairsil has all activated abilities of all cards you own in exile with cage counters on them. You may activate each of those abilities only once each turn.

Mairsil, the Pretender

$0.41

C17

Sol'kanar the Swamp King Swampwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Swamp.) Whenever a player casts a black spell, you gain 1 life.

Sol'kanar the Swamp King

$0.36

DMR

Sol'Kanar the Tainted At the beginning of your end step, choose one that hasn't been chosen — • Draw a card. • Each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life. • Sol'Kanar deals 3 damage to up to one other target creature or planeswalker. • Exile Sol'Kanar, then return it to the battlefield under an opponent's control.

Sol'Kanar the Tainted

$0.34

DMU

Lord of Tresserhorn When Lord of Tresserhorn enters, you lose 2 life, you sacrifice two creatures, and target opponent draws two cards. {B}: Regenerate Lord of Tresserhorn.

Lord of Tresserhorn

$3.59

ALL

Mishra, Artificer Prodigy Whenever you cast an artifact spell, you may search your graveyard, hand, and/or library for a card with the same name as that spell and put it onto the battlefield. If you search your library this way, shuffle.

Mishra, Artificer Prodigy

$0.45

TSP

Gwendlyn Di Corci {T}: Target player discards a card at random. Activate only during your turn.

Gwendlyn Di Corci

$240.33

LEG

Tetsuo Umezawa Tetsuo Umezawa can't be the target of Aura spells. {U}{B}{B}{R}, {T}: Destroy target tapped or blocking creature.

Tetsuo Umezawa

$80.08

LEG

Garza Zol, Plague Queen Flying, haste Whenever a creature dealt damage by Garza Zol this turn dies, put a +1/+1 counter on Garza Zol. Whenever Garza Zol deals combat damage to a player, you may draw a card.

Garza Zol, Plague Queen

$1.79

CSP