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Akul the Unrepentant

Legendary Creature — Scorpion Dragon Rogue

Flying, trample
Sacrifice three other creatures: You may put a creature card from your hand onto the battlefield. Activate only as a sorcery and only once each turn.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{B}{B}{R}{R}
Color identity
BR
Rarity
rare
Set
Outlaws of Thunder Junction Promos
Price
$0.49
EDHREC rank
#10470
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Akul the Unrepentant card art
Akul the Unrepentant hits the board as a 7/5 with trample and deathtouch for five mana, and when it dies it reanimates itself plus any other creature from your graveyard — no mana, no condition, just trigger. The cost is that both halves require the Assassin and Mercenary creature types to matter, which narrows the shells considerably, but in a dedicated tribal or sacrifice list alongside Ashnod the Uncaring that recursion engine runs almost for free.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Akul the Unrepentant is a Commander card through and through — the death trigger that reanimates two creatures is built for a longer game where the graveyard fills up and sacrifice outlets are in steady supply. In 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, a five-mana 7/5 with no immediate protection folds to a removal spell before the value ever starts, and the tribal requirements make slotting it into a generic goodstuff shell awkward. Standard has the fastest rotation clock and the thinnest Assassin/Mercenary support, so expect Akul to see almost no competitive play there. Legacy and Vintage have far more efficient threats and zero interest in a five-drop that needs a second death to pay off.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.49 bulk tier

At $0.49, Akul the Unrepentant sits firmly in bulk rare territory, which reflects its narrow tribal requirements more than its ceiling. If Assassin or Mercenary tribal ever gets meaningful new support, that price has room to move, but for now it's an easy pickup for Commander players building around the type line.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.