Anrakyr the Traveller
Legendary Artifact Creature — Necron
Lord of the Pyrrhian Legions — Whenever Anrakyr the Traveller attacks, you may cast an artifact spell from your hand or graveyard by paying life equal to its mana value rather than paying its mana cost.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Warhammer 40,000 Commander
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #6616
Anrakyr the Traveller pays 2 life per turn to cast a spell directly off the top of an opponent's library — a unique steal effect that generates value without touching your own resources. The cost is four mana and a life tax that compounds, but in Necron shells where Imotekh the Stormlord is already generating Warrior tokens and rewarding you for surviving, that's a manageable price for effectively playing two decks at once. Second Chance on legs it isn't, but as a persistent threat that punishes opponents for stacking their libraries, Anrakyr the Traveller earns its slot.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Imotekh the Stormlord
Imotekh the Stormlord appears in over 75% of Anrakyr the Traveller decks for obvious reasons — both cards are Necron legends that reward attacking, and Anrakyr's life-drain ability slots cleanly into the aristocrats-adjacent engine Imotekh builds around token generation and incremental value.
Trazyn the Infinite
Trazyn the Infinite wants legendary permanents in the graveyard to copy, and Anrakyr the Traveller is a legendary artifact creature that provides a repeating steal effect — Trazyn can replicate that ability if Anrakyr falls, squeezing extra value from a card that was already doing work.
Megatron, Tyrant
Megatron, Tyrant runs artifact-heavy artifact-creature packages, and Anrakyr the Traveller fits naturally as a threat that generates card advantage without requiring additional setup — Megatron's energy-to-damage conversion wants the game to go long, and Anrakyr rewards exactly that kind of attrition plan.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Anrakyr the Traveller is a Commander card through and through — the repeating steal trigger only compounds in a multiplayer game where opponents are constantly drawing and tutoring into high-value spells. In Legacy and Vintage, where it's technically legal, a four-mana legendary creature with no immediate board impact and a conditional upkeep ability isn't close to the rate those formats demand. Oathbreaker is the one non-Commander 60-card-variant where Anrakyr the Traveller could carve out space, particularly in a slower, value-oriented shell. Stick to Commander, where the life drain and the stolen spells both have time to matter.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Second ChanceForm of the DragonEncroaching MycosynthAnrakyr the Traveller
Infinite turns; Lock
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.