Azlask, the Swelling Scourge
Legendary Creature — Eldrazi
Whenever Azlask or another colorless creature you control dies, you get an experience counter.
: Creatures you control get +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of experience counters you have. Scions and Spawns you control gain indestructible and annihilator 1 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BGRUW
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Modern Horizons 3 Commander
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #5579
Azlask, the Swelling Scourge turns every Eldrazi Spawn and Scion token into a threat multiplier — proliferate your counters, drain the table, and sacrifice fodder for mana all at once. The catch is that the payoff is gated behind assembling a token engine first, so a curve piece like Devoted Druid pulling double duty as both a mana source and a proliferate target is exactly the kind of redundancy the card demands.
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 |
Azlask, the Swelling Scourge is a Commander card through and through — its design rewards the kind of incremental board development and token accumulation that only really breathes over a multiplayer game. In Legacy and Vintage, where it's technically legal, the power level gap is too wide and the format too hostile to five-mana legends that need a board state to function. Commander is the only place Azlask, the Swelling Scourge reaches its ceiling, whether helming its own Eldrazi-spawn shell or slotting into the 99 of any colorless-matters or proliferate deck.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Azlask, the Swelling ScourgeDevoted DruidChromatic Orrery
Infinite colored mana; Infinitely large creatures you control until end of turn
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Azlask, the Swelling ScourgeDevoted DruidMycosynth Lattice
Infinite colored mana; Infinitely large creatures you control until end of turn
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Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Azlask, the Swelling Scourge isn't confirmed yet, so treat any listing you see as early-market noise. Once it settles, the tier will tell you whether it's a casual pickup or a card with genuine competitive demand driving the cost.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.