Bhaal, Lord of Murder
Legendary Creature — God
As long as your life total is less than or equal to half your starting life total, Bhaal has indestructible.
Whenever another nontoken creature you control dies, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature and goad it.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BGR
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #15278
Bhaal, Lord of Murder turns every creature death into a free scry and a potential Deathtouch anthem, which means a sac outlet like Viscera Seer stops being card selection and starts being a repeatable board-wide pump engine. The cost is a five-mana legendary that does nothing the turn it enters — you need a board and a sac outlet already in play to get value immediately.
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 |
Commander is where Bhaal, Lord of Murder belongs — sacrifice synergies are deep in black and green, and a 60-card game rarely gives you enough time to assemble the board state needed before the card becomes a liability. In Legacy and Vintage, five mana for a creature with no immediate impact is a non-starter; both formats have faster, more compact payoffs for sacrifice loops. Oathbreaker can support it in the right shell, but the 20-life clock compresses the game enough that Bhaal, Lord of Murder will often sit in hand. Play it in Commander, nowhere else.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Bhaal, Lord of MurderViscera Seer
Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite death triggers; Infinite scry 1
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Bhaal, Lord of MurderGoblin Bombardment
Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite death triggers; Infinite damage
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Bhaal, Lord of MurderAshnod's Altar
Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite death triggers; Infinite colorless mana
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Bhaal, Lord of MurderCarrion Feeder
Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite death triggers; Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
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Bhaal, Lord of MurderPhyrexian Altar
Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite colored mana; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite death triggers
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Current price
unknown tier
Price data for Bhaal, Lord of Murder isn't available in the current feed — check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the latest number. Given its narrow Commander-specific role and the depth of competition in Jund sac payoffs, it tends to sit in budget-to-mid range territory rather than spiking as a staple.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.