Blighted Blackthorn
Creature — Treefolk Warlock
Whenever this creature enters or attacks, you may blight 2. If you do, you draw a card and lose 1 life. (To blight 2, put two -1/-1 counters on a creature you control.)
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Lorwyn Eclipsed
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #16923
Blighted Blackthorn enters with a toughness-matters effect that immediately pressures opponents — and in Doran, Besieged by Time decks, a big toughness number on a cheap body is the whole point. It earns its slot by doubling as a threat and a synergy piece without asking much in return.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Doran, Besieged by Time
Doran, Besieged by Time turns toughness into power, so Blighted Blackthorn's high-toughness body punches well above its mana cost and feeds the engine from the moment it lands.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Blighted Blackthorn is a Commander card through and through — its effect scales with the multi-player politics and longer game lengths that make toughness-matters strategies viable. In competitive 1v1 formats like Modern or Pioneer it's too narrow, since dedicated toughness commanders don't exist there and the card does little on its own. Pauper is technically legal but the same problem applies: without a commander to contextualize the toughness clause, it's just an underpowered creature. Stick to Commander, specifically under Doran, Besieged by Time or any high-toughness tribal shell.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Blighted Blackthorn sits firmly in bulk territory — easy to pick up as a throw-in or from a bulk bin without a second thought. Bulk commons and uncommons with narrow commander-specific appeal rarely climb in price, so don't expect appreciation; just grab it if you need it.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Doran, Besieged by Time
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.