Cutthroat il-Dal
Creature — Human Rogue
Hellbent — This creature has shadow as long as you have no cards in hand. (It can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Time Spiral Remastered
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #28676
Cutthroat il-Dal is a one-mana 1/1 with shadow — it either connects for chip damage every turn or becomes irrelevant the moment opponents go wide with ground creatures. The shadow keyword is the whole card; outside of dedicated evasion synergies, that's too narrow a payoff for a body this small.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Cutthroat il-Dal occupies a fringe role in decks that care about shadow creatures, evasive attackers for combat damage triggers, or Dimir/Grixis tempo shells that want guaranteed hits on players. Pauper is where it has the most realistic home — shadow aggro is a real archetype, and a one-mana shadow creature fits cleanly on curve alongside other evasion-dependent threats. In Legacy and Vintage, the bar for a 1/1 one-drop is simply too high; Cutthroat il-Dal doesn't generate card advantage or pressure fast enough to justify the slot. Modern is legal but borderline unplayable at this rate.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Cutthroat il-Dal is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not the card. That price is stable because demand is low and supply is high; don't expect movement in either direction.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.