Delraich
Creature — Horror
You may sacrifice three black creatures rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Trample
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Mercadian Masques
- Price
- $0.84
- EDHREC rank
- #26507
Delraich lands as a 6/6 trampler with menace for three black mana if you sacrifice three other creatures to cast it — a genuinely threatening body at an absurd discount. The catch is that the alternate cost demands creatures on board, so Delraich belongs in a deck that already floods the table, not one that needs to protect its resources.
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 Delraich earns its slot: token strategies and aristocrats shells generate the creature surplus needed to pay the alternate cost consistently, and a 6/6 trample menace is a real threat at any table. In Legacy and Vintage, Delraich is legal but irrelevant — those formats move faster than a six-mana creature can matter, and the alternate cost doesn't change the calculus enough to compete with the format staples. Oathbreaker shares Commander's casual pace, so the same token-dense builds that want it there will consider it here too.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.84 bulk tier
At $0.84, Delraich sits firmly in bulk territory, which is accurate for a card with a narrow home and no cross-format demand. The price is stable — there's no sleeper breakout waiting here, just a cheap pickup for the exact deck that wants it.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.