Dread Warlock
Creature — Human Wizard Warlock
This creature can't be blocked except by black creatures.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Magic 2010
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #26486
Dread Warlock is a 2/1 for three mana that can only be blocked by black creatures — a narrow evasion ability that rarely matters enough to justify the slot. Efficient beaters have long outpaced it, and any deck that wants unblockability has better, cheaper options.
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 |
Dread Warlock is a bulk common in every format where it's legal, and legal doesn't mean playable. In Commander, mono-black aggro shells occasionally look at pseudo-unblockable creatures, but Dread Warlock's three-mana, 2/1 body is embarrassing next to actual evasion staples. Pauper is the one format where cost-efficiency on commons matters most, and even there a 2/1 for three with conditional evasion doesn't make the cut. Everywhere else — Legacy, Vintage, Modern — it simply doesn't exist as a consideration.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Dread Warlock sits firmly in bulk territory, and that price is a ceiling, not a floor. There's no competitive demand or Commander spike scenario that moves the needle on a vanilla-adjacent three-drop.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.