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Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim

Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Kor Cleric

Deathtouch
Whenever another creature you control enters, you gain 1 life.
Whenever another creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life.

CMC
2
Mana cost
{W}{B}
Color identity
BW
Rarity
uncommon
Set
The List
Price
$2.81
EDHREC rank
#591
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Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim card art
Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim turns every creature death into a life-swing — your opponents lose 1, you gain 1 — on a two-mana body that costs nothing to keep online. Pair it with recursive engines like Ratadrabik of Urborg or sacrifice loops like Warren Soultrader and that one-point drain per death becomes a clock opponents can't ignore.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Ratadrabik of Urborg

Ratadrabik of Urborg

85.7% of decks · synergy 0.52

Ratadrabik of Urborg generates token copies of legendary creatures that die, which means every death trigger is doubled — Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim sees each creature leave and each token copy leave, stacking drains fast.

02
Orah, Skyclave Hierophant

Orah, Skyclave Hierophant

82.6% of decks · synergy 0.49

Orah, Skyclave Hierophant runs a constant Cleric death-and-recursion loop, and Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim sits right in that Cleric tribe while converting each iteration of the loop into life loss for the table.

03
Bilbo, Birthday Celebrant

Bilbo, Birthday Celebrant

57.1% of decks · synergy 0.47

Bilbo, Birthday Celebrant wins by draining opponents to exactly 0, and Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim is one of the cleanest redundant drain pieces in the deck — every creature death nudges the table closer to that threshold.

04
Teysa Karlov

Teysa Karlov

76.9% of decks · synergy 0.43

Teysa Karlov doubles death triggers, which means Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim's drain fires twice per creature — a single board wipe against this deck becomes a massive life-loss event for every opponent simultaneously.

05
Caesar, Legion's Emperor

Caesar, Legion's Emperor

50.0% of decks · synergy 0.40

Caesar, Legion's Emperor floods the board with tokens through combat and sacrifice, giving Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim a constant stream of death triggers to convert into incremental drain across a long game.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim does its best work — three opponents means each death trigger drains the table by 3 total life, and recursive sacrifice shells can close games out of nowhere. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but sees no meaningful play; two mana for a 1/1 with a slow drain ability doesn't compete with those formats' raw speed. Modern and Pioneer are the same story: the effect is too incremental and the body too small to survive or matter. Oathbreaker is a reasonable home for it in the right life-drain build, but Commander is the format this card was made for.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$2.81 cheap tier

At $2.81, Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim sits at the low end of the price curve for a card with this density of combo appearances. It's a safe pickup — demand is spread across multiple popular commanders rather than spiked by a single deck, which keeps the price stable.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.