Elvish Dreadlord
Creature — Zombie Elf
Deathtouch
When this creature dies, non-Elf creatures get -3/-3 until end of turn.
Encore 
(, Exile this card from your graveyard: For each opponent, create a token copy that attacks that opponent this turn if able. They gain haste. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only as a sorcery.)
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Commander Legends
- Price
- $0.37
- EDHREC rank
- #12073
Elvish Dreadlord hits the board as a 4/4 deathtouch, lifelink threat that kills an opponent's creature on entry and makes their whole board smaller for the rest of the game — that's a lot of immediate, durable impact for four mana. In any deck that cares about Elf count, it pulls double duty alongside Abomination of Llanowar as one of the tribe's best standalone threats.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Abomination of Llanowar
Abomination of Llanowar scales off every Elf in your graveyard and on the battlefield, so Elvish Dreadlord's enter-the-battlefield kill effect clears a blocker while padding both counts — it's not a support piece here, it's a core engine card that does everything the deck wants on a single line of text.
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 |
Elvish Dreadlord is where it belongs: Commander. The enters-the-battlefield removal, the stat line, and the anthem debuff are all scaled for a 100-card multiplayer format where one card needs to affect multiple opponents' boards to earn its slot. Legacy and Vintage are legal but irrelevant — Elf tribal in those formats runs lean and fast, and a four-mana creature that doesn't close the game immediately doesn't make the cut. Commander is the only context where Elvish Dreadlord is actually good.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.37 bulk tier
At $0.37, Elvish Dreadlord sits firmly in bulk territory — easy to pick up as a throw-in or cheap singles order. Bulk rares with narrow tribal homes tend to stay flat unless the deck gets a breakout new commander, so don't expect movement, just buy it for what it does.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Abomination of Llanowar
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.