Garna, Bloodfist of Keld
Legendary Creature — Human Berserker
Whenever another creature you control dies, draw a card if it was attacking. Otherwise, Garna deals 1 damage to each opponent.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BR
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Dominaria United
- Price
- $0.22
- EDHREC rank
- #3631
Garna, Bloodfist of Keld turns every creature death into a free +1/+1 counter on an attacker and a Goblin token, converting sacrifice fodder into a board-wide pressure engine the moment it hits play. The cost is real — five mana for a 3/3 is below rate — but in shells that sacrifice creatures regularly, Silvar, Devourer of the Free // Trynn, Champion of Freedom being a 55% inclusion rate tells you everything about how well the payoff lands.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Silvar, Devourer of the Free // Trynn, Champion of Freedom
Silvar, Devourer of the Free // Trynn, Champion of Freedom sacrifices Humans to grow Silvar and protect it, and Garna, Bloodfist of Keld converts each of those sacrificed Humans into a Goblin token and a counter on another attacker — the token even feeds back into future sacrifice fodder.
Mishra, Claimed by Gix
Mishra, Claimed by Gix pushes aggressive, wide-board combat, and Garna, Bloodfist of Keld rewards exactly that by minting a Goblin and spreading counters every time a creature trades in combat or gets sacrificed to fuel Mishra's triggers.
Totentanz, Swarm Piper
Totentanz, Swarm Piper creates Rats on nontoken creature deaths and punishes opponents for losing tokens, so Garna, Bloodfist of Keld stitches directly into that loop — the Goblin tokens Garna generates become Rat fodder the moment Totentanz needs bodies to die.
Alesha, Who Laughs at Fate
Alesha, Who Laughs at Fate recurs creatures from the graveyard, and Garna, Bloodfist of Keld ensures that the creatures dying to enable or survive combat are always leaving a token and a counter behind before Alesha can bring them back.
Zurgo Stormrender
Zurgo Stormrender rewards go-wide aggression with Goblin tokens of its own, and Garna, Bloodfist of Keld stacks on top by generating additional tokens and counters whenever those same Goblins or other creatures die in the red zone.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Garna, Bloodfist of Keld is legal across every relevant constructed format but barely registers outside Commander — five mana for a 3/3 is a non-starter in Modern, Pioneer, or Legacy, where sacrifice payoffs are expected to win games on the spot at that cost. Standard is the one exception where a slower, token-centric aggro shell could find use for it, though even there the rate is marginal. Commander is where Garna, Bloodfist of Keld actually earns its slot: 100-card singleton formats have enough sacrifice engines, aristocrat payoffs, and wide-board synergies to make the incremental value add up, and the Goblin token generation scales across a full table of blockers and attacks.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.22 bulk tier
At $0.22, Garna, Bloodfist of Keld is deep bulk — easy to pick up in any collection trade or draft chaff pile. Bulk rares with genuine Commander demand tend to creep up when a supported archetype spikes in popularity, but at current prices there's no reason not to grab a copy for any sacrifice or token deck that can run it.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Silvar, Devourer of the Free // Trynn, Champion of Freedom
- Mishra, Claimed by Gix
- Totentanz, Swarm Piper
- Alesha, Who Laughs at Fate
- Zurgo Stormrender
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.