Is Harald, King of Skemfar good in Commander?

Harald, King of Skemfar in Commander — Combos, Decks & Price

Harald, King of Skemfar enters swinging with menace and immediately digs three cards deep to pull an Elf or Warrior straight onto the battlefield — that's a 3/2 that replaces itself and extends your board on the same turn. The cost is that it tops out at three mana and won't singlehandedly outpace Abomination of Llanowar as a build-around, but as a role-player it punches well above its slot.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01

Abomination of Llanowar

39.6% of decks · synergy 0.37

Abomination of Llanowar counts every Elf entering and leaving, so Harald, King of Skemfar's ETB trigger effectively chains into another Elf entering — each cast can stack power onto the Abomination while also putting a threat into play.

02

Lathril, Blade of the Elves

27.7% of decks · synergy 0.25

Lathril, Blade of the Elves wants the board flooded with Elves as fast as possible, and Harald, King of Skemfar's built-in Elf deployment means a single three-mana play advances both the count and the clock.

03

Tyvar the Bellicose

23.5% of decks · synergy 0.20

Tyvar the Bellicose rewards Elf activations with free spells, and Harald, King of Skemfar's menace keeps it in combat relevantly — Harald attacks profitably while Tyvar converts that pressure into additional value.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

Format	Verdict
commander	legal
legacy	legal
modern	legal
pioneer	legal
standard	not legal
vintage	legal
pauper	not legal
oathbreaker	legal

In Commander, Harald, King of Skemfar earns its slot in any Elf tribal or Warrior tribal shell that wants a three-drop that immediately justifies its cost — the reveal-and-deploy trigger means it's never just a body. In Modern and Pioneer, dedicated Elf combo lists occasionally run Harald to find key pieces at instant-comparable speed, though it competes with a crowded three-drop slot in those formats. Legacy has better options for Elf toolbox purposes, so Harald, King of Skemfar is fringe there at best. Oathbreaker gives it one more legitimate home as a signature spell-adjacent value piece in green-black builds that want redundancy on Elf density.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

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Price data for Harald, King of Skemfar isn't currently available here — check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a live number. Given its role as a tribal roleplayer rather than a combo cornerstone, it typically sits in budget-friendly territory and is worth picking up if you're building Elf tribal without breaking the bank.