Hollowmurk Siege
Enchantment
As this enchantment enters, choose Sultai or Abzan.
• Sultai — Whenever a counter is put on a creature you control, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.
• Abzan — Whenever you attack, put a +1/+1 counter on target attacking creature. It gains menace until end of turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BG
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Tarkir: Dragonstorm
- Price
- $1.32
- EDHREC rank
- #3499
Hollowmurk Siege puts a counter-stacking engine on the board that snowballs fast — the cost is real, but the payoff compounds every turn. Felothar, Dawn of the Abzan lists run it in over half their builds for a reason: when the counters multiply, the card earns its slot.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Felothar, Dawn of the Abzan
Felothar, Dawn of the Abzan triggers off counters placed on creatures, so Hollowmurk Siege feeds that engine on a repeatable clock — over half of Felothar lists include it because the synergy is direct and relentless.
Skullbriar, the Walking Grave
Skullbriar, the Walking Grave wants permanent counters that survive zone changes, and Hollowmurk Siege stacks them without needing combat — nearly 45% of Skullbriar builds run it as a reliable grower.
Cleopatra, Exiled Pharaoh
Cleopatra, Exiled Pharaoh rewards stacking counters across multiple permanents, making Hollowmurk Siege a low-friction way to keep the engine churning each turn cycle.
Jenova, Ancient Calamity
Jenova, Ancient Calamity scales with counters spread across threats, and Hollowmurk Siege provides a consistent, non-combat source to hit that threshold — over 36% of Jenova lists include it.
The Most Dangerous Gamer
The Most Dangerous Gamer hunts down counters-matters synergies, and Hollowmurk Siege slots in as a steady supplier that doesn't demand a specific creature type or combat step to function.
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 |
Hollowmurk Siege is legal across every major Constructed format — Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Standard, Vintage, and Oathbreaker — but Commander is clearly its native environment. In 60-card formats, a slow enchantment that accumulates counters over multiple turns struggles to compete with faster, more immediate threats; the longer game of Commander is where that incremental value actually pays off. In Oathbreaker, the compressed pod size and higher redundancy can make it viable if the planeswalker supports a counters theme. Treat Standard and Pioneer legality as a door left open, not a recommendation to walk through.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.32 cheap tier
At $1.32, Hollowmurk Siege sits firmly in the budget tier — low enough that there's no real reason to hesitate if the deck wants it. New-set pricing means that floor could slip a bit as supply settles, but the synergy demand from counters commanders should keep it from bottoming out completely.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.