Invasion of Ikoria // Zilortha, Apex of Ikoria
Battle — Siege // Legendary Creature — Dinosaur
(As a Siege enters, choose an opponent to protect it. You and others can attack it. When it's defeated, exile it, then cast it transformed.)
When this Siege enters, search your library and/or graveyard for a non-Human creature card with mana value X or less and put it onto the battlefield. If you search your library this way, shuffle.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- March of the Machine Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #1242
Invasion of Ikoria // Zilortha, Apex of Ikoria tutors any non-Human creature directly onto the battlefield for four mana — that's a Chord of Calling stapled to a 8/8 trampler with keyword soup. The front face alone justifies the slot in any creature-heavy green deck, and Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy decks include it at over 40% specifically because the tutor range covers every mana dork and combo piece in the format.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy
Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy's game plan is assembling specific non-Human creatures — Basalt Monolith, Hullbreaker Horror, Freed from the Real targets — and Invasion of Ikoria // Zilortha, Apex of Ikoria fetches any of them directly into play, skipping hand and library entirely. At 40%+ inclusion, it's the highest-synergy tutor the deck has access to.
Thrasios, Triton Hero // Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful
Thrasios, Triton Hero // Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful runs compact creature toolboxes, and Invasion of Ikoria // Zilortha, Apex of Ikoria gives the deck a redundant line to assemble its win conditions without burning through card advantage engines. The battle's low defend threshold means Zilortha frequently comes down the same turn as a swing.
Lumra, Bellow of the Woods
Lumra, Bellow of the Woods cares about land drops and self-mill, and Invasion of Ikoria // Zilortha, Apex of Ikoria fits cleanly as a way to slam a finisher directly from the library once the engine is running. The 8/8 body with trample closes games that Lumra's value engine has already decided.
Loot, the Key to Everything
Loot, the Key to Everything rewards playing large, flashy permanents, and Invasion of Ikoria // Zilortha, Apex of Ikoria delivers one immediately rather than drawing and replaying it. The tutored creature triggers Loot's adventure payoffs while Zilortha itself is exactly the kind of threat the commander wants to be attacking with.
Disa the Restless
Disa the Restless builds around Lhurgoyfs and graveyard-matters creatures, and Invasion of Ikoria // Zilortha, Apex of Ikoria serves as on-demand access to the key non-Human bodies in that package. Getting Zilortha down as a secondary threat while Disa pressures from the command zone ends games quickly.
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 |
Commander is where Invasion of Ikoria // Zilortha, Apex of Ikoria does its best work — 100-card singleton rewards tutors that put creatures directly into play, and four mana for any non-Human is a clean rate when the target is worth five or more mana on its own. In Modern and Pioneer, the card has seen occasional creature-toolbox play, but competing with faster tutor suites and leaner threats keeps it out of most top lists. Legacy has the card legal but the format is too fast and disruption-dense for a four-mana sorcery-speed tutor to see real play. Oathbreaker is a natural home for the same reasons as Commander — singleton formats reward battlefield tutors heavily, especially one that converts cleanly into an 8/8 game-ender.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
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Current pricing data for Invasion of Ikoria // Zilortha, Apex of Ikoria isn't available in this snapshot, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the live number. Given its 40%+ inclusion rate in the most popular green Commander decks and play across multiple formats, it consistently holds meaningful value — don't expect a bulk price.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy
- Thrasios, Triton Hero // Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful
- Lumra, Bellow of the Woods
- Loot, the Key to Everything
- Disa the Restless
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.