Kathril, Aspect Warper
Legendary Creature — Nightmare Insect
When Kathril enters, put a flying counter on any creature you control if a creature card in your graveyard has flying. Repeat this process for first strike, double strike, deathtouch, hexproof, indestructible, lifelink, menace, reach, trample, and vigilance. Then put a +1/+1 counter on Kathril for each counter put on a creature this way.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BGW
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Commander 2020
- Price
- $0.76
- EDHREC rank
- #14278
Kathril, Aspect Warper enters and immediately redistributes keyword counters from your graveyard across your board, then grows itself for each counter placed — a five-mana spell that can swing as a 10/10 with flying, deathtouch, and indestructible the turn it lands. The cost is graveyard setup: a thin yard means a vanilla 1/1, so the card lives or dies on how hard you're filling it before turn five.
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 |
Kathril, Aspect Warper is a Commander card through and through — the graveyard buildup, the five-mana cost, and the go-wide keyword distribution all map perfectly onto a 100-card singleton environment where you have time and tools to fill your yard before casting it. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but functionally irrelevant; those formats run faster clocks and have no patience for a setup-dependent five-drop with no immediate protection. Oathbreaker is the one alternative format where Kathril could headline a build, though the 20-life starting total compresses the window considerably.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.76 bulk tier
At $0.76, Kathril, Aspect Warper sits in bulk rare territory despite being a strong build-around commander with a dedicated fanbase. The price reflects ample reprint supply keeping copies accessible, so there's no urgency to stock up — it's unlikely to spike unless a high-profile reprint drives new demand.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.