Kjeldoran Dead
Creature — Skeleton
When this creature enters, sacrifice a creature.
: Regenerate this creature.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Ice Age
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #21378
Kjeldoran Dead enters as a 3/1 for two mana — above-rate stats — but demands you sacrifice a creature the moment it comes down, which means it only earns its slot when you want that trigger. In sacrifice-matters shells, that cost is a feature; everywhere else, it's a dealbreaker.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Kjeldoran Dead is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but it's a Commander and Pauper card in practice. In Commander, sacrifice synergy commanders — those who reward repeated fodder deaths — are the only homes where Kjeldoran Dead pulls its weight; the forced sacrifice on entry is too steep a tax for goodstuff piles. In Pauper, a 3/1 for two with a meaningful downside sits on the fringe of aggressive and sacrifice-synergy decks, though better commons usually edge it out. Legacy and Vintage have zero interest in it.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Kjeldoran Dead is deep bulk — you'll find it in commons boxes, not buylist queues. Price stability is a non-issue; it's cheap enough to throw into any sacrifice build without a second thought and won't appreciate.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.