Korlash, Heir to Blackblade
Legendary Creature — Zombie Warrior
Korlash's power and toughness are each equal to the number of Swamps you control.
: Regenerate Korlash.
Grandeur — Discard another card named Korlash, Heir to Blackblade: Search your library for up to two Swamp cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Magic Online Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #16031
Korlash, Heir to Blackblade turns your Swamp count into raw stats — in a mono-black deck with 20+ Swamps, it routinely hits 10/10 or larger for four mana, and the Grandeur ability lets you tutor two more Swamps directly onto the battlefield the moment you draw a duplicate. The cost is real: it does nothing without a healthy land count, folds to exile-based removal like any vanilla beater, and demands a dedicated mono-black shell to reach its ceiling.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Korlash, Heir to Blackblade is a mono-black staple — the Grandeur ability is uniquely functional here because you can run four copies in the 99 alongside Korlash as your commander, meaning duplicates drawn mid-game immediately convert into two Swamps entering untapped. Legacy and Vintage are legal but effectively irrelevant; the card sees no competitive play in either format, where a four-mana creature with no immediate board impact and no evasion is far too slow. Modern is the same story — it's technically legal but never played.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Price data for Korlash, Heir to Blackblade isn't available in the current feed, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the live number. Historically it's sat in the $1–3 range, making it an easy inclusion if you're building mono-black — the value is in the gameplay, not the price tag.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.