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Kozilek's Channeler

Creature — Eldrazi

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

CMC
5
Mana cost
{5}
Color identity
C
Rarity
common
Set
Battle for Zendikar
Price
$0.31
EDHREC rank
#6691
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Kozilek's Channeler card art
Kozilek's Channeler puts five mana on the board the turn it enters — that's the whole pitch, and it's enough to matter. The cost is a 4/4 body for five mana, which is below rate on stats alone, but Kozilek, the Great Distortion and Marvin, Murderous Mimic both treat that colorless mana production as a meaningful engine piece rather than a footnote.

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Zhulodok, Void Gorger rewards casting spells with mana value seven or greater, and Kozilek's Channeler accelerates you into that range fast enough to matter on turn six or earlier.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper legal
oathbreaker legal

Kozilek's Channeler is a Commander card through and through — the five-mana cost is too slow and the body too undersized to see serious play anywhere that runs interaction at the density of Legacy, Vintage, or Modern. In Pioneer and Pauper it sits equally dormant; colorless ramp at this cost competes with better options in those formats and there's no shell that wants it. Commander is where the math works: a 4/4 that taps for five colorless on turn five bridges you into Eldrazi-level threats a full turn or two ahead of schedule, and that's a real effect in a 40-life multiplayer game where the broken payoffs cost eight-plus mana.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.31 bulk tier

At $0.31, Kozilek's Channeler is deep bulk — pick it up without a second thought if you're building Eldrazi ramp. Demand is narrow enough that this price is stable; it's not a card that spikes.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.