Krond the Dawn-Clad
Legendary Creature — Archon
Flying, vigilance
Whenever Krond attacks, if it's enchanted, exile target permanent.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GW
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Planechase 2012
- Price
- $0.68
- EDHREC rank
- #20463
Krond the Dawn-Clad exiles a permanent every time an Aura you control attaches to it — a repeating, triggered removal engine stapled to a 6/6 vigilance body. The cost is six mana and a green-white identity that demands an Aura-heavy build, which is a real deckbuilding constraint; Gylwain, Casting Director solves that constraint almost automatically by generating Role tokens on cast.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Gylwain, Casting Director
Gylwain, Casting Director creates Role Aura tokens whenever you cast creatures, which means every creature spell you play can trigger Krond the Dawn-Clad's exile ability — turning a normal board development sequence into a steady stream of removal.
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 |
Krond the Dawn-Clad is a Commander card through and through — its trigger rewards the kind of Aura-stacking and creature-centric play that the 100-card singleton format enables, and six mana is far more acceptable when games routinely go long. In Legacy and Vintage, where it's technically legal, nothing about it is competitive — six mana for a creature that needs Auras to do anything is not where those formats operate. Oathbreaker is the only other format worth mentioning, and even there, Krond sits at the higher end of the curve for a format that rewards lower-to-the-ground strategies.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.68 bulk tier
At $0.68, Krond the Dawn-Clad is firmly bulk — easy to pick up without any budget consideration. Bulk rares with niche Commander homes tend to stay in this range, so don't expect movement unless an Aura-synergy commander spikes interest in the archetype.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Gylwain, Casting Director
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.