Kulrath Knight
Creature — Elemental Knight
Flying
Wither (This deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters.)
Creatures your opponents control with counters on them can't attack or block.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BR
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander
- Price
- $0.27
- EDHREC rank
- #6014
Kulrath Knight locks down every creature with a counter on it — wither and persist creatures, proliferate targets, anything your opponents have been buffing — which in the right deck is effectively a one-sided board freeze. The four-mana 2/2 body is undersized, but The Scorpion God erases that complaint by turning every -1/-1 counter into card advantage and a removal engine.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
The Scorpion God
The Scorpion God distributes -1/-1 counters constantly, so Kulrath Knight converts that damage output into a permanent soft lock — opponents can't attack or block with anything The Scorpion God has already touched, and the card-draw trigger keeps the engine fueled.
Auntie Ool, Cursewretch
Auntie Ool, Cursewretch puts bounty counters on opponents' creatures, and Kulrath Knight transforms those into tap-down anchors, meaning the creatures Auntie Ool marks are stuck doing nothing until the bounty resolves.
The Reaper, King No More
The Reaper, King No More proliferates and stacks counters across the board, and Kulrath Knight punishes every creature that accumulates them — turning The Reaper's counter distribution into blanket stax.
Mathas, Fiend Seeker
Mathas, Fiend Seeker places bounty counters on opponents' creatures each turn, and Kulrath Knight quietly turns every bounty target into a creature that can't attack or block, extending Mathas's threat-tagging into actual board control.
Xira, the Golden Sting
Xira, the Golden Sting puts egg counters on players and creatures, and Kulrath Knight taxes anything those counters land on — making Xira's slow poison game even harder for opponents to fight through.
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 |
Commander is where Kulrath Knight actually earns its slot, specifically in -1/-1 counter and proliferate strategies where it can lock down three or four opponents' boards simultaneously. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but irrelevant — a four-mana 2/2 with a situational static ability doesn't compete in those formats. Modern has the tools that could theoretically support it, but wither-based strategies lack the density there to make the lock consistent, and the card sees no meaningful play. Kulrath Knight is a Commander-only card in practice.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.27 bulk tier
At $0.27, Kulrath Knight is deep bulk — you're picking this up out of a dollar bin or bundled in a collection. That price is stable because demand is narrow and concentrated in a single archetype, so don't expect movement in either direction.
Explore
Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.