Kulrath Zealot
Creature — Elemental Warrior
When this creature enters, exile the top card of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play that card.
Basic landcycling 
(, Discard this card: Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Lorwyn Eclipsed
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #20081
Kulrath Zealot shuts down every creature with a counter on it — no attacking, no blocking — which in a wither, infect, or proliferate shell is effectively a one-sided Ghostly Prison stapled to a body. Four mana for a 2/2 is a bad rate, but the lock effect is strong enough that the cost is the only real argument against it.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Kulrath Zealot earns its slot specifically in -1/-1 counter and infect decks, where opponents' creatures pick up counters incidentally and the lockout becomes one-sided almost immediately. Outside that synergy context, a 2/2 for four with a conditional effect is too slow and too narrow for a 100-card singleton format. In Pauper it's legal but irrelevant — the format lacks the counter-synergy density to make the ability live, and four mana for a 2/2 is simply unplayable there. Modern, Pioneer, and Legacy have faster, more efficient ways to disrupt combat, so Kulrath Zealot sees no competitive play in any of them.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Kulrath Zealot is deep bulk — grab a copy out of any dollar bin without a second thought. The price reflects its narrow application: it's a strong include in the specific decks that want it, but demand will never push it off the bulk floor.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.