Legions of Lim-Dûl
Creature — Zombie
Snow swampwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a snow Swamp.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Coldsnap Theme Decks
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #30066
Legions of Lim-Dûl is a 2/3 for five mana that gets +1/+0 and first strike in snow — passable stats buried under a prohibitive cost. Five mana for a vanilla-adjacent creature is a hard sell in any powered environment, and the snow upside only matters if your whole mana base is already committed to that theme.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Legions of Lim-Dûl is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but sees near-zero competitive play in any of them. In Commander, snow-synergy decks — typically helmed by commanders that care about snow permanents — are the only shells where Legions of Lim-Dûl even gets considered, and even there it usually loses the slot to cheaper or more impactful snow creatures. Pauper is where the card is most plausible in theory, since the common card pool is thinner, but five mana for a 2/3 with conditional first strike still can't clear the bar when aggressive snow decks want cheaper threats.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Legions of Lim-Dûl is deep bulk — the price reflects its near-zero demand across every format it's legal in. Don't expect that to change; niche snow synergy isn't enough to move the needle on a card this outclassed on rate.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.