Looter il-Kor
Creature — Kor Rogue
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
Whenever this creature deals damage to an opponent, draw a card, then discard a card.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Time Spiral Remastered
- Price
- $0.29
- EDHREC rank
- #5382
Looter il-Kor attacks unblocked every turn thanks to shadow, drawing a card and discarding one on each hit — repeatable looting stapled to a two-mana evasion creature is a genuine engine, not a filler slot. The cost is the body itself: a 1/1 dies to a stiff breeze, and in Commander, a single board wipe ends the loop.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Octavia, Living Thesis
Octavia, Living Thesis turns every instant and sorcery you cast into a pump effect, and Looter il-Kor's shadow means those 8/8 tokens attack into virtually nothing — the looting fuels the spell count while the shadow ensures the payoff connects.
Edric, Spymaster of Trest
Edric, Spymaster of Trest rewards every unblocked attacker with a card, and Looter il-Kor attacks unblocked by default — the two stack into double card advantage on the same creature every combat.
Kamiz, Obscura Oculus
Kamiz, Obscura Oculus wants the first attacker each turn to be unblockable so it can connive, and Looter il-Kor's shadow makes it a reliable candidate — the looting also accelerates the graveyard and hand manipulation that Kamiz decks are built around.
Anowon, the Ruin Thief
Anowon, the Ruin Thief triggers mill whenever a Rogue deals combat damage, and Looter il-Kor is a Rogue that almost never gets blocked — it contributes to the mill plan while keeping cards flowing through the loot trigger.
Sygg, River Cutthroat
Sygg, River Cutthroat draws a card whenever any player loses three or more life in a turn, and Looter il-Kor keeps hitting for one while looting — in a deck full of small unblockable threats, it pulls its weight on both the damage and card-velocity axes.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Looter il-Kor is a bulk role-player in Commander, where its shadow evasion matters most in niche synergy decks — Edric, Octavia, Anowon — and falls off in open-attack metas where shadow creatures trade freely. In Legacy and Vintage it sees essentially no play; two mana for a 1/1 looper can't compete with the raw power density of those formats. Pauper is the more interesting case: shadow is a legitimate evasion mechanic at common, and a repeatable loot engine at two mana has historically been worth evaluating, though it competes with a deep pool of efficient blue card-selection. It's legal in Oathbreaker and functional there under a spell-slinging signature that rewards the looting loop.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.29 bulk tier
At $0.29, Looter il-Kor is pure bulk — pick it up from any common bin or as a throw-in with any order. That price is stable; it's not going lower, but there's no demand spike coming either.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.