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Lord Xander, the Collector

Legendary Creature — Vampire Demon Noble

When Lord Xander enters, target opponent discards half the cards in their hand, rounded down.
Whenever Lord Xander attacks, defending player mills half their library, rounded down.
When Lord Xander dies, target opponent sacrifices half the nonland permanents they control of their choice, rounded down.

CMC
7
Mana cost
{4}{U}{B}{R}
Color identity
BRU
Rarity
mythic
Set
Streets of New Capenna Promos
Price
$5.16
EDHREC rank
#7209
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Lord Xander, the Collector card art
Lord Xander, the Collector hits every opponent three times — hand, library, and battlefield — just by entering and dying, making it one of the most disruptive seven-drops in Commander. The cost is the mana: at 7 and triple-black-red, you need a deck that can reliably reach it and abuse the triggers repeatedly, or you're paying full price for a single round of disruption. Pair it with Bruvac the Grandiloquent to turn the mill trigger into a half-library wipe, or slot it under Be'lakor, the Dark Master to draw a card on top of every trigger.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Be'lakor, the Dark Master

Be'lakor, the Dark Master

39.6% of decks · synergy 0.36

Be'lakor, the Dark Master draws a card every time a Demon enters the battlefield, and Lord Xander, the Collector is a Demon — so you get a free card draw stapled to the three disruption triggers, and any reanimation loop turns Xander into a full card-advantage engine.

02
Sedris, the Traitor King

Sedris, the Traitor King

27.5% of decks · synergy 0.24

Sedris, the Traitor King grants Unearth to creatures in your graveyard, meaning Lord Xander, the Collector can re-enter at the end of an opponent's turn for three mana, fire all three discard-mill-sacrifice triggers again, and then exile itself — punishing opponents on repeat for minimal investment.

03
Evelyn, the Covetous

Evelyn, the Covetous

23.7% of decks · synergy 0.21

Evelyn, the Covetous lets you cast spells exiled from opponents' libraries whenever a Vampire enters, and Lord Xander, the Collector's mill trigger fills that exile zone — the two cards create a self-feeding loop where Xander's death trigger stocks Evelyn's resource pool.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Lord Xander, the Collector actually earns its mana cost: three opponents means three discard triggers, three mill triggers, and three sacrifice triggers on ETB and death, which in a single board state can strip hands, halve libraries, and clear blockers simultaneously. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer the card is legal but largely irrelevant — seven mana is not a realistic number in those formats, and the triggers affect only one opponent, making it a poor rate compared to what those formats are doing at the same cost. Oathbreaker offers a middle ground if you can build a dedicated reanimation shell to fire the triggers more than once, but the 20-life starting total compresses the game enough that you often won't reach turn seven in a contested pod. Stick to Commander.

Key Combos

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Budget Alternatives

Cheaper options that do most of the same work

Tergrid, God of Fright covers the discard-and-sacrifice angle at a lower mana cost and punishes opponents every time they lose permanents or discard, not just on your creature's ETB — the trade-off is no mill and no built-in death trigger, so the disruption is slower but more sustained. Syr Konrad, the Grim offers a cheaper mill-adjacent effect by pinging opponents whenever creatures leave graveyards, which pairs naturally with the sacrifice effects Lord Xander, the Collector generates, though it lacks the hand disruption and sacrifices the raw immediate impact for a longer-game drain plan.

Price Context

Current price

$5.16 mid tier

At $5.16, Lord Xander, the Collector sits in the mid tier — expensive enough to matter for budget deckbuilders, cheap enough that it's not a barrier for most Commander tables. The price reflects steady casual demand rather than competitive play, so it's unlikely to spike unless a powerful new reanimation or Demon synergy card pushes it, but equally unlikely to crater given how broadly playable it is across Grixis and black-heavy Commander shells.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.