Lucius the Eternal
Legendary Creature — Astartes Warrior
Haste
Armour of Shrieking Souls — When Lucius the Eternal dies, exile it and choose target creature an opponent controls. When that creature leaves the battlefield, return this card from exile to the battlefield under its owner's control.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BR
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Warhammer 40,000 Commander
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #15522
Lucius the Eternal turns every death trigger into a treasure, stacking value at a rate that snowballs fast once you have a sacrifice outlet online. The cost is a four-mana creature in black-red that does nothing the turn it enters — pair it with Pitiless Plunderer or slot it under Abaddon the Despoiler and the payoff is immediate; run it naked and it's just a body waiting to be answered.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Abaddon the Despoiler
Abaddon the Despoiler rewards you for dealing damage with spells, and Lucius the Eternal converts the treasure pile that engine generates into even more mana to cascade deeper — the two cards form a self-reinforcing loop where each treasure funds another spell that feeds Abaddon's trigger.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Lucius the Eternal is a Commander card through and through — four mana for a passive value engine is well below the bar in Legacy or Vintage, where the game ends before the treasure count matters. In Commander, the multiplayer lifespan gives Lucius time to generate a meaningful board state, and the death-trigger density in most black-red pods means the ability fires constantly. Legacy and Vintage legality is technically true but practically irrelevant; Lucius the Eternal belongs in the 99 of a sacrifice or aristocrats Commander deck, not a 60-card competitive shell.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Lucius the EternalPitiless PlundererAttrition
Destroy all nonblack creatures that enter the battlefield under an opponent's control; Destroy all nonblack creatures opponents control; Lock
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Lucius the EternalGenesis ChamberConfusion in the RanksGoblin Bombardment
Gain control of all artifacts; Gain control of all creatures
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Lucius the EternalGenesis ChamberConfusion in the RanksBlasting Station
Gain control of all artifacts; Gain control of all creatures
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Current price
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Current pricing data for Lucius the Eternal isn't available in this snapshot, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a live number. As a Warhammer 40,000 Commander-exclusive card, supply is fixed — prices on cards from that product line tend to hold or drift upward as demand from new players building around Abaddon the Despoiler persists.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.