Lukka, Bound to Ruin
Legendary Planeswalker — Lukka
Compleated ({R/G/P} can be paid with 
, 
, or 2 life. If life was paid, this planeswalker enters with two fewer loyalty counters.)
+1: Add . Spend this mana only to cast creature spells or activate abilities of creatures.
−1: Create a 3/3 green Phyrexian Beast creature token with toxic 1.
−4: Lukka deals X damage divided as you choose among any number of target creatures and/or planeswalkers, where X is the greatest power among creatures you control as you activate this ability.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
{R/G/P}- Color identity
- GR
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Phyrexia: All Will Be One
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #13051
Lukka, Bound to Ruin enters with a relevant body attached — a 3/3 creature token that immediately applies pressure — and his abilities push a creature-heavy game plan forward from turn one. The cost is that his loyalty starts low enough that he dies to a stiff breeze, so you need a board to protect him.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Lukka, Bound to Ruin gets the most mileage — creature-token strategies and Gruul stompy shells want the combination of ramp, creature creation, and the threat of his ultimate, and the singleton format makes his synergy density easier to build around. In Pioneer and Modern he's competing against a much tighter curve of planeswalkers and proactive threats, and a three-loyalty walker that needs protection tends to get punished in those formats before he can generate value. Legacy and Vintage have enough efficient answers that he rarely survives long enough to matter. Oathbreaker is worth noting as a format where Lukka can serve as the planeswalker commander himself, letting you build the entire 58-card package around his game plan from the start.
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Current pricing data for Lukka, Bound to Ruin isn't available in this snapshot, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a live number. Given his niche role in Commander and limited competitive presence, he tends to sit in the budget-to-mid range — worth picking up if the price reflects that, less so if he's been inflated by recent attention.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.