Morkrut Behemoth
Creature — Zombie Giant
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature or pay .
Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Foundations Jumpstart
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #20055
Morkrut Behemoth lands as a 7/6 with menace for six mana — real stats, real keyword, zero setup required as long as a creature died this turn. The cost is that the condition isn't always guaranteed, and seven mana for vanilla power in Commander is a hard sell when your graveyard synergies aren't already online.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Morkrut Behemoth is a Pauper-legal common, and that's where it has the most plausible home — black sacrifice and aristocrats shells in that format can reliably trigger the undying evil clause and close games with a 7/6 menace. In Commander, the bar for a six-mana creature is high: it needs to either win the game on entry, protect itself, or enable a combo, and Morkrut Behemoth does none of those things reliably enough to compete with the format's density of threats. Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer are non-starters — the card doesn't interact with those formats' engines at any meaningful rate.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Morkrut Behemoth is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard and shipping, not the card. That price is stable by definition: there's no demand pressure to push it up and no reprint risk to push it down.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.