Risen Executioner
Creature — Zombie Warrior
This creature can't block.
Other Zombie creatures you control get +1/+1.
You may cast this creature from your graveyard if you pay 
more to cast it for each other creature card in your graveyard.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Dragons of Tarkir
- Price
- $1.47
- EDHREC rank
- #14838
Risen Executioner gives every Zombie you control +1/+1 and can't block — a lord that also recurs itself from the graveyard at the cost of one extra mana per Zombie already there. In Ghoulcaller Gisa decks flooding the board with tokens, that recursion cost climbs fast, but the anthem effect is live the moment it enters and that's usually enough.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ghoulcaller Gisa
Ghoulcaller Gisa sacrifices creatures to generate Zombie tokens, and Risen Executioner turns that token flood into a board-wide stat boost — every new 2/2 Gisa makes is also a 3/3 the moment the Executioner is in play.
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 Risen Executioner actually sees play — Zombie tribal has enough critical mass there to keep the lord effect relevant and enough graveyard recursion to offset the escalating comeback cost. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, it loses out to cheaper, more efficient lords that don't brick on blocking; the self-recursion isn't reliable enough to justify the slot. Legacy has stronger options across the board and no reason to reach for it. Oathbreaker could theoretically support it in a Zombie shell, but the card's ceiling is a Commander table.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.47 cheap tier
At $1.47, Risen Executioner sits comfortably in the budget tier — cheap enough to throw into any Zombie build without deliberation. It's not a card that holds or grows value; it's plentiful and niche enough that the price is unlikely to move meaningfully in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.