Sautekh Immortal
Artifact Creature — Necron
Flash
Elite Troops — This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it for each creature that died this turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Warhammer 40,000 Commander
- Price
- $0.32
- EDHREC rank
- #15720
Sautekh Immortal lands as a recursive, indestructible beater that refuels your graveyard loop every time it dies and returns — the payoff is real, but a five-mana 4/4 has to earn its slot. Outside of dedicated Necron reanimation shells headlined by Imotekh the Stormlord, it's too slow and too parasitic to pull weight.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Imotekh the Stormlord
Imotekh the Stormlord's Reanimator engine turns every death trigger into a resource, and Sautekh Immortal's built-in recursion means it keeps cycling through the yard without Imotekh having to spend extra cards — one creature doing double duty as both threat and graveyard fodder.
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 |
Sautekh Immortal is a Commander card through and through — the recursive loop it enables needs a full game to matter, and 22% inclusion in Imotekh the Stormlord decks confirms it has a real home there. Legacy and Vintage are technically legal but offer zero reason to run a five-mana 4/4 with tribal restrictions over the format's actual threats. Oathbreaker follows the same logic: the card asks for a specific shell and a long game, neither of which that format reliably provides.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.32 bulk tier
At $0.32, Sautekh Immortal sits comfortably in bulk territory — easy to pick up as a four-of without thinking about it. Bulk Necron tribal pieces don't tend to spike unless the commander breaks out, so treat it as a cheap inclusion, not a hold.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.