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Syr Konrad, the Grim

Legendary Creature — Human Knight

Whenever another creature dies, or a creature card is put into a graveyard from anywhere other than the battlefield, or a creature card leaves your graveyard, Syr Konrad deals 1 damage to each opponent.
{1}{B}: Each player mills a card. (They each put the top card of their library into their graveyard.)

CMC
5
Mana cost
{3}{B}{B}
Color identity
B
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Modern Horizons 3 Commander
Price
$0.91
EDHREC rank
#249
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Syr Konrad, the Grim card art
Syr Konrad, the Grim drains every opponent for one whenever a creature dies or leaves a graveyard — in a four-player pod, that's three damage per trigger before you've done anything else. The five-mana body is the cost, and it's worth paying; commanders like Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir run The Mindskinner in the same slot and reach for Syr Konrad first because the passive drain is simply harder to ignore.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir

Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir

61.9% of decks · synergy 0.56

Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir mills creatures into graveyards on every combat, turning each hit into a free Syr Konrad, the Grim trigger — the two cards form the deck's primary drain engine without requiring any additional setup.

02
Lord Xander, the Collector

Lord Xander, the Collector

49.7% of decks · synergy 0.47

Lord Xander, the Collector forces opponents to sacrifice creatures and discard cards, and Syr Konrad, the Grim converts every forced sacrifice into a drain trigger that the deck would otherwise lose entirely.

03
The Mycotyrant

The Mycotyrant

57.3% of decks · synergy 0.45

The Mycotyrant generates a continuous stream of Fungus tokens that die as fodder or trade in combat, and Syr Konrad, the Grim transforms that disposable board presence into a consistent life-loss clock across the table.

04
Disa the Restless

Disa the Restless

54.3% of decks · synergy 0.44

Disa the Restless puts Lhurgoyf creatures directly into the graveyard and retrieves them repeatedly, giving Syr Konrad, the Grim repeated enter-and-leave triggers off the same creatures as the loop restarts.

05
Mirko, Obsessive Theorist

Mirko, Obsessive Theorist

54.7% of decks · synergy 0.42

Mirko, Obsessive Theorist mills opponents' libraries every combat step, and Syr Konrad, the Grim fires a drain trigger for each creature that hits an opponent's graveyard that way — the two commanders share an identical win condition.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Syr Konrad, the Grim genuinely thrives: three opponents mean every trigger drains for three, and the graveyard churn inherent to the format — self-mill, reanimation, sacrifice loops — generates triggers without any extra investment. In Legacy and Vintage the card is legal but irrelevant; five mana is too slow for formats that end games before it resolves, and the drain rate can't compete with the raw efficiency available there. Modern and Pioneer are theoretically possible homes, but the same problem applies — Syr Konrad, the Grim wants a wide board of dying creatures and multiple opponents, conditions those formats rarely provide. Oathbreaker gives it a second home where the 20-life starting total and two-player dynamic make the drain speed meaningful, especially if the signature spell accelerates its deployment.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.91 bulk tier

At $0.91, Syr Konrad, the Grim sits firmly in bulk territory despite appearing in over 17,000 Commander decks on EDHREC. Multiple printings have kept supply high enough that the price is unlikely to climb, which makes it one of the cleaner "just buy one" pickups — no buylist hunting required.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.