Szarekh, the Silent King
Legendary Artifact Creature — Necron
Flying
My Will Be Done — Whenever Szarekh attacks, mill three cards. You may put an artifact creature card or Vehicle card from among the cards milled this way into your hand.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Warhammer 40,000 Commander
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #9990
Szarekh, the Silent King lands and immediately strips every opponent's hand of up to three cards while dropping Necron Warrior tokens onto your board — that's a Plague Wind for card advantage stapled to a threat. The cost is a six-mana legendary that does nothing if your opponents are already hellbent, so Imotekh the Stormlord shells that punish early hand sizes are where it earns its slot.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Imotekh the Stormlord
Imotekh the Stormlord is the natural home — Szarekh, the Silent King's forced discards fuel Imotekh's triggers, and the Warrior tokens Szarekh generates slot directly into the army Imotekh is already building, making the six-mana ask feel like two spells for one.
Trazyn the Infinite
Trazyn the Infinite values artifacts with activated abilities, and Szarekh, the Silent King's exile-and-discard trigger becomes copyable under Trazyn, letting you double-dip on hand disruption the turn Szarekh enters.
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 |
Commander is the only format where Szarekh, the Silent King is genuinely powerful — three opponents means up to nine cards exiled on entry, a swing wide enough to define a game state. In Legacy and Vintage, where it's technically legal, a six-mana sorcery-speed threat with no immediate board protection doesn't compete with the format's density of free interaction. Oathbreaker is legal but similarly punishing for a six-drop that folds to a single counterspell before its trigger resolves. Stay in Commander, specifically Necron tribal, and Szarekh pays for itself.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
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Current pricing data for Szarekh, the Silent King isn't available in this feed, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a live number before buying. As a mythic from a Universes Beyond Commander precon with a narrow tribal home, it tends to hold modest value — expect the price to reflect casual demand rather than competitive play.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.