Tomb Blade
Artifact Creature — Necron
Flying
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player loses life equal to the number of creatures they control unless they sacrifice a creature of their choice.
Unearth 
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Warhammer 40,000 Commander
- Price
- $0.37
- EDHREC rank
- #16109
Tomb Blade enters the battlefield and immediately destroys a non-artifact, non-land permanent your opponent controls — no targeting restrictions beyond that, no hoops to jump through. The cost is three mana for a 2/3 body that sticks around, which is a reasonable rate when you're already in a black artifact shell built around Imotekh the Stormlord.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Imotekh the Stormlord
Imotekh the Stormlord cares about artifacts entering and leaving, and Tomb Blade is a recursive-friendly removal body that doubles as a threat — in a Necron shell where every artifact trigger matters, it earns its slot cleanly.
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 |
Tomb Blade is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but competitive Legacy and Vintage have no interest in a three-mana 2/3 with an enters-the-battlefield removal trigger when faster, cheaper answers exist. Commander is the real home: the format's slower pace lets the body matter, and artifact-tribal decks get extra mileage from the card type. Tomb Blade is a casual Commander card through and through — it does real work at that table and nowhere else.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.37 bulk tier
At $0.37, Tomb Blade sits firmly in bulk territory and is unlikely to climb without a reprint ban or sudden breakout demand. It's a low-risk pickup for any Necron or artifact-matters Commander deck.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.