Is Undead Augur good in Commander?

Undead Augur in Commander — Combos, Decks & Price

Undead Augur turns every Zombie death into a card and a life payment — two mana for an engine that refuels you as fast as your graveyard fills. In Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver and any deck that manufactures Zombie tokens to sacrifice, the draw trigger fires constantly enough to make this a staple, not a consideration.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01

Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver

82.0% of decks · synergy 0.73

Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver creates a Decayed Zombie token whenever a non-Decayed Zombie dies, and those Decayed tokens must attack and then sacrifice themselves — meaning Undead Augur converts each mandatory sacrifice into a card, building a self-sustaining draw loop at the cost of 1 life per trigger.

02

Temmet, Naktamun's Will

76.5% of decks · synergy 0.71

Temmet, Naktamun's Will generates Zombie tokens aggressively and funnels them into combat, so Undead Augur catches the inevitable combat deaths and converts them into raw card advantage that keeps the board replenishing.

03

Zul Ashur, Lich Lord

73.3% of decks · synergy 0.69

Zul Ashur, Lich Lord wins by fielding and sacrificing Zombies at scale, and Undead Augur slots in as the payoff that rewards each sacrifice with a draw, keeping your hand full while the life-loss rider stays manageable in a life-total-matters shell.

04

Varina, Lich Queen

68.9% of decks · synergy 0.64

Varina, Lich Queen already draws cards through her attack trigger, and Undead Augur stacks a second draw layer onto every Zombie death so the deck rarely stalls — the life loss is negligible when Varina also gains life for each Zombie swinging.

05

Gisa, the Hellraiser

64.5% of decks · synergy 0.60

Gisa, the Hellraiser floods the board with Zombie tokens on attack, and Undead Augur ensures any of those tokens that die in combat or to removal translate directly into cards, turning board wipes from setbacks into draw engines.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

Format	Verdict
commander	legal
legacy	legal
modern	legal
pioneer	not legal
standard	not legal
vintage	legal
pauper	not legal
oathbreaker	legal

Undead Augur is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but Commander is where it earns its keep. In Modern and Legacy, two-mana creatures that draw cards only on death are too slow and conditional for the turn counts those formats demand — you'd need the Zombie type to matter heavily, and tribal synergy isn't a controlling factor in those metas. In Commander, the calculus flips entirely: games run long, Zombie tribal is one of the most popular archetypes, and a repeatable draw trigger stapled to a creature that costs two mana is genuinely powerful at a 40-life, multiplayer table. The 1-life payment per trigger adds up, but any deck running Undead Augur is already generating enough Zombie deaths to justify the tax.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.35 bulk tier

At $0.35, Undead Augur is deep bulk — you're picking up one of the more impactful two-mana tribal payoffs in Commander for the cost of a sleeve. Bulk rares with high inclusion rates in popular archetypes tend to stay cheap because supply from casual play is plentiful, so don't expect the price to move much, but there's no reason to hesitate on acquiring copies.