Undead Executioner
Creature — Zombie
When this creature dies, you may have target creature get -2/-2 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Avacyn Restored
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #28872
Undead Executioner trades itself for a creature when it dies, and if you can arrange a second death trigger, it takes out a second target — that's two removal events stapled to one body. The cost is four mana for a 2/2, which is genuinely bad rate unless your deck actively wants creatures dying.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Undead Executioner is bulk-rare territory in every constructed format — four mana for a 2/2 with conditional removal doesn't compete in Legacy, Vintage, or Modern, where interaction needs to cost one or two mana at most. Pauper has better sacrifice payoffs at lower costs, so it doesn't slot in there either. Commander is where Undead Executioner actually earns a slot: aristocrats and sacrifice commanders can trigger it repeatedly, and the two-removal ceiling becomes live when you have free sacrifice outlets on board.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Undead Executioner is deep bulk — grab a copy out of any commons box without thinking twice. Bulk commons don't appreciate, but that's irrelevant when the card costs less than a sleeve.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.