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Warrior en-Kor

Creature — Kor Warrior Knight

{0}: The next 1 damage that would be dealt to this creature this turn is dealt to target creature you control instead.

CMC
2
Mana cost
{W}{W}
Color identity
W
Rarity
uncommon
Set
The List
Price
$0.30
EDHREC rank
#16010
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Warrior en-Kor card art
Warrior en-Kor redirects damage to a chosen creature for free, as many times per turn as you can activate it — and that zero-cost redirection is the entire point. Anti-Venom, Horrifying Healer turns each redirect into a poison counter and a life gain trigger, and Monk Gyatso can convert the damage ping into a card, making Warrior en-Kor the engine that makes both commanders go.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Anti-Venom, Horrifying Healer

Anti-Venom, Horrifying Healer

16.2% of decks · synergy 0.15

Anti-Venom, Horrifying Healer poisons opponents by redirecting damage to creatures that already have counters on them — and Warrior en-Kor's zero-cost, repeatable redirect is the cleanest way to flood that engine without paying mana or tapping resources each iteration.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Warrior en-Kor is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, and that's where its story begins and ends — it's too narrow and too slow for Legacy or Vintage, where the formats demand more from a one-drop. In Commander it earns its slot in specific combo and synergy shells that need repeatable, free damage redirection, particularly with commanders that reward each instance individually. Outside those targeted builds, it's a do-nothing 1/2 that sits in hand; inside them, it's the axle the whole machine turns on.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.30 bulk tier

At $0.30, Warrior en-Kor is firmly bulk — easy to pick up in any trade binder or bulk bin. It's a low-reprint, narrow card with a small but dedicated audience, so the floor is unlikely to drop further, but don't expect movement upward unless a new commander makes the redirect engine a mainstream build.

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