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Balthor the Defiled
USD $16.15
USD foil $15.69
EUR €9.73

Balthor the Defiled

{2}{B}{B}

Legendary Creature — Zombie Dwarf

Minion creatures get +1/+1.

{B}{B}{B}, Exile Balthor: Each player returns all black and all red creature cards from their graveyard to the battlefield.

He was once one of the mightiest pit fighters alive. That description is still mostly accurate.

2 / 2

Set
Secret Lair Drop (SLD #462)
Rarity
Rare
Mana value
4
Released
2022-04-12
Artist
Wayne Reynolds
EDHREC rank
#9,272
Colour identity
{B}
Finishes
Nonfoil, Foil
Served from
Local database

Commander bracket

1 +
Fits any bracket
No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.

Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules

EDHREC

Salt Score 0.00
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Can be your commander
Recursion

Combos 2

Dual Nature+Balthor the Defiled+Basal Sliver
{B}{G}
Infinite black manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Dual Nature+Balthor the Defiled+Blood Vassal
{B}{G}
Infinite black manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗

Commander recommendations

Top synergy 50

Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.

  1. Buried Alive 72 %+59.3 %
  2. Stitcher's Supplier 64 %+58.4 %
  3. Songs of the Damned 61 %+55.6 %
  4. Crypt of Agadeem 56 %+44.7 %
  5. Stinkweed Imp 47 %+44.7 %
  6. Living Death 54 %+43.7 %
  7. Vile Entomber 47 %+41.1 %
  8. Ripples of Undeath 47 %+40.3 %
  9. Doom Whisperer 44 %+40.2 %
  10. Undead Butler 40 %+37.7 %
  11. Entomb 50 %+37.6 %
  12. Bog Witch 36 %+34.0 %
  13. Mogis's Marauder 35 %+33.9 %
  14. Abhorrent Overlord 37 %+32.9 %
  15. Golgari Thug 34 %+32.3 %
  16. Mire Triton 34 %+31.8 %
  17. Angel of Suffering 33 %+31.6 %
  18. Gray Merchant of Asphodel 82 %+31.4 %
  19. Altar of Dementia 36 %+30.6 %
  20. Mesmeric Orb 33 %+29.9 %
  21. Overeager Apprentice 31 %+29.6 %
  22. Mikaeus, the Unhallowed 37 %+29.1 %
  23. Syr Konrad, the Grim 49 %+29.1 %
  24. Massacre Wurm 46 %+28.8 %
  25. Dakmor Salvage 28 %+26.2 %
  26. Shriekmaw 28 %+25.2 %
  27. Millikin 28 %+24.9 %
  28. Soldevi Adnate 29 %+24.5 %
  29. Out of the Tombs 27 %+23.4 %
  30. Carrion Feeder 35 %+22.8 %
  31. Priest of Gix 24 %+22.2 %
  32. Skirge Familiar 27 %+22.0 %
  33. Cabal Ritual 41 %+21.8 %
  34. Gorging Vulture 22 %+21.5 %
  35. K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth 41 %+21.5 %
  36. Razaketh, the Foulblooded 27 %+21.4 %
  37. Animate Dead 38 %+21.0 %
  38. Ayara, First of Locthwain 46 %+20.9 %
  39. Perpetual Timepiece 22 %+20.7 %
  40. Morality Shift 21 %+20.4 %
  41. Cemetery Tampering 22 %+20.2 %
  42. Culling the Weak 36 %+17.7 %
  43. Rune-Scarred Demon 22 %+17.6 %
  44. Chainer, Dementia Master 22 %+17.4 %
  45. Blood Pet 25 %+17.3 %
  46. Sidisi, Undead Vizier 21 %+17.1 %
  47. Ravenous Chupacabra 21 %+16.8 %
  48. Overlord of the Balemurk 18 %+16.1 %
  49. Corpse Connoisseur 16 %+15.8 %
  50. Dreadhound 17 %+15.7 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Swamp 94 %-1.5 %
  2. Gray Merchant of Asphodel 82 %+31.4 %
  3. Sol Ring 79 %-6.2 %
  4. Buried Alive 72 %+59.3 %
  5. Dark Ritual 70 %+2.9 %
  6. Cabal Coffers 66 %+11.2 %
  7. Stitcher's Supplier 64 %+58.4 %
  8. Songs of the Damned 61 %+55.6 %
  9. Jet Medallion 60 %-2.0 %
  10. Crypt of Agadeem 56 %+44.7 %
  11. Living Death 54 %+43.7 %
  12. Crypt Ghast 54 %+6.9 %
  13. Bojuka Bog 52 %+4.6 %
  14. Entomb 50 %+37.6 %
  15. Reanimate 50 %+9.1 %
  16. Arcane Signet 50 %-11.8 %
  17. Syr Konrad, the Grim 49 %+29.1 %
  18. Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth 47 %+9.6 %
  19. Vile Entomber 47 %+41.1 %
  20. Stinkweed Imp 47 %+44.7 %
  21. Ripples of Undeath 47 %+40.3 %
  22. Massacre Wurm 46 %+28.8 %
  23. Ayara, First of Locthwain 46 %+20.9 %
  24. Doom Whisperer 44 %+40.2 %
  25. Feed the Swarm 43 %-7.1 %
  26. K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth 41 %+21.5 %
  27. Cabal Ritual 41 %+21.8 %
  28. Undead Butler 40 %+37.7 %
  29. Animate Dead 38 %+21.0 %
  30. Toxic Deluge 38 %+0.8 %
  31. Phyrexian Tower 37 %+11.1 %
  32. Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx 37 %+7.7 %
  33. Abhorrent Overlord 37 %+32.9 %
  34. Mikaeus, the Unhallowed 37 %+29.1 %
  35. Accursed Marauder 36 %+14.3 %
  36. Altar of Dementia 36 %+30.6 %
  37. Bog Witch 36 %+34.0 %
  38. Phyrexian Arena 36 %-3.2 %
  39. Culling the Weak 36 %+17.7 %
  40. Victimize 35 %+7.4 %
  41. Carrion Feeder 35 %+22.8 %
  42. Mogis's Marauder 35 %+33.9 %
  43. Golgari Thug 34 %+32.3 %
  44. Cabal Stronghold 34 %+0.1 %
  45. Mire Triton 34 %+31.8 %
  46. Angel of Suffering 33 %+31.6 %
  47. Mesmeric Orb 33 %+29.9 %
  48. Overeager Apprentice 31 %+29.6 %
  49. Damnation 29 %+8.9 %
  50. Soldevi Adnate 29 %+24.5 %

Format legality

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Not legal
Modern Not legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Commander Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Brawl Not legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Historic Not legal
Timeless Not legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Not legal
Premodern Legal
PreDH Legal
Pauper EDH Not legal
Old School Not legal
Future Not legal
Gladiator Not legal
All printingsScryfall ↗Edhrec ↗

Rulings

  • 2013-07-01

    You can only activate this ability if Balthor the Defiled is on the battlefield.

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