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Witch-king, Bringer of Ruin
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Witch-king, Bringer of Ruin

{4}{B}{B}

Legendary Creature — Wraith Noble

Flying

Whenever Witch-king attacks, defending player sacrifices a creature with the least power among creatures they control.

"No living man may hinder me!"

5 / 3

Flying
Set
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR #391)
Rarity
Rare
Mana value
6
Released
2023-06-23
Artist
Denman Rooke
EDHREC rank
#7,447
Colour identity
{B}
Finishes
Nonfoil
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 0.76
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Can be your commander
Removal

Combos

Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.

Commander recommendations

Top synergy 50

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

  1. Call of the Ring 76 %+73.4 %
  2. Nazgûl 73 %+72.5 %
  3. Ringwraiths 68 %+67.9 %
  4. Witch-king of Angmar 66 %+64.5 %
  5. Nazgûl Battle-Mace 59 %+58.0 %
  6. Voracious Fell Beast 59 %+57.7 %
  7. Claim the Precious 56 %+55.4 %
  8. Sam's Desperate Rescue 56 %+55.3 %
  9. Sauron, the Necromancer 51 %+50.9 %
  10. Barad-dûr 54 %+50.0 %
  11. Echoing Return 46 %+43.5 %
  12. One Ring to Rule Them All 44 %+42.9 %
  13. Night's Whisper 68 %+42.5 %
  14. Gollum, Patient Plotter 41 %+40.6 %
  15. Inherited Envelope 39 %+38.7 %
  16. Soul Shatter 46 %+35.1 %
  17. Black Market 54 %+33.5 %
  18. The Black Gate 37 %+33.1 %
  19. Vona's Hunger 37 %+32.4 %
  20. Gollum, Scheming Guide 32 %+31.3 %
  21. Go for the Throat 54 %+31.1 %
  22. Wayfarer's Bauble 44 %+29.8 %
  23. Swiftfoot Boots 61 %+29.7 %
  24. Merciless Executioner 37 %+28.8 %
  25. Mithril Coat 34 %+28.6 %
  26. Read the Bones 44 %+28.5 %
  27. Street Wraith 29 %+28.4 %
  28. Magus of the Coffers 34 %+28.0 %
  29. Deadly Rollick 54 %+27.9 %
  30. Revenge of Ravens 29 %+27.3 %
  31. Canoptek Wraith 29 %+27.1 %
  32. Troll of Khazad-dûm 29 %+26.8 %
  33. Minas Morgul, Dark Fortress 29 %+26.2 %
  34. Archon of Cruelty 32 %+25.8 %
  35. Yahenni, Undying Partisan 32 %+25.6 %
  36. Liliana of the Dark Realms 39 %+25.5 %
  37. Myriad Landscape 49 %+24.9 %
  38. Silence the Echo 25 %+24.7 %
  39. Bog Wraith 24 %+24.3 %
  40. March from the Black Gate 24 %+24.1 %
  41. Morbid Opportunist 49 %+24.1 %
  42. Sign in Blood 59 %+23.7 %
  43. Mind Stone 51 %+23.7 %
  44. Burnished Hart 29 %+22.8 %
  45. Crypt Incursion 24 %+22.1 %
  46. Uruk-hai Berserker 22 %+21.7 %
  47. Morgul-Knife Wound 22 %+21.7 %
  48. Massacre Wurm 39 %+21.7 %
  49. Dunland Crebain 22 %+21.6 %
  50. Dread Presence 34 %+21.4 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Swamp 100 %+4.6 %
  2. Sol Ring 78 %-7.3 %
  3. Call of the Ring 76 %+73.4 %
  4. Nazgûl 73 %+72.5 %
  5. Ringwraiths 68 %+67.9 %
  6. Night's Whisper 68 %+42.5 %
  7. Witch-king of Angmar 66 %+64.5 %
  8. Jet Medallion 63 %+1.5 %
  9. Dark Ritual 63 %-4.0 %
  10. Swiftfoot Boots 61 %+29.7 %
  11. Arcane Signet 61 %-0.5 %
  12. Sign in Blood 59 %+23.7 %
  13. Voracious Fell Beast 59 %+57.7 %
  14. Nazgûl Battle-Mace 59 %+58.0 %
  15. Feed the Swarm 56 %+5.9 %
  16. Claim the Precious 56 %+55.4 %
  17. Sam's Desperate Rescue 56 %+55.3 %
  18. Bojuka Bog 56 %+8.5 %
  19. Go for the Throat 54 %+31.1 %
  20. Deadly Rollick 54 %+27.9 %
  21. Black Market 54 %+33.5 %
  22. Barad-dûr 54 %+50.0 %
  23. Sauron, the Necromancer 51 %+50.9 %
  24. Mind Stone 51 %+23.7 %
  25. Myriad Landscape 49 %+24.9 %
  26. Morbid Opportunist 49 %+24.1 %
  27. Reanimate 49 %+7.7 %
  28. Blood Artist 46 %+14.6 %
  29. Echoing Return 46 %+43.5 %
  30. Soul Shatter 46 %+35.1 %
  31. Wayfarer's Bauble 44 %+29.8 %
  32. Bontu's Monument 44 %+15.6 %
  33. One Ring to Rule Them All 44 %+42.9 %
  34. Read the Bones 44 %+28.5 %
  35. Gollum, Patient Plotter 41 %+40.6 %
  36. Cabal Coffers 41 %-13.2 %
  37. Crypt Ghast 39 %-7.6 %
  38. Massacre Wurm 39 %+21.7 %
  39. Gray Merchant of Asphodel 39 %-11.3 %
  40. Inherited Envelope 39 %+38.7 %
  41. Liliana of the Dark Realms 39 %+25.5 %
  42. Cabal Stronghold 39 %+5.3 %
  43. Charcoal Diamond 37 %+15.0 %
  44. Merciless Executioner 37 %+28.8 %
  45. Plaguecrafter 37 %+16.5 %
  46. Vona's Hunger 37 %+32.4 %
  47. The Black Gate 37 %+33.1 %
  48. War Room 37 %+20.6 %
  49. Dread Presence 34 %+21.4 %
  50. Solemn Simulacrum 34 %+13.6 %

Format legality

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

Rulings

  • 2023-06-16

    If the defending player controls two or more creatures tied for the least power among creatures they control, that player chooses one of them to sacrifice.

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