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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.

To the air he had returned, bringing ruin, turning hope to despair, and victory to death.

5 / 3

Flying
Set
The Hobbit Eternal (HOC #21)
Rarity
Mythic
Mana value
6
Released
2026-08-14
Artist
Carl Critchlow
EDHREC rank
#7,402
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 0.31
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 73 %+70.3 %
  2. Nazgûl 70 %+69.3 %
  3. Ringwraiths 65 %+64.6 %
  4. Witch-king of Angmar 63 %+61.1 %
  5. Nazgûl Battle-Mace 58 %+56.9 %
  6. Claim the Precious 58 %+56.8 %
  7. Sam's Desperate Rescue 58 %+56.7 %
  8. Voracious Fell Beast 55 %+54.2 %
  9. Sauron, the Necromancer 50 %+49.7 %
  10. Barad-dûr 53 %+48.8 %
  11. Echoing Return 48 %+44.5 %
  12. Night's Whisper 68 %+42.2 %
  13. Gollum, Patient Plotter 43 %+41.6 %
  14. One Ring to Rule Them All 43 %+41.5 %
  15. Inherited Envelope 40 %+39.6 %
  16. Soul Shatter 48 %+36.0 %
  17. Vona's Hunger 38 %+33.1 %
  18. Go for the Throat 55 %+32.5 %
  19. Black Market 53 %+32.3 %
  20. Gollum, Scheming Guide 33 %+32.1 %
  21. Magus of the Coffers 38 %+31.2 %
  22. Wayfarer's Bauble 45 %+30.6 %
  23. Dreaded Bat-Cloud 30 %+29.6 %
  24. Read the Bones 45 %+29.2 %
  25. Street Wraith 30 %+29.1 %
  26. The Black Gate 33 %+29.0 %
  27. Swiftfoot Boots 60 %+28.5 %
  28. Revenge of Ravens 30 %+28.0 %
  29. Canoptek Wraith 30 %+27.7 %
  30. Troll of Khazad-dûm 30 %+27.5 %
  31. Merciless Executioner 35 %+27.4 %
  32. Deadly Rollick 53 %+26.9 %
  33. Archon of Cruelty 33 %+26.9 %
  34. Mithril Coat 33 %+26.9 %
  35. Liliana of the Dark Realms 40 %+26.4 %
  36. Sign in Blood 60 %+25.1 %
  37. Bog Wraith 25 %+24.9 %
  38. Burnished Hart 30 %+23.4 %
  39. Morbid Opportunist 48 %+23.3 %
  40. Myriad Landscape 48 %+23.2 %
  41. Massacre Wurm 40 %+22.8 %
  42. Crypt Incursion 25 %+22.6 %
  43. Mind Stone 50 %+22.3 %
  44. Uruk-hai Berserker 23 %+22.3 %
  45. March from the Black Gate 23 %+22.3 %
  46. Dunland Crebain 23 %+22.1 %
  47. Orcish Medicine 23 %+21.8 %
  48. Dread Presence 35 %+21.8 %
  49. Yahenni, Undying Partisan 28 %+21.5 %
  50. Commander's Sphere 28 %+19.8 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Swamp 100 %+4.7 %
  2. Sol Ring 80 %-5.4 %
  3. Call of the Ring 73 %+70.3 %
  4. Nazgûl 70 %+69.3 %
  5. Dark Ritual 68 %+0.2 %
  6. Night's Whisper 68 %+42.2 %
  7. Ringwraiths 65 %+64.6 %
  8. Witch-king of Angmar 63 %+61.1 %
  9. Swiftfoot Boots 60 %+28.5 %
  10. Arcane Signet 60 %-1.4 %
  11. Sign in Blood 60 %+25.1 %
  12. Jet Medallion 60 %-2.1 %
  13. Sam's Desperate Rescue 58 %+56.7 %
  14. Claim the Precious 58 %+56.8 %
  15. Nazgûl Battle-Mace 58 %+56.9 %
  16. Voracious Fell Beast 55 %+54.2 %
  17. Go for the Throat 55 %+32.5 %
  18. Bojuka Bog 55 %+7.8 %
  19. Barad-dûr 53 %+48.8 %
  20. Feed the Swarm 53 %+2.2 %
  21. Black Market 53 %+32.3 %
  22. Deadly Rollick 53 %+26.9 %
  23. Mind Stone 50 %+22.3 %
  24. Sauron, the Necromancer 50 %+49.7 %
  25. Soul Shatter 48 %+36.0 %
  26. Reanimate 48 %+6.6 %
  27. Echoing Return 48 %+44.5 %
  28. Morbid Opportunist 48 %+23.3 %
  29. Myriad Landscape 48 %+23.2 %
  30. Blood Artist 45 %+13.4 %
  31. Read the Bones 45 %+29.2 %
  32. Wayfarer's Bauble 45 %+30.6 %
  33. Bontu's Monument 43 %+14.6 %
  34. One Ring to Rule Them All 43 %+41.5 %
  35. Cabal Coffers 43 %-12.3 %
  36. Gollum, Patient Plotter 43 %+41.6 %
  37. Inherited Envelope 40 %+39.6 %
  38. Liliana of the Dark Realms 40 %+26.4 %
  39. Cabal Stronghold 40 %+6.0 %
  40. Crypt Ghast 40 %-6.9 %
  41. Massacre Wurm 40 %+22.8 %
  42. Gray Merchant of Asphodel 40 %-10.2 %
  43. Vona's Hunger 38 %+33.1 %
  44. Phyrexian Arena 38 %-1.7 %
  45. Magus of the Coffers 38 %+31.2 %
  46. Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth 35 %-2.7 %
  47. Merciless Executioner 35 %+27.4 %
  48. War Room 35 %+19.0 %
  49. Plaguecrafter 35 %+15.1 %
  50. Dread Presence 35 %+21.8 %

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 ↗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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