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Killian, Ink Duelist
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Killian, Ink Duelist

{W}{B}

Legendary Creature — Human Warlock

Lifelink

Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)

Spells you cast that target a creature cost {2} less to cast.

"When your father is Dean Embrose, second best really isn't an option."

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LifelinkMenace
Set
Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC #317)
Rarity
Uncommon
Mana value
2
Released
2026-04-24
Artist
Ryan Pancoast
EDHREC rank
#3,415
Colour identity
{B}{W}
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 0.28
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Can be your commander

Combos 6

Killian, Ink Duelist+Ghostly Flicker+Archaeomancer
{W}{U}{B}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite storm count
5 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Killian, Ink Duelist+Fallen Ideal+Monastery Mentor+Pitiless Plunderer
{W}{B}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite storm countInfinitely large creature until end of turn
4 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Killian, Ink Duelist+Enduring Renewal+Phyrexian Altar+Cubwarden
{W}{B}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite storm count
1 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Killian, Ink Duelist+Ghostly Flicker+Scholar of the Ages
{W}{U}{B}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite storm countReturn all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand
0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Killian, Ink Duelist+Ghostly Flicker+Salvager of Secrets
{W}{U}{B}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite storm count
0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Killian, Ink Duelist+Ghostly Flicker+Mnemonic Wall
{W}{U}{B}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite storm count
0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗

Commander recommendations

Top synergy 50

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

  1. Sage's Reverie 68 %+60.4 %
  2. All That Glitters 68 %+60.1 %
  3. Unquestioned Authority 61 %+58.1 %
  4. Ethereal Armor 65 %+57.8 %
  5. Sram, Senior Edificer 66 %+56.0 %
  6. Battle Mastery 56 %+55.0 %
  7. Mesa Enchantress 63 %+54.7 %
  8. Timely Ward 58 %+52.8 %
  9. Mantle of the Ancients 55 %+52.3 %
  10. Kor Spiritdancer 59 %+51.6 %
  11. Light of Promise 54 %+51.5 %
  12. Angelic Destiny 55 %+50.2 %
  13. Astarion's Thirst 48 %+45.4 %
  14. Pearl-Ear, Imperial Advisor 50 %+43.5 %
  15. Winds of Rath 48 %+42.3 %
  16. Angelic Gift 45 %+41.3 %
  17. Chains of Custody 43 %+40.7 %
  18. Spirit Mantle 46 %+40.3 %
  19. Eidolon of Countless Battles 44 %+40.2 %
  20. Utter End 51 %+40.1 %
  21. Heliod's Pilgrim 42 %+39.1 %
  22. Sunbond 38 %+36.7 %
  23. Edge of the Divinity 38 %+36.6 %
  24. Cost of Brilliance 38 %+36.4 %
  25. Tempest Technique 37 %+35.8 %
  26. Curtains' Call 35 %+34.7 %
  27. Silverquill Command 34 %+33.1 %
  28. Hateful Eidolon 40 %+33.0 %
  29. Light-Paws, Emperor's Voice 37 %+32.8 %
  30. Open the Armory 37 %+32.6 %
  31. Feather of Flight 35 %+32.2 %
  32. Grisly Transformation 33 %+32.2 %
  33. Shelter 33 %+32.0 %
  34. Retether 36 %+31.2 %
  35. Darksteel Mutation 41 %+30.8 %
  36. Dark Dabbling 31 %+30.4 %
  37. Agent of the Fates 31 %+30.0 %
  38. Umbra Mystic 31 %+29.9 %
  39. Songbirds' Blessing 35 %+29.5 %
  40. Blessing of Leeches 30 %+29.5 %
  41. Holy Mantle 30 %+29.1 %
  42. Hyena Umbra 31 %+28.1 %
  43. Pentarch Ward 28 %+27.4 %
  44. Phyresis 28 %+26.4 %
  45. Informed Inkwright 29 %+26.1 %
  46. Spectra Ward 27 %+26.1 %
  47. Stirring Hopesinger 28 %+25.7 %
  48. Abstruse Appropriation 28 %+25.6 %
  49. Crib Swap 26 %+24.9 %
  50. General's Enforcer 28 %+24.9 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Plains 98 %+0.2 %
  2. Swamp 98 %-0.1 %
  3. Command Tower 85 %-1.0 %
  4. Arcane Signet 70 %-9.7 %
  5. All That Glitters 68 %+60.1 %
  6. Sage's Reverie 68 %+60.4 %
  7. Sram, Senior Edificer 66 %+56.0 %
  8. Ethereal Armor 65 %+57.8 %
  9. Isolated Chapel 65 %-3.2 %
  10. Mesa Enchantress 63 %+54.7 %
  11. Sol Ring 62 %-21.9 %
  12. Unquestioned Authority 61 %+58.1 %
  13. Caves of Koilos 61 %+2.8 %
  14. Kor Spiritdancer 59 %+51.6 %
  15. Timely Ward 58 %+52.8 %
  16. Battle Mastery 56 %+55.0 %
  17. Angelic Destiny 55 %+50.2 %
  18. Mantle of the Ancients 55 %+52.3 %
  19. Light of Promise 54 %+51.5 %
  20. Shineshadow Snarl 51 %+8.7 %
  21. Utter End 51 %+40.1 %
  22. Pearl-Ear, Imperial Advisor 50 %+43.5 %
  23. Tainted Field 50 %+0.6 %
  24. Orzhov Signet 50 %-2.4 %
  25. Astarion's Thirst 48 %+45.4 %
  26. Winds of Rath 48 %+42.3 %
  27. Spirit Mantle 46 %+40.3 %
  28. Talisman of Hierarchy 45 %-8.3 %
  29. Angelic Gift 45 %+41.3 %
  30. Generous Gift 44 %+23.2 %
  31. Fetid Heath 44 %+0.3 %
  32. Eidolon of Countless Battles 44 %+40.2 %
  33. Godless Shrine 44 %-8.7 %
  34. Chains of Custody 43 %+40.7 %
  35. Heliod's Pilgrim 42 %+39.1 %
  36. Darksteel Mutation 41 %+30.8 %
  37. Swords to Plowshares 41 %-22.7 %
  38. Rogue's Passage 41 %+21.4 %
  39. Hateful Eidolon 40 %+33.0 %
  40. Temple of Silence 39 %+1.8 %
  41. Cost of Brilliance 38 %+36.4 %
  42. Edge of the Divinity 38 %+36.6 %
  43. Sunbond 38 %+36.7 %
  44. Swiftfoot Boots 38 %+13.1 %
  45. Tempest Technique 37 %+35.8 %
  46. Light-Paws, Emperor's Voice 37 %+32.8 %
  47. Open the Armory 37 %+32.6 %
  48. Stroke of Midnight 36 %+23.9 %
  49. Shattered Sanctum 36 %-5.6 %
  50. Retether 36 %+31.2 %

Format legality

Standard Not legal
Pioneer 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 Not legal
Premodern Not legal
PreDH Not legal
Pauper EDH Not legal
Old School Not legal
Future Not legal
Gladiator Legal
All printingsScryfall ↗Edhrec ↗

Rulings

  • 2021-04-16

    If a spell has additional costs, apply those increases before applying cost reductions.

  • 2021-04-16

    Killian can reduce alternative costs. For example, if you choose to pay the {1}{B} alternative cost for Baleful Mastery while targeting a creature, that cost would be reduced to {B}.

  • 2021-04-16

    Killian, Ink Duelist can't reduce the colored mana requirement of a spell's mana cost.

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