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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
#3,394
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 0.39
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. All That Glitters 69 %+60.9 %
  2. Sage's Reverie 68 %+60.8 %
  3. Ethereal Armor 66 %+58.5 %
  4. Unquestioned Authority 62 %+58.3 %
  5. Sram, Senior Edificer 67 %+56.6 %
  6. Battle Mastery 56 %+55.2 %
  7. Mesa Enchantress 63 %+54.9 %
  8. Mantle of the Ancients 56 %+52.9 %
  9. Timely Ward 58 %+52.7 %
  10. Kor Spiritdancer 60 %+51.9 %
  11. Light of Promise 54 %+51.7 %
  12. Angelic Destiny 55 %+50.1 %
  13. Astarion's Thirst 48 %+45.6 %
  14. Pearl-Ear, Imperial Advisor 50 %+43.5 %
  15. Winds of Rath 49 %+43.1 %
  16. Angelic Gift 46 %+42.2 %
  17. Chains of Custody 44 %+41.3 %
  18. Spirit Mantle 47 %+40.7 %
  19. Eidolon of Countless Battles 44 %+40.5 %
  20. Utter End 51 %+40.4 %
  21. Heliod's Pilgrim 43 %+39.7 %
  22. Edge of the Divinity 39 %+37.8 %
  23. Sunbond 38 %+37.0 %
  24. Cost of Brilliance 39 %+36.6 %
  25. Tempest Technique 37 %+35.6 %
  26. Curtains' Call 35 %+34.2 %
  27. Open the Armory 38 %+33.3 %
  28. Silverquill Command 34 %+33.3 %
  29. Light-Paws, Emperor's Voice 38 %+33.1 %
  30. Hateful Eidolon 40 %+33.1 %
  31. Grisly Transformation 34 %+33.1 %
  32. Feather of Flight 35 %+32.4 %
  33. Retether 36 %+31.7 %
  34. Shelter 32 %+31.4 %
  35. Darksteel Mutation 42 %+31.0 %
  36. Dark Dabbling 31 %+30.7 %
  37. Agent of the Fates 31 %+30.3 %
  38. Umbra Mystic 32 %+30.2 %
  39. Blessing of Leeches 31 %+30.0 %
  40. Songbirds' Blessing 35 %+29.3 %
  41. Holy Mantle 30 %+29.1 %
  42. Hyena Umbra 31 %+28.5 %
  43. Pentarch Ward 29 %+28.5 %
  44. Phyresis 28 %+27.0 %
  45. Stirring Hopesinger 30 %+27.0 %
  46. Informed Inkwright 30 %+26.6 %
  47. Spectra Ward 27 %+26.2 %
  48. Abstruse Appropriation 29 %+25.9 %
  49. Crib Swap 27 %+25.4 %
  50. General's Enforcer 28 %+25.4 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Plains 98 %+0.2 %
  2. Swamp 98 %0.0 %
  3. Command Tower 85 %-1.1 %
  4. Arcane Signet 70 %-9.4 %
  5. All That Glitters 69 %+60.9 %
  6. Sage's Reverie 68 %+60.8 %
  7. Sram, Senior Edificer 67 %+56.6 %
  8. Ethereal Armor 66 %+58.5 %
  9. Isolated Chapel 64 %-3.8 %
  10. Mesa Enchantress 63 %+54.9 %
  11. Sol Ring 62 %-21.7 %
  12. Unquestioned Authority 62 %+58.3 %
  13. Caves of Koilos 61 %+2.7 %
  14. Kor Spiritdancer 60 %+51.9 %
  15. Timely Ward 58 %+52.7 %
  16. Battle Mastery 56 %+55.2 %
  17. Mantle of the Ancients 56 %+52.9 %
  18. Angelic Destiny 55 %+50.1 %
  19. Light of Promise 54 %+51.7 %
  20. Utter End 51 %+40.4 %
  21. Orzhov Signet 50 %-2.3 %
  22. Shineshadow Snarl 50 %+8.0 %
  23. Pearl-Ear, Imperial Advisor 50 %+43.5 %
  24. Tainted Field 50 %+0.1 %
  25. Winds of Rath 49 %+43.1 %
  26. Astarion's Thirst 48 %+45.6 %
  27. Spirit Mantle 47 %+40.7 %
  28. Angelic Gift 46 %+42.2 %
  29. Talisman of Hierarchy 45 %-8.2 %
  30. Generous Gift 45 %+23.2 %
  31. Eidolon of Countless Battles 44 %+40.5 %
  32. Chains of Custody 44 %+41.3 %
  33. Godless Shrine 44 %-8.1 %
  34. Fetid Heath 43 %-0.2 %
  35. Heliod's Pilgrim 43 %+39.7 %
  36. Darksteel Mutation 42 %+31.0 %
  37. Rogue's Passage 42 %+22.0 %
  38. Swords to Plowshares 41 %-22.1 %
  39. Hateful Eidolon 40 %+33.1 %
  40. Temple of Silence 40 %+1.4 %
  41. Edge of the Divinity 39 %+37.8 %
  42. Cost of Brilliance 39 %+36.6 %
  43. Swiftfoot Boots 38 %+13.6 %
  44. Sunbond 38 %+37.0 %
  45. Open the Armory 38 %+33.3 %
  46. Light-Paws, Emperor's Voice 38 %+33.1 %
  47. Tempest Technique 37 %+35.6 %
  48. Retether 36 %+31.7 %
  49. Stroke of Midnight 36 %+23.4 %
  50. Bojuka Bog 36 %-8.9 %

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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