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Kuro, Pitlord
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USD foil $7.06
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Kuro, Pitlord

{6}{B}{B}{B}

Legendary Creature — Demon Spirit

At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Kuro unless you pay {B}{B}{B}{B}.

Pay 1 life: Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.

9 / 9

Set
Champions of Kamigawa (CHK #123)
Rarity
Rare
Mana value
9
Released
2004-10-01
Artist
Jon Foster
EDHREC rank
#17,445
Colour identity
{B}
Finishes
Nonfoil, Foil
Served from
Local database

Commander bracket

3 +
Bracket 3 and up — Upgraded
In 2 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 0.27
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Can be your commander
Removal

Combos 14

Repay in Kind+Kuro, Pitlord
{B}
Each opponent loses the gameNear-infinite lifeloss for all players
189 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse+Vilis, Broker of Blood+Kuro, Pitlord
{B}
Infinite card drawInfinite draw triggersNear-infinite lifegainNear-infinite lifegain triggers
93 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Rowan, Scion of War+Exsanguinate+Kuro, Pitlord
{B}{R}
Near-infinite lifegainNear-infinite lifeloss
38 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Children of Korlis+Vizkopa Guildmage+Kuro, Pitlord
{W}{B}
Near-infinite lifeloss
17 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Mister Negative+Kuro, Pitlord+Phyrexian Unlife
{W}{B}
Near-infinite lifeloss for target opponentTarget opponent loses the game
15 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Mister Negative+Kuro, Pitlord+Pact Weapon
{W}{B}
Near-infinite lifeloss for target opponentTarget opponent loses the game
13 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Mister Negative+Kuro, Pitlord+Platinum Angel
{W}{B}
Near-infinite lifeloss for target opponentTarget opponent loses the game
13 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Mister Negative+Kuro, Pitlord+Cloudsteel Kirin
{W}{B}
Near-infinite lifeloss for target opponentTarget opponent loses the game
6 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Greven, Predator Captain+Kuro, Pitlord
{B}{R}
Target opponent loses the game
4 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Kuro, Pitlord+Vizkopa Guildmage+Oketra's Last Mercy
{W}{B}
Each opponent loses the game
4 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire+Kuro, Pitlord+Temporal Extortion+Repay in Kind+Canal Dredger
{B}
LockOn each of your turns, you take an extra turn unless an opponent chooses to lose the game
4 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Mister Negative+Kuro, Pitlord+Soul Echo
{W}{B}
Near-infinite lifeloss for target opponentTarget opponent loses the game
3 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Mister Negative+Kuro, Pitlord+Darksteel Angel
{W}{B}
Near-infinite lifeloss for target opponentTarget opponent loses the game
1 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Rowan, Scion of War+Stensian Sanguinist // Exsanguinate+Kuro, Pitlord
{B}{R}
Near-infinite lifegainNear-infinite lifeloss
0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗

All 14 combos.

Commander recommendations

Top synergy 50

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

  1. Profane Transfusion 59 %+57.7 %
  2. Soul Conduit 53 %+52.9 %
  3. Sangromancer 60 %+50.0 %
  4. Font of Agonies 52 %+48.2 %
  5. Vilis, Broker of Blood 58 %+45.7 %
  6. Magus of the Mirror 46 %+44.6 %
  7. Deathgreeter 47 %+43.2 %
  8. Exsanguinate 67 %+42.2 %
  9. Horobi, Death's Wail 40 %+39.3 %
  10. K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth 57 %+37.8 %
  11. Harvester of Souls 44 %+37.4 %
  12. Dread Presence 50 %+37.2 %
  13. Repay in Kind 38 %+36.3 %
  14. Nirkana Revenant 47 %+36.2 %
  15. Stinging Study 38 %+35.4 %
  16. Magus of the Coffers 40 %+33.5 %
  17. Bubbling Muck 49 %+32.9 %
  18. Marshland Bloodcaster 33 %+32.4 %
  19. Thran Dynamo 36 %+30.2 %
  20. Whip of Erebos 41 %+29.7 %
  21. Dross Harvester 30 %+29.5 %
  22. Solemn Simulacrum 50 %+28.7 %
  23. Defiler of Flesh 32 %+28.4 %
  24. Burnished Hart 35 %+28.3 %
  25. Maha, Its Feathers Night 32 %+27.7 %
  26. Black Market 48 %+27.3 %
  27. Staff of the Death Magus 30 %+26.9 %
  28. Greed 33 %+26.8 %
  29. Creeping Bloodsucker 31 %+26.5 %
  30. Gilded Lotus 31 %+26.1 %
  31. Crypt Ghast 73 %+25.9 %
  32. Crypt Incursion 28 %+25.8 %
  33. Mask of Griselbrand 28 %+24.9 %
  34. Profane Memento 25 %+24.7 %
  35. Liliana of the Dark Realms 38 %+24.2 %
  36. Throne of Eldraine 33 %+23.9 %
  37. Massacre Girl, Known Killer 27 %+23.9 %
  38. Sudden Spoiling 31 %+22.8 %
  39. Caged Sun 33 %+22.7 %
  40. Gray Merchant of Asphodel 73 %+22.7 %
  41. Loxodon Warhammer 23 %+22.0 %
  42. Exquisite Blood 35 %+21.9 %
  43. Charcoal Diamond 43 %+21.1 %
  44. Shadowspear 25 %+21.0 %
  45. Falkenrath Noble 25 %+20.5 %
  46. Commander's Sphere 28 %+20.4 %
  47. Cabal Stronghold 54 %+20.4 %
  48. Bog Witch 22 %+20.3 %
  49. Worn Powerstone 23 %+19.2 %
  50. Eternity Vessel 19 %+19.2 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Swamp 93 %-2.1 %
  2. Sol Ring 82 %-3.8 %
  3. Cabal Coffers 73 %+18.0 %
  4. Dark Ritual 73 %+5.5 %
  5. Gray Merchant of Asphodel 73 %+22.7 %
  6. Crypt Ghast 73 %+25.9 %
  7. Exsanguinate 67 %+42.2 %
  8. Arcane Signet 62 %+0.7 %
  9. Sangromancer 60 %+50.0 %
  10. Profane Transfusion 59 %+57.7 %
  11. Vilis, Broker of Blood 58 %+45.7 %
  12. K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth 57 %+37.8 %
  13. Jet Medallion 57 %-4.8 %
  14. Cabal Stronghold 54 %+20.4 %
  15. Soul Conduit 53 %+52.9 %
  16. Font of Agonies 52 %+48.2 %
  17. Dread Presence 50 %+37.2 %
  18. Solemn Simulacrum 50 %+28.7 %
  19. Bubbling Muck 49 %+32.9 %
  20. Blood Artist 49 %+17.0 %
  21. Bojuka Bog 48 %+0.4 %
  22. Black Market 48 %+27.3 %
  23. Nirkana Revenant 47 %+36.2 %
  24. Deathgreeter 47 %+43.2 %
  25. Magus of the Mirror 46 %+44.6 %
  26. Phyrexian Arena 45 %+5.4 %
  27. Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth 45 %+7.0 %
  28. Harvester of Souls 44 %+37.4 %
  29. Sign in Blood 44 %+8.8 %
  30. Feed the Swarm 43 %-7.6 %
  31. Myriad Landscape 43 %+18.4 %
  32. Charcoal Diamond 43 %+21.1 %
  33. Whip of Erebos 41 %+29.7 %
  34. Mind Stone 41 %+13.1 %
  35. Magus of the Coffers 40 %+33.5 %
  36. Horobi, Death's Wail 40 %+39.3 %
  37. Toxic Deluge 39 %+2.0 %
  38. Reliquary Tower 39 %+9.5 %
  39. Liliana of the Dark Realms 38 %+24.2 %
  40. Stinging Study 38 %+35.4 %
  41. Repay in Kind 38 %+36.3 %
  42. Bontu's Monument 37 %+9.0 %
  43. Thran Dynamo 36 %+30.2 %
  44. Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx 36 %+6.1 %
  45. Night's Whisper 35 %+9.6 %
  46. Reanimate 35 %-5.9 %
  47. Exquisite Blood 35 %+21.9 %
  48. Burnished Hart 35 %+28.3 %
  49. Consuming Corruption 33 %+17.7 %
  50. Greed 33 %+26.8 %

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 Legal
Pauper EDH Not legal
Old School Not legal
Future Not legal
Gladiator Legal
All printingsScryfall ↗Gatherer ↗Edhrec ↗
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