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Balthor the Defiled
USD $12.15
USD foil $107.49
EUR €9.98
MTGO 0.58 tix

Balthor the Defiled

{2}{B}{B}

Legendary Creature — Zombie Dwarf

Minion creatures get +1/+1.

{B}{B}{B}, Exile Balthor: Each player returns all black and all red creature cards from their graveyard to the battlefield.

He remembers enough of his life to weep for what he has lost.

2 / 2

Set
Judgment (JUD #61)
Rarity
Rare
Mana value
4
Released
2002-05-27
Artist
Carl Critchlow
EDHREC rank
#9,401
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 0.35
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Can be your commander
Recursion

Combos 2

Dual Nature+Balthor the Defiled+Basal Sliver
{B}{G}
Infinite black manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Dual Nature+Balthor the Defiled+Blood Vassal
{B}{G}
Infinite black manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗

Commander recommendations

Top synergy 50

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

  1. Buried Alive 72 %+59.2 %
  2. Stitcher's Supplier 65 %+58.6 %
  3. Songs of the Damned 61 %+55.4 %
  4. Stinkweed Imp 48 %+46.0 %
  5. Crypt of Agadeem 56 %+44.6 %
  6. Living Death 53 %+43.0 %
  7. Vile Entomber 47 %+41.2 %
  8. Ripples of Undeath 47 %+40.4 %
  9. Doom Whisperer 43 %+39.7 %
  10. Undead Butler 40 %+37.5 %
  11. Entomb 50 %+37.3 %
  12. Mogis's Marauder 35 %+34.1 %
  13. Bog Witch 36 %+33.7 %
  14. Abhorrent Overlord 37 %+33.1 %
  15. Golgari Thug 34 %+32.4 %
  16. Mire Triton 33 %+31.4 %
  17. Angel of Suffering 33 %+31.3 %
  18. Altar of Dementia 37 %+31.2 %
  19. Gray Merchant of Asphodel 81 %+30.6 %
  20. Overeager Apprentice 31 %+30.2 %
  21. Mesmeric Orb 32 %+29.5 %
  22. Syr Konrad, the Grim 49 %+29.0 %
  23. Massacre Wurm 46 %+28.7 %
  24. Mikaeus, the Unhallowed 36 %+28.3 %
  25. Dakmor Salvage 28 %+26.0 %
  26. Millikin 29 %+25.3 %
  27. Shriekmaw 26 %+24.1 %
  28. Soldevi Adnate 28 %+24.0 %
  29. Out of the Tombs 26 %+23.3 %
  30. Carrion Feeder 36 %+23.0 %
  31. Priest of Gix 24 %+22.4 %
  32. Razaketh, the Foulblooded 27 %+21.9 %
  33. Cabal Ritual 41 %+21.8 %
  34. Skirge Familiar 27 %+21.8 %
  35. K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth 40 %+20.7 %
  36. Animate Dead 38 %+20.5 %
  37. Gorging Vulture 21 %+20.5 %
  38. Perpetual Timepiece 22 %+20.3 %
  39. Morality Shift 21 %+20.2 %
  40. Cemetery Tampering 21 %+19.5 %
  41. Ayara, First of Locthwain 45 %+19.3 %
  42. Culling the Weak 37 %+18.7 %
  43. Blood Pet 26 %+18.2 %
  44. Chainer, Dementia Master 22 %+17.1 %
  45. Rune-Scarred Demon 22 %+17.0 %
  46. Sidisi, Undead Vizier 20 %+16.7 %
  47. Corpse Connoisseur 17 %+16.1 %
  48. Ravenous Chupacabra 20 %+16.0 %
  49. Overlord of the Balemurk 17 %+15.7 %
  50. Dreadhound 17 %+15.6 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Swamp 94 %-1.6 %
  2. Gray Merchant of Asphodel 81 %+30.6 %
  3. Sol Ring 79 %-5.9 %
  4. Buried Alive 72 %+59.2 %
  5. Dark Ritual 71 %+3.4 %
  6. Cabal Coffers 66 %+11.4 %
  7. Stitcher's Supplier 65 %+58.6 %
  8. Songs of the Damned 61 %+55.4 %
  9. Jet Medallion 60 %-1.6 %
  10. Crypt of Agadeem 56 %+44.6 %
  11. Crypt Ghast 53 %+6.7 %
  12. Living Death 53 %+43.0 %
  13. Bojuka Bog 51 %+3.7 %
  14. Arcane Signet 51 %-10.9 %
  15. Reanimate 50 %+9.3 %
  16. Entomb 50 %+37.3 %
  17. Syr Konrad, the Grim 49 %+29.0 %
  18. Stinkweed Imp 48 %+46.0 %
  19. Vile Entomber 47 %+41.2 %
  20. Ripples of Undeath 47 %+40.4 %
  21. Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth 47 %+8.9 %
  22. Massacre Wurm 46 %+28.7 %
  23. Ayara, First of Locthwain 45 %+19.3 %
  24. Doom Whisperer 43 %+39.7 %
  25. Feed the Swarm 42 %-8.1 %
  26. Cabal Ritual 41 %+21.8 %
  27. Undead Butler 40 %+37.5 %
  28. K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth 40 %+20.7 %
  29. Animate Dead 38 %+20.5 %
  30. Toxic Deluge 38 %+1.1 %
  31. Phyrexian Tower 37 %+10.7 %
  32. Culling the Weak 37 %+18.7 %
  33. Accursed Marauder 37 %+14.9 %
  34. Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx 37 %+7.2 %
  35. Abhorrent Overlord 37 %+33.1 %
  36. Altar of Dementia 37 %+31.2 %
  37. Victimize 36 %+8.0 %
  38. Bog Witch 36 %+33.7 %
  39. Mikaeus, the Unhallowed 36 %+28.3 %
  40. Carrion Feeder 36 %+23.0 %
  41. Phyrexian Arena 35 %-4.0 %
  42. Mogis's Marauder 35 %+34.1 %
  43. Golgari Thug 34 %+32.4 %
  44. Mire Triton 33 %+31.4 %
  45. Cabal Stronghold 33 %-0.5 %
  46. Angel of Suffering 33 %+31.3 %
  47. Mesmeric Orb 32 %+29.5 %
  48. Overeager Apprentice 31 %+30.2 %
  49. Millikin 29 %+25.3 %
  50. Fleshbag Marauder 29 %+11.5 %

Format legality

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

Rulings

  • 2013-07-01

    You can only activate this ability if Balthor the Defiled is on the battlefield.

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