Korlash, Heir to Blackblade

Legendary Creature — Zombie Warrior

Korlash, Heir to Blackblade's power and toughness are each equal to the number of Swamps you control.

{1}{B}: Regenerate Korlash.

Grandeur — Discard another card named Korlash, Heir to Blackblade: Search your library for up to two Swamp cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle your library.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (48)

legendofa on Junky deck

2 months ago

A classic meme deck is 99 basic lands and a commander. Meloku the Clouded Mirror, Jolrael, Empress of Beasts, and Korlash, Heir to Blackblade are some examples.

legendofa on Specific card name effects and …

8 months ago

Apologies for the double post, but I'm finding more, similar questions. Spy Kit is a weird card.

What cards can Elvish Clancaller or Howling Wolf search for when equipped with Spy Kit?

What creatures can be discarded by a creature with Grandeur equipped with Spy Kit? Can Korlash, Heir to Blackblade discard a Gutterbones to search for Swamps?

I guess the general question is, when a card refers to other cards with the same name as itself, are all instances of "CardName" replaced by "this card", or only when it specifically refers to itself as a game object?

griffstick on infinite rats

9 months ago

Korlash, Heir to Blackblade isn't really a zombie commander. So Mikaeus, the Unhallowed. Are you considering building a new mono black deck?

debuf on infinite rats

9 months ago

hey griffstick, if you had to choose between Korlash, Heir to Blackblade or Mikaeus, the Unhallowed for your zombie deck, which would you choose?

PhyrexianPraetor on

1 year ago

BotaNickill

Thanks for the upvote, comment and suggestions. Believe it or not, this deck originally started it’s life in modern as a mono-black aggro deck that used self-reanimating creatures and Foul-Tongue Shriek with Phyrexian Obliterator at the top of the mana curve. I did kind of ok with that deck, but as time went on I had a much harder time due to everyone else switching to more midrange and control style decks. That’s when I built this deck and haven’t looked back. I’m not going to lie, this deck used to be an attention getter in my area for being a good and solid deck. But with War of the Spark, Modern Horizons and Modern Horizons 2 a lot of other decks got upgrades and new decks came to be a thing. This deck sadly fell behind due to this, I did get some new upgrades… but almost every other deck that was played in my area became even better due to getting more additions.

I might switch out one Phyrexian Obliterator for a single copy of Sheoldred, the Apocalypse. Obliterator is ok, but being able to shock the opponent every-time they draw a card is a big attraction to me.

I have been considering Misery's Shadow for the reasons you pointed out. My only struggle is that it only deals with creatures that die. Don’t get me wrong though, it is still a very potent card.

I guess it would come down to a meta call between Dauthi Voidwalker and Misery's Shadow, both have their respective upsides and downsides.

I have been considering Invoke Despair for a few weeks now. In essence, it can functionally act like Gray Merchant of Asphodel with draining life. On one hand it deals six damage and draws me three cards, on the other hand it makes my opponent sacrifice three permanents for five mana. It’s for these two aspects as to why I might even cut one Phyrexian Arena for it.

Tenacious Underdog is a card I have been evaluating and am unsure of. At base it is a 3/2 for two, with the ability to gain haste and draws a card for four mana. It’s for this reason as to why I have looked at it a bit, but unlike Invoke Despair it doesn’t have the potential to change much of the game-state and requires four mana to consistently bring back.

With the way modern is, four and five mana has to either impact the board in a big way or sway the game in your favour. Paying four mana to potentially deal three damage and draw a card might not be worth it. All in all though, I have yet to actually get back into the modern scene where I live. So it is entirely possible that I am being overly critical and am wrong about this card.

I honestly didn’t know about Knight of Dusk's Shadow. I like how it can stop a food token deck from gaining lots of life and all for two mana. I might test it out.

Agadeem's Awakening  ^Flip is something that I tried before. In my build it sadly doesn’t work. But in a deck that has four Leyline of the Void, more creatures and Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx it can be really devastating. Perhaps that style of devotion deck can run Tenacious Underdog for continuous value.

Bojuka Bog, Takenuma, Abandoned Mire, and Field of Ruin are all lands that I have played in the past or have been considering for a while. I originally ran Bojuka Bog as my choice of graveyard hate. I liked how it couldn’t be countered or discarded. Takenuma, Abandoned Mire is yet another card I have had my eye on. There are a lot of legendary creatures that I could fit into this deck to make it cheaper. Field of Ruin and all of the lands like it, are a bit awkward sadly. I have tested these types of lands before with Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth and I am always left with a negative opinion of them. I originally ran a set alongside two copies of urborg to fight against Tron and Valakut.

One card you should consider for your black deck is Korlash, Heir to Blackblade. It is cheaper in monetary cost than Obliterator, fixes your mana since it can fetch non-basics, gets bigger with fetching and it is very hard to remove without exile effects. I ran both it and Obliterator at one point.

Suns_Champion on Your Cheap Obscure Overperformers?

1 year ago

Bolt Bend. For 1 mana more and $60 less, you get a deflecting swat.

Humble Defector + "I'll give it to you if you give it right back to me." it's the offer people can't refuse. I rarely get fewer than 8 cards if he's played early enough.

Generator Servant. for when you want that big cmc commander 2 turns early, with haste.

Blood-Chin Fanatic in my Korlash, Heir to Blackblade deck. Absolutely blasts people and has become the main win-con.

Canoptek Wraith, the new and second copy of Burnished Hart, another cheap favorite.

Hostile Negotiations. If you're messing with your yard at all, this is like drawing 6 cards.

Fraying Line. Weird little board wipe, can be slow unless you flash it in before your turn...

Medomai's Prophecy. solid lil value engine, draw to cards for casting what you would have anyway, your commander.

Bestial Fury. on anything that wants to deal combat damage, this card presents a tricky choice to your opponents.

Arrzarrina on Basics matter theme - Mono …

1 year ago

Hey all, Looking for some advice. I'm trying to put a cycle of "Basics matter"* decks together, one for each colour. I've got red, green, black and blue sorted with Ben-Ben, Akki Hermit, Sasaya, Orochi Ascendant  ^Flip, Charix, the Raging Isle and Korlash, Heir to Blackblade but I'm really struggling with white.

Aside from running some sort of voltron list (Strata scythe + blackblade is plains enough, right?), does anybody have any ideas on the direction I take the deck? I've already got one Voltron style deck with Charix who is a pretty sweet commander for that theme, so unwilling to have two voltrons in the cycle.

Any ideas on the direction I could take with white are welcome as all the concepts I can come up with seem really poor compared to reliable turn 6-8 activations on the other four.

Thanks!

(On a side note, White is the problem colour. Who saw that coming?)

Suns_Champion on FenIsABasicSwamp

1 year ago

Hello Fen!

No idea if you're still on this site. But I thought I'd reach out to ask if you had a Korlash, Heir to Blackblade deck online somewhere. I've recently built one, and I seem to recall you having one. Though now I cannot find it so perhaps I am making that up, ha!