Abaddon the Despoiler
Abaddon the Despoiler: Legendary Creature - Astartes Warrior, Warhammer 40,000 Commander. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{U}{B}{R}
- Mana value
- 5
- Type
- Legendary Creature - Astartes Warrior
- Colour identity
- Blue, black and red (UBR)
- Power / toughness
- 5/5
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Set
- Warhammer 40,000 Commander (40K)
- Released
- 2022-10-07
- Collector number
- 171
- Artist
- Johan Grenier
- Commander rank
- 8,650 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Mark of Chaos Ascendant, Trample
- Commander
- Can be your commander
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About Abaddon the Despoiler
Abaddon the Despoiler is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare blue, black and red legendary creature from Warhammer 40,000 Commander (40K), a Commander product released in October 2022. It is collector number 171 in that set, with art by Johan Grenier. It costs {2}{U}{B}{R} (two generic, one blue, one black and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. It is a 5/5 creature. Its colour identity is blue, black and red. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Warhammer 40,000 Commander is its only printing so far. It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $1.27 (foil finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Trample
Mark of Chaos Ascendant - During your turn, spells you cast from your hand with mana value X or less have cascade, where X is the total amount of life your opponents have lost this turn.
Under his rule, there is but one creed: Chaos shall reign.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the foil finish of this printing: $1.27 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Abaddon the Despoiler by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
Other printings of Abaddon the Despoiler
The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Warhammer 40,000 Commander (40K) #178 | Mythic | 2022 |
| Warhammer 40,000 Commander (40K) #2 | Mythic | 2022 |
| Warhammer 40,000 Commander (40K) #319 | Mythic | 2022 |
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