Ardyn, the Usurper

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Ardyn, the Usurper: Legendary Creature - Elder Human Noble, Final Fantasy. Demons you control have menace, lifelink, and haste. On Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{5}{B}{B}{B}
Mana value
8
Type
Legendary Creature - Elder Human Noble
Colour identity
Black (B)
Power / toughness
4/4
Rarity
Rare
Set
Final Fantasy (FIN)
Released
2025-06-13
Collector number
89
Artist
Russell Dongjun Lu
Commander rank
3,657 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Starscourge
Commander
Can be your commander

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About Ardyn, the Usurper

Ardyn, the Usurper is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black legendary creature from Final Fantasy (FIN), an expansion set released in June 2025. It is collector number 89 in that set, with art by Russell Dongjun Lu. It costs {5}{B}{B}{B} (five generic and three black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 8. It is a 4/4 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 2 sets. It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $1.59 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Demons you control have menace, lifelink, and haste.

Starscourge - At the beginning of combat on your turn, exile up to one target creature card from a graveyard. If you exiled a card this way, create a token that's a copy of that card, except it's a 5/5 black Demon.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $1.59 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Ardyn, the Usurper by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

StandardLegal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
AlchemyLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Ardyn, the Usurper

Ardyn, the Usurper has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Final Fantasy (FIN) #315Rare2025
Final Fantasy (FIN) #379Rare2025
Final Fantasy (FIN) #444Rare2025
Final Fantasy (FIN) #524Rare2025
Final Fantasy Promos (PFIN) #89sRare2025

Official rulings

Four official rulings apply to Ardyn, the Usurper, newest first.

  • If a card copied by the token had any "when [this permanent] enters" abilities, the token also has those abilities, and they'll trigger when it's created. Similarly, any "as [this permanent] enters" or "[this permanent] enters with" abilities that the token has copied will also work.
  • If the copied card has {X} in its mana cost, X is 0.
  • Except for the listed exceptions, the token copies exactly what was printed on the original card and nothing else. It doesn't copy any information about the object the card was before it was put into a graveyard.
  • The token is a Demon creature instead of its other types and is black instead of its other colors. Its base power and toughness are 5/5. These are copiable values of the token that other effects may copy.

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