Artisan of Kozilek
Artisan of Kozilek: Creature - Eldrazi, Commander Masters. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {9}
- Mana value
- 9
- Type
- Creature - Eldrazi
- Colour identity
- Colourless
- Power / toughness
- 10/9
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Commander Masters (CMM)
- Released
- 2023-08-04
- Collector number
- 801
- Artist
- Jason Felix
- Keywords
- Annihilator
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About Artisan of Kozilek
Artisan of Kozilek is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon colourless creature from Commander Masters (CMM), a Masters set released in August 2023. It is collector number 801 in that set, with art by Jason Felix. It costs {9} (nine generic mana) to cast, for a mana value of 9. It is a 10/9 creature. It has no colour identity. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and PreDH. It has been printed in 14 sets, from Rise of the Eldrazi (2010) to Modern Horizons 3 Commander (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.56 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
When you cast this spell, you may return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Annihilator 2 (Whenever this creature attacks, defending player sacrifices two permanents of their choice.)
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.56 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Artisan of Kozilek by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
Other printings of Artisan of Kozilek
Artisan of Kozilek has been printed in 14 sets. The 12 most recent other printings are listed here, newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Modern Horizons 3 Commander (M3C) #153 | Uncommon | 2024 |
| New Capenna Commander (NCC) #191 | Uncommon | 2022 |
| The List (PLST) #CM2-14 | Uncommon | 2019 |
| Ultimate Masters (UMA) #2 | Uncommon | 2018 |
| Commander Anthology Volume II (CM2) #14 | Uncommon | 2018 |
| Duel Decks: Zendikar vs. Eldrazi (DDP) #42 | Uncommon | 2015 |
| Modern Masters 2015 (MM2) #2 | Uncommon | 2015 |
| Commander 2014 (C14) #62 | Uncommon | 2014 |
| Commander 2011 (CMD) #1 | Uncommon | 2011 |
| Friday Night Magic 2011 (F11) #4 | Rare | 2011 |
| Archenemy (ARC) #123 | Uncommon | 2010 |
| Rise of the Eldrazi (ROE) #2 | Uncommon | 2010 |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Artisan of Kozilek, newest first.
- Annihilator abilities trigger and resolve during the declare attackers step. The defending player chooses and sacrifices the required number of permanents before they declare blockers. Any creatures sacrificed this way won't be able to block.
- If a creature with annihilator is attacking a planeswalker, and the defending player chooses to sacrifice that planeswalker, the attacking creature continues to attack. It may be blocked. If it isn't blocked, it simply won't deal combat damage to anything.
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