Azlask, the Swelling Scourge

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Azlask, the Swelling Scourge: Legendary Creature - Eldrazi, Modern Horizons 3 Commander. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{3}
Mana value
3
Type
Legendary Creature - Eldrazi
Colour identity
White, blue, black, red and green (WUBRG)
Power / toughness
2/2
Rarity
Mythic
Set
Modern Horizons 3 Commander (M3C)
Released
2024-06-14
Collector number
5
Artist
Alexander Mokhov
Commander rank
6,364 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Commander
Can be your commander

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About Azlask, the Swelling Scourge

Azlask, the Swelling Scourge is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare colourless legendary creature from Modern Horizons 3 Commander (M3C), a Commander product released in June 2024. It is collector number 5 in that set, with art by Alexander Mokhov. It costs {3} (three generic mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 2/2 creature. Its colour identity is white, blue, black, red and green. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. Modern Horizons 3 Commander is its only printing so far. It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.46 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Whenever Azlask or another colorless creature you control dies, you get an experience counter.

{W}{U}{B}{R}{G}: Creatures you control get +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of experience counters you have. Scions and Spawns you control gain indestructible and annihilator 1 until end of turn.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.46 (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 Azlask, the Swelling Scourge by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Azlask, the Swelling Scourge

The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Modern Horizons 3 Commander (M3C) #136Mythic2024
Modern Horizons 3 Commander (M3C) #17Mythic2024
Modern Horizons 3 Commander (M3C) #25Mythic2024
Modern Horizons 3 Commander (M3C) #9Mythic2024

Official rulings

Four official rulings apply to Azlask, the Swelling Scourge, newest first.

  • The value of X is determined only once, as Azlask's last ability resolves.
  • Annihilator abilities trigger and resolve during the declare attackers step. The defending player sacrifices the required number of permanents of their choice 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.
  • All experience counters are identical, no matter how you got them. For example, the last ability will count experience counters that you got from the first ability, from another ability, from proliferating, and so on.

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