Blight Pile

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Blight Pile: Creature - Phyrexian, Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{1}{B}
Mana value
2
Type
Creature - Phyrexian
Colour identity
Black (B)
Power / toughness
3/3
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC)
Released
2025-04-11
Collector number
174
Artist
Olivier Bernard
Commander rank
9,550 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Defender

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About Blight Pile

Blight Pile is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon black creature from Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC), a Commander product released in April 2025. It is collector number 174 in that set, with art by Olivier Bernard. It costs {1}{B} (one generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It is a 3/3 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 2 sets, from Dominaria United (2022) to Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (2025). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.27 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

Defender

{2}{B}, {T}: Each opponent loses X life, where X is the number of creatures with defender you control.

"Keep your distance. It may be broken, but it's far from benign." -Stenn

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.27 (as of 2026-11-11).

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

Format legality

Legality of Blight Pile by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other printings of Blight Pile

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

PrintingRarityYear
Dominaria United (DMU) #82Uncommon2022

Official rulings

One official ruling applies to Blight Pile.

  • In a Two-Headed Giant game, Blight Pile causes the opposing team to lose X life twice.

Similar cards

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Blight Pile is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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