Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord: Legendary Creature - Zombie Elf, Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {B}{B}{G}{G}
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Legendary Creature - Zombie Elf
- Colour identity
- Black and green (BG)
- Power / toughness
- 2/2
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Set
- Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC)
- Released
- 2025-04-11
- Collector number
- 293
- Artist
- Eric Deschamps
- Commander rank
- 1,882 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Commander
- Can be your commander
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About Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare black and green legendary creature from Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC), a Commander product released in April 2025. It is collector number 293 in that set, with art by Eric Deschamps. It costs {B}{B}{G}{G} (two black and two green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 2/2 creature. Its colour identity is black and green. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 7 sets, from Duel Decks: Izzet vs. Golgari (2012) to Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (2025). It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $5.43 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
Jarad gets +1/+1 for each creature card in your graveyard.
{1}{B}{G}, Sacrifice another creature: Each opponent loses life equal to the sacrificed creature's power.
Sacrifice a Swamp and a Forest: Return this card from your graveyard to your hand.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $5.43 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord has been printed in 7 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #DDJ-45 | Mythic | 2026 |
| GRN Guild Kit (GK1) #65 | Mythic | 2018 |
| Commander Anthology (CMA) #179 | Mythic | 2017 |
| Commander 2015 (C15) #223 | Mythic | 2015 |
| Return to Ravnica (RTR) #174 | Mythic | 2012 |
| Duel Decks: Izzet vs. Golgari (DDJ) #45 | Mythic | 2012 |
Official rulings
Four official rulings apply to Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord, newest first.
- The life loss is based on the power of the sacrificed creature as it last existed on the battlefield.
- You can sacrifice any land with the land type Swamp or Forest, not just ones named Swamp or Forest. For example, you could sacrifice two Overgrown Tombs.
- Jarad's first ability applies only when Jarad is on the battlefield.
- To activate Jarad's last ability, you must sacrifice two lands. It doesn't matter what other land types the two lands have, as long as one is a Swamp and one is a Forest. Even if one of the lands you sacrifice is both a Swamp and a Forest, you have to sacrifice another land that is a Swamp or a Forest.
Similar cards
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In these precons
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.