Karlach, Fury of Avernus
Karlach, Fury of Avernus: Legendary Creature - Tiefling Barbarian, Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {4}{R}
- Mana value
- 5
- Type
- Legendary Creature - Tiefling Barbarian
- Colour identity
- Red (R)
- Power / toughness
- 5/4
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Set
- Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB)
- Released
- 2022-06-10
- Collector number
- 186
- Artist
- Billy Christian
- Keywords
- Choose a background
- Commander
- Can be your commander
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About Karlach, Fury of Avernus
Karlach, Fury of Avernus is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare red legendary creature from Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB), a draft-focused set released in June 2022. It is collector number 186 in that set, with art by Billy Christian. It costs {4}{R} (four generic and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. It is a 5/4 creature. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 4 sets, from The List (2020) to Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (2022). It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $21.34 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
Whenever you attack, if it's the first combat phase of the turn, untap all attacking creatures. They gain first strike until end of turn. After this phase, there is an additional combat phase.
Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.)
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $21.34 (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 Karlach, Fury of Avernus by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
Other printings of Karlach, Fury of Avernus
Karlach, Fury of Avernus has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #CLB-186 | Mythic | 2026 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1802 | Mythic | 2024 |
| Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) #400 | Mythic | 2022 |
| Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) #507 | Mythic | 2022 |
| Battle for Baldur's Gate Promos (PCLB) #186s | Mythic | 2022 |
Official rulings
The 8 most recent official rulings for Karlach, Fury of Avernus, newest first.
- Notably, the triggered ability of Karlach doesn't give you any additional main phases. This means that you will move directly from the end of combat step of one combat phase to the beginning of combat step of the next one.
- An effect that checks whether you control your commander is satisfied if you control one or both of your two commanders.
- If you control a Background that grants an ability to commander creatures you own, and you own more than one commander creature, each of them will have that ability.
- If something refers to your commander while you have two commanders, it refers to one of them of your choice. If you are instructed to perform an action on your commander (e.g. put it from the command zone into your hand due to Command Beacon), you choose one of your commanders at the time the effect happens.
- Once the game begins, your two commanders are tracked separately. If you cast one, you won’t have to pay an additional {2} the first time you cast the other. A player loses the game after having been dealt 21 combat damage from any one of them, not from both of them combined (although your Background won’t usually be a creature anyway).
- Both commanders start in the command zone, and the remaining 98 cards (or 58 cards in a Commander Draft game) of your deck are shuffled to become your library.
- If a card refers to a commander creature you own, a Background won't usually be counted or included for that effect. If another spell or ability causes your Background to become a creature, however, it will be included. Any effect that refers to your commander or a commander you own or control without specifying creature will apply to a Background that is your commander, as appropriate.
- You can choose two commanders that are the same color or colors.
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