Kozilek, the Great Distortion

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Kozilek, the Great Distortion: Legendary Creature - Eldrazi, Commander Masters. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{8}{C}{C}
Mana value
10
Type
Legendary Creature - Eldrazi
Colour identity
Colourless
Power / toughness
12/12
Rarity
Mythic
Set
Commander Masters (CMM)
Released
2023-08-04
Collector number
2
Artist
Aleksi Briclot
Keywords
Menace
Commander
Can be your commander

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About Kozilek, the Great Distortion

Kozilek, the Great Distortion is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare colourless legendary creature from Commander Masters (CMM), a Masters set released in August 2023. It is collector number 2 in that set, with art by Aleksi Briclot. It costs {8}{C}{C} (eight generic and two colourless mana) to cast, for a mana value of 10. It is a 12/12 creature. It has no colour identity. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 6 sets, from Oath of the Gatewatch (2016) to Commander Masters (2023). It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $6.06 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).

Card text

When you cast this spell, if you have fewer than seven cards in hand, draw cards equal to the difference.

Menace

Discard a card with mana value X: Counter target spell with mana value X.

A void as cryptic as reality itself.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $6.06 (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 Kozilek, the Great Distortion by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

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

Other printings of Kozilek, the Great Distortion

Kozilek, the Great Distortion has been printed in 6 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Commander Masters (CMM) #1057Mythic2023
Commander Masters (CMM) #452Mythic2023
Commander Masters (CMM) #668Mythic2023
Explorer Anthology 2 (EA2) #1Mythic2022
Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #493Mythic2022
Magic Online Promos (PRM) #62493Mythic2016
Oath of the Gatewatch (OGW) #4Mythic2016
Oath of the Gatewatch Promos (POGW) #4sMythic2016

Official rulings

Four official rulings apply to Kozilek, the Great Distortion, newest first.

  • Kozilek's triggered ability checks to see if you have fewer than seven cards in hand when you cast it. Kozilek is on the stack at this time and not in your hand. If you don't, the ability won't trigger at all. If the ability does trigger, it will check again as it tries to resolve. If you have seven or more cards in hand at that time, the ability won't do anything.
  • If there's an {X} in the mana cost of the card you discard, that X is 0. Any {X} in the mana cost of the target spell will have whatever value was determined for it as the spell was cast.
  • The mana value of a spell doesn't change, even if it's been cast using an alternative cost (such as an awaken cost). For example, the mana value of a Sheer Drop (a spell with mana cost {2}{W}) that's been cast for its awaken cost of {5}{W} is 3.
  • To activate the last ability, there must be a legal target: a spell on the stack. That target will determine the value of X and the mana value of the card you discard. You can't activate the ability unless you can match the mana value of a spell on the stack to that of a card in your hand.

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