Ludevic, Necro-Alchemist

Card text

At the beginning of each player's end step, that player may draw a card if a player other than you lost life this turn.

Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

"How does one become a self-taught genius? Naturally, it requires brains."

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the foil finish of this printing: $1.49 (as of 2026-11-12).

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Format legality

Legality of Ludevic, Necro-Alchemist by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

Other printings of Ludevic, Necro-Alchemist

Ludevic, Necro-Alchemist has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

Official rulings

The 8 most recent official rulings for Ludevic, Necro-Alchemist, newest first.

• 2020-11-10 An effect that checks whether you control your commander is satisfied if you control one or both of your two commanders.
• 2020-11-10 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.
• 2020-11-10 Damage dealt to a player causes that player to lose that much life.
• 2020-11-10 If a player lost life and subsequently lost the game, the player whose turn it is may draw a card.
• 2020-11-10 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.
• 2020-11-10 If your Commander deck has two commanders, you can only include cards whose own color identities are also found in your commanders' combined color identities. If Falthis and Kediss are your commanders, your deck may contain cards with black and/or red in their color identity, but not cards with green, white, or blue.
• 2020-11-10 Ludevic's ability checks only if another player lost life during the turn, not whether that player's life total decreased over the course of the turn. For example, if a player other than Ludevic's controller lost 2 life and then gained 8 life this turn, the player whose turn it is may draw a card.
• 2020-11-10 Ludevic's ability looks at the entire turn to determine whether the player may draw a card or not. It doesn't matter whether Ludevic was on the battlefield when the opponent lost life.

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