Lys Alana Scarblade

Lys Alana Scarblade card image

Lys Alana Scarblade: Creature - Elf Assassin, Kaldheim Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{B}
Mana value
3
Type
Creature - Elf Assassin
Colour identity
Black (B)
Power / toughness
1/1
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
Kaldheim Commander (KHC)
Released
2021-02-05
Collector number
50
Artist
Christopher Moeller
Commander rank
13,579 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Lys Alana Scarblade

Lys Alana Scarblade is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon black creature from Kaldheim Commander (KHC), a Commander product released in February 2021. It is collector number 50 in that set, with art by Christopher Moeller. It costs {2}{B} (two generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 1/1 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Lorwyn (2007) to Kaldheim Commander (2021). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.24 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

{T}, Discard an Elf card: Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the number of Elves you control.

In beauty-obsessed Lys Alana, one cut of her blade means the difference between a high society feast and raking through the dungheap for scraps.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.24 (as of 2026-11-12).

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

Format legality

Legality of Lys Alana Scarblade by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PreDHLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Lys Alana Scarblade

Lys Alana Scarblade has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Eternal Masters (EMA) #95Uncommon2016
Lorwyn (LRW) #122Uncommon2007

Official rulings

One official ruling applies to Lys Alana Scarblade.

  • The number of Elves you control is counted only as Lys Alana Scarblade’s ability resolves. If Lys Alana Scarblade is still on the battlefield, it’ll count itself.

Similar cards

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In these precons

Lys Alana Scarblade is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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