Mari, the Killing Quill
Mari, the Killing Quill: Legendary Creature - Vampire Assassin, Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{B}{B}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Legendary Creature - Vampire Assassin
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Power / toughness
- 3/2
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (OTC)
- Released
- 2024-04-19
- Collector number
- 138
- Artist
- Rob Rey
- Commander rank
- 2,505 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Treasure
- Commander
- Can be your commander
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About Mari, the Killing Quill
Mari, the Killing Quill is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black legendary creature from Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (OTC), a Commander product released in April 2024. It is collector number 138 in that set, with art by Rob Rey. It costs {1}{B}{B} (one generic and two black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 3/2 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 2 sets, from New Capenna Commander (2022) to Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (2024). It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $5.41 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, exile it with a hit counter on it.
Assassins, Mercenaries, and Rogues you control have deathtouch and "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may remove a hit counter from a card that player owns in exile. If you do, draw a card and create two Treasure tokens."
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $5.41 (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 Mari, the Killing Quill 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 Mari, the Killing Quill
Mari, the Killing Quill has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| New Capenna Commander (NCC) #89 | Rare | 2022 |
| New Capenna Commander (NCC) #97 | Rare | 2022 |
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a black colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Mari, the Killing Quill is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.