Plague Belcher
Plague Belcher: Creature - Zombie Beast, Aetherdrift Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{B}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Creature - Zombie Beast
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Power / toughness
- 5/4
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Aetherdrift Commander (DRC)
- Released
- 2025-02-14
- Collector number
- 97
- Artist
- Izzy
- Commander rank
- 3,656 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Menace
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About Plague Belcher
Plague Belcher is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black creature from Aetherdrift Commander (DRC), a Commander product released in February 2025. It is collector number 97 in that set, with art by Izzy. It costs {2}{B} (two generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 5/4 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Amonkhet (2017) to Aetherdrift Commander (2025). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.44 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Menace
When this creature enters, put two -1/-1 counters on target creature you control.
Whenever another Zombie you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.44 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Plague Belcher by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Plague Belcher
Plague Belcher has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Amonkhet (AKH) #104 | Rare | 2017 |
| Amonkhet Promos (PAKH) #104s | Rare | 2017 |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Plague Belcher, newest first.
- If another Zombie you control dies at the same time as Plague Belcher, Plague Belcher’s last ability will trigger for that Zombie.
- In a Two-Headed Giant game, the triggered ability of Plague Belcher causes the opposing team to lose 2 life.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a black colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Plague Belcher is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.