Tesak, Judith's Hellhound

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Tesak, Judith's Hellhound: Legendary Creature - Elemental Dog, Murders at Karlov Manor Commander. Unleash. Other Dogs you control have unleash. On Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{3}{R}
Mana value
4
Type
Legendary Creature - Elemental Dog
Colour identity
Red (R)
Power / toughness
3/3
Rarity
Rare
Set
Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC)
Released
2024-02-09
Collector number
36
Artist
Anna Podedworna
Commander rank
12,223 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Unleash
Commander
Can be your commander

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About Tesak, Judith's Hellhound

Tesak, Judith's Hellhound is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare red legendary creature from Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC), a Commander product released in February 2024. It is collector number 36 in that set, with art by Anna Podedworna. It costs {3}{R} (three generic and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 3/3 creature. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Murders at Karlov Manor Commander is its only printing so far. It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.32 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Unleash (You may have this creature enter with a +1/+1 counter on it. It can't block as long as it has a +1/+1 counter on it.)

Other Dogs you control have unleash.

Creatures you control with counters on them have haste.

Whenever Tesak attacks, add {R} for each attacking creature.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.32 (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 Tesak, Judith's Hellhound by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Tesak, Judith's Hellhound

The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC) #346Rare2024

Official rulings

Five official rulings apply to Tesak, Judith's Hellhound, newest first.

  • You make the choice to have the creature with unleash enter the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter or not as it's entering the battlefield. At that point, it's too late for a player to respond to the creature spell by trying to counter it, for example.
  • Putting a +1/+1 counter on a creature with unleash that's already blocking won't remove it from combat. It will continue to block.
  • Count the number of attacking creatures when Tesak, Judith's Hellhound's last ability resolves, including Tesak itself if it's still on the battlefield, to determine how much mana to add.
  • A creature with unleash can't block if it has any +1/+1 counter on it, not just one put on it by the unleash ability.
  • The unleash ability applies no matter where the creature is entering the battlefield from.

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