Unbreathing Horde

Unbreathing Horde card image

Unbreathing Horde: Creature - Zombie, Starter Commander Decks. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{B}
Mana value
3
Type
Creature - Zombie
Colour identity
Black (B)
Power / toughness
0/0
Rarity
Rare
Set
Starter Commander Decks (SCD)
Released
2022-12-02
Collector number
113
Artist
Dave Kendall
Commander rank
8,275 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Unbreathing Horde

Unbreathing Horde is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black creature from Starter Commander Decks (SCD), a Commander product released in December 2022. It is collector number 113 in that set, with art by Dave Kendall. It costs {2}{B} (two generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 0/0 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Innistrad (2011) to Starter Commander Decks (2022). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.50 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it for each other Zombie you control and each Zombie card in your graveyard.

If this creature would be dealt damage, prevent that damage and remove a +1/+1 counter from it.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.50 (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 Unbreathing Horde by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Unbreathing Horde

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

PrintingRarityYear
Duel Decks: Blessed vs. Cursed (DDQ) #66Rare2016
Innistrad (ISD) #121Rare2011

Official rulings

Three official rulings apply to Unbreathing Horde, newest first.

  • Only one +1/+1 counter will be removed, no matter how much damage is prevented.
  • If Unbreathing Horde enters from a graveyard, it will count itself when determining how many +1/+1 counters it enters with.
  • If Unbreathing Horde has no +1/+1 counters on it (but its toughness is raised above 0 by another effect), any damage dealt to it will still be prevented, even though no counter will be removed.

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