Card
Tesak, Judith's Hellhound
Mana cost {3}{R}
Legendary Creature — Elemental Dog 3/3
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.
Part of 2 known combos, one of them two-card. 5 official rulings.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Rare · MKC · #36
- Cheapest printing
- €0.26
- EDHREC salt
- 0.31
- Color identity
- Red
- Keywords
- Unleash
Bracket
- B1 Exhibition — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partner: Hellkite Charger
- B2 Core — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partner: Hellkite Charger
- B3 Upgraded — Not in the same deck as its early two-card combo partner: Hellkite Charger
- B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
- B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
Why
- Two-card combo with Hellkite Charger (early with Hellkite Charger)
How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket
Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags
Combos
2 known combos, one of them two-card.
- Tesak, Judith's Hellhound + Hellkite Charger
Produces: Infinite combat damage, Infinite combat phases
View on Commander Spellbook - Fable of the Mirror-Breaker // Reflection of Kiki-Jiki + Combat Celebrant + Tesak, Judith's Hellhound
Produces: Infinite combat phases, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB
View on Commander Spellbook
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2024-02-02 · Wizards of the Coast
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. - 2024-02-02 · Wizards of the Coast
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. - 2024-02-02 · Wizards of the Coast
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. - 2024-02-02 · Wizards of the Coast
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. - 2024-02-02 · Wizards of the Coast
The unleash ability applies no matter where the creature is entering the battlefield from.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast