Card
Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
Mana cost {10}
Legendary Creature — Eldrazi 12/12
When you cast this spell, draw four cards. Annihilator 4 (Whenever this creature attacks, defending player sacrifices four permanents of their choice.) When Kozilek is put into a graveyard from anywhere, its owner shuffles their graveyard into their library.
No bracket restriction: playable from bracket 1. Part of 21 known combos. 3 official rulings.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Mythic · ROE · #6
- Cheapest printing
- €32.21
- EDHREC salt
- 1.63
- Keywords
- Annihilator
Bracket
- B1 Exhibition — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B2 Core — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B3 Upgraded — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
- B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
Why
- No Game Changer, mass land denial, extra turn, tutor or two-card combo
How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket
Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags
Combos
21 known combos.
- Atla Palani, Nest Tender + Mirror Entity + Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
Produces: Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB
View on Commander Spellbook - Syr Konrad, the Grim + Morality Shift + Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
Produces: Near-infinite damage
View on Commander Spellbook - Kozilek, Butcher of Truth + Mind Over Matter + Lithoform Engine
Produces: Infinite draw triggers, Infinite looting, Infinite self-discard triggers
View on Commander Spellbook
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2018-12-07 · Wizards of the Coast
Kozilek's first ability triggers as you cast it, and that ability resolves before the spell itself. It resolves even if the spell is countered. - 2010-06-15 · Wizards of the Coast
If a creature with annihilator is attacking a planeswalker, and the defending player chooses to sacrifice that planeswalker, the attacking creature continues to attack. It may be blocked. If it isn't blocked, it simply won't deal combat damage to anything. - 2010-06-15 · Wizards of the Coast
Annihilator abilities trigger and resolve during the declare attackers step. The defending player chooses and sacrifices the required number of permanents before they declare blockers. Any creatures sacrificed this way won't be able to block.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast