Card
Haakon, Stromgald Scourge
Mana cost {1}{B}{B}
Legendary Creature — Zombie Knight 3/3
You may cast this card from your graveyard, but not from anywhere else. As long as Haakon is on the battlefield, you may cast Knight spells from your graveyard. When Haakon dies, you lose 2 life.
No bracket restriction: playable from bracket 1. Part of 124 known combos. 2 official rulings.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Rare · CSP · #61
- Cheapest printing
- €0.44
- EDHREC salt
- 0.24
- Color identity
- Black
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
124 known combos.
- Haakon, Stromgald Scourge + Phyrexian Altar + Foulmire Knight // Profane Insight
Produces: Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB
View on Commander Spellbook - The Ur-Dragon + Haakon, Stromgald Scourge + Morophon, the Boundless + Nameless Inversion
Produces: Reduce the toughness of creatures opponents control to 0, Reduce the toughness of each creature opponents control to 0 upon entering
View on Commander Spellbook - Haakon, Stromgald Scourge + Phyrexian Altar + Knight of the Ebon Legion
Produces: Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB
View on Commander Spellbook
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2006-07-15 · Wizards of the Coast
While Haakon is in your graveyard, you may cast it. This follows the normal rules and timing for casting a creature spell; the only difference is what zone Haakon is being cast from. The spell goes on the stack. You have to pay Haakon's mana cost and any applicable additional costs. The same applies for Knight cards you cast from your graveyard while Haakon is on the battlefield. - 2006-07-15 · Wizards of the Coast
Haakon can't be cast from your hand. It can't be cast from any zone other than your graveyard, even if an effect such as that of Spelljack or Muse Vessel would otherwise allow you to.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast