Card
Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver
Mana cost {2}{U}{B}
Legendary Creature — Zombie Warrior 3/3
Whenever another Zombie you control dies, if it didn't have decayed, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token with decayed. (It can't block. When it attacks, sacrifice it at end of combat.) At the beginning of your end step, you may sacrifice a Zombie. If you do, draw a card.
No bracket restriction: playable from bracket 1. Part of 35 known combos. 4 official rulings.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Mythic · MIC · #2
- Cheapest printing
- €9.57
- EDHREC salt
- 0.52
- Color identity
- Black, Blue
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
35 known combos.
- Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver + Poppet Stitcher // Poppet Factory + Carrion Feeder
Produces: Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB
View on Commander Spellbook - Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver + Poppet Stitcher // Poppet Factory + Ashnod's Altar
Produces: Infinite colorless mana, Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB
View on Commander Spellbook - Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver + Poppet Stitcher // Poppet Factory + Phyrexian Altar
Produces: Infinite colored mana, Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB
View on Commander Spellbook
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2021-09-24 · Wizards of the Coast
Once a creature with decayed attacks, it will be sacrificed at end of combat, even if it no longer has decayed at that time. - 2021-09-24 · Wizards of the Coast
Decayed does not grant haste. Creatures with decayed that enter the battlefield during your turn may not attack until your next turn. - 2021-09-24 · Wizards of the Coast
Decayed does not create any attacking requirements. You may choose not to attack with a creature that has decayed. - 2021-09-24 · Wizards of the Coast
Decayed represents a static ability and a triggered ability. “Decayed” means “This creature can't block” and “When this creature attacks, sacrifice it at end of combat.”
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast