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Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — Commander Hub · Mythicwyrm

Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Kor Cleric

Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim

Mana value2EDHREC#593

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The Commander

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Strengths

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Key Cards

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Core Cards

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Win Conditions

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▸Infinite sacrifice loops (e.g., persist creature + altar + Elas/Cutthroat) drain all opponents
▸Go-wide token sacrifice for mass simultaneous drain
▸Incremental aristocrat drain grinding the table to zero
▸Occasional deathtouch alpha strike when boards stall

Archetypes

Aristocrats — Elas turns sacrifice loops directly into life gain and opponent life loss.
Tokens — Wide creature swarms generate massive ETB lifegain and death drain when sacrificed.
Reanimator — Looping creatures in and out of the graveyard chains ETB and death triggers.
Combo — Persist/undying or sacrifice loops with Elas plus drain doublers create infinite damage.

Combos

No combos found for this commander on Commander Spellbook.

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Deathtouch

Whenever another creature you control enters, you gain 1 life.

Whenever another creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life.

Flood the board with creatures and tokens, then turn their entrances and deaths into incremental drain that ends the table. Elas il-Kor converts every ETB into life and every death into damage, so you grind value while aristocrats sacrifice loops and token swarms whittle opponents to zero.

Closes games without combat through symmetrical drain triggers

Cheap, low to the command zone, and recasts easily

Rewards both go-wide tokens and sacrifice loops

Deathtouch makes it a respectable blocker and removal magnet deterrent

Drain is only 1 life per death—needs volume or doublers to be lethal

Heavily reliant on the commander; board wipes and graveyard hate hurt

No card advantage built in; can run out of gas

Vulnerable to lifegain/lifeloss prevention and exile-based removal

Bastion of Remembrance

Doubles your death payoff so each creature death drains the whole table, stacking with Elas.

Zulaport Cutthroat

Redundancy for the death-drain trigger, accelerating each opponent toward zero.

Pitiless Plunderer

Turns dying creatures into Treasure, fueling explosive sacrifice loops.

Ashnod's Altar

Free sacrifice outlet that loops tokens for repeated death triggers and mana.

Grave Pact

Forces opponents to sacrifice creatures, multiplying death triggers and controlling boards.

Cabal Coffers

Big black mana fuels recursion engines and X-spell token makers.

Add drain redundancy (Blood Artist, Cruel Celebrant, Bastion of Remembrance) and free sacrifice outlets (Viscera Seer, Carrion Feeder) to assemble loops faster. Include persist/undying enablers like Murderous Redcap and reanimation (Reanimate, Victimize) plus tutors (Demonic Tutor, Vampiric Tutor) to find combos. Tighten the mana with fast rocks and ensure protection for Elas via Swiftfoot Boots or recursion to keep the engine online.