Mortarion, Daemon Primarch
- Mana cost
- {5}{B}
- Type
- Legendary Creature — Demon Primarch
- Power / toughness
- 5 / 6
- Set
- Warhammer 40,000 Commander #41★ (rare)
Flying
Primarch of the Death Guard — At the beginning of your end step, you may pay {X}. If you do, create X 2/2 black Astartes Warrior creature tokens with menace. X can't be greater than the amount of life you lost this turn.
Mortarion, Daemon Primarch has 2 printings, first in Warhammer 40,000 Commander (2022). EDHREC ranks it #12,365 among Commander cards. It appears most in Be'lakor, the Dark Master decks (2,305 on EDHREC). 1 public deck on TCG runs it. It has 2 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: not legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Public decks that run Mortarion, Daemon Primarch
- The Ruinous Powers - Warhammer 40,000 Commander, led by Abaddon the Despoiler
Commanders that run Mortarion, Daemon Primarch most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Be'lakor, the Dark Master: 2,305 decks
- Abaddon the Despoiler: 899 decks
- The Speed Demon: 196 decks
- Tivash, Gloom Summoner: 56 decks
- Morinfen: 45 decks
- Gallowbraid: 34 decks
- Savanti Romero, Time's Exile: 8 decks
- Kuro, Pitlord: 7 decks
Often played with Mortarion, Daemon Primarch
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : If a spell or ability sets a player's life total to a specified amount, that player gains or loses the appropriate amount of life. For example, if your life total is 20 and an effect sets your life total to 15, you lost 5 life.
- : Mortarion, Demon Primarch's ability looks only at the amount of life you've lost this turn, regardless of any life you may have gained. For example, if you lost 3 life due to combat damage, but gained 2 life later in the turn, X may be up to 3 for this ability.