Ardyn, the Usurper
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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What it does
Demons you control have menace, lifelink, and haste.
Starscourge — At the beginning of combat on your turn, exile up to one target creature card from a graveyard. If you exiled a card this way, create a token that's a copy of that card, except it's a 5/5 black Demon.
Rulings
4 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2025-06-06
If a card copied by the token had any "when [this permanent] enters" abilities, the token also has those abilities, and they'll trigger when it's created. Similarly, any "as [this permanent] enters" or "[this permanent] enters with" abilities that the token has copied will also work.
- 2025-06-06
If the copied card has X in its mana cost, X is 0.
- 2025-06-06
Except for the listed exceptions, the token copies exactly what was printed on the original card and nothing else. It doesn't copy any information about the object the card was before it was put into a graveyard.
- 2025-06-06
The token is a Demon creature instead of its other types and is black instead of its other colors. Its base power and toughness are 5/5. These are copiable values of the token that other effects may copy.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
As a commander
Decks built with Ardyn, the Usurper in the command zone.
Published decks
Decklists players have published with Ardyn, the Usurper in the command zone, newest first. A deck that has been played carries the win rate it earned in real tracked games.
- Ardyn 0 games —
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Ardyn, the Usurper, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fire Lord Zuko | 2 | 16 | 25% |
| M.O.D.O.K. | 1 | 0 | — |
| Zoraline, Cosmos Caller | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Mardu 2 decks
- Mono-Black 1 deck
- Orzhov 1 deck
Ardyn, the Usurper price history
The Final Fantasy #89 printing, as Scryfall reports the TCGplayer market. Updated nightly. Click any version below to chart its price.
Every recorded price change
| Date | Non-foil | Foil |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 2026 | $0.77 | $2.18 |
| Oct 26, 2026 | $0.78 | $2.17 |
| Oct 25, 2026 | $0.77 | $2.17 |
| Oct 24, 2026 | $1.05 | $2.23 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | $1.25 | $2.23 |
| Oct 22, 2026 | $2.15 | $2.20 |
| Oct 21, 2026 | $2.39 | $2.18 |
| Oct 20, 2026 | $2.43 | $2.03 |
| Oct 19, 2026 | $1.49 | $2.04 |
| Oct 18, 2026 | $1.38 | $2.02 |
| Oct 17, 2026 | $1.32 | $2.04 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | $1.55 | $2.04 |
| Oct 15, 2026 | $1.67 | $1.87 |
| Oct 14, 2026 | $1.70 | $1.67 |
| Oct 13, 2026 | $1.75 | $1.61 |
| Oct 12, 2026 | $1.39 | $1.61 |
| Oct 11, 2026 | $1.50 | $1.61 |
| Oct 10, 2026 | $1.79 | $1.61 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | $1.78 | $1.58 |
| Oct 8, 2026 | $1.49 | $1.58 |
| Oct 7, 2026 | $1.21 | $1.53 |
| Oct 6, 2026 | $1.12 | $1.43 |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $1.25 | $1.34 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | $1.03 | $1.34 |
| Oct 3, 2026 | $1.10 | $1.32 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | $1.12 | $1.33 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $1.20 | $1.34 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | $1.08 | $1.37 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $0.83 | $1.42 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $1.09 | $1.48 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Ardyn, the Usurper
6 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly. A printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall publishes none for some of them. Click a card's art to chart that version's price above.
Inverted
- Normal
- $3.94
- Foil
- $7.05
Inverted
- Normal
- $1.81
- Foil
- $2.65
Extended Art
- Normal
- $2.50
- Foil
- $12.95
Inverted
- Foil
- $17.81
- Normal
- $0.77
- Foil
- $2.18
Promo
Final Fantasy Promos
- Foil
- $7.92
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Ardyn, the Usurper. It runs a name search across every version, which covers the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only. No individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.
