Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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What it does
When you cast this spell, draw four cards.
Annihilator 4 (Whenever this creature attacks, defending player sacrifices four permanents of their choice.)
When Kozilek is put into a graveyard from anywhere, its owner shuffles their graveyard into their library.
Combos with Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
The lines this card is part of, what it needs alongside it, and what the cards do together. An infinite result is the one that moves a deck's bracket.
- Inverter of Truth Thassa's Oracle Infinite
- Exile your library and graveyard
- Win the game
- Neheb, Dreadhorde Champion Hellkite Charger Infinite
- Infinite damage
- Infinite rummaging
- Syr Konrad, the Grim Morality Shift Infinite
- Near-infinite damage
- Mind Over Matter Strionic Resonator Infinite
- Infinite draw triggers
- Infinite looting
- Infinite self-discard triggers
- Near-infinite card draw
- Near-infinite mana permanents you control can produce
- Near-infinite untap of permanents you control
- Mind Over Matter Lithoform Engine Infinite
- Infinite draw triggers
- Infinite looting
- Infinite self-discard triggers
- Near-infinite card draw
- Near-infinite mana permanents you control can produce
- Near-infinite untap of permanents you control
- Lagomos, Hand of Hatred Mind Over Matter Infinite
- Infinite self-discard triggers
- Atla Palani, Nest Tender Mirror Entity Infinite
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Captain Sisay Mind Over Matter Infinite
- Infinite self-discard triggers
Showing the 8 shortest and most explosive. This card appears in more than these. Follow any of them through to Commander Spellbook to browse the rest.
Combo data from Commander Spellbook, the community-maintained database of Magic combos. Mirrored nightly.
Rulings
3 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2010-06-15
If a creature with annihilator is attacking a planeswalker, and the defending player chooses to sacrifice that planeswalker, the attacking creature continues to attack. It may be blocked. If it isn't blocked, it simply won't deal combat damage to anything.
- 2010-06-15
Annihilator abilities trigger and resolve during the declare attackers step. The defending player chooses and sacrifices the required number of permanents before they declare blockers. Any creatures sacrificed this way won't be able to block.
- 2018-12-07
Kozilek's first ability triggers as you cast it, and that ability resolves before the spell itself. It resolves even if the spell is countered.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Kozilek, Butcher of Truth, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raph & Mikey, Troublemakers | 1 | 7 | 28.6% |
| The Notary Hobbits | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Mono-Green 1 deck
- Gruul 1 deck
Kozilek, Butcher of Truth price history
The Double Masters 2022 #2 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 26, 2026 | $48.37 | $47.96 |
| Oct 25, 2026 | $48.37 | $47.96 |
| Oct 24, 2026 | $47.99 | $47.96 |
| Oct 22, 2026 | $47.99 | $48.05 |
| Oct 21, 2026 | $47.55 | $48.05 |
| Oct 19, 2026 | $47.16 | $48.05 |
| Oct 18, 2026 | $47.10 | $48.05 |
| Oct 17, 2026 | $47.70 | $48.05 |
| Oct 15, 2026 | $47.71 | $48.05 |
| Oct 13, 2026 | $47.62 | $48.56 |
| Oct 11, 2026 | $47.23 | $48.56 |
| Oct 10, 2026 | $47.31 | $48.56 |
| Oct 7, 2026 | $47.24 | $48.56 |
| Oct 6, 2026 | $47.02 | $48.17 |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $47.33 | $48.17 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | $47.18 | $48.17 |
| Oct 3, 2026 | $46.66 | $48.07 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | $46.66 | $47.99 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $46.66 | $47.40 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $46.44 | $47.40 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $46.24 | $47.40 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
9 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.
- Normal
- $48.37
- Foil
- $47.96
Inverted
- Normal
- $57.73
- Foil
- $63.46
Etched
- Etched
- $69.06
Inverted
- Foil
- $97.63
- Normal
- $48.84
Ultimate Masters
- Normal
- $46.71
- Foil
- $50.27
Extended Art
Ultimate Box Topper
- Foil
- $73.92
- Normal
- $42.75
- Foil
- $47.19
- Normal
- $49.01
- Foil
- $172.94
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Kozilek, Butcher of Truth. 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.
