Captain N'ghathrod
Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate 640 • mythic
- Set
- Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate
- Collector number
- 640
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana blue mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black · Blue
- Artist
- Andrey Kuzinskiy
- Market price
- $13.27
What it does
Horrors you control have menace.
Whenever a Horror you control deals combat damage to a player, that player mills that many cards.
At the beginning of your end step, choose target artifact or creature card in an opponent's graveyard that was put there from their library this turn. Put it onto the battlefield under your control.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Captain N'ghathrod was released in 2022 as part of the Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate set for Magic: The Gathering. This legendary creature card serves as the face commander for the Mind Flayarrrs preconstructed deck, which leans heavily into the Dungeons & Dragons lore of the Illithid, or mind flayers. The card was designed to mechanically incentivize a tribal horror strategy, specifically focusing on mill mechanics to exile cards from opponents' libraries and recruit their discarded creatures back to the battlefield.
The artwork for this card was provided by the illustrator Igor Kieryluk. Known for his atmospheric and darker fantasy aesthetic, Kieryluk captured the imposing, tentacled presence of the mind flayer captain against the backdrop of the astral sea, a setting intrinsic to the lore of D&D's spelljamming and Illithid society. Upon release, the card was well-received by the Commander community for its cohesive synergy and for offering a dedicated tribal leader for horror creatures, a creature type that had previously lacked a specific commander focused on its unique playstyle.
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