Cultist of the Absolute
Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate 123 • rare
- Set
- Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate
- Collector number
- 123
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- black mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Artur Treffner
- Market price
- $0.36
What it does
Commander creatures you own get +3/+3 and have flying, deathtouch, "Ward—Pay 3 life," and "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice a creature."
You embrace power at any cost, and if it consumes you, so be it.
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
Cultist of the Absolute was released in 2022 as part of the Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate set, a supplemental expansion for Magic: The Gathering designed specifically for the Commander multiplayer format. The card draws inspiration from the Dungeons & Dragons Forgotten Realms setting, representing a player's devotion to the Absolute, a central antagonist force in the Baldur's Gate 3 video game. It serves as a black enchantment that functions as a Background, a special card type introduced in this set that allows players to customize their Commander's mechanics.
The artwork was created by illustrator Justine Cruz, who rendered the card with a dark, atmospheric aesthetic to capture the unsettling nature of the cult's influence. The design aims to balance high-risk gameplay mechanics with thematic flavor, forcing the player to sacrifice resources to gain significant power boosts. Upon its release, the card was widely received by the Commander community as a potent and flavorful tool for aggressive deck archetypes, quickly becoming a staple in decks utilizing sacrifice-based strategies.
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