Magic: The Gathering

Undead Warchief

Planechase 44 • uncommon

Set: Planechase
Collector number: 44
Rarity: Uncommon
Mana cost: 2 generic mana black mana black mana
Type: Creature
Colors: Black
Artist: Greg Hildebrandt
Market price: $17.11

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Market

What it's worth

$17.11market price via TCGplayer · Aug 21, 2026$14.77 – $17.11 over the tracked period

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What it does

Zombie spells you cast cost 1 generic mana less to cast.

Zombie creatures you control get +2/+1.

It has the strength of seven men. In fact, it used to be seven men.

Formats

Where you can play it

StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
PauperNot legal
BrawlNot legal
HistoricNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Penny DreadfulNot legal
OathbreakerLegal

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Provenance

Where it came from

Undead Warchief was originally printed in the 2003 Scourge expansion for Magic: The Gathering, designed to bolster tribal synergies for the Zombie creature type. Its inclusion in the 2009 Planechase release updated the card with new thematic artwork by Kev Walker, who captured the imposing, necrotic aesthetic central to the Undead armies of the game's multiverse. The design, which provides both a power-enhancing aura and a casting cost reduction, remains a staple of tribal graveyard strategies.

The Planechase release functioned as a multiplayer format expansion, pairing iconic cards with large-scale plane cards to alter the state of play. By reissuing Undead Warchief in this format, the developers sought to maintain accessibility for players focused on Zombie-themed decks. Walker's illustration emphasizes the figure's stature as a commander of the dead, contrasting the original visceral style with a more stylized, cinematic composition that reflects the high-fantasy evolution of the game's art direction during that era.

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