Zellix, Sanity Flayer
Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate 619 • mythic
- Set
- Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate
- Collector number
- 619
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Slawomir Maniak
- Market price
- $28.49
What it does
Hive Mind — Whenever a player mills one or more creature cards, you create a 1/1 black Horror creature token.
1 generic mana, tap: Target player mills three cards.
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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
Zellix, Sanity Flayer was released in 2022 as part of the Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate expansion. The set was designed as a sequel to the 2020 Commander Legends, specifically focusing on the Dungeons & Dragons Forgotten Realms setting. The character of Zellix originates from D&D lore as an illithid, or mind flayer, specifically tied to the darker, psychological horror aspects of the Underdark, fitting the set's emphasis on draftable multiplayer formats.
The card's art was created by illustrator Svetlin Velinov, who utilized a vivid, unsettling color palette of purples and sickly greens to capture the alien, cerebral nature of a mind flayer. The design focuses on mechanics that synergize with graveyard mill strategies, reflecting the creature's lore as an entity that consumes or manipulates the minds of its prey. Upon release, it was well-received by fans of both the D&D franchise and Magic: The Gathering for its distinct thematic identity and its utility as a unique commander for self-mill decks.
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