Syr Konrad, the Grim
Legendary Creature — Human Knight
LegalBoard WipeRank #252
Whenever another creature dies, or a creature card is put into a graveyard from anywhere other than the battlefield, or a creature card leaves your graveyard, Syr Konrad deals 1 damage to each opponent.
: Each player mills a card. (They each put the top card of their library into their graveyard.)
5/4
KeywordsMill
Why is this card good?
Syr Konrad, the Grim is a damage-based win engine that punishes any creature touching a graveyard. The beauty is how many triggers he catches: creatures dying, milling into graveyards, even leaving graveyards (reanimation, flashback, escape). In the right shell, opponents take chip damage constantly until they're dead — no combat required.
He's a natural fit as a commander or 99-card piece for:
- Aristocrats — every sacrifice and death pings the table; pair with Blood Artist effects to drain on death and damage.
- Mill/self-mill decks — his activated ability is repeatable, and dredge/looting fuels a steady stream of triggers.
- Reanimator — bringing creatures back and re-killing them each loop adds up fast.
Combo potential is real: with a free sacrifice outlet and a recursive creature (like Gravecrawler), you loop for lethal damage.
Skip him in heavy aggro/voltron builds where you'd rather just attack, or in pods where graveyard hate is everywhere — his engine grinds to a halt when graveyards stay empty.
Related cards
Zulaport Cutthroat
Aristocrat payoff that drains opponents when creatures die, same death-trigger role.
Blood Artist
Pings each opponent on any creature death, stacks with Konrad.
Bastion of Remembrance
Enchantment version of Blood Artist for redundant death payoff.
Grimgrin, Corpse-Born
Black aristocrats commander that thrives on creature deaths.
Gravecrawler
Recursive creature to repeatedly trigger death payoffs.
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
Enables infinite sacrifice loops to drain via death triggers.
Poison-Tip Archer
Death-trigger drain plus reach in a similar payoff slot.
Printings (11)
Played by these commanders
Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir100% of 1
Anowon, the Ruin Thief100% of 1
Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls100% of 1
Disa the Restless100% of 2
Mirko, Obsessive Theorist100% of 1
Combos (8)
- The Mindskinner + Syr Konrad, the Grim
→ Near-infinite mill
- Syr Konrad, the Grim + K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth + Tortured Existence
→ Infinite damage, Infinite lifegain triggers, Infinite self-discard triggers
- Syr Konrad, the Grim + Tortured Existence + Phyresis
→ Each opponent loses the game
- Syr Konrad, the Grim + Morality Shift + Phyresis
→ Each opponent loses the game
- Syr Konrad, the Grim + Tortured Existence + Tainted Strike
→ Each opponent loses the game
- Syr Konrad, the Grim + Morality Shift + Tainted Strike
→ Each opponent loses the game
Rulings (2)
- 2019-10-04
If one or more creatures die at the same time as Syr Konrad, its first ability triggers for each of those creatures.
- 2019-10-04
In a Two-Headed Giant game, Syr Konrad's first ability causes it to deal 1 damage twice.