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K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Horror Minion · {4}{B/P}{B/P}{B/P} · Black commander
({B/P} can be paid with either {B} or 2 life.)
Lifelink
For each {B} in a cost, you may pay 2 life rather than pay that mana.
Whenever you cast a black spell, put a +1/+1 counter on K'rrik.
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What K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth actually does
Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.
- Triggered ability · cast_spellWhenever you cast a black spell, put a +1/+1 counter on K'rrik.
- Keyword · lifelinklifelink
- AbilityFor each {B} in a cost, you may pay 2 life rather than pay that mana.
What a K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth deck needs
Plays as spellslinger. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- counter doublers and proliferate (it grows only itself with +1/+1 counters)
- cheap spells of any kind (its trigger fires on every cast)
The K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 14× Generic mana — a commander that pays coloured costs with life still cannot pay generic
- 19× A cheap spell of any kind — casts per turn are the engine for an unrestricted cast trigger
- 8× Put +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there
- 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 1× Answer a whole board at once
- 7× Refill your hand
- 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- 11× Get ahead on mana
Best cards for K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
Ranked by an engine that reads what each card does — its real cost, its delay and how reliably it works — rather than counting how often other people play it.
Generic mana — a commander that pays coloured costs with life still cannot pay generic
- Ancient Tomb0 mana
- Arcane Signet2 mana
- Ash Barrens0 mana
- Buried Ruin0 mana
- City of Brass0 mana
- Command Beacon0 mana
- Command Tower0 mana
- Darksteel Citadel0 mana
A cheap spell of any kind — casts per turn are the engine for an unrestricted cast trigger
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Everflowing Chalice0 mana
- Lotus Petal0 mana
- Mox Amber0 mana
- Mox Diamond0 mana
- Lion's Eye Diamond0 mana
- Walking Ballista0 mana
- Zuran Orb0 mana
Put +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there
- Blightbelly Rat2 mana
- Scheming Aspirant2 mana
- Glistening Sphere3 mana
- Walking Ballista0 mana
- Forge of Heroes0 mana
- Hangarback Walker0 mana
- Stonecoil Serpent0 mana
- Opal Palace0 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Defile1 mana
- Tragic Slip1 mana
- Infernal Grasp2 mana
- Fatal Push1 mana
- Bitter Triumph2 mana
- Black Sun's Twilight1 mana
- Cut Down1 mana
- Erebos's Intervention1 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Demonic Tutor2 mana
- Diabolic Intent2 mana
- Vampiric Tutor1 mana
- Imperial Seal1 mana
- Demonic Consultation1 mana
- Grim Tutor3 mana
- Tainted Pact2 mana
- Scheming Symmetry1 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Toxic Deluge3 mana
- Damnation4 mana
- Bontu's Last Reckoning3 mana
- Sickening Dreams2 mana
- Crypt Rats3 mana
- Extinction Event4 mana
- Endemic Plague4 mana
- The Meathook Massacre2 mana
Refill your hand
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Black Market Connections3 mana
- Braids, Arisen Nightmare3 mana
- Morbid Opportunist3 mana
- Phyrexian Arena3 mana
- The One Ring4 mana
- Vexing Bauble1 mana
- Ayara, First of Locthwain3 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Commander's Plate1 mana
- Mithril Coat3 mana
- Akroma's Memorial7 mana
- The Walls of Ba Sing Se8 mana
- Brotherhood Regalia2 mana
Get ahead on mana
- Sol Ring1 mana
- Palladium Myr3 mana
- Worn Powerstone3 mana
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Everflowing Chalice0 mana
- Mox Diamond0 mana
- Mana Vault1 mana
- Wayfarer's Bauble1 mana
Combos with K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth + Sheoldred, The Apocalypse + Vilis, Broker Of Blood22,371 decks
- K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth + Chainer, Dementia Master + Gray Merchant Of Asphodel + Dimir House Guard7,463 decks
- K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth + Asmodeus The Archfiend + Necrotic Ooze + Sheoldred, The Apocalypse6,228 decks
- K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth + Chainer, Dementia Master + Gray Merchant Of Asphodel + Viscera Seer5,068 decks
- K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth + Buried Alive + Reanimate + Chainer, Dementia Master + Viscera Seer + Gray Merchant Of Asphodel2,929 decks
- K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth + Chainer, Dementia Master + Gray Merchant Of Asphodel + Carrion Feeder2,836 decks