Azlask, the Swelling Scourge
Azlask, the Swelling Scourge anchors a colorless focused strategy in Commander: Modern Horizons 3. The borderless design highlights a towering Eldrazi with jagged limbs and a twisting silhouette that hints at its growing menace. At three mana, it starts a slow feedback loop: whenever Azlask or any other colorless creature you control dies, you gain an experience counter, stacking momentum as the board state shifts in your favor. In practice, the card rewards attrition with measurable returns, letting your next attack feel like a deliberate escalation rather than a random push.
As counters accumulate, creatures you control scale with a new measure of force: they get +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of experience counters you have. This can meaningfully swing combat or break through defenses at just the right moment. The effect also extends a temporary shield to Scions and Spawns you control, granting indestructible and annihilator 1 until end of turn, which can dramatically alter how opponents block and how you sequence combat steps. In a well built colorless shell, Azlask translates incremental value into decisive pressure.
Card Details:
- Mana Cost – {3}
- Card Type – Legendary Creature
- Subtypes – Legendary, Eldrazi
- Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – Whenever Azlask, the Swelling Scourge or another colorless creature you control dies, you get an experience counter. Creatures you control get +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of experience counters you have. Scions and Spawns you control gain indestructible and annihilator 1 until end of turn.
- Power / Toughness – 2/2
- Loyalty – N/A
