First printed in Modern Horizons 3 (2024)

All 4 prints

Secret Lair Promo (SLP) #52, 2026
Modern Horizons 3 Promos (PMH3) #11p, 2026
Modern Horizons 3 (MH3) #11, 2024
Modern Horizons 3 Promos (PMH3) #11s, 2024

Kozilek's Command

Kindred Instant — Eldrazi

Choose two —
• Target player creates X 0/1 colorless Eldrazi Spawn creature tokens with "Sacrifice this token: Add ."
• Target player scries X, then draws a card.
• Exile target creature with mana value X or less.
• Exile up to X target cards from graveyards.

In the last 30 days 26.5% of Modern decks played it (44 of 166). Most played in Golgari Broodscale. In the last 30 days 13.6% of Legacy decks played it (36 of 264). Most played in Eldrazi.

Staple

Modern staples: main deck, 30% of decks (#2)
Colorless, Instants, Removal, Creature removal, Card draw, Cantrips, Ramp, Graveyard hate
Legacy staples: main deck, 13% of decks (#38)
Colorless, Instants, Removal, Creature removal, Card draw, Cantrips, Ramp, Graveyard hate

Last 120 days of MTGO results and paper tournaments.

Legality

Constructed

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Not legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Future Standard Not legal
Historic Legal
Timeless Legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Dreadful Not legal
Premodern Not legal
Old School 93/94 Not legal

Singleton

Gladiator Legal

Commander formats

Commander Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Pauper Commander Not legal
PreDH Not legal
Tiny Leaders Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Brawl Legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Competitive Brawl Legal

In tournament decks of the last 30 days

Meta: share of the archetype in the format
Play it: decks of the archetype that play this card
Together: decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift: how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

Modern Other periods →

In 44 of 166 decks (26.5%).

Share of decks

29.6%

vs previous 30 days

Decks

40 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

4.0

in the main deck

Win rate

56%

14 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Golgari Broodscale	14.5%	100%
Eldrazi Tron	5.4%	100%
UB (unclassified)	3.0%	60%
BG (unclassified)	2.4%	25%
Mono-Black (unclassified)	2.4%	75%
Mono-Green (unclassified)	2.4%	100%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Eldrazi Temple	98%	3.4
Ugin's Labyrinth	93%	3.4
Devourer of Destiny	88%	3.4
Dismember	83%	3.3
Emrakul, the Promised End	75%	3.4
Sowing Mycospawn	68%	3.4
Sire of Seven Deaths	65%	3.4
Malevolent Rumble	63%	2.6
Boseiju, Who Endures	60%	1.9
Urza's Saga	58%	1.9

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Golgari Broodscale justFeather in Modern Challenge 32	8-1 89%
Mono-Black Martín Pazos in IQ Arzúa - Piknitas Modern	5-1 83%
Golgari Broodscale Álex Barros in IQ Arzúa - Piknitas Modern	4-1 80%
Golgari Broodscale toutoune10 in Modern Challenge 32	7-2 78%
Mono-Green Zoza in Modern Challenge 32	6-2 75%
Golgari Broodscale KadettiKersantti in Modern Challenge 32	5-2 71%
Eldrazi Tron Odin2015 in Modern Challenge 32	5-2 71%
Eldrazi Tron Bradykiesling13 in Modern Challenge 32	5-2 71%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Golgari Broodscale toutoune10, 28 Oct	4 main	#2 7-2
Mono-Green Zoza, 28 Oct	4 main	#4 6-2
Golgari Broodscale justFeather, 28 Oct	4 main	#7 4-3
Mono-Green JMAK2000, 28 Oct	4 main	#8 4-3
Golgari Broodscale caquaa, 28 Oct	4 main	#11 4-2
Golgari Broodscale derlumberzack, 28 Oct	4 main	#22 3-3
Golgari Broodscale Jumba, 28 Oct	4 main	#26 3-3
Golgari Broodscale Malox11, 28 Oct	4 main	#28 2-3

Legacy Other periods →

In 36 of 264 decks (13.6%).

Share of decks

13.5%

vs previous 30 days

Decks

14 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

4.0

in the main deck

Win rate

58%

1 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Eldrazi	6.1%	100%
Omni-Tell	4.2%	9%
Mono-Blue (unclassified)	3.4%	89%
WUG (unclassified)	3.0%	25%
Mystic Forge	1.9%	100%
UB (unclassified)	1.1%	33%
UG (unclassified)	0.8%	100%
Colorless (unclassified)	0.4%	100%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Ancient Tomb	100%	3.9
Glaring Fleshraker	86%	7.4
Lotus Petal	86%	2.3
Eye of Ugin	64%	7.4
Reality Smasher	64%	7.4
Wastescape Battlemage	64%	7.4
Eldrazi Temple	64%	7.4
It That Heralds the End	64%	7.4
Thought-Knot Seer	64%	7.4
Eldrazi Linebreaker	64%	7.4

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Eldrazi Garrett widman in BCDL 30 - Ohio	6-0 100%
Eldrazi Lantz Greer in BCDL 29 - Texas	5-1 83%
Eldrazi Nanovo in Legacy Challenge 32	5-2 71%
Eldrazi Zolgia108 in Legacy Challenge 32	4-2 67%
Mono-Blue Ryan Lodini in BCDL 29 - Texas	4-2 67%
WUG Carey Banyas in BCDL 30 - Ohio	3-2 60%
Mystic Forge Kory Kasler in BCDL 30 - Ohio	3-2 60%
Mono-Blue Joe palazzo in BCDL 30 - Ohio	3-2 60%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Eldrazi Zolgia108, 28 Oct	4 main	5-0
Mystic Forge DropRegretRepeat, 28 Oct	4 main	5-0
Mono-Blue EvoPride, 28 Oct	4 main	5-0
Eldrazi Nanovo, 27 Oct	4 main	#7 5-2
Eldrazi Zolgia108, 27 Oct	4 main	#13 4-2
Eldrazi Schmeckles, 27 Oct	4 main	#15 3-3
Eldrazi NathanDrake, 27 Oct	4 main	#22 3-3
Mystic Forge _Shikamaru_, 27 Oct	4 main	#26 3-3

Commander Other periods →

In 90 of 6150 decks (1.5%).

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
WUBRG (unclassified)	11.1%	0%
URG (unclassified)	7.2%	0%
Mono-Green (unclassified)	2.8%	1%
Mono-Blue (unclassified)	2.3%	1%
RG (unclassified)	2.2%	1%
WR (unclassified)	2.1%	35%
Mono-White (unclassified)	1.8%	20%
Colorless (unclassified)	0.4%	82%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Mono-White Tim Taranto (Goldsabertooth) in BAKED ZITI 4: Goldsabertooth’s NY cEDH	6-0 100%
WR [Heineken] Fali in The Warsaw Pact 2.0 - cEDH European Championship Qualifier	5-1 83%
WR Hunter Baker in Tabletop Tavern \| Win-A-Dual cEDH Tournament - OCTOBER 2026	4-2 67%
WR Braevry Davis [HILL] in Bob Koepke Memorial Tournament: A CEDH Tournament Benefitting 988 Lifeline	3-2 60%
Mono-White Yannick Siegmund in Spellbook Reality Fracture CEDH Turner	3-2 60%
Mono-White Caleb Cox in Bards and Cards Anniversary C-EDH Tourny	3-3 50%
Colorless Trent Heimler in MBG Commanderpalooza #3 (TimeTwister event)	2-3 40%
Colorless Jay Sataloff in MBG Commanderpalooza #3 (TimeTwister event)	2-3 40%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
WR Danny Zeigler, 26 Oct	1 main	#17 1-3
Mono-White Jarrett Jewart, 25 Oct	1 main	#8 1-2
Mono-White Chris Dunne, 25 Oct	1 main	#17 0-2
Colorless Caetronius, 25 Oct	1 main	#20 0-3
WR Dani Carneros, 25 Oct	1 main	#10 1-2
Colorless Rafael Quinta Pozo, 25 Oct	1 main	#10 1-2
WR Drew Fiel [Grim], 24 Oct	1 main	#8 1-1
WR Joshua Linley [Slab Bulkhead], 24 Oct	1 main	#46 1-4

No recent decks in: Vintage, Duel Commander.