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Chancellor Gorkon

Chancellor Gorkon

Legendary Creature — Klingon Noble

Chancellor Gorkon wants a deck that sacrifices its own creatures to drain opponents' life. It also works in a deck built around Nobles.

  • Mana cost3 genericwhiteblack
  • White, Black ()
  • Power / toughness5 / 3
  • RarityRare

Vigilance

When Chancellor Gorkon dies, exile up to two target creatures.

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Archetypes
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Cards That Fit Chancellor Gorkon

Picked for what they do in Chancellor Gorkon's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Chancellor Gorkon's color identity.Mana ValueThe total amount of mana a card costs, all added up. A card costing two generic and one green has a mana value of three. Wizards renamed this from "converted mana cost" in 2021, so older cards and articles may still use the old name.Sol RingOpen the full glossary

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Similar Commanders

Commanders that share the most with Chancellor Gorkon, and what they share.

Color identityEvery color of mana symbol on a card, in its cost and in its rules text. Your commander's color identity sets the limit for your whole deck: every other card has to fit inside it. A deck led by a green and white commander cannot play a card with any blue in its color identity.Open the full glossaryWBPlayers write colors as letters: W for white, B for black.AristocratsAristocrats decks sacrifice their own creatures on purpose and profit every time one dies, often by draining life from each opponent. A sacrifice outlet, a card that lets you sacrifice whenever you like, decides when that happens.Open the Aristocrats pageDeath TriggerTriggers when a creature dies, whether it is this creature, one of yours or an opponent's. These are the cards that pay you in an Aristocrats deck: something else makes creatures die, and these decide what you get each time. Blood Artist, Solemn SimulacrumOpen the Death Trigger pageTarget RemovalRemoves a single chosen permanent by destroying it, exiling it or returning it to its owner's hand, however big it is. It is the precise answer to one problem, as opposed to a board wipe that hits everything. Damage and -X/-X can miss a big creature, so they are Damage Removal and -X/-X Removal instead. Swords to Plowshares, Beast WithinOpen the Target Removal page