---
name: "Haakon, Stromgald Scourge"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Zombie Knight"
colors: []
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "SLD"
set_name: "Secret Lair Drop"
collector_number: "843"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Mark Zug"
oracle_id: "8f089280-e5da-4fda-8bff-dea2971d0292"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/haakon-stromgald-scourge-sld"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Haakon, Stromgald Scourge
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Zombie Knight

## Oracle Text
You may cast this card from your graveyard, but not from anywhere else.
As long as Haakon is on the battlefield, you may cast Knight spells from your graveyard.
When Haakon dies, you lose 2 life.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Deathless Knight](/printing/deathless-knight-eld.md) — Creature — Skeleton Knight
2. [Kotis, Sibsig Champion](/printing/kotis-sibsig-champion-tdc.md) — Legendary Creature — Zombie Warrior
3. [Havengul Lich](/printing/havengul-lich-c17.md) — Creature — Zombie Wizard
4. [Karador, Ghost Chieftain](/printing/karador-ghost-chieftain-cmm.md) — Legendary Creature — Centaur Spirit
5. [Oathsworn Vampire](/printing/oathsworn-vampire-lcc.md) — Creature — Vampire Knight
6. [Midnight Reaper](/printing/midnight-reaper-fdn.md) — Creature — Zombie Knight

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #843
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Mark Zug
- **Total Printings:** 4 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`

## Official Rulings
- *(2006-07-15)* While Haakon is in your graveyard, you may cast it. This follows the normal rules and timing for casting a creature spell; the only difference is what zone Haakon is being cast from. The spell goes on the stack. You have to pay Haakon's mana cost and any applicable additional costs. The same applies for Knight cards you cast from your graveyard while Haakon is on the battlefield.
- *(2006-07-15)* Haakon can't be cast from your hand. It can't be cast from any zone other than your graveyard, even if an effect such as that of Spelljack or Muse Vessel would otherwise allow you to.