---
name: "Karador, Ghost Chieftain"
mana_cost: "{5}{W}{B}{G}"
cmc: 8
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Centaur Spirit"
colors: []
color_identity: ["B", "G", "W"]
keywords: []
set: "CMR"
set_name: "Commander Legends"
collector_number: "521"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Todd Lockwood"
oracle_id: "304c194f-fa0b-42e5-93ca-8c587181d33c"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/karador-ghost-chieftain-cmr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Karador, Ghost Chieftain
- **Mana Cost:** `{5}{W}{B}{G}` (CMC: 8)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Centaur Spirit

## Oracle Text
This spell costs {1} less to cast for each creature card in your graveyard.
Once during each of your turns, you may cast a creature spell from your graveyard.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
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2. [Macabre Reconstruction](/printing/macabre-reconstruction-mkm.md) — Sorcery
3. [Ghoultree](/printing/ghoultree-inr.md) — Creature — Zombie Treefolk
4. [The Cauldron of Eternity](/printing/the-cauldron-of-eternity-eld.md) — Legendary Artifact
5. [Thwart the Grave](/printing/thwart-the-grave-clb.md) — Sorcery
6. [Emet-Selch of the Third Seat](/printing/emet-selch-of-the-third-seat-fic.md) — Legendary Creature — Elder Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander Legends (CMR) #521
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Todd Lockwood
- **Total Printings:** 13 across all historical editions

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2020-11-10)* You must pay the costs to cast that spell. If it has an alternative cost, you may cast it for that cost instead.
- *(2020-11-10)* To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying, add any cost increases (such as the commander tax), then apply any cost reductions (such as that of Karador). The mana value of the spell is determined only by its mana cost, no matter what the total cost to cast the spell was.
- *(2020-11-10)* If you cast one creature spell from your graveyard and then have a new Karador come under your control in the same turn, you may cast another creature spell from your graveyard that turn.
- *(2020-11-10)* You must follow the normal timing permissions and restrictions of the spell you cast from your graveyard.
- *(2020-11-10)* Once you begin to cast the spell, losing control of Karador won't affect the spell. You can finish casting it as normal.
- *(2020-11-10)* If a creature card is put into your graveyard during your main phase and the stack is empty, you have a chance to cast it before any player may attempt to remove that card from your graveyard.