---
name: "Karlach, Tiefling Punisher"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}{R}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Tiefling Barbarian"
colors: ["B", "R"]
color_identity: ["B", "R"]
keywords: ["First strike", "Haste"]
set: "HBG"
set_name: "Alchemy Horizons: Baldur's Gate"
collector_number: "14b"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Billy Christian"
oracle_id: "2dfc72ed-d2d4-4f89-a459-39d06839a257"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/karlach-tiefling-punisher-hbg"
legalities:
  commander: "not_legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "not_legal"
  vintage: "not_legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Karlach, Tiefling Punisher
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}{R}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Tiefling Barbarian
- **Power/Toughness:** 4/4
- **Keywords:** First strike, Haste

## Oracle Text
First strike, haste
When this card specializes from your graveyard, return it from your graveyard to the battlefield. It perpetually gains "This creature can't block."
When this card specializes from any zone, you may sacrifice a creature. If you do, you draw two cards and each opponent loses 2 life.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Karlach, Tiefling Zealot](/printing/karlach-tiefling-zealot-hbg.md) — Legendary Creature — Tiefling Barbarian
2. [Karlach, Tiefling Guardian](/printing/karlach-tiefling-guardian-hbg.md) — Legendary Creature — Tiefling Barbarian
3. [Karlach, Tiefling Berserker](/printing/karlach-tiefling-berserker-hbg.md) — Legendary Creature — Tiefling Barbarian
4. [Karlach, Tiefling Spellrager](/printing/karlach-tiefling-spellrager-hbg.md) — Legendary Creature — Tiefling Barbarian
5. [Karlach, Raging Tiefling](/printing/karlach-raging-tiefling-hbg.md) — Legendary Creature — Tiefling Barbarian
6. [Karlach, Fury of Avernus](/printing/karlach-fury-of-avernus-clb.md) — Legendary Creature — Tiefling Barbarian

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Alchemy Horizons: Baldur's Gate (HBG) #14b
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Billy Christian

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