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Khârn the Betrayer

Legendary Creature — Astartes Berserker3 generic manaRed mana

Most attack-each-combat berserkers punish you with their body; this one punishes you by keeping it. The 5/1 frame is deliberately brittle, because the real text is the reversal: the moment anything would deal damage to it, the creature does not die, it defects, sliding across the battlefield under an opponent's control. That inverts the usual math of a must-attack beater. You are not managing your own liability so much as timing a handoff, then racing or buying it back before the new controller swings it into you, and the two-card draw on losing control turns each betrayal into a resource swing rather than a loss. The design leans into a rare space: a creature that cannot be killed by damage but can be given away by it, so the damage-prevention clause reads as a drawback and an evasion tool at once. The card stays yours in name only; the ability transfers control, not ownership, so it will keep changing hands across the table without ever leaving play, a passed grenade that hits whoever holds it and rewards whoever loses it. It is a mechanical translation of the source material's mad, indiscriminate slaughter, encoded not as raw stats but as a creature that will turn on its own controller the instant blood is drawn.

Khârn the Betrayer (40k)
40K · #79rare
Pricing
Normal: $7.43
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Oracle Text

Rules text

Berzerker — Khârn the Betrayer attacks or blocks each combat if able. Sigil of Corruption — When you lose control of Khârn the Betrayer, draw two cards. The Betrayer — If damage would be dealt to Khârn the Betrayer, prevent that damage and an opponent of your choice gains control of it.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
N/A
Modern
N/A
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
N/A
Brawl
N/A
Historic
N/A
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
N/A
Standard Brawl
N/A
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
N/A
Pauper Commander
N/A
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
N/A
Penny Dreadful
N/A
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
N/A
TLR
N/A
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