The design of Syr Konrad, the Grim plays off a royal theme of knights within ELD <\/em>that\u2019s being featured in every color, according to Magic<\/em>\u00a0designer Gavin Verhey.\u00a0<\/p>
\u201cEvery color in Eldraine<\/em> has its own royal court of knights\u201d Verhey told IGN<\/a>. \u201cWe wanted to make sure there were plenty of cool, monocolor legendary knights running around\u2014and so we made Syr Konrad to make sure black had one at uncommon.\u201d<\/p>
Costing five mana (two black), Syr Konrad, the Grim isn\u2019t a cheap legendary card. As a five\/four, its value isn\u2019t great but the static ability triggers attached to Syr Konrad are. When used with cards like Bone Splinters<\/a> and Dreadmalkin<\/a>, Mono-Black decks gain the advantage of non-combat damage while capitalizing on removal and counters to beef up cheap creatures on the battlefield. <\/p>
The combo potential found with Teysa Karlov<\/a> in Orzhov decks takes Syr Konrad, the Grim to additional heights, causing the one damage to trigger an additional time.\u00a0<\/p>
