Agent Bishop, Man in Black
Legendary Creature — Human Soldier
At the beginning of combat on your turn, put a +1/+1 counter on each of up to two target creatures.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Price
- $0.30
- EDHREC rank
- #14358
Agent Bishop, Man in Black hands you a goad engine on a three-mana body — every creature you goad replaces itself with a card, turning a control tool into a draw engine. Kros, Defense Contractor decks run it at over 21% inclusion because it does exactly what that commander wants, cheaper than most alternatives.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Kros, Defense Contractor
Kros, Defense Contractor's whole game is goading opponents' creatures, and Agent Bishop, Man in Black converts every one of those goad triggers into a card draw — the two cards form a self-sustaining loop of pressure and card advantage that makes Bishop a near-auto-include in any Kros list.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Agent Bishop, Man in Black is legal across every major constructed format, but it's a Commander card through and through — the goad-draw payoff requires a multiplayer table to fire consistently, since goading a single opponent's creature in a two-player game is just a combat tax, not an engine. In Legacy and Vintage the effect is too slow and too conditional to compete. Modern and Pioneer are creature-combat formats where a three-mana do-nothing-immediately legendary hits below rate. Commander is where it belongs: multiple opponents mean multiple goad targets, card draw stacks quickly, and the political angle of forcing attacks at other players compounds over a long game.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.30 bulk tier
At $0.30, Agent Bishop, Man in Black sits firmly in bulk territory — easy to pick up, easy to throw in a Kros list without a second thought. Bulk rares with narrow homes tend to stay cheap, so don't expect movement unless a high-profile deck puts goad strategies on the radar.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.