Agent of the Fates
Creature — Human Assassin
Deathtouch
Heroic — Whenever you cast a spell that targets this creature, each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Theros
- Price
- $0.36
- EDHREC rank
- #14478
Agent of the Fates forces a sacrifice every time you target it with a spell, turning your own auras and pump spells into repeatable edict effects opponents can't redirect to tokens. At three mana with deathtouch, it demands an answer the turn it lands — and Killian, Ink Duelist makes every targeting spell that triggers it cost two less.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Killian, Ink Duelist
Killian, Ink Duelist cuts the cost of every aura and targeted spell, which means Agent of the Fates triggers stack up cheaply and often — slapping a single Karmic Justice or removal spell onto Killian's creatures while Agent sits on board strips an opponent's board piece by piece across a single turn.
Ramses, Assassin Lord
Ramses, Assassin Lord wins the game outright when an opponent loses their commander, and Agent of the Fates is one of the cleanest ways to make that happen — the edict effect bypasses shroud, protection, and indestructible, so Ramses players run it as a near-guaranteed commander kill waiting for the right targeting spell.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Agent of the Fates is a Commander card through and through — the edict trigger only becomes oppressive when you're running a deck built to target your own permanents repeatedly, which describes entire archetypes in the format. In Legacy and Vintage it's outclassed by faster and harder removal, and it's too slow and narrow for Modern or Pioneer, where three mana needs to do more than set up a conditional trigger. Commander is where it earns its slot, specifically in Orzhov or Dimir shells that weaponize enchantments and auras to keep the trigger firing.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.36 bulk tier
At $0.36, Agent of the Fates is bulk, and it's been sitting in that range long enough that it's not going anywhere. Pick up copies freely — the price ceiling is low given its narrow application, but for the decks that want it, that's a non-issue.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.