Asphodel Wanderer
Creature — Skeleton Soldier
: Regenerate this creature.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Theros
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #22622
Asphodel Wanderer is a one-mana 1/1 that regenerates itself for three mana — playable in black sacrifice and token shells where bodies matter more than stats. The rate is unimpressive, but the built-in recursion means it survives board wipes and repeated sacrifice triggers without spending a card.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Asphodel Wanderer sees essentially no competitive play in Legacy, Modern, or Pioneer, where a one-mana 1/1 with a clunky regeneration ability is far below the power floor. Pauper is its best non-Commander home, where cheap recursive bodies occasionally matter in fringe sacrifice builds, but even there it rarely makes the cut. In Commander, Asphodel Wanderer earns a narrow role under sacrifice commanders like Yarok, the Desecrated or Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker, where low-power creatures that resist dying repeatedly are genuinely useful — the three-mana regeneration is slow, but the card replaces itself in value loops rather than disappearing to the graveyard.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Asphodel Wanderer is deep bulk — you're picking it out of a dollar bin or ordering a playset for less than a pack of sleeves. Bulk commons with narrow applications don't appreciate, so there's no reason to stock up beyond what a specific deck needs.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.