Auntie Blyte, Bad Influence
Legendary Creature — Devil Advisor
Flying
Whenever a source you control deals damage to you, put that many +1/+1 counters on Auntie Blyte.
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, Remove X +1/+1 counters from Auntie Blyte: It deals X damage to any target.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Jumpstart 2022
- Price
- $8.68
- EDHREC rank
- #12247
Auntie Blyte, Bad Influence turns every point of self-inflicted damage into a +1/+1 counter and a free damage ping, which means cards like Volcano Hellion stop being a liability and start being a win condition. Yusri, Fortune's Flame decks reach for her precisely because the coin-flip damage that used to hurt you now fuels a growing threat that threatens the table.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Yusri, Fortune's Flame
Yusri, Fortune's Flame already incentivizes flipping coins and eating the losses — Auntie Blyte, Bad Influence converts those losses into counters and direct damage, turning the downside of a failed flip from a setback into an engine piece that scales with every subsequent flip.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Auntie Blyte, Bad Influence is a Commander card through and through — her payoff requires repeated self-damage triggers over multiple turns, which is exactly what a 100-card singleton game provides. In Legacy and Vintage she's technically legal but there's no competitive shell that wants a four-mana creature with no immediate board impact and a value engine built around self-damage. Oathbreaker could support her as a signature spell target in a Boros burn-yourself shell, though the format's faster clock works against her.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Auntie Blyte, Bad InfluenceVolcano Hellion
Infinite damage to one opponent
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Auntie Blyte, Bad InfluenceThe Golden ThroneVolcano Hellion
Infinite damage to one opponent
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Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Cursed Mirror and Reckless Fireweaver cover fragments of what Auntie Blyte, Bad Influence does but neither converts self-damage into a growing body with a damage trigger attached. If the budget concern is the four-mana slot specifically, Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper or Braid of Fire pair with self-damage strategies but trade the offensive ping for defensive or mana-generation angles — you lose the kill-threat ceiling.
Price Context
Current price
$8.68 mid tier
At $8.68, Auntie Blyte, Bad Influence sits in the mid tier — notable enough to feel in a budget build but not a format staple that commands a premium. She's a unique effect with no direct reprint candidate, so the price reflects a fairly narrow but loyal demand from Yusri and self-damage brewers rather than broad cross-format play.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Volcano Hellion
- Yusri, Fortune's Flame
- The Golden Throne
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.