Beguiler of Wills
Creature — Human Wizard
: Gain control of target creature with power less than or equal to the number of creatures you control.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Dark Ascension
- Price
- $2.42
- EDHREC rank
- #11684
Beguiler of Wills steals any creature outright — no mana cost, no targeting restriction — as long as your creature count stays high enough to tap it. The setup cost is real: a 1/1 body at five mana does nothing until you've built a board, which means it gets dramatically worse in losing positions and dramatically better in winning ones, putting it closer to a finisher than an engine. Merieke Ri Berit decks are the clearest home, but any go-wide blue strategy can close games with it.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Merieke Ri Berit
Merieke Ri Berit already wins by stealing and sacrificing creatures, and Beguiler of Wills extends that axis to anything on the table regardless of toughness — a direct upgrade to Merieke's own tap ability in the late game when your stolen creatures stack up.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Beguiler of Wills is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, though competitive Legacy and Modern have no interest in a five-mana 1/1 that requires a wide board to do anything. Commander is where it actually earns a slot: multiplayer tables fill up fast, opponents' threats are bigger, and go-wide token commanders can reliably hit the creature threshold by the time Beguiler lands. In Oathbreaker it's a fringe option for the same reason token strategies exist there, but the smaller game size makes the board-state requirement harder to satisfy consistently.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$2.42 cheap tier
At $2.42, Beguiler of Wills sits in the budget-pickup tier — cheap enough to slot in without deliberation. It's a casual staple with a narrow enough appeal that the price is unlikely to spike, so there's no urgency in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Merieke Ri Berit
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.