Blighted Bat
Creature — Zombie Bat
Flying
: This creature gains haste until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Amonkhet Remastered
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #20494
Blighted Bat's activated ability grants haste to any creature until end of turn — the whole point is that Mairsil, the Pretender cages it and uses that ability to give itself haste the turn it enters, bypassing the usual wait. The cost is a two-mana 1/1 flier with no other relevant statline, so you're never playing Blighted Bat for its body.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Mairsil, the Pretender
Mairsil, the Pretender exiles Blighted Bat to gain its activated haste ability, letting Mairsil attack or tap for mana and combos the same turn it hits the battlefield — that's the entire reason this otherwise unremarkable bat shows up in 16% of Mairsil lists.
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 |
Blighted Bat is a Commander card through and through — its value is entirely contingent on being caged by Mairsil, the Pretender, which is a mechanic that doesn't translate to any other format's strategy. In Pauper it's legal but competes with far more efficient common creatures and haste enablers at the same cost. Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer have no shortage of better options if all you need is a cheap creature with a haste-granting ability. Play it in Commander for Mairsil, and nowhere else.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data isn't available for Blighted Bat at the moment, but as a bulk common with an extremely narrow use case it almost certainly sits well under $0.50. Pick up a copy whenever you're sleeving up Mairsil, the Pretender — it's not worth hunting down outside that context.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.