Bringer of the Last Gift
Creature — Vampire Demon
Flying
When this creature enters, if you cast it, each player sacrifices all other creatures they control. Then each player returns all creature cards from their graveyard that weren't put there this way to the battlefield.
- CMC
- 8
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- The Lost Caverns of Ixalan
- Price
- $0.83
- EDHREC rank
- #4579
Bringer of the Last Gift reanimates your entire graveyard — every creature, all at once — the turn it enters. The catch is an eight-mana base cost, but Henzie "Toolbox" Torre's blitz mechanic cuts that down dramatically, letting you pay as little as four mana to trigger the effect the same turn.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Henzie "Toolbox" Torre
Henzie "Toolbox" Torre is the primary home for Bringer of the Last Gift because blitz lets you bypass the eight-mana sticker price and still get the mass reanimation trigger when it dies at end of turn. Over half of Henzie decks run it — that's not a coincidence.
The Ancient One
The Ancient One enables alternate casting costs and rewards filling the graveyard, making Bringer of the Last Gift a natural payoff for a yard that's been loaded up all game.
Karador, Ghost Chieftain
Karador, Ghost Chieftain reduces its own cost based on your graveyard count, and Bringer of the Last Gift is the nuclear button when that yard is full — one resolution clears the debt in spectacular fashion.
Ardyn, the Usurper
Ardyn, the Usurper leverages sacrifice and recursion loops, and Bringer of the Last Gift serves as the reset that refloods the board after a mass sacrifice, setting up the next cycle.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is the only format where Bringer of the Last Gift is truly at home — 100-card decks naturally accumulate the deep graveyards that make a full-board reanimation backbreaking. In competitive Constructed formats like Modern and Pioneer it's effectively unplayable; eight mana is a non-starter, and the payoff doesn't win the game cleanly enough to justify the cost against faster clocks. Legacy and Vintage have better reanimation tools available at a fraction of the investment. Treat Bringer of the Last Gift as a Commander card that happens to be legal elsewhere.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.83 bulk tier
At $0.83, Bringer of the Last Gift sits firmly in bulk territory despite being a genuine game-ending threat in the right shell. The price reflects its narrow home rather than its power level — if you want it, buy it now rather than hunting for it later when a popular deck pushes demand.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Henzie "Toolbox" Torre
- The Ancient One
- Karador, Ghost Chieftain
- Ardyn, the Usurper
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.