Cateran Overlord
Creature — Horror Mercenary
Sacrifice a creature: Regenerate this creature.
, 
: Search your library for a Mercenary permanent card with mana value 6 or less, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Mercadian Masques
- Price
- $0.76
- EDHREC rank
- #27208
Cateran Overlord is a self-recurring 5/4 that tutors any Mercenary from your library straight to the battlefield — enormous reach in a tribal shell, paid for by a punishing 7-mana casting cost and a BB regeneration tax that demands heavy black mana. It's the top of the Mercenary curve, and it earns that slot only if you're already committed to the tribe.
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 |
Commander is where Cateran Overlord actually sees play — Mercenary tribal is a niche but functional theme in black, and the Overlord's repeatable tutoring is the payoff that makes the whole engine cohere. In Legacy and Vintage it's a non-starter: seven mana for a creature with no immediate enters-the-battlefield effect is unplayable in formats that win on turn two or three. Cateran Overlord is a Commander-only card in practice, and even there it belongs in exactly one archetype.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.76 bulk tier
At $0.76, Cateran Overlord sits firmly in bulk territory — a reflection of how narrow its application is rather than any power deficit within Mercenary tribal. The price is stable; there's no crossover demand from other archetypes pushing it up, so you can pick up copies without urgency.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.