Conductor of Cacophony
Creature — Demon
This creature enters with two +1/+1 counters on it.
, Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: It deals 1 damage to each other creature and each player.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Jumpstart 2022
- Price
- $0.22
- EDHREC rank
- #21600
Conductor of Cacophony floods the board with 1/1 Zombie tokens on attack, and Vigor turns every one of those bodies into a permanent size upgrade whenever they eat a damage-based wipe. The ask is a three-mana legendary creature that needs to connect — reasonable for the payoff, especially in token-heavy Commander shells.
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 Conductor of Cacophony belongs — token generation that scales with attacking fits naturally into go-wide aristocrats, zombie tribal, and Zombie-token builds that want fodder every combat. Legacy and Vintage are technically legal formats for it, but a three-mana 2/2 that requires an attack step to generate value has no competitive footing there. Oathbreaker follows the same logic as Commander: fine in the right shell, unplayable in anything tuned.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
VigorConductor of CacophonyCrystalline Crawler
Near-infinite +1/+1 counters on most creatures you control; Near-infinite damage
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Current price
$0.22 bulk tier
At $0.22, Conductor of Cacophony is deep bulk — easy to throw into any zombie or token list without thinking about the price tag. Bulk rares with narrow applications don't typically climb unless a new commander sends demand spiking, so treat this as a cheap pick-up, not a hold.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.