Creakwood Ghoul
Creature — Plant Zombie
: Exile target card from a graveyard. You gain 1 life.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BG
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Eventide
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #29156
Creakwood Ghoul lets you sacrifice a Worm token to put a +1/+1 counter on itself, turning disposable tokens into a growing threat while simultaneously feeding sacrifice synergies. The five-mana cost for a 3/3 body is a real tax, and this effect only justifies that price in dedicated aristocrats or token-sacrifice shells.
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 |
Creakwood Ghoul is a Commander card through and through — the format's slower pace and token-heavy strategies give it the room it needs to generate value over multiple turns. In Legacy, Modern, or Vintage, a five-mana 3/3 with a conditional activated ability doesn't come close to competing at those formats' speed and power thresholds. Commander is the only realistic home, and even there it needs a Worm-producing or sacrifice-synergy shell to pull its weight.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Creakwood Ghoul is firmly bulk — cheap enough to throw in without a second thought if the synergy is there. Don't expect that price to move; this is a narrow card with a small audience and no crossover competitive demand.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.