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Custodi Soulbinders

Creature — Human Cleric

This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it, where X is the number of other creatures on the battlefield.
{2}{W}, Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: Create a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{3}{W}
Color identity
W
Rarity
rare
Set
Commander 2016
Price
$0.16
EDHREC rank
#13362
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Custodi Soulbinders card art
Custodi Soulbinders enters with X +1/+1 counters where X is the number of other creatures on the battlefield, then pays those counters back out as 1/1 Spirit tokens — the bigger the board it lands into, the more bodies it generates over time. Token-focused commanders like Millicent, Restless Revenant and Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight give it the crowd it needs to matter, but a five-mana creature that does nothing immediately is a real cost in faster pods.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Millicent, Restless Revenant

Millicent, Restless Revenant

17.4% of decks · synergy 0.17

Millicent, Restless Revenant triggers off each non-token Spirit that enters, and Custodi Soulbinders is exactly that on arrival — then the Spirits it spawns keep feeding her ability, turning a single five-drop into a sustained token engine that scales with however wide the board already is.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Custodi Soulbinders is a Commander card through and through — the multiplayer table supplies the creature density it needs to enter with a meaningful counter count, and 40-life games give it the time to convert those counters into a token army. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but never played; five mana for a do-nothing-immediately creature has no place in those formats. Commander and Oathbreaker are the only realistic homes, and even in Commander it belongs specifically in go-wide or token-matters builds rather than as a generic include.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

13 decks
Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of TwilightViscera SeerCustodi Soulbinders

Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of TwilightViscera SeerCustodi Soulbinders

Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite death triggers; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite scry 1

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12 decks
Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of TwilightAshnod's AltarCustodi Soulbinders

Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of TwilightAshnod's AltarCustodi Soulbinders

Infinite colorless mana; Infinite death triggers; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB

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10 decks
Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of TwilightCarrion FeederCustodi Soulbinders

Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of TwilightCarrion FeederCustodi Soulbinders

Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite death triggers; Infinite sacrifice triggers

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Price Context

Current price

$0.16 bulk tier

At $0.16, Custodi Soulbinders is deep bulk — easy to pick up in any trade binder or bulk lot without a second thought. The low price reflects its narrow role rather than any hidden ceiling; it's a casual Commander piece and will stay in this tier.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.