Cyclopean Mummy
Creature — Zombie
When this creature dies, exile it.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border
- Price
- $0.39
- EDHREC rank
- #30590
Cyclopean Mummy is a 2/1 for two mana that exiles itself when it leaves the battlefield — a drawback stapled onto a below-rate body with no upside. There is no shell in Commander or anywhere else that wants this card.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Cyclopean Mummy is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, which matters less than the fact that it sees play in none of them. In Commander, a 2/1 vanilla is unplayable on rate alone, and the self-exile clause removes it from any graveyard synergy that might have salvaged it. Pauper is the one format where aggressive commons can matter, but Cyclopean Mummy's stats don't clear the bar even there — two-drops in that format are expected to generate tempo or value, and this does neither.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.39 bulk tier
At $0.39, Cyclopean Mummy sits firmly in bulk territory. That price will not hold — cards with no competitive application trend toward $0.10 or less as supply accumulates and demand stays flat.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.