Dauthi Mindripper
Creature — Dauthi Minion
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
Whenever this creature attacks and isn't blocked, you may sacrifice it. If you do, defending player discards three cards.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #22495
Dauthi Mindripper enters with shadow and immediately strips hands on attack — three cards gone the turn it lands, one more every subsequent swing. The four-mana cost is fair for that kind of consistent pressure, and shadow means most tables simply cannot block it.
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 |
In Commander, Dauthi Mindripper is a niche but real piece in exile-matters and hand-disruption builds — shadow makes it evasive against most creature-heavy boards, and the exile clause stacks well with commanders like Umbris, Fear Manifest or Tergrid, God of Fright. Outside of those synergy shells, four mana for a 2/1 that strips one card per attack is too slow to be generically good in a four-player pod. In Legacy and Vintage, Dauthi Mindripper is legal but sees no meaningful play — those formats run targeted discard like Thoughtseize that costs one mana and doesn't require combat. Oathbreaker can support it in the same shell archetypes as Commander, though the smaller starting hand size makes hand disruption land harder.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Dauthi Mindripper is deep bulk — you're paying almost nothing for a card with a genuine evasion keyword and a repeatable exile effect. Bulk rares with specific synergy homes tend to stay at this price floor, so there's no financial risk to picking up a copy for an exile or shadow-tribal build.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.