Dauthi Voidwalker

Creature — Dauthi Rogue

Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
If a card would be put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere, instead exile it with a void counter on it.
{T}, Sacrifice this creature: Choose an exiled card an opponent owns with a void counter on it. You may play it this turn without paying its mana cost.

CMC
2
Mana cost
{B}{B}
Color identity
B
Rarity
rare
Set
Secret Lair Drop
Price
$15.90
EDHREC rank
#372
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Dauthi Voidwalker card art
Dauthi Voidwalker enters the board with shadow, sits in the graveyard exile zone taxing every opponent who mills or discards, and eventually cashes those exiled cards in for a free cast — all for two mana. The Helm of Obedience combo alone justifies the slot, and Rev, Tithe Extractor decks run it at a 70% clip for good reason.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Rev, Tithe Extractor

Rev, Tithe Extractor

70.3% of decks · synergy 0.55

Rev, Tithe Extractor pairs with Dauthi Voidwalker as a core piece of the Helm of Obedience mill-into-exile engine, and the shadow body turns sideways for free while the counters accumulate — it's in 70% of Rev lists.

02
Gonti, Night Minister

Gonti, Night Minister

62.5% of decks · synergy 0.47

Gonti, Night Minister wants every card it can steal and cast from exile, so Dauthi Voidwalker's passive exile stockpile feeds Gonti's gameplan even before you spend the activated ability.

03
Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor

Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor

61.1% of decks · synergy 0.46

Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor punishes opponents for combat damage and hand disruption, and Dauthi Voidwalker converts the resulting discards and deaths into a growing exile vault that Gix can raid for free spells.

04
Ketramose, the New Dawn

Ketramose, the New Dawn

44.8% of decks · synergy 0.38

Ketramose, the New Dawn churns through graveyards and wants exile redundancy, so Dauthi Voidwalker slots in as both a shadow blocker and a passive engine that keeps feeding Ketramose's payoffs.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander
legacy
modern
pioneer
standard
vintage
pauper
oathbreaker

Commander is Dauthi Voidwalker's primary home, where multiplayer guarantees a constant stream of cards exiled off opponent graveyards and the Helm of Obedience combo is fully live. In Legacy it sees fringe play as a shadow threat that blanks graveyard strategies, though the format's speed limits how often the activated ability fires. Modern has similar fringe representation — it hates on Dredge and Living End while threatening as a two-mana unblockable clock, but dedicated graveyard hate like Rest in Peace is usually more reliable. Vintage lists the card as legal but the power ceiling there is high enough that Dauthi Voidwalker rarely makes the cut outside of shadow-tribal curiosities.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Budget Alternatives

Cheaper options that do most of the same work

Planar Void and Leyline of the Void each exile opponent graveyards passively for under $3, covering the hate angle without the creature body or free-cast upside. Relic of Progenitus handles the exile half at instant speed for under $1, though you lose both the shadow clock and the ability to cast what you exile — Dauthi Voidwalker does more work on a single card slot at the cost of roughly $13.

Price Context

Current price

$15.90 mid tier

At $15.90, Dauthi Voidwalker sits in the mid tier — expensive enough to feel like an investment, justified enough by its combo and hate roles that it rarely gets cut once it's in. Demand from Legacy, Modern, and Commander simultaneously keeps the floor stable, so this is not a price likely to collapse without a reprint.

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