Desecrator Hag
Creature — Hag
When this creature enters, return to your hand the creature card in your graveyard with the greatest power. If two or more cards are tied for greatest power, you choose one of them.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BG
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Commander 2011
- Price
- $0.30
- EDHREC rank
- #27322
Desecrator Hag enters and returns the creature with the highest power from your graveyard to your hand — a repeatable-feeling recursion staple stapled to a 2/2 body for three mana. The rate is fair enough for graveyard decks that want consistent access to their biggest threats, but it competes hard with effects that put cards directly onto the battlefield.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Desecrator Hag earns its slot — graveyard-matters commanders in black-green want cheap, reliable recursion, and a 2/2 body that replaces itself in hand is exactly the kind of value piece that grinds out attrition games. In Pauper, the common slot is competitive and Desecrator Hag is playable in midrange graveyard shells, though it rarely headlines a strategy. Legacy, Vintage, and Modern are too fast for a three-mana do-nothing-until-next-turn effect; Desecrator Hag is legal in all three but irrelevant in practice.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.30 bulk tier
At $0.30, Desecrator Hag is deep bulk — you're picking it out of a dollar box, not tracking its price. It's unlikely to appreciate unless a future commander creates a specific demand spike, so treat it as a free inclusion rather than an acquisition target.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.