Despoiler of Souls
Creature — Horror
This creature can't block.
, Exile two other creature cards from your graveyard: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Magic Origins Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #23081
Despoiler of Souls is a recursive 3/1 for two mana that comes back from the graveyard by exiling two other creatures — a real threat in any deck that wants bodies in the bin. The cost is steep enough that you need a dedicated graveyard shell to get full value, but in the right deck it demands an answer every single turn.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Despoiler of Souls earns a slot in graveyard-matters decks that generate consistent creature density — reanimator, aristocrats, and sacrifice loops all give it plenty of fuel. It's legal in Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer as well, where its two-mana body and self-recursion are genuinely relevant in aggressive black shells or graveyard combo decks, though the exile-two-creatures activation cost competes with other graveyard resources those formats prize. Vintage gives it the widest card pool to abuse alongside it, but the raw power ceiling of that format means Despoiler of Souls rarely cracks lists there. It's simply not legal in Standard or Pauper, so those conversations end early.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
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Current price data for Despoiler of Souls isn't available in this context, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the live number before buying. It's a bulk-rare candidate in most markets given its niche role, which typically means it's an easy pickup if a graveyard deck calls for it.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.