Discordant Spirit
Creature — Spirit
At the beginning of each end step, if it's an opponent's turn, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature for each 1 damage dealt to you this turn.
At the beginning of your end step, remove all +1/+1 counters from this creature.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BR
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Mirage
- Price
- $0.59
- EDHREC rank
- #30377
Discordant Spirit lands as a flying body that grows whenever a player is dealt damage from a noncombat source, making it a genuine threat in spell-heavy and punisher-style red decks. The cost is that it does nothing on its own — you need a damage-dealing engine already in play to get real value, or it's just a vanilla flier.
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 |
Commander is where Discordant Spirit has a real home — four opponents means noncombat damage triggers fire constantly, especially in group-slug and burn-heavy builds where Earthquake effects, Pyrohemia, or pingers are already pulling weight. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but functionally irrelevant; those formats move too fast for a three-mana 2/2 flier that needs a supporting engine to do anything. Oathbreaker is the closest second context where it could see niche play, but only in aggressive red signatures that reliably deal noncombat damage every turn.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.59 bulk tier
At $0.59, Discordant Spirit sits firmly in bulk territory and is easy to acquire without a second thought. It's a narrow enough card that the price is unlikely to spike unless a dedicated punisher commander pushes the archetype into the spotlight.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.