Doomed Traveler
Creature — Human Soldier
When this creature dies, create a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Conspiracy
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #4856
Doomed Traveler is a one-mana creature that replaces itself with a flying token on death — the cost is nearly nothing, and the payoff scales hard with any death-trigger engine. Under Teysa Karlov, both the death trigger and the token's ETB fire twice; pair it with Nim Deathmantle and a free sac outlet and you have an infinite loop for one white mana.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Teysa Karlov
Teysa Karlov doubles every death trigger Doomed Traveler generates, so a single sacrifice nets two Spirit tokens and fires any death-payoff twice — it's one of the most consistent fodder pieces in the deck.
Extus, Oriq Overlord
Extus, Oriq Overlord wants cheap humans that die willingly, and Doomed Traveler fits that profile exactly — it feeds the magecraft side of the back face while leaving a blocker behind.
Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim drains on every creature entering and leaving, so Doomed Traveler triggers the life-loss clause twice for one mana — once when it dies, once when the Spirit token enters.
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 |
In Commander, Doomed Traveler is a staple in any white deck that cares about death triggers, token production, or sacrifice loops — the floor of a 1/1 for one mana is acceptable, and the ceiling in the right shell is infinite. In Pauper, it sees play as a resilient threat in white weenie and aristocrats builds, where the token trades profitably against most removal. Legacy and Vintage have no use for it competitively — the power ceiling of those formats leaves a 1/1 for one in the dust. Modern treats it similarly: playable in fringe aristocrats lists but never a staple.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Nim DeathmantleAshnod's AltarDoomed Traveler
Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers
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Koll, the ForgemasterPhyrexian AltarVeteran's ArmamentsDoomed Traveler
Infinite colored mana; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite storm count
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Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Doomed Traveler is bulk — pick up as many copies as you need without a second thought. Bulk commons this deeply embedded in Commander staple lists tend to stay cheap indefinitely, so there's no urgency beyond what your decks currently demand.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.