Douser of Lights
Creature — Horror
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Guilds of Ravnica
- Price
- $0.03
- EDHREC rank
- #28581
Douser of Lights stops a creature from untapping — a meaningful tax in the right matchup, but a 3/5 body for five mana with no enters-the-battlefield effect is asking a lot. It's a niche inclusion that earns its slot only when tapping permanents is central to your gameplan.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Douser of Lights is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but its home is Commander — the singleton format is the one place a slow, build-around tap effect can find a critical mass of support. In Pauper it's a common and could theoretically see play in a tap-based control shell, but the format moves too fast for a five-mana 3/5 with no immediate impact. In competitive Constructed — Modern, Legacy, Vintage — Douser of Lights doesn't register; the rate is too poor and the effect too conditional against optimized decks.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.03 bulk tier
At $0.03, Douser of Lights is deep bulk — a card you pull from a common box, not one you buy singles of. Don't expect that price to move; there's no combo demand or reprint pressure that would shift it in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.