Edric, Spymaster of Trest
Legendary Creature — Elf Rogue
Whenever a creature deals combat damage to one of your opponents, its controller may draw a card.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GU
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Commander 2011 Launch Party
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #3311
Edric, Spymaster of Trest turns every unblocked creature — yours or anyone else's — into a free card, which means a board full of small evasive threats translates directly into a full grip by turn four or five. The cost is a three-mana body with no built-in protection, so he dies to a stiff breeze; the reward, when he survives even one combat, is enough tempo to justify the slot in nearly any Simic or Sultai shell that wants to go wide. Gor Muldrak, Amphinologist exploits the same draw-for-attack axis so hard that Edric shows up in over half of all Gor Muldrak lists.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Gor Muldrak, Amphinologist
Gor Muldrak, Amphinologist hands opponents a steady stream of Salamander tokens they can't control, then Edric, Spymaster of Trest turns every attack those tokens make — against anyone — into card draw for whichever player swings, creating a chaotic multi-player draw engine that accelerates your own hand faster than your opponents' threats can scale.
Gonti, Canny Acquisitor
Gonti, Canny Acquisitor rewards players for dealing combat damage with extra turns of resource accumulation, and Edric, Spymaster of Trest stacks directly on top of that by adding a card draw trigger to every successful hit, meaning a single evasive attacker can net both a Gonti trigger and a fresh card in the same combat step.
Felix Five-Boots
Felix Five-Boots copies triggered abilities from other creatures that deal combat damage, so Edric, Spymaster of Trest's draw trigger becomes doubled — each unblocked attacker now draws two cards instead of one, turning even a modest go-wide board into a runaway hand-size advantage.
Círdan the Shipwright
Círdan the Shipwright wants to flood the board with evasive creatures and reward attacking, and Edric, Spymaster of Trest plugs directly into that plan by converting every unblocked swing into additional cards, sustaining the engine well past the point where the deck would otherwise run dry.
Xyris, the Writhing Storm
Xyris, the Writhing Storm creates Snake tokens whenever opponents draw cards, and Edric, Spymaster of Trest accelerates the whole table's draw rate in combat — more opponent draws means more Snakes, which become more attackers, which draw still more cards in a self-reinforcing loop.
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 the natural home for Edric, Spymaster of Trest: the multiplayer table means multiple opponents to attack, the card-draw trigger fires for any player, and political deal-making around who swings where adds a layer of gameplay that's unique to the format. As a commander he helms evasive weenie strategies, usually in Simic, that draw into their entire deck by mid-game while trading combat damage for tempo. In Legacy, Edric sees fringe play in creature-based tempo decks that can protect him with countermagic and already run the small evasive bodies he rewards — the ceiling is high but the metagame is hostile enough that he rarely defines a list. Vintage is technically legal but the format moves too fast for a three-mana value piece with no immediate impact. Oathbreaker is legal and theoretically functional, though the 20-life starting total and faster game length compress the window where his card-draw advantage pays off.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
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Current pricing data for Edric, Spymaster of Trest isn't available at the moment, so check Scryfall or your preferred retailer for the live number before buying. Historically he's bounced between budget-friendly and moderately expensive depending on reprint cycles, so it's worth verifying before picking up copies for multiple decks.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.