Elusive Tormentor // Insidious Mist
Creature — Vampire Wizard // Creature — Elemental
, Discard a card: Transform this creature.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BU
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Shadows over Innistrad Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #19792
Elusive Tormentor // Insidious Mist is a recursive threat that turns discard into near-total protection — flip it to a shrouded, unblockable 1/1 mist on demand, then reload it next turn by pitching a card. The cost is real: you're spending cards to stay safe, so it belongs in decks that actively want discard outlets, not as a generic value piece. Otrimi, the Ever-Playful decks recur mutate targets from the graveyard, which softens that discard tax considerably.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Otrimi, the Ever-Playful
Otrimi, the Ever-Playful turns every combat damage trigger into a free graveyard pickup, so the cards you pitch to protect Elusive Tormentor // Insidious Mist cycle right back — Otrimi recovers the discard cost automatically, making the Tormentor's flip ability essentially free over several turns.
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, Elusive Tormentor // Insidious Mist occupies a narrow niche: decks built around Sultai or Dimir that want a recurring threat with built-in protection and a discard synergy subtheme. The floor — a 4/4 intimidate for four mana — is serviceable but unremarkable at a table where every opponent can chump it. The ceiling is a card that never truly dies as long as you have fuel, which matters in long games. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Legacy, Elusive Tormentor // Insidious Mist is too slow and too dependent on an enabling board state to see serious play. Pioneer is in the same boat — the four-mana entry point and the discard-to-shroud engine don't map cleanly onto any established shell.
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Price Context
Current price
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Price data for Elusive Tormentor // Insidious Mist isn't available in the current feed, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the live number. Given its narrow Commander appeal and absence from competitive 60-card formats, it typically sits in bulk-rare territory — worth picking up cheap if the deck calls for it, but don't expect scarcity to push the price.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.