Elvish Doomsayer
Creature — Elf Shaman
When this creature dies, each opponent discards a card.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Commander Legends
- Price
- $0.28
- EDHREC rank
- #11177
Elvish Doomsayer forces every opponent to sacrifice a creature when it dies — a repeatable edict stapled to a one-drop body. The cost is real: you need reliable death triggers to loop it, and Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker is the premier engine for doing that.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker
Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker returns Elvish Doomsayer from the graveyard at end of turn every time it dies, turning a single one-drop into a recurring edict that strips your opponents' boards over multiple turns.
Tergrid, God of Fright
Every creature an opponent sacrifices to Elvish Doomsayer lands directly onto your side of the battlefield under Tergrid, God of Fright — the edict stops being a tempo play and starts being a theft engine.
Tinybones, Bauble Burglar
Tinybones, Bauble Burglar cares about opponents discarding and losing resources, and Elvish Doomsayer's forced sacrifice fits cleanly into that attrition gameplan while clocking in at zero mana investment relative to its impact.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Elvish Doomsayer actually matters — multiplayer means the death trigger hits all opponents simultaneously, and recursion engines like Shirei make it punishing in a way no other format supports. In Pauper it's legal but rarely played, since one-for-one edicts on a fragile 1/1 don't hold up in a format where creature count is lower and removal is cheap. Legacy and Vintage have no use for it; the effect isn't close to competitive in those formats. Oathbreaker is the one other format where the multiplayer trigger could generate value, but the card sees virtually no play there.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.28 bulk tier
At $0.28, Elvish Doomsayer is firmly bulk — easy to pick up in any binder or as a throw-in. Bulk commons with narrow applications don't appreciate unless a new commander dramatically increases demand, so treat this as a cheap role-player you buy for the deck, not a spec.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker
- Tergrid, God of Fright
- Tinybones, Bauble Burglar
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.