Elvish Soultiller
Creature — Elf Mutant
When this creature dies, choose a creature type. Shuffle all creature cards of that type from your graveyard into your library.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Legions
- Price
- $0.37
- EDHREC rank
- #20150
Elvish Soultiller shuffles your entire Elf graveyard back into your library the moment it dies — a one-card reset button that pairs lethally with Verdant Succession to chain recursive loops as fast as your opponents can answer. The five-mana body is clunky, but the death trigger is the whole point.
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 |
Elvish Soultiller is a Commander card — full stop. In 100-card singleton, the graveyard recursion is meaningful because a single sweeper can wipe out decades of incremental Elf development, and Soultiller converts that loss into a full library reload. Legacy and Vintage are technically legal formats, but Elvish Soultiller doesn't come close to the power threshold those formats demand. Commander is the only context where the five-mana investment is worth it and the tribal payoff is consistently in reach.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Verdant SuccessionElvish SoultillerAltar of Dementia
Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite mill; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite self-mill
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Verdant SuccessionElvish SoultillerAshnod's Altar
Infinite colorless mana; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers
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Verdant SuccessionElvish SoultillerPhyrexian Altar
Infinite colored mana; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers
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Current price
$0.37 bulk tier
At $0.37, Elvish Soultiller sits firmly in bulk territory — easy to pick up as a throw-in or from a bargain bin. Demand is narrow enough that the price is unlikely to climb unless a new Elf commander spikes the archetype's profile.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.