Erratic Apparition
Creature — Spirit
Flying, vigilance
Eerie — Whenever an enchantment you control enters and whenever you fully unlock a Room, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Duskmourn: House of Horror
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #21194
Erratic Apparition is a 3/3 flier that mills three and lets you cast the top card of your library when it deals combat damage — solid incremental value stapled onto a reasonable body. The catch is variance: you're at the mercy of whatever sits on top, which makes this reliable in graveyard and top-deck-manipulation decks and a liability everywhere else.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Erratic Apparition earns a slot in decks that want mill triggers, graveyard fuel, or top-deck synergy — think Phenax, God of Deception-adjacent strategies or commanders that reward self-mill like Sidisi, Brood Tyrant. Outside Commander, it's too slow and too random to compete: Modern, Pioneer, and Legacy demand more deterministic payoffs at this mana cost. Pauper is the one non-Commander format where Erratic Apparition could theoretically pull weight, but the format's tempo demands leave a four-drop flier with conditional upside on the fringe.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Erratic Apparition is deep bulk — you're paying next to nothing for a niche role-player. Don't expect the price to move; it's a casual-only card with no competitive demand propping it up.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.