Eruth, Tormented Prophet
Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
If you would draw a card, exile the top two cards of your library instead. You may play those cards this turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RU
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Innistrad: Crimson Vow
- Price
- $0.40
- EDHREC rank
- #5995
Eruth, Tormented Prophet replaces your draw step with exile-two-and-play-them, which turns every cantrip and wheel into a double-dig engine — but the moment you can't cast both exiled cards, they vanish forever. Cards like Peer into the Abyss become a game-ending avalanche of free spells, and pairing Eruth, Tormented Prophet with Flubs, the Fool lets you chain through your deck at a speed that demands an answer or a concession.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Flubs, the Fool
Flubs, the Fool's ability to repeatedly discard and draw makes Eruth, Tormented Prophet the natural centerpiece — every looting trigger becomes exile-two-and-cast-two, compounding card advantage faster than any conventional draw engine in Izzet.
Gwen Stacy
Gwen Stacy generates card flow through combat and damage triggers, and Eruth, Tormented Prophet converts that trickle of draws into a binary feast-or-famine engine that can chain webs of spells off a single swing.
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 |
Eruth, Tormented Prophet is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker. Commander is the natural home — the 100-card singleton format gives Eruth, Tormented Prophet enough density of cheap spells and rituals to make the exile clause a feature rather than a liability. In Legacy and Vintage the effect is interesting but the three-mana legendary creature price tag is too slow for formats that close games on turn one or two. Modern and Pioneer are theoretically viable, but Eruth, Tormented Prophet requires enough low-cost action to justify the risk of stranding exiled cards, and neither format's tempo demands are forgiving enough for a build-around this fragile to removal.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.40 bulk tier
At $0.40, Eruth, Tormented Prophet is deep bulk — a legitimate build-around commander at a price that should be an impulse buy for any Izzet spellslinger player. Bulk mythics with narrow but dedicated fanbases tend to stay in this range unless a reprint or a viral deck pushes demand, so treat it as a cheap pickup rather than a hold.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Peer into the Abyss
- Flubs, the Fool
- Gwen Stacy
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.