Ethereal Usher
Creature — Spirit
, 
: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.
Transmute 
(, Discard this card: Search your library for a card with the same mana value as this card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Transmute only as a sorcery.)
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Ravnica: City of Guilds
- Price
- $0.26
- EDHREC rank
- #17405
Ethereal Usher is a five-mana 2/3 that taps to make any creature with converted mana cost 3 or less unblockable until end of turn — a slow, body-attached evasion effect that asks a lot for what it delivers. The cost in both mana and tempo is too steep for most competitive tables, but it finds a narrow home in casual Voltron or evasion-matters builds that want redundant unblockable enablers.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Ethereal Usher occupies the low end of viable — it works in casual pods running small Voltron threats or commanders that win through combat damage, but it's outclassed by cheaper, more efficient unblockable effects on most lists. Legacy, Vintage, and Modern are all legal, but Ethereal Usher sees no meaningful play there; a five-mana do-nothing-when-it-enters creature with a tap ability simply can't compete at those tables. Oathbreaker is the friendliest non-Commander home, where lower life totals make unblockable damage more decisive, though even there better options usually exist.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.26 bulk tier
At $0.26, Ethereal Usher is deep bulk — you're not paying for power, you're paying for availability. Don't expect the price to move; niche casual utility at five mana doesn't generate the demand that would push a card out of the bulk bin.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.