Exultant Cultist
Creature — Human Wizard
When this creature dies, draw a card.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Shadows over Innistrad Remastered
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #26406
Exultant Cultist replaces itself when it dies — a 2/1 for two mana that cantrips on death is exactly what sacrifice and aristocrats strategies want from a fodder piece. The floor is a chump blocker that draws a card; the ceiling is an engine piece that generates value every time your commander clears the board.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Exultant Cultist earns a slot in any deck that wants cheap, disposable creatures that pay off when they die — aristocrats builds, Skullclamp shells, and altars that need repeated sacrifice fodder all appreciate the built-in card replacement. In Pauper, where commons are king, a two-mana 2/1 that draws on death competes in aggressive and sacrifice lists where card advantage at common rarity is scarce enough to matter. Modern and Legacy move too fast for Exultant Cultist to be relevant — there are strictly more powerful options at the same cost — but Pioneer sacrifice strategies could find niche use if the deck wants redundancy on the effect.
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Price Context
Current price
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Pricing data for Exultant Cultist isn't available right now, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a live number before buying. As a common with a narrow but real use case, it typically stays well under a dollar and is the kind of card worth picking up as a bulk include rather than a targeted purchase.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.