Eyetwitch
Creature — Eye Bat
Flying
When this creature dies, learn. (You may reveal a Lesson card you own from outside the game and put it into your hand, or discard a card to draw a card.)
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Strixhaven: School of Mages
- Price
- $0.23
- EDHREC rank
- #14846
Eyetwitch is a one-mana 1/1 with deathtouch that replaces itself with a Lesson when it dies — the on-board clock is negligible, but the death trigger is the whole point. In a sacrifice shell, especially one helmed by Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor, that combination of free bodies and built-in card selection does real work for a single black mana.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor
Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor's triggered ability rewards attacking with cheap creatures your opponents don't want to block, and Eyetwitch's deathtouch guarantees they have to respect it or eat the trade — either way, you're drawing cards or fetching a Lesson when it dies.
Zoraline, Cosmos Caller
Zoraline, Cosmos Caller cares about casting spells with alternate costs, and Eyetwitch's Learn trigger finding an Inkling Summoning or Environmental Sciences turns one cheap body into a two-spell chain that fuels her cost-reduction engine.
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 |
In Commander, Eyetwitch is a role-player in black sacrifice and aristocrats builds — not a staple, but genuinely useful whenever you want a one-drop that generates value on death rather than demanding you build around it. In Pioneer and Modern, it's fringe at best: the Lesson package is narrow, and a 1/1 deathtouch for one only makes decks that can repeatedly exploit the die trigger or pair it with specific sideboard Lessons. Legacy has better one-drop threats at every turn, so Eyetwitch doesn't see meaningful play there despite being legal. Stick to Commander, where the singleton format and graveyard synergies let it earn its slot.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.23 bulk tier
At $0.23, Eyetwitch is firmly bulk, and there's no pressure to buy in a hurry. Bulk commons and uncommons at this price point rarely move unless a new commander pushes a specific synergy, so pick it up whenever you need it without overthinking it.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.