Faceless Devourer
Creature — Nightmare Horror
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
When this creature enters, exile another target creature with shadow.
When this creature leaves the battlefield, return the exiled card to the battlefield under its owner's control.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Time Spiral Remastered
- Price
- $0.19
- EDHREC rank
- #24089
Faceless Devourer exiles a Shadow creature when it enters and holds it hostage until Faceless Devourer itself leaves the battlefield — a repeatable threat and political lever stapled to a 2/1 Shadow body. The payoff is real in Shadow-tribal lists, but outside that niche it's a three-mana creature with conditional removal that gives the card back.
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 |
Commander is the only format where Faceless Devourer is worth discussing, and even there the ceiling is narrow — Shadow as a keyword appears on fewer than two dozen creatures, so the exile trigger fires inconsistently outside a dedicated tribal shell. In Legacy and Vintage the card is technically legal but competes with removal that doesn't hand the threat back when a 2/1 dies, which is often immediately. Modern sees the same problem with higher card-quality standards across the board. Faceless Devourer finds its best home helmed by a Shadow-matters commander where the exile doubles as both removal and a graveyard-denial tool against opponents running the same creatures.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.19 bulk tier
At $0.19, Faceless Devourer is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard and shipping, not the card. That price is stable because demand is narrow; don't expect movement unless Shadow tribal gets a prominent commander push.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.