Fanatic of the Harrowing
Creature — Human Cleric
When this creature enters, each player discards a card. If you discarded a card this way, draw a card.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Duskmourn: House of Horror
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #14230
Fanatic of the Harrowing puts a 2/2 on the board and mills two cards — all for two mana, with a discard payoff stapled on top. In any deck that wants the graveyard stocked and opponents' hands empty, this is an auto-include, and Tinybones, Bauble Burglar decks in particular treat it as a core piece rather than a flex slot.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Tinybones, Bauble Burglar
Tinybones, Bauble Burglar rewards you every time an opponent discards, and Fanatic of the Harrowing's mill-and-discard trigger feeds that engine directly while also putting a body on the board to chump or attack.
Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal
Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal cares about opponents having empty hands, and Fanatic of the Harrowing's forced discard accelerates that condition while simultaneously filling the graveyard for reanimation payoffs.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Fanatic of the Harrowing does its best work — the three-player target pool means the discard trigger fires up to three times per end step, and graveyard-based black strategies are everywhere in the format. In competitive 1v1 formats like Modern and Pioneer, a 2/2 for two that mills two and asks opponents to discard is just too slow and too fragile to matter; discard strategies there want more reliable and immediate hand disruption. Pauper is the one non-Commander format worth a second look, where the creature's body is more relevant and recursive discard shells are plausible, though it still sits on the fringe of viability.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Fanatic of the Harrowing is deep bulk — pick up a playset without thinking twice. Bulk commons and uncommons at this price point rarely move unless they spike in a competitive format, and nothing about Fanatic of the Harrowing's current demand profile suggests that's coming.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Tinybones, Bauble Burglar
- Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.