Frightshroud Courier
Creature — Zombie
You may choose not to untap this creature during your untap step.
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: Target Zombie creature gets +2/+2 and has fear for as long as this creature remains tapped. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Onslaught
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #29178
Frightshroud Courier puts a free +1/+1 counter on any creature you control whenever it attacks — no mana, no tap, just an upkeep trigger that compounds fast in go-wide or counter-stacking strategies. The cost is running a 2/2 for three mana that does nothing the turn it enters, which is a real ask in faster pods.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Frightshroud Courier slots cleanly into decks that want incremental +1/+1 counter accumulation — Atraxa, Praetors' Voice, Olivia, Crimson Bride style aristocrats, or any Voltron commander looking for passive growth without spending mana. The trigger is free every combat step, which means multi-combat engines like Aggravated Assault turn it from incremental to backbreaking. Legacy and Vintage are legal formats but Frightshroud Courier sees no meaningful play there — the effect is too slow and the body too small to compete. Oathbreaker is the other viable home, particularly in black-green counter strategies where the passive accumulation lines up with the signature spell package.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Frightshroud Courier is deep bulk — the kind of card you pick up as a throw-in or pull from a bulk bin without a second thought. Bulk commons and uncommons at this price point don't appreciate unless a format spike drives demand, and nothing in the current metagame points that direction for this card.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.