Geist of Saint Traft
Legendary Creature — Spirit Cleric
Hexproof (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
Whenever Geist of Saint Traft attacks, create a 4/4 white Angel creature token with flying that's tapped and attacking. Exile that token at end of combat.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- UW
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Double Masters
- Price
- $0.33
- EDHREC rank
- #11721
Geist of Saint Traft puts a 4/4 flying Angel into play for free on every attack — that's a serious clock on a 2/2 hexproof body for three mana. The cost is that it demands protection from blockers and wraths rather than providing its own, so it rewards decks built around it rather than piles that jam it in as an afterthought.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Millicent, Restless Revenant
Millicent, Restless Revenant triggers off nontoken Spirits entering combat, and every attack with Geist of Saint Traft creates an Angel token — that's a free Spirit production engine that feeds Millicent's anthem and token-generation loop without spending any additional resources.
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 |
In Commander, Geist of Saint Traft is a role-player rather than a headliner — the hexproof body is frustrating to answer, but a 2/2 that needs to connect repeatedly to matter is slow at a 100-card table full of blockers. Legacy and Vintage see it as an efficient threat in Azorius or Bant tempo shells where opponents are already being taxed by countermagic and can't easily go wide, letting the Angel trigger close games fast. Modern once featured Geist of Saint Traft in Hexproof Bogle-adjacent lists, but the format's speed and the prevalence of sacrifice effects have largely pushed it out. Oathbreaker is the format where it most naturally shines as a commander-slot threat, where the hexproof text is most punishing and the Angel clock wins before answers accumulate.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.33 bulk tier
At $0.33, Geist of Saint Traft sits firmly in bulk territory despite being a tournament-playable hexproof threat. Heavy reprinting has suppressed the price floor, so don't expect meaningful appreciation — pick it up cheaply and run it, but don't hold copies as a financial play.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.