Geist of the Lonely Vigil
Creature — Spirit Cleric
Defender, flying
Delirium — This creature can attack as though it didn't have defender as long as there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Eldritch Moon
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #28304
Geist of the Lonely Vigil is a 2/4 flying defender for two mana — exceptional stats for the cost — that loses defender and gains vigilance whenever you cast a spell from the graveyard or have a commander in the graveyard. The payoff is conditional enough that you need to be built around it, but in the right shell it's a legitimate threat.
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, Geist of the Lonely Vigil is a role-player in graveyard-centric or commander-recursion builds — the 2/4 flying body blocks efficiently early and becomes an attacker in the exact decks that want it. Outside Commander, it's legal in Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, and Vintage, but it sees no competitive play in any of those formats because the condition is too narrow for non-singleton, non-graveyard-focused environments. The card is essentially a Commander card that happens to be legal elsewhere.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Geist of the Lonely Vigil is deep bulk — you can pick up a playset for pocket change. Bulk rares with niche Commander applications rarely appreciate unless a new commander creates a breakout archetype, so treat it as a freely available include, not a spec target.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.