Generator Servant
Creature — Elemental
, Sacrifice this creature: Add 
. If that mana is spent on a creature spell, it gains haste until end of turn. (That creature can attack and as soon as it comes under your control.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.25
- EDHREC rank
- #6912
Generator Servant trades itself for two mana and haste on whatever comes down — that combination is what makes it worth a deck slot rather than just a Simian Spirit Guide footnote. The clearest illustration is Etali, Primal Storm: a turn-three attack trigger is a fundamentally different clock than a turn-five one.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Etali, Primal Storm
Etali, Primal Storm needs to attack to do anything, so haste isn't a nice bonus — it's the whole point. Generator Servant lets Etali land and swing a full turn cycle before opponents can answer, which is why it shows up in over half of all Etali lists.
Narset, Enlightened Master
Narset, Enlightened Master has the same attack-trigger dependency as Etali, and at six mana she's often hitting the board the same turn she'd otherwise be passing. Generator Servant collapses that gap, letting Narset attack immediately and chain noncreature spells before anyone can mount a response.
Alexios, Deimos of Kosmos
Alexios, Deimos of Kosmos wants to copy spells cast by opponents, which means surviving to the combat step matters enormously. Generator Servant provides both the acceleration to land Alexios ahead of curve and the haste to start copying spells before he can be removed at sorcery speed.
Neheb, the Eternal
Neheb, the Eternal generates mana in the postcombat main phase, so every additional attack step compounds his output — and Generator Servant buys him one extra attack step by granting haste the turn he enters. The two mana from sacrificing Servant is minor; the recovered turn is not.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Generator Servant is a Commander card almost exclusively — the sacrifice-for-haste plan is too slow and too low-impact to compete in faster constructed formats where two mana buys something permanent. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer, it simply doesn't do enough; haste enablers in those formats either cost less or leave a body behind. Pauper is the one constructed context where it sees fringe play in red stompy shells that want to accelerate a four-drop by a turn, though even there it's not a staple. In Commander, Generator Servant earns its slot in any deck whose commander has an enter-the-battlefield or attack trigger and costs four or more mana — the haste clause is the real prize, and the mana is just upside.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.25 bulk tier
At $0.25, Generator Servant is deep bulk — it costs less than a sleeve and shows up in over 50,000 registered Commander lists. That price is stable; there's no scarcity here, and demand from Commander players is already priced in.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.