Ghost-Lit Stalker
Creature — Spirit
, 
: Target player discards two cards. Activate only as a sorcery.
Channel — 
, Discard this card: Target player discards four cards. Activate only as a sorcery.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Duel Decks Anthology: Garruk vs. Liliana
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #23165
Ghost-Lit Stalker forces a discard every turn for just one black mana activation, and it can channel itself into a targeted three-discard hit when you're done with the body. The cost is tempo: you're spending mana and a card slot on a 1/1 that does nothing in combat.
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, Ghost-Lit Stalker is a niche fit for dedicated discard-matters builds — think Tinybones, Trinket Thief or Waste Not shells that want repeatable, low-cost hand disruption on a stick. Elsewhere in Constructed, it's too slow: Legacy and Vintage have access to free or instant-speed discard that makes a 1/1 you tap every turn look embarrassing by comparison, and Modern's card-quality has long outpaced anything Ghost-Lit Stalker threatens to accomplish. The channel ability is the honest reason to play it — being able to convert a dead body into a three-card discard burst gives it a ceiling that straight attackers lack.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Ghost-Lit Stalker is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not demand. Given how narrow its home is, there's no pressure on that price to move.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.