Ghoulcaller's Chant
Sorcery
Choose one —
• Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
• Return two target Zombie cards from your graveyard to your hand.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Innistrad
- Price
- $0.25
- EDHREC rank
- #13056
Ghoulcaller's Chant returns up to two Zombie cards from your graveyard to your hand for a single black mana — that's exceptional efficiency for any deck that mills or sacrifices repeatedly. In Ghoulcaller Gisa builds, where Zombies cycle through the graveyard constantly, this is essentially a one-mana draw two with a type restriction that barely registers.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ghoulcaller Gisa
Ghoulcaller Gisa sacrifices Zombies to make more Zombies, which means your graveyard fills fast — Ghoulcaller's Chant is the cheapest way to recycle your best sacrifice fodder and keep the engine churning.
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed buffs non-Human creatures and grants undying, but once those creatures die a second time they're gone for good — Ghoulcaller's Chant pulls them back to reset the undying trigger and extend the loop.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Ghoulcaller's Chant is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but its practical home is Commander. In Pauper it's technically playable, but graveyard recursion at common has stiffer competition and Zombie synergy is rarely the engine of choice there. Legacy and Vintage have no reason to run it — those formats demand interaction or card advantage that doesn't require a tribal restriction. Commander is where the card earns its slot, specifically in Zombie tribal lists that generate enough graveyard density to reliably hit the two-card ceiling and turn one mana into a full refuel.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.25 bulk tier
At $0.25, Ghoulcaller's Chant is deep bulk — you're paying almost nothing for a card that does real work in the right shell. Bulk Commons rarely move on price regardless of playability, so don't expect it to spike; just pick up a copy whenever you're placing an order.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.