Ghoulsteed
Creature — Zombie Horse
, Discard two cards: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Shadows over Innistrad
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #25159
Ghoulsteed is a 4/4 with a discard-to-recur ability — reasonable stats, repeatable graveyard presence, but four mana for a vanilla-sized body that needs a discard outlet to do anything is a hard sell in most lists. It earns its slot only in dedicated discard or zombie synergy builds; everywhere else, cut it.
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 |
Ghoulsteed is a Commander card, full stop — the 100-card singleton format is the only place its niche zombie-discard synergy justifies the roster slot. In competitive Constructed formats like Modern, Pioneer, or Legacy, a four-mana 4/4 that requires a discard to recur itself gets outclassed by faster threats and more efficient recursion engines before it ever becomes a problem. Commander gives Ghoulsteed the time and the tribal scaffolding it needs: zombie lords, sacrifice outlets, and graveyard-value commanders turn its loop into a real engine rather than a novelty.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Ghoulsteed is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not power. That price is stable because demand is narrow and supply is plentiful; don't expect movement in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.