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God-Eternal Bontu

Legendary Creature — Zombie God

Menace
When God-Eternal Bontu enters, sacrifice any number of other permanents, then draw that many cards.
When God-Eternal Bontu dies or is put into exile from the battlefield, you may put it into its owner's library third from the top.

CMC
5
Mana cost
{3}{B}{B}
Color identity
B
Rarity
mythic
Set
Edge of Eternities Commander
Price
$0.35
EDHREC rank
#3613
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God-Eternal Bontu card art
God-Eternal Bontu enters and immediately demands a sacrifice of your entire board, drawing a card for each permanent sacrificed — that's a mass-loot engine stapled to a 5/6 menace that shuffles back into your library when it dies. The cost is real: five mana and a board state you're willing to cash in, which makes it better alongside token producers like Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder than in decks that need their permanents to stick, and far more interesting than comparable bodies like Colossal Grave-Reaver that don't generate that kind of card advantage on entry.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder

Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder

54.0% of decks · synergy 0.52

Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder creates Thrull tokens every time you cast a creature, and God-Eternal Bontu turns that pile of tokens directly into cards — the pairing is almost self-explanatory. The synergy number (0.52) reflects exactly this: Endrek floods the board, Bontu cashes it in.

02
Hearthhull, the Worldseed

Hearthhull, the Worldseed

41.2% of decks · synergy 0.35

Hearthhull, the Worldseed generates a constant stream of token permanents that are designed to be spent, making God-Eternal Bontu's enter-the-battlefield sacrifice trigger a reliable draw engine rather than a painful tempo cost. At 41% inclusion across Hearthhull decks, Bontu is practically a staple there.

03
Szarel, Genesis Shepherd

Szarel, Genesis Shepherd

35.2% of decks · synergy 0.29

Szarel, Genesis Shepherd cares about death triggers and generating value from the graveyard, so God-Eternal Bontu's recursive shuffle clause keeps it in the game while the ETB loot refuels your hand. The sacrifice fodder Szarel naturally produces makes Bontu's entry cost trivial.

04
Gyome, Master Chef

Gyome, Master Chef

28.7% of decks · synergy 0.28

Gyome, Master Chef produces Food tokens at a steady clip, and God-Eternal Bontu converts that artifact board into cards the moment it enters. Sacrificing Gyome's Foods to Bontu is pure upside — they weren't attacking anyway.

05
Ghoulcaller Gisa

Ghoulcaller Gisa

19.2% of decks · synergy 0.17

Ghoulcaller Gisa makes Zombie tokens by sacrificing creatures, and God-Eternal Bontu turns that swelling Zombie army into a hand refill whenever you need to reset. The loop is straightforward: Gisa builds the board, Bontu cashes it in for cards and then comes back for more.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where God-Eternal Bontu belongs — the three-player threat assessment, multiplied token production, and late-game inevitability of the format make a recursive 5/6 that draws cards on entry genuinely dangerous. In Modern and Legacy it's simply too slow and too narrow; five mana for a single-target effect that doesn't close the game immediately doesn't compete with those formats' threats. Pioneer is legal but similarly inhospitable — midrange and control shells there want immediate board impact for that mana investment, and Bontu's value is front-loaded only when you already control a board. Oathbreaker, if your group plays it, is probably its second-best home, especially under a black sacrifice-oriented signature spell.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.35 bulk tier

At $0.35, God-Eternal Bontu is deep bulk — a former prerelease promo mythic that has fully settled into the bargain bin. The power is real and the price reflects supply, not quality, so pick up copies freely without any concern about overpaying.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.