Graf Mole
Creature — Mole Beast
Whenever you sacrifice a Clue, you gain 3 life.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Shadows over Innistrad
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #14157
Graf Mole turns every Investigate trigger into a life buffer — three life per Clue sacrificed stacks fast enough to matter in a long Commander game. At two mana in green, the cost is negligible; the payoff is real in any deck that generates Clues at scale, and Lonis, Cryptozoologist decks do exactly that.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Lonis, Cryptozoologist
Lonis, Cryptozoologist creates a Clue every time you cast a noncreature spell, which means Graf Mole is gaining you life on nearly every meaningful action you take — the life total becomes a resource buffer while Lonis churns through the game plan.
Morska, Undersea Sleuth
Morska, Undersea Sleuth rewards you for collecting and cracking Clues as a core loop, so Graf Mole slots in as a passive stabilizer that keeps you out of range of aggro and chip damage while the investigation engine runs.
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 |
Graf Mole is a Commander card through and through — the Investigate synergy density in that format, driven by commanders like Lonis, Cryptozoologist and Morska, Undersea Sleuth, is where Graf Mole actually does something. In Modern and Pioneer it's legal but irrelevant; three life per Clue is too slow and too narrow for formats that end on turn four. Legacy and Vintage don't care about a 2/4 that gains life. Oathbreaker is the one non-Commander format where a Clue-based oathbreaker could theoretically exploit it, but the card pool there is thin enough that Graf Mole remains a niche role-player.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Graf Mole is pure bulk — no financial consideration required, just pick one up from a common box. Bulk life-gain utility pieces like this rarely move off the floor unless a new commander breaks the Investigate archetype wide open, so don't expect the price to change.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.