Greater Harvester
Creature — Horror
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice a permanent.
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player sacrifices two permanents of their choice.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Darksteel
- Price
- $1.65
- EDHREC rank
- #12952
Greater Harvester puts a 5/6 body on the board and forces each opponent to sacrifice a permanent every upkeep — a clock and an attrition engine in one card. The cost is real: you're also sacrificing a permanent each upkeep, which is a tax that turns punishing in the wrong shell and nearly free in the right one, specifically Jon Irenicus, Shattered One, where donated creatures absorb the penalty.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Jon Irenicus, Shattered One
Jon Irenicus, Shattered One gives away cursed creatures, and Greater Harvester lets those donated creatures eat the mandatory sacrifice trigger — meaning opponents pay the upkeep tax twice while you pay it zero times.
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 |
Greater Harvester is a Commander card in practice. The symmetrical sacrifice clause is crippling in a one-on-one format where you can't afford to bleed resources every turn, and five mana for a vanilla-statted threat doesn't clear the bar in Legacy or Vintage. In Commander, three opponents each losing a permanent per rotation is a genuine engine, and the Irenicus shell nearly eliminates the self-sacrifice cost entirely. Outside of 100-card multiplayer, leave it on the shelf.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.65 cheap tier
At $1.65, Greater Harvester sits in the cheap tier — fair for a card that's heavily played in exactly one archetype and sees almost no competitive-format demand. The price reflects its narrow appeal; if Irenicus decks stay popular, don't expect it to drop further.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.