Gutless Ghoul
Snow Creature — Zombie
, Sacrifice a creature: You gain 2 life.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Coldsnap
- Price
- $0.19
- EDHREC rank
- #21647
Gutless Ghoul trades any creature for a life point, turning a board of dying bodies into a slow, steady life buffer. The cost is real — you're spending a Snow mana and a sacrifice every time — but in dedicated sacrifice or aristocrats shells, that's a feature, not a bug.
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 |
In Commander, Gutless Ghoul is a role-player in sacrifice-matters decks that want both an outlet and incidental life gain on one card. Pauper is where it sees the most competitive consideration, since common-legal sacrifice outlets are scarce and the Snow subtype occasionally matters for synergy pieces. Legacy, Vintage, and Modern are all legal, but Gutless Ghoul is too slow and too low-impact to compete in any of those formats.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.19 bulk tier
At $0.19, Gutless Ghoul is pure bulk — you're picking this out of a dollar box, not tracking it down. The price is stable because demand is narrow and supply is deep; don't expect movement in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.