Harvester of Souls
Creature — Demon
Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)
Whenever another nontoken creature dies, you may draw a card.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Duel Decks: Blessed vs. Cursed
- Price
- $0.88
- EDHREC rank
- #1803
Harvester of Souls turns every opponent's creature dying into a free card, and in black that's one of the most reliable draw engines you can staple to a 5/5 deathtouch body. The six-mana cost is real, but in any deck that engineers deaths — Olivia, Mobilized for War discarding threats, Horobi, Death's Wail converting targeting spells into mass removal — the card advantage snowballs fast enough to justify it.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Horobi, Death's Wail
Horobi, Death's Wail turns every spell that targets a creature into a kill spell, which means Harvester of Souls converts every single targeting spell your opponents cast into a free draw — the two cards together create a feedback loop that buries the table in card advantage.
Ardyn, the Usurper
Ardyn, the Usurper accumulates lore counters off creatures dying, so Harvester of Souls pulling a card for each of those deaths means both halves of the engine fire simultaneously, fueling hand size as the kill count climbs.
Be'lakor, the Dark Master
Be'lakor, the Dark Master wants a critical mass of Demons in play and in the graveyard, and Harvester of Souls is both a Demon that draws off creature deaths and a deathtouch blocker that generates more deaths — it does exactly the work the archetype needs.
Athreos, God of Passage
Athreos, God of Passage runs creatures through the graveyard repeatedly, and Harvester of Souls draws a card each time one of those creatures is sacrificed or traded in combat, turning the recursive loop into sustained card advantage.
Vraska, the Silencer
Vraska, the Silencer rewards you for killing opponents' creatures, and Harvester of Souls ensures that every removal spell or attack that connects refills your hand — the two create a punishing cycle where removing threats also draws into more of them.
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 |
Commander is where Harvester of Souls does its best work — four opponents means four creature pools to feed the draw trigger, and most games see enough deaths that a resolved Harvester will draw three to five cards before anyone can answer it. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but irrelevant; six mana on a creature with no immediate protection doesn't survive contact with those formats' interaction density. Modern is similarly hostile, and the card sees no meaningful play there. Oathbreaker is the only other format worth noting, where Harvester of Souls can slot into black signature-spell packages that reliably kill creatures and convert those kills into card advantage.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Olivia, Mobilized for WarHarvester of SoulsYahenni, Undying Partisan
Near-infinite ETB; Infinite draw triggers; Infinite looting; Near-infinite LTB; Near-infinite death triggers; Near-infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite self-discard triggers
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Olivia, Mobilized for WarViscera SeerHarvester of Souls
Near-infinite ETB; Infinite draw triggers; Infinite looting; Near-infinite LTB; Near-infinite death triggers; Near-infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite self-discard triggers
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Olivia, Mobilized for WarGoblin BombardmentHarvester of Souls
Near-infinite damage; Near-infinite ETB; Infinite draw triggers; Infinite looting; Near-infinite LTB; Near-infinite death triggers; Near-infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite self-discard triggers
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Olivia, Mobilized for WarAshnod's AltarHarvester of Souls
Near-infinite ETB; Infinite draw triggers; Infinite looting; Near-infinite LTB; Near-infinite death triggers; Near-infinite colorless mana; Near-infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite self-discard triggers
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MortuaryHarvester of SoulsWalking Ballista
Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite death triggers; Infinite storm count; Infinite draw triggers
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Current price
$0.88 bulk tier
At $0.88, Harvester of Souls sits firmly in bulk territory, which makes it one of the most cost-efficient draw engines in black Commander — six mana for repeatable draw off any creature death is a deal at any price, let alone under a dollar. The price is stable; this is a card people pick up because it works, not because they're speculating.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.