Haunt the Network
Sorcery
Choose target opponent. Create two 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature tokens with flying. Then the chosen player loses X life and you gain X life, where X is the number of artifacts you control.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BU
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Aetherdrift
- Price
- $0.27
- EDHREC rank
- #13305
Haunt the Network puts a copy of every creature that enters on your side of the board — the on-board presence doubles without paying retail for each threat. The cost is real: you need a critical mass of token-flooding or reanimation loops to justify it, and Golbez, Crystal Collector is exactly the kind of commander who delivers that volume.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Golbez, Crystal Collector
Golbez, Crystal Collector generates Shadow Fiend tokens on a predictable trigger cycle, and Haunt the Network turns each of those tokens into two — the doubling effect compounds every turn without requiring any additional setup beyond playing your normal game.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Haunt the Network is legal across every major constructed format but hasn't made noise outside Commander, where the multiplayer math rewards this kind of passive doubling. In competitive 1v1 formats like Modern and Legacy, six mana for a do-nothing enchantment is unplayable — the formats move too fast and the payoff demands too many moving pieces. In Commander, it slots into any token or reanimation shell that floods the board repeatedly, where the effect compounds across a long game rather than needing to close things out immediately. Oathbreaker can support it in the right shell, but the smaller starting life totals and compressed game length make it harder to recoup the six-mana investment.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.27 bulk tier
At $0.27, Haunt the Network is bulk — the price reflects its narrow Commander niche rather than any ceiling on its effect. It's stable there; casual demand keeps reprints unnecessary and the ceiling is low enough that no spike is coming.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.