High Fae Negotiator
Creature — Faerie Warlock
Bargain (You may sacrifice an artifact, enchantment, or token as you cast this spell.)
Flying
When this creature enters, if it was bargained, each opponent loses 3 life and you gain 3 life.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Wilds of Eldraine
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #17491
High Fae Negotiator drops a Faerie token on entry and dishes out curses whenever opponents take damage — that's a two-axis threat on a single card. Obyra, Dreaming Duelist turns every curse into damage, which feeds more curses, and the loop gets out of hand fast.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Obyra, Dreaming Duelist
Obyra, Dreaming Duelist converts each curse High Fae Negotiator attaches into a direct damage trigger, which in turn satisfies the condition to attach the next curse — the two cards form a self-reinforcing engine that scales with every opponent at the table.
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 |
In Commander, High Fae Negotiator slots cleanly into Faerie tribal and curse-matters builds, where the token generation and curse distribution both pull weight. The effect is slow by competitive standards, so it's best in pods where the game goes long enough for the curse pile to accumulate. In 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer it's too low-impact — three mana for a 1/1 flier and a conditional enchantment falls well short of those formats' efficiency bar. Legacy and Vintage have no use for it. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander experience: legal and functional in the right shell, irrelevant outside it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, High Fae Negotiator is bulk — you're picking it up as a throw-in, not a purchase. Bulk rares with narrow tribal applications rarely climb unless the archetype spikes in popularity, so treat it as a cheap role-player rather than a spec target.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.