Highborn Ghoul
Creature — Zombie
Intimidate (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or creatures that share a color with it.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Dark Ascension
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #23497
Highborn Ghoul is a 2/1 intimidate creature for two mana — functional early pressure that blanks most non-black, non-artifact blockers. It's a role-player in dedicated Zombie tribal lists and not much else.
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, Highborn Ghoul earns a slot only in Zombie tribal decks that want every body they can find — think Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver or The Scarab God lists grinding through combat. In Pauper, intimidate is a real keyword and a 2/1 for two is passable, but black has better two-drops at common and Highborn Ghoul rarely makes the cut. Legacy and Vintage don't want it; the bar is simply too high. It's a card that does exactly one thing — attack past most creatures — and only rewards you for building around that narrow lane.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Highborn Ghoul is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a commons box rather than buy. That price is stable because demand is low and supply is vast, so don't expect movement in either direction.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.