Inverter of Truth
Creature — Eldrazi
Devoid (This card has no color.)
Flying
When this creature enters, exile all cards from your library face down, then shuffle all cards from your graveyard into your library.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Oath of the Gatewatch Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #13000
Inverter of Truth is a 6/6 flying trampler for four mana — one of the most undercosted bodies in black — and the cost is exiling your entire library and replacing it with your graveyard. In a vacuum that's a liability; paired with Thassa's Oracle or handed to an opponent via The Beamtown Bullies, it's a kill condition.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | banned |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Inverter of Truth is banned in Pioneer, where it anchored a combo deck that could win on turn three by chaining Inverter into Thassa's Oracle with a near-empty library. Every other format where it's legal — Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Commander — leaves it unrestricted, because the raw card is only dangerous when the surrounding infrastructure is tight enough to guarantee the Oracle follow-up. Commander's 100-card singleton structure makes that consistency nearly impossible to replicate, so Inverter of Truth shows up there as a toolbox piece rather than a combo centerpiece: a threat you choose to assemble rather than one that assembles itself.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
The Beamtown Bullies
The Beamtown Bullies puts Inverter of Truth into play attacking — under an opponent's control — which means they eat the library-exile trigger while you sit back and watch. That's the whole engine: a four-mana 6/6 that guts your opponent's library on their own turn, setting up instant-speed wins or simply leaving them drawing from a graveyard they'd rather not see.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Syr Konrad, the GrimTainted StrikeInverter of Truth
Each opponent loses the game
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Syr Konrad, the GrimPhyresisInverter of Truth
Each opponent loses the game
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Inverter of TruthThassa's OracleKozilek, Butcher of Truth
Exile your library and graveyard; Win the game
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Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Inverter of Truth isn't available at the moment, so check Scryfall or your preferred vendor for a current number. Given its Pioneer ban history and the niche but real demand in Beamtown Bullies builds, it tends to sit above bulk — worth confirming before you go looking for copies.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.