Kulrath Mystic
Creature — Elemental Wizard
Whenever you cast a spell with mana value 4 or greater, this creature gets +2/+0 and gains vigilance until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Lorwyn Eclipsed
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #25214
Kulrath Mystic locks down any creature with a counter on it — wither, -1/-1, +1/+1, it doesn't matter — turning your counter-placement into a board-wide stax effect. The payoff is real, but it only fires when you're already running a counter-heavy strategy; outside that context, it's a 2/2 for three that does nothing.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Kulrath Mystic is a role-player, not a staple — it earns its slot in -1/-1 counter decks like Hapatra or Atraxa, where it quietly shuts down entire boards, but it has no business in a generic goodstuff pile. In competitive 1v1 formats like Modern or Pioneer, the effect is too narrow and the body too small to compete; dedicated wither or infect builds don't have enough critical mass to make it worth a slot over more direct threats. Pauper is its most forgiving home outside Commander, where counter-based synergies occasionally show up in budget brews, but even there it rarely makes the cut. Legacy and Vintage simply don't care about a three-mana 2/2 with a conditional ability.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Kulrath Mystic is pure bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not power. It holds no financial value and never will, but for the counter-synergy Commander deck that actually wants it, that price makes it a zero-friction include.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.