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Lingering Tormentor

Creature — Spirit

Fear (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)
Persist (When this creature dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it.)

CMC
4
Mana cost
{3}{B}
Color identity
B
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Eventide
Price
$0.52
EDHREC rank
#14861
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Lingering Tormentor card art
Lingering Tormentor enters as a 4/1 and immediately drains each opponent when it dies — then undying puts it right back, triggering the drain again. Mikaeus, the Unhallowed is the natural home: he grants undying to non-Humans and turns every sacrifice outlet into a repeating life-loss engine.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Mikaeus, the Unhallowed

Mikaeus, the Unhallowed

18.5% of decks · synergy 0.18

Mikaeus, the Unhallowed gives Lingering Tormentor undying for free, so any sacrifice outlet becomes a loop that drains every opponent twice before you even need a third piece.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Lingering Tormentor is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it only truly earns its slot in Commander. In Legacy and Modern, a 4/1 for four mana with a drain-on-death trigger is too slow and too fragile against the efficient removal those formats run. In Commander, the multiplayer drain scales — each death hits all three opponents — and the format's abundance of sacrifice synergies, undying enablers, and aristocrats payoffs makes Lingering Tormentor a legitimate engine piece rather than a cute one-shot.

Key Combos

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Price Context

Current price

$0.52 bulk tier

At $0.52, Lingering Tormentor is bulk, and the price reflects its narrow home rather than its ceiling in the right shell. It's a safe pickup at this tier — bulk rares with genuine combo roles rarely crater further.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.