Lone Revenant
Creature — Spirit
Hexproof (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, if you control no other creatures, look at the top four cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Avacyn Restored
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #29259
Lone Revenant gives you free card advantage every turn it connects — a 4/1 hexproof body that impulse-draws whenever it deals combat damage to a player, as long as you control no other creatures. The catch is real: token strategies, value creatures, and multicolored goodstuff piles all break the condition, so this card earns its slot only in decks built around a single large threat.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Lone Revenant is a Commander card almost by definition — the condition that demands you control no other creatures is punishing in 1v1 formats where tempo and board presence matter every turn, but in a 100-card singleton game you can build around it. In Legacy and Vintage it's unplayable; a 4/1 for four mana with a fragile condition doesn't compete in those environments. Commander is where it finds a home, specifically in mono-blue or Dimir decks running a low creature count, where the hexproof body connects repeatedly and the impulse draws stack into real advantage.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Lone Revenant is deep bulk — easy to pick up as a throw-in trade or cheap add to a singleton order. The price reflects its narrow condition; it won't climb unless a prominent commander gives it a dedicated home.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.