Mad Prophet
Creature — Human Shaman
Haste
, Discard a card: Draw a card.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Shadows over Innistrad Remastered
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #22576
Mad Prophet is a repeatable looting engine on a hasty body — it replaces itself the turn it enters and keeps churning through your deck every turn after. Four mana for a 2/2 is a real cost, but in decks that want the graveyard stocked or need to dig past dead draws, that rate is acceptable.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Mad Prophet's home is Commander, specifically in red decks that treat the graveyard as a resource — reanimator, Daretti-style artifact recursion, or any shell where discarding is a feature, not a bug. In Pauper, it's a common and sees occasional play in slower red or Izzet builds that want consistent card filtering. Constructed formats like Modern and Pioneer have faster and more efficient looters available, so Mad Prophet doesn't compete there. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in a four-mana 2/2.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Price data isn't available for Mad Prophet at the moment — check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for current listings. As a common that's seen multiple printings, it's almost certainly a bulk pickup regardless of where you look.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.