Martyred Rusalka
Creature — Spirit
, Sacrifice a creature: Target creature can't attack this turn.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Guildpact
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #20466
Martyred Rusalka turns any creature dying into a life-drain trigger — one white mana and a sacrifice nets an opponent 1 life lost and you 1 gained, on a 1/1 body that costs a single white mana to deploy. It's a cheap, repeatable drain engine in any deck that wants creatures in the graveyard, and the low activation cost means it fires multiple times per turn cycle without breaking your mana.
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 |
In Commander, Martyred Rusalka slots into sacrifice-heavy white strategies — Teysa Karlov decks and Orzhov aristocrats lists in particular get real mileage from the repeated life-drain across four opponents. Legacy and Vintage have faster, more powerful sacrifice payoffs, so Martyred Rusalka doesn't see play there in any serious capacity. Modern likewise has no competitive home for a 1/1 that drains for one — the rate just doesn't keep up with the format's tempo demands. Commander is the clear home, and even there it's a role-player rather than a cornerstone.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Martyred Rusalka is deep bulk — easy to pick up in a trade binder or a cheap singles order without thinking twice. Don't expect the price to move; it's a narrow common that sees play only in dedicated sacrifice lists.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.