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Matter Reshaper

Creature — Eldrazi

({C} represents colorless mana.)
When this creature dies, reveal the top card of your library. You may put that card onto the battlefield if it's a permanent card with mana value 3 or less. Otherwise, put that card into your hand.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{2}{C}
Color identity
C
Rarity
rare
Set
Commander Masters
Price
$0.56
EDHREC rank
#7341
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Matter Reshaper card art
Matter Reshaper replaces itself on death with a free permanent or spell off the top, which means your opponent needs a reason beyond tempo to kill a 3/2 for three mana. The cost is real — the replacement is random, and you need a colorless source to cast it — but that death trigger makes it a value creature that demands an answer, not just a body that dies quietly. In shells running Mortuary or looping with Herigast, Erupting Nullkite, the trigger stops being random variance and starts being a repeatable engine piece.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Herigast, Erupting Nullkite

Herigast, Erupting Nullkite

18.6% of decks · synergy 0.18

Herigast, Erupting Nullkite cares about Eldrazi dying and recurring them, which makes Matter Reshaper's death trigger a feature rather than a consolation prize — every time it dies, you're advancing the loop and threatening another free permanent.

02
Zhulodok, Void Gorger

Zhulodok, Void Gorger

33.3% of decks · synergy 0.17

Zhulodok, Void Gorger turns colorless spells into cascades, and Matter Reshaper at three mana is a cheap Eldrazi that cascades into more action while still threatening a free permanent the moment it dies.

03
Kozilek, the Great Distortion

Kozilek, the Great Distortion

27.5% of decks · synergy 0.11

Kozilek, the Great Distortion builds around a critical mass of Eldrazi, and Matter Reshaper fills the low end of that curve with a body that replaces itself on death, keeping your hand and board from running dry against interaction.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

In Commander, Matter Reshaper is a role-player in dedicated Eldrazi builds — it rarely wins games on its own, but in decks that abuse the death trigger or recur it repeatedly, it punches above its mana cost. Modern is where it has the most competitive history: Eldrazi Tron ran it as a three-drop that trades favorably with interaction and never truly goes one-for-one against you. Pioneer sees it in fringe Eldrazi lists, though the format's faster threats and removal make a 3/2 body harder to justify without the loop enablers. Legacy has the tools to abuse it but rarely needs a three-mana creature when more broken things are available.

Key Combos

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Price Context

Current price

$0.56 bulk tier

At $0.56, Matter Reshaper is deep bulk — easy to acquire and an obvious include for anyone building Eldrazi in Commander without budget pressure. That price is unlikely to spike unless a new Eldrazi commander pushes the archetype into mainstream popularity, but right now it's a penny-bin pickup with genuine utility.

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