Mephitic Vapors
Sorcery
All creatures get -1/-1 until end of turn.
Surveil 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Ravnica Remastered
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #19354
Mephitic Vapors hits every creature on the board with -1/-1 and proliferates on top of it — that's a board wipe for small creatures and a counter-stacking engine on a single card. The three-mana cost is the only reason it isn't an auto-include, but in Maha, Its Feathers Night decks it earns its slot without argument.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Maha, Its Feathers Night
Maha, Its Feathers Night cares about cards with high mana values entering or being cast, and Mephitic Vapors feeds that engine while simultaneously clearing opposing boards and proliferating counters — doing two jobs simultaneously is exactly what this commander wants from its support pieces.
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 |
In Commander, Mephitic Vapors is a role-player rather than a staple — it earns its seat in decks that run proliferate synergies or want a cheap sweeper for tokens and mana dorks, but it doesn't pull its weight in pods where every threat is a five-power creature. In Pauper, the combination of board impact and proliferate at common is genuinely strong, especially in -1/-1 counter shells. Competitive eternal formats like Legacy and Vintage have no interest in it — the effect is too small and the formats too fast. Pioneer and Modern treat Mephitic Vapors as niche sideboard territory at best, where dedicated -1/-1 strategies occasionally pick it up.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Mephitic Vapors is bulk by any measure, and that price is stable — there's no spike waiting here. Grab a copy whenever you need it; it'll be in every bulk bin indefinitely.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.