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Mindleech Ghoul

Creature — Zombie

Exploit (When this creature enters, you may sacrifice a creature.)
When this creature exploits a creature, each opponent exiles a card from their hand.

CMC
2
Mana cost
{1}{B}
Color identity
B
Rarity
common
Set
Innistrad: Crimson Vow
Price
$0.15
EDHREC rank
#19144
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Mindleech Ghoul card art
Mindleech Ghoul hits the board as a 4/3 menace that forces an opponent to exile the top card of their library whenever it deals combat damage — and you may cast that card for free. The payoff is real, but seven mana for a creature that dies to any removal before it connects makes Rooftop Storm the only shell where the cost becomes truly negligible.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Mindleech Ghoul is a Commander card through and through — the format's longer games give it the time it needs to connect, and multiplayer tables mean each hit could reveal a bomb from any opponent's library. In Legacy, Modern, or Pioneer, seven mana for a creature with no immediate impact and no protection is simply unplayable; every format with counterspells and efficient removal makes this a liability before it ever attacks. Pauper is the one outlier where its common printing matters, but seven mana is still a death sentence in an aggressive format. Stick to Commander, and specifically to Zombie tribal shells where Rooftop Storm turns the cost to zero.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.15 bulk tier

At $0.15, Mindleech Ghoul is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a draft chaff box rather than buy. It won't appreciate; the casual ceiling for a seven-mana situational payoff is low, and supply is abundant.

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