Mistcaller
Creature — Merfolk Wizard
Sacrifice this creature: Until end of turn, if a nontoken creature would enter and it wasn't cast, exile it instead.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Core Set 2019 Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #14473
Mistcaller shuts down every enters-from-graveyard or library-search trigger for a turn — flash and a one-blue activation cost means you can hold up interaction until the moment it matters most. The cost is real: it's a one-shot effect on a 1/1 body, so it reads as a tempo piece rather than a lock. Run it in decks that can draw into it consistently, like Azami, Lady of Scrolls, or its impact rarely justifies the slot.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Azami, Lady of Scrolls
Azami, Lady of Scrolls taps Wizards to draw cards, and Mistcaller is a Wizard — so it replaces itself while sitting in play as a live flash threat. The density of tap-and-draw effects in Azami shells means Mistcaller sees play in roughly one in four of those decks, earning both a utility and a synergy role.
Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca
Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca wants as many Merfolk in play as possible to fuel its tap abilities, and Mistcaller qualifies — it's a one-drop Merfolk that also happens to answer reanimation and flicker lines opponents might use to outpace the tribal clock. Over five thousand Kumena lists run it, making it one of the most common Mistcaller homes outside Wizard tribal.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Mistcaller is a metagame call: it punishes graveyard recursion, reanimator packages, and Natural Order-style search effects for exactly one mana at instant speed, which is an absurd rate if those lines are common at your table. Legacy and Vintage give it the most hostile competitive environment to shine in — one-mana disruption that blanks Show and Tell or Entomb for a turn has real applications, though more permanent hate like Rest in Peace usually outclasses it. In Modern and Pioneer, the effect is too narrow and too temporary to displace dedicated graveyard hate, so Mistcaller shows up mostly as a flex option in Merfolk or Wizard tribal shells where the creature type matters as much as the ability. Across formats, the honest read is the same: Mistcaller is correct when you want a proactive body that also trades as disruption, and wrong when you need the graveyard hate to stick.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data isn't available for Mistcaller in this context, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a current number before buying. Historically it's been an affordable rare that spikes modestly when Merfolk or graveyard-hate narratives pick up interest, but it's rarely a budget obstacle.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.