Mister Negative
Legendary Creature — Human Villain
Vigilance, lifelink
Darkforce Inversion — When Mister Negative enters, you may exchange life totals with target opponent. If you lost life this way, draw that many cards.
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BW
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Marvel's Spider-Man
- Price
- $2.16
- EDHREC rank
- #9717
Mister Negative doubles the counters your creatures enter with — every +1/+1 trigger, every charge counter, every loyalty pip becomes twice as valuable the moment he's on board. Cecil, Dark Knight decks run him because that doubling effect compounds every synergy the deck already has, and at four mana he arrives early enough to matter.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Cecil, Dark Knight
Cecil, Dark Knight is built around creatures entering with counters and flipping between light and dark sides, so Mister Negative doubling every counter on entry turns each creature into a two-for-one before combat even starts.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Mister Negative is a value engine that rewards any strategy already running counters — he doesn't ask you to rebuild around him, just to let existing triggers fire twice. Outside Commander, the 60-card formats offer faster, more redundant counter payoffs, and Mister Negative's four-mana price tag is steep when aggressive decks want the engine online by turn two. Modern and Pioneer have the tools to make him work in dedicated counter shells, but he's unlikely to push into competitive lists where speed dominates. Standard gives him the most room to breathe if a counters archetype is present in the meta.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$2.16 cheap tier
At $2.16, Mister Negative sits firmly in the cheap tier — easy to pick up for any Cecil, Dark Knight build without a second thought. That price reflects niche demand rather than broad appeal, and it should stay stable as long as he remains a Commander-only staple rather than a 60-card player.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Cecil, Dark Knight
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.