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Moonlit Lamenter

Creature — Treefolk Cleric

This creature enters with a -1/-1 counter on it.
{1}{W}, Remove a counter from this creature: Draw a card. Activate only as a sorcery.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{2}{W}
Color identity
W
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Lorwyn Eclipsed
Price
$0.19
EDHREC rank
#16977
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Moonlit Lamenter card art
Moonlit Lamenter gives you a recursive body with toughness-matters upside — Doran, Besieged by Time turns its 0/4 frame into a real threat, and Mikaeus, the Unhallowed keeps it coming back every time removal tries to stick. The cost is that outside those specific shells, a 0/4 that needs to die and return isn't doing enough on its own to justify the slot.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Doran, Besieged by Time

Doran, Besieged by Time

18.6% of decks · synergy 0.16

Doran, Besieged by Time flips Moonlit Lamenter's 0/4 into a 4-power attacker, and the recursive loop means every removal spell your opponents spend just reloads the engine.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

In Commander, Moonlit Lamenter earns its slot specifically in recursion-heavy or toughness-matters builds — outside those, it's too conditional to compete for a 99-card spot. In 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, a recursive 0/4 at its mana cost is simply too slow and too payoff-dependent to see real play. Legacy and Vintage demand immediate impact, and Moonlit Lamenter never clears that bar. Standard is its most viable non-Commander home only if a dedicated toughness-matters or reanimator archetype exists in the format at the time.

Key Combos

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Price Context

Current price

$0.19 bulk tier

At $0.19, Moonlit Lamenter is deep bulk — easy to pick up as a throw-in. Bulk rares with niche Commander applications don't typically climb unless a high-profile deck puts them on the map, so grab it now if the archetype fits and don't overthink it.

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