Morkrut Banshee
Creature — Spirit
Morbid — When this creature enters, if a creature died this turn, target creature gets -4/-4 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Commander 2014
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #24242
Morkrut Banshee enters the battlefield and immediately kills something — a 4/4 body that shrinks a target by -4/-4 on arrival is a two-for-one the turn you cast it. Five mana is the ceiling where this stops being efficient, and without undying value or flicker support, it rarely clears that bar in competitive pods.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Morkrut Banshee sees its only real play, and even there it's a fringe inclusion. The -4/-4 trigger on a five-mana body is serviceable removal stapled to a creature, which matters in decks that want to hit creature count thresholds — aristocrats, undying synergy, or Gisa and Geralf-style recursion loops. Legacy, Modern, and Vintage are legal on paper, but Morkrut Banshee has never touched those formats competitively; five mana for a conditional minus-effect is decades behind the power curve.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Morkrut Banshee is deep bulk — the kind of card that fills out a trade binder but never climbs. There's no spike scenario here: no competitive demand, no Commander staple status, and no reprint risk to drive scarcity.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.