Mournful Zombie
Creature — Zombie
, 
: Target player gains 1 life.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BW
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Apocalypse
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #30478
Mournful Zombie is a 2/2 for three mana with no enters-the-battlefield effect and no meaningful upside — a below-rate body by any current standard. There is no shell where this outperforms its competition, and it should not make your 99.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Mournful Zombie is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legality is not an argument for inclusion. In Pauper, the common card pool is deep enough that a vanilla 2/2 for three doesn't clear the baseline. In Commander, where every slot competes against years of power-crept zombies with actual text, Mournful Zombie has no case. Legacy and Vintage don't run it either.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Mournful Zombie is deep bulk — the kind of card that fills a draft chaff box. The price reflects the demand accurately, and there's no reason to expect it to move.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.