Mutated Cultist
Creature — Eldrazi Horror
Devoid (This card has no color.)
When you cast this spell, remove all counters from up to one target permanent or opponent. The next spell you cast this turn costs 
less to cast for each counter removed this way.
Deathtouch
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Modern Horizons 3 Commander
- Price
- $1.62
- EDHREC rank
- #7926
Mutated Cultist enters with a +1/+1 counter and pumps your whole board whenever it or another creature gets a counter — that's immediate, repeatable pressure that Mayael's Aria and similar payoffs feed on. The cost is a four-mana 3/3 body that does nothing without a counters shell around it, so you're always building toward a specific context rather than jamming a generically powerful card.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Glissa Sunslayer
Glissa Sunslayer's combat damage triggers let her strip enchantments, graveyards, and counters from opponents, and Mutated Cultist's enter-the-battlefield counter plus anthem effect lines up cleanly with the go-wide, counter-stacking boards Glissa builds — every new creature landing or proliferate effect fuels both pieces simultaneously.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Mutated Cultist is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but Legacy and Vintage have no real interest in a four-mana creature that requires a counters synergy package to pay off. Commander is the correct home — the 100-card singleton format gives you enough redundancy and slow enough pacing for Mutated Cultist's incremental board-wide pump to compound into something threatening. In Oathbreaker the card is playable in the same narrow counters shells but the 20-life clock makes it harder to justify the setup cost.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Mayael's AriaDark DepthsMutated Cultist
Win the game at the beginning of your next upkeep
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Price Context
Current price
$1.62 cheap tier
At $1.62, Mutated Cultist sits in the cheap tier — low enough that the barrier to trying it in a counters build is purely deck space, not budget. Niche synergy cards at this price tend to stay flat unless a popular commander pushes demand, so treat it as a role-player pickup rather than a hold.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Mayael's Aria
- Glissa Sunslayer
- Dark Depths
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.