Mystic Zealot
Creature — Human Nomad Mystic
Threshold — As long as there are seven or more cards in your graveyard, this creature gets +1/+1 and has flying.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Odyssey
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #30158
Mystic Zealot is a five-mana 2/2 with flanking and threshold-gated flying and first strike — a combination of keywords that only comes online once you have seven or more cards in your graveyard. The stat line is too small and the payoff too conditional to justify the slot in any competitive context.
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 |
Mystic Zealot is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but sees essentially no play in any of them. In Commander, five mana for a 2/2 that needs threshold to matter is a losing proposition — white has access to far more efficient threats and graveyard payoffs. In Pauper, where commons compete on efficiency, Mystic Zealot's cost-to-power ratio makes it a non-starter even in dedicated threshold builds. Legacy and Vintage ignore it entirely.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Mystic Zealot sits firmly in bulk territory. There is no demand pressure to push it higher — this is a card you find in a bulk bin and leave there.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.