Necrogoyf
Creature — Lhurgoyf
Necrogoyf's power is equal to the number of creature cards in all graveyards.
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player discards a card.
Madness 
(If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Modern Horizons 3 Commander
- Price
- $0.31
- EDHREC rank
- #2873
Necrogoyf enters as a massive beater whose power and toughness scale with the total number of cards in all graveyards, and its madness cost means graveyard-centric decks can slam it for two mana. Disa the Restless is the natural home — she fills graveyards on command, turning Necrogoyf into a near-guaranteed 6/6 or larger by mid-game.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Disa the Restless
Disa the Restless self-mills and reanimates Lhurgoyfs from the graveyard, which means Necrogoyf is both a discard outlet payoff and a recursive threat she can put directly onto the battlefield — 90% inclusion says it all.
Anje Falkenrath
Anje Falkenrath's ability to madness-loot through the deck makes Necrogoyf one of the cleanest two-mana payoffs in the 99, landing as a giant beater the moment the graveyard fills from her activations.
Tinybones, Trinket Thief
Tinybones, Trinket Thief forces opponents to discard, and every card hitting any graveyard pumps Necrogoyf — the discard engine and the threat work in the same direction.
Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal
Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal strips hands and mills, stacking graveyards on both sides of the table and turning Necrogoyf into a threat that grows off the opponent's pain as much as your own.
Tinybones, Bauble Burglar
Tinybones, Bauble Burglar rewards you for casting multiple spells off discarded cards, and Necrogoyf's two-mana madness cost slots cleanly into those chain turns as an oversized body that compounds the pressure.
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 |
In Commander, Necrogoyf is a role-player rather than a centerpiece — graveyard decks run it because a two-mana 6/6 or larger is simply too efficient to ignore, and four-player games ensure graveyards swell fast. In Legacy and Vintage, Necrogoyf competes for space in Dredge and Reanimator shells where graveyard counts spike early, though it sits behind more consistent threats in those high-velocity formats. Modern is its most competitive non-Commander home, where Hollow One-style madness decks can deploy it for two mana on turn one with the right hand. It's not legal in Pioneer, Standard, or Pauper, so the entire competitive conversation lives in eternal formats and Commander.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.31 bulk tier
At $0.31, Necrogoyf is firmly bulk — a card that performs well above its price tag in the decks that want it. Bulk rares this pushed rarely stay cheap forever, but at current price it's a free inclusion for any graveyard Commander build.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Disa the Restless
- Anje Falkenrath
- Tinybones, Trinket Thief
- Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal
- Tinybones, Bauble Burglar
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.