Necromancer's Assistant
Creature — Zombie
When this creature enters, mill three cards.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Magic 2015
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #22392
Necromancer's Assistant is a 3/1 for three mana that mills three on entry — playable stats with a graveyard-filling bonus, not a graveyard-filling engine with a body attached. Run it when you need cheap self-mill in a deck that converts every card in the bin into value; skip it everywhere else.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Necromancer's Assistant is a role-player in dedicated graveyard decks — specifically Zombie tribal or self-mill value engines where the three-card mill is additive rather than incidental. In Pauper, it sees niche consideration in Dimir reanimator shells where common-legal self-mill is thin and a 3/1 body actually trades with things. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer it doesn't compete — three mana for this effect is too slow when Stitcher's Supplier does the job for one at instant-relevant power. Vintage has no interest at any mana cost for this effect.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Necromancer's Assistant is pure bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not scarcity. The price will stay here indefinitely; there's no spike scenario for a three-mana common with this effect.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.