Night Shift of the Living Dead
Enchantment
After you roll a die, you may pay 1 life. If you do, increase or decrease the result by 1. Do this only once each turn.
Whenever you roll a 6, create a 2/2 black Zombie Employee creature token.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Unfinity
- Price
- $0.34
- EDHREC rank
- #8436
Night Shift of the Living Dead puts a Zombie token onto the battlefield for each creature that died under your control this turn — a single board wipe can produce a dozen bodies in one shot. The Most Dangerous Gamer is the reason this card has any profile at all, but even outside that shell the payoff is real and the six-mana cost is the only honest argument against it.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
The Most Dangerous Gamer
Night Shift of the Living Dead appears in over 85% of The Most Dangerous Gamer decks because the commander's hunt mechanic kills creatures as a matter of course, and this enchantment converts every one of those deaths into a fresh Zombie body — often the same turn The Most Dangerous Gamer finishes a hunt.
Mr. House, President and CEO
Mr. House, President and CEO rolls dice to generate tokens and value, and Night Shift of the Living Dead layers on top by cashing out any creature sacrifice or combat death as additional Zombie fodder to keep attacking and rolling.
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 |
Night Shift of the Living Dead is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but Commander is where it actually sees play. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in a six-mana do-nothing enchantment when those formats end games before it resolves. In Commander the math flips: creature deaths are constant, the enchantment pays for itself after two or three triggers, and token-based board rebuilds are a legitimate win condition.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.34 bulk tier
At $0.34, Night Shift of the Living Dead is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not scarcity. That price is stable as long as it stays a niche Commander piece rather than a cross-format staple, which the format legality data makes likely.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.