Nightshade Peddler
Creature — Human Druid
Soulbond (You may pair this creature with another unpaired creature when either enters. They remain paired for as long as you control both of them.)
As long as this creature is paired with another creature, both creatures have deathtouch.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.20
- EDHREC rank
- #16043
Nightshade Peddler turns any creature that deals damage into a removal engine — soulbond it to a pinger and every point of combat damage becomes a deathtouch kill. The payoff is real, but it depends entirely on keeping both halves of the pair alive, which makes it fragile in a format full of spot removal. In Marath, Will of the Wild shells specifically, the upside is high enough to justify the slot.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Marath, Will of the Wild
Marath, Will of the Wild can spend one mana to place a +1/+1 counter on Nightshade Peddler itself, but the real engine is pairing Nightshade Peddler with Marath and using Marath's one-damage pings as deathtouch kills — eliminating any creature on the board for a single mana.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Nightshade Peddler is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but it only sees real play in Commander. In Pauper it's technically available, but two-card soulbond engines are too slow and too fragile for that format's tempo demands. Legacy and Vintage don't want a two-mana 1/1 that requires a partner to do anything. Commander is where Nightshade Peddler earns its keep — the singleton format rewards narrow but explosive synergies, and the slower pace gives you time to assemble the pair and protect it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.20 bulk tier
At $0.20, Nightshade Peddler is deep bulk — you're picking it out of a commons box, not tracking it down. Bulk commons with narrow Commander applications don't appreciate unless a new commander breaks them wide open, so treat it as a penny inclusion and move on.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.