Paranormal Analyst
Creature — Human Detective
Whenever you manifest dread, put a card you put into your graveyard this way into your hand.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Duskmourn: House of Horror
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #10234
Paranormal Analyst puts a graveyard card directly into play — no mana cost, no hoops — the moment it enters the battlefield. The catch is the mandatory discard, but in any deck built to exploit the graveyard, that's a feature: Zimone, Mystery Unraveler turns that discard into fuel rather than a tax.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Zimone, Mystery Unraveler
Zimone, Mystery Unraveler's engine rewards loading the graveyard, and Paranormal Analyst does both jobs at once — reanimating a target while pitching another card to set up the next trigger.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Paranormal Analyst is a reanimation piece with a built-in self-mill effect, which makes it a two-for-one in any graveyard-centric strategy. It's legal in every major constructed format — Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker — but it hasn't made a dent in any of them; dedicated reanimation shells in those formats have cheaper or more reliable options. Commander is where Paranormal Analyst actually earns a slot, specifically in decks that want both a reanimation trigger and graveyard density on the same card.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Paranormal Analyst is deep bulk — easy to pick up in any trade binder or as a throw-in. Don't expect that to change; it's a Commander-specific role-player with a narrow home, not the kind of card that spikes.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.