Pestilent Haze
Sorcery
Choose one —
• All creatures get -2/-2 until end of turn.
• Remove two loyalty counters from each planeswalker.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Core Set 2021
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #24315
Pestilent Haze puts -1/-1 counters on all creatures and proliferates, turning a sweeper into a permanent debuff that stacks with future counter effects. Four mana for a non-exile wrath variant is fair, and the proliferate rider is the reason to run it over a generic -1/-1 sweeper.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Pestilent Haze actually belongs — the proliferate clause rewards the counter-heavy strategies that dominate the format, and multiplayer tables give the -1/-1 debuff time to matter across multiple opponents' creatures. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer it competes against cheaper, more efficient sweepers with no meaningful proliferate payoff in those formats' typical builds, making it a fringe choice at best. Oathbreaker shares enough of Commander's counter-synergy shells that it's a plausible include there too, but the smaller deck size and faster clock shrink the window for Pestilent Haze's value to compound.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Pestilent Haze is deep bulk — no pressure to pick it up immediately, and no expectation of meaningful price movement given how narrow its home is. Grab it when you need it; it will be a bulk bin staple for the foreseeable future.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.