Plagued Rusalka
Creature — Spirit
, Sacrifice a creature: Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Guildpact
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #18699
Plagued Rusalka turns surplus creatures into repeated -1/-1 shots, giving black creature decks a mana-free way to grind down opposing boards one activation at a time. The cost — one creature per activation with no guarantee of relevance — keeps it niche, but in token-flooding or sacrifice-matters shells it earns its slot.
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 |
In Commander, Plagued Rusalka is strictly a synergy card — it does nothing alone and requires a steady stream of creatures to matter, which limits it to dedicated sacrifice or token lists. In Pauper it's technically legal but competes against more efficient black removal, so it rarely sees play outside of niche combo brews. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in it; the power ceiling of those formats leaves a one-mana 1/1 with a slow activated ability far behind. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander's dynamic: if your planeswalker-commander supports a sacrifice theme, Plagued Rusalka can slot in, but it's not a generic include.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Plagued Rusalka is deep bulk — easy to pick up in any trade binder or as a throw-in order filler. Don't expect the price to move; it's a narrow synergy piece with no crossover appeal into higher-demand formats.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.