Prophet of the Peak
Artifact Creature — Cat
When this creature enters, scry 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Throne of Eldraine
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #24699
Prophet of the Peak puts a free artifact on the battlefield the moment it enters — no mana, no activation, just an immediate permanent that replaces itself in terms of board presence. Six mana for a 3/3 is a steep rate, but the artifact token generation is real enough that artifact-matters commanders treat it as a functional combo piece rather than a vanilla body.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Prophet of the Peak is a Commander card through and through — the six-mana cost is simply not competitive in Legacy, Modern, or Pioneer, where the game is often decided before you untap with it. In Pauper it's legal but irrelevant; the format's artifact synergies live at much lower curves. Commander is where Prophet of the Peak earns its slot: artifact-matters strategies like Breya, Etherium Shaper or Oswald Fiddlebender can leverage the enters-the-battlefield trigger for immediate value, and the slower, multiplayer pace makes six mana achievable. Oathbreaker follows the same logic as Commander at a smaller scale — playable, but only in a dedicated artifact shell.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Prophet of the Peak is deep bulk — the kind of card you pick up as a throw-in without thinking twice. Bulk rares with narrow homes rarely climb without a reprint-driven scarcity event or a breakout combo discovery, so don't expect movement; just grab it if you need it.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.