Psychomancer
Artifact Creature — Necron Wizard
Flying
Harbinger of Despair — Whenever this creature or another nontoken artifact you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield or is put into exile from the battlefield, target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Warhammer 40,000 Commander
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #8736
Psychomancer hits the board and immediately forces opponents to sacrifice creatures, generating Necron Warrior tokens in return — the disruption is front-loaded and the token payoff compounds from there. The cost is real: it's a four-mana 3/3 with no immediate board protection, so it folds to removal before the engine gets rolling. Run it in shells built around Imotekh the Stormlord that want both the edict effect and the token generation, and it earns its slot; outside that context, it's narrow.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Imotekh the Stormlord
Imotekh the Stormlord runs Psychomancer as a core engine piece — the Necron Warrior tokens it generates feed directly into Imotekh's power-scaling and the aristocrats subgame the deck is built around.
Glissa, the Traitor
Glissa, the Traitor values Psychomancer for the forced sacrifice trigger, which clears blockers and puts creatures in graveyards that Glissa can then leverage for artifact recursion.
Trazyn the Infinite
Trazyn the Infinite lists Psychomancer as a utility piece that applies early pressure and generates tokens he can imprint or otherwise exploit as the game goes long.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Psychomancer is a Commander card through and through — the token generation and group-edict effect scale with the multiplayer threat density that three or more opponents provide. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but sees no play; four mana for a 3/3 that doesn't affect the stack is not competitive in those formats. Oathbreaker gives it a smaller audience, and it can fit Necron-themed builds there, but the 20-life clock makes the token engine less impactful than it is at Commander's 40. Bottom line: Psychomancer is built for Commander and should be evaluated exclusively there.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Current pricing data for Psychomancer isn't available in this snapshot, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the live market rate. As a Universes Beyond card with a narrow commander-specific home, supply tends to track closely with Imotekh the Stormlord deck demand — if that commander spikes in popularity, Psychomancer typically follows.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.