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Psychosis Crawler

Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Horror

Psychosis Crawler's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand.
Whenever you draw a card, each opponent loses 1 life.

CMC
5
Mana cost
{5}
Color identity
C
Rarity
rare
Set
Commander 2020
Price
$1.90
EDHREC rank
#450
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Psychosis Crawler card art
Psychosis Crawler turns every card draw into a damage trigger — drop it with a full hand and opponents are already bleeding before you untap. Pair it with Peer into the Abyss or Arjun, the Shifting Flame and the damage stops being incidental and starts being the entire game plan.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Arjun, the Shifting Flame

Arjun, the Shifting Flame

78.9% of decks · synergy 0.71

Arjun, the Shifting Flame replaces your hand on every spell cast, which means Psychosis Crawler fires for seven or eight damage multiple times per turn cycle — it's the primary win condition in the deck, not just a synergy piece.

02
Vnwxt, Verbose Host

Vnwxt, Verbose Host

75.5% of decks · synergy 0.60

Vnwxt, Verbose Host rewards you for casting spells and drawing deep, and Psychosis Crawler converts that card advantage directly into life loss at a rate opponents can't ignore.

03
Queza, Augur of Agonies

Queza, Augur of Agonies

61.8% of decks · synergy 0.58

Queza, Augur of Agonies already pings opponents on every draw, and Psychosis Crawler stacks a second drain trigger on top — together they make mass draw effects legitimate kill conditions.

04
Kami of the Crescent Moon

Kami of the Crescent Moon

69.7% of decks · synergy 0.54

Kami of the Crescent Moon hands everyone cards each upkeep, and Psychosis Crawler ensures you're the only one profiting from the group-hug — each draw your opponents take chips away at their own life total.

05
Nekusar, the Mindrazer

Nekusar, the Mindrazer

60.0% of decks · synergy 0.52

Nekusar, the Mindrazer already punishes opponents for drawing, and Psychosis Crawler adds a second damage layer on your own draw triggers, meaning wheel spells become a multi-vector assault that's nearly impossible to race.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Psychosis Crawler is a Commander card through and through — the multiplayer table is the environment where draining three opponents simultaneously off a single draw effect actually closes games. In Legacy and Vintage it's a five-mana artifact with no immediate board impact, which is simply too slow for those formats even if it's technically legal. Modern has the same problem: five mana for a creature that doesn't threaten the board on its own gets outpaced by everything in the format. Commander is where Psychosis Crawler earns its slot, specifically in draw-heavy blue builds where it functions as a damage engine rather than a beater.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$1.90 cheap tier

At $1.90, Psychosis Crawler is firmly budget — you're getting a legitimate combo and win-condition piece for the price of a draft common. Demand is steady enough across draw-matters commanders that the price is unlikely to crater, but don't buy it as anything other than a card you intend to play.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.