Qarsi Deceiver
Creature — Snake Wizard
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. Spend this mana only to cast a face-down creature spell, pay a mana cost to turn a manifested creature face up, or pay a morph cost. (A megamorph cost is a morph cost.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Dragons of Tarkir
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #23299
Qarsi Deceiver taps to pay one generic mana toward a manifest or morph cost — free mana on demand, as long as you have face-down creatures to flip. The payoff is real in dedicated morph and manifest shells; outside them, it's a 1/3 that does nothing.
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 Qarsi Deceiver actually earns a slot, specifically in morph-centric builds where flipping multiple creatures per turn makes the tapped mana add up fast. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer it's legal but never played — those formats have no interest in a 1/3 that only produces mana conditional on a mechanic that sees zero competitive play. Vintage is the same story. Qarsi Deceiver is a Commander-only card in practice, and even there it needs the right commander to justify the inclusion.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Qarsi Deceiver is deep bulk — the cost of picking one up is negligible. It won't appreciate; morph synergy pieces don't drive demand, so this stays a bulk bin staple indefinitely.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.