Qarsi Sadist
Creature — Human Cleric
Exploit (When this creature enters, you may sacrifice a creature.)
When this creature exploits a creature, target opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Dragons of Tarkir
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #23230
Qarsi Sadist enters the battlefield and drains each opponent for 1 life while gaining you 1 — a negligible swing at two mana that leaves behind a 1/2 body. The effect is too small to matter and the body too weak to block anything relevant, so Qarsi Sadist earns a slot only in dedicated exploit or enter-the-battlefield shell where every drain trigger stacks.
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 |
In Commander, Qarsi Sadist is a fringe inclusion in aristocrats or exploit decks that need redundant drain triggers — think Gisa, Glorious Resurrector or any commander that wants cheap sacrifice fodder with upside. In Pauper it's a common and technically legal, but a 1/2 for two that trades 1 life around the table doesn't clear the bar in any current archetype. Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, and Vintage have no interest in Qarsi Sadist whatsoever — the floor for constructed playability is simply too high.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Qarsi Sadist is deep bulk — the kind of card that ends up in the dollar-rare box by mistake. It holds no monetary value and isn't expected to; pick it up for free from a bulk bin if an exploit or drain-triggers deck actually calls for it.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.