Rotcrown Ghoul
Creature — Zombie
When this creature dies, target player mills five cards.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Avacyn Restored
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #27289
Rotcrown Ghoul mills five cards when it dies — a decent payoff stapled to a 3/3 body for five mana that does nothing until it hits the graveyard. Playable only in dedicated mill or death-trigger shells; everywhere else it's too slow and too conditional.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Rotcrown Ghoul belongs in mill strategies where death triggers are a resource — commanders like Phenax, God of Deception or Gisa, Glorious Resurrector can squeeze real value out of the five-card dump. In Pauper, commons-only mill is a real archetype and the Ghoul's death trigger is a meaningful bonus on a reasonable blocker, making it a fringe consideration. Legacy and Vintage have far more efficient mill and sacrifice tools, so Rotcrown Ghoul never sees those tables.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Rotcrown Ghoul is pure bulk — buy a dozen copies without thinking about it. It won't appreciate; this is a card you grab from a bulk bin when you need the effect, not one you hold.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.