Searchlight Geist
Creature — Spirit
Flying
: This creature gains deathtouch until end of turn. (Any amount of damage it deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Avacyn Restored
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #29444
Searchlight Geist enters with a scry effect and leaves a flying body behind — the floor is a 2/1 flier, the ceiling depends entirely on how much scrying matters to your deck. It's a fine role-player in decks that want cheap evasive creatures or care about the graveyard, and a forgettable filler card in everything else.
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, Searchlight Geist fits narrowest in Spirit tribal and self-mill strategies where a cheap recursive flier pulls actual weight. Pauper is its most competitive home — cheap evasive bodies with any upside are currency in that format, and a 2/1 flier for two that smooths your draws clears the bar. In Legacy, Modern, and Vintage, Searchlight Geist is simply outclassed; those formats demand more than a single scry and a 2/1 for two mana.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Searchlight Geist is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard and postage, not the card. Bulk commons don't appreciate, so grab it out of a box or bundle it into a cheap order rather than treating it as a deliberate purchase.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.