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Selhoff Occultist

Creature — Human Rogue

Whenever this creature or another creature dies, target player mills a card.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{2}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
common
Set
Jumpstart
Price
$0.10
EDHREC rank
#20641
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Selhoff Occultist card art
Selhoff Occultist mills an opponent for two every time a creature dies, and in graveyard-centric blue-black shells that trigger fires constantly. The catch is a three-mana 1/3 body that does nothing alone — it needs a death-heavy board to justify the slot, but Narcomoeba turning those mills into free creatures makes that payoff real.

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 legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Selhoff Occultist earns its keep — a 100-card format means opponent libraries are deep enough that incremental milling actually threatens decks built around graveyard recursion or self-mill win conditions. In Pauper it's a legal common, but creature-death loops rarely assemble at common rarity, so it's a fringe consideration at best. Legacy and Vintage have access to faster, more explosive mill and combo engines, leaving Selhoff Occultist too slow to compete for a slot.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.10 bulk tier

At $0.10, Selhoff Occultist is pure bulk — no barrier to picking up a playset. Bulk commons with niche combo applications rarely spike unless a new commander or combo piece pushes them into the spotlight, so don't expect movement, but at this price the risk is zero.

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