Sepulcher Ghoul
Creature — Zombie
Sacrifice another creature: This creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Activate only once each turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Alchemy Horizons: Baldur's Gate
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #22949
Sepulcher Ghoul gives you a repeatable sacrifice outlet on a two-mana body — pay one mana, sacrifice a creature, put a +1/+1 counter on it. That combination of cheap activation and on-board presence makes it a reliable engine piece in graveyard and aristocrats strategies, even if it never dominates a game by itself.
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, Sepulcher Ghoul fills a specific niche: a cheap, permanent sacrifice outlet that doesn't ask you to tap or spend cards to use it, which matters enormously when you need to respond to removal or trigger death effects at will. Pauper is where it competes hardest for a slot, since the common-card restriction narrows the sacrifice-outlet pool and Sepulcher Ghoul's low floor becomes more acceptable. In Modern, Pioneer, and Legacy, it's almost never the right call — those formats have faster, more impactful outlets that don't ask you to spend a mana per activation. Oathbreaker follows similar logic to Commander: useful in a dedicated shell, irrelevant outside one.
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data isn't available for Sepulcher Ghoul at the moment, so check Scryfall or your preferred retailer for current numbers. Given its narrow role and common-level power, it has historically been a bulk pickup — likely well under a dollar.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.