Shriekgeist
Creature — Spirit
Flying
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player mills two cards.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Iconic Masters
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #22820
Shriekgeist is a 1/1 flying beater that mills two cards whenever it deals combat damage to a player — cheap to cast at two mana, but the payoff is incremental at best. Mill strategies in Commander need volume, and one trigger per combat rotation doesn't move the needle against 100-card libraries.
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, Shriekgeist is a fringe inclusion — only dedicated mill decks helmed by commanders like Phenax or Bruvac can justify it, and even there it competes with higher-impact threats. In Pauper, the common card pool is shallow enough that a two-mana evasive beater with a damage trigger is more competitive, though mill is not a dominant archetype there either. Legacy and Vintage have access to far more efficient mill tools, so Shriekgeist never sees play in those formats. Shriekgeist is functionally a Commander-only consideration, and a narrow one at that.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Shriekgeist is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not power. It won't appreciate; mill commons at this price point stay cheap because demand is low and supply is abundant.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.