Sidisi's Pet
Creature — Zombie Ape
Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)
Morph 
(You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for 
. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Khans of Tarkir
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #27945
Sidisi's Pet is a 1/4 lifelinker with exploit — you sacrifice a creature to give it +1/+1, which is a poor rate for a three-mana body that still needs another creature on board to do anything. The exploit payoff is too small to justify the cost in any competitive context.
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 |
Sidisi's Pet is legal across Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but it sees essentially no play in any of them. In Commander, the only shell that wants it is an exploit-themed list built around Sidisi, Undead Vizier, where the exploit trigger cashes out as a tutor rather than a +1/+1 counter. In Pauper, a 1/4 lifelinker for three mana is passable on rate, but the exploit clause adds nothing without a dedicated sac outlet gameplan, and better commons exist for both roles. Legacy and Vintage move too fast for Sidisi's Pet to matter.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Sidisi's Pet is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not the card. That price is stable because demand is effectively zero, so there's no pressure in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.