Soul-Guide Lantern
Artifact
When this artifact enters, exile target card from a graveyard.
, Sacrifice this artifact: Exile each opponent's graveyard.
, , Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Phyrexia: All Will Be One Commander
- Price
- $0.34
- EDHREC rank
- #1365
Soul-Guide Lantern enters the battlefield and immediately exiles a single graveyard card — no waiting, no setup — then doubles as a zero-cost sacrifice outlet that wipes an entire graveyard and replaces itself with a card draw. Decks that loop artifacts, like anything built around Tameshi, Reality Architect or the Hive Mind storm lines that rely on graveyard recursion, treat it as both hate piece and fuel in the same slot.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Tameshi, Reality Architect
Tameshi, Reality Architect bounces Soul-Guide Lantern back to hand and replays it repeatedly, triggering the enters-the-battlefield exile effect on a loop while also using the sacrifice draw as a mana-neutral cantrip to dig deeper each cycle.
Umbris, Fear Manifest
Umbris, Fear Manifest mills opponents as a primary game plan, and Soul-Guide Lantern gives Umbris decks a way to exile problem graveyard cards — recursive threats, Flashback spells — that would otherwise let opponents claw back from the milling.
Glissa, the Traitor
Glissa, the Traitor returns artifacts from graveyards to hand whenever an opponent's creature dies, making Soul-Guide Lantern a repeatable resource that cycles back into play naturally over the course of a combat-heavy game.
Emry, Lurker of the Loch
Emry, Lurker of the Loch can cast Soul-Guide Lantern directly from the graveyard, turning it into a reusable enter-the-battlefield trigger that exiles a graveyard card every time Emry activates — effectively free incremental hate.
Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender
Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender grows whenever a colorless permanent is sacrificed, so cracking Soul-Guide Lantern for the card draw simultaneously pumps Syr Ginger and removes a graveyard threat in a single action.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Soul-Guide Lantern earns its slot over most competing graveyard hate because it replaces itself on exit — paying one mana for a cantripping graveyard wipe is the kind of rate that slides into any 99 without opportunity cost. Modern and Pioneer run it as a sideboard option in artifact-synergy shells that want hate that doesn't strand them on cards, though dedicated hate like Rest in Peace does more work in those formats when you need a hard lock rather than a one-shot answer. Legacy has stronger alternatives but isn't hostile to it in artifact-based strategies. It's not legal in Pauper despite its modest power level, which is where it might otherwise see the most play given how graveyard recursion dominates that format.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Hive MindParadigm ShiftSoul-Guide Lantern
Exile each opponent's library
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Price Context
Current price
$0.34 bulk tier
At $0.34, Soul-Guide Lantern is firmly bulk — easy to pick up as a throw-in or from a common bin. Bulk rares rarely move on price unless reprinted into a high-demand product, so expect it to stay in this range.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.