Soul of Innistrad
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Deathtouch
: Return up to three target creature cards from your graveyard to your hand., Exile this card from your graveyard: Return up to three target creature cards from your graveyard to your hand.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Commander 2018
- Price
- $0.31
- EDHREC rank
- #14863
Soul of Innistrad gives you a repeatable graveyard recursion engine — three creatures back for six mana from the yard, or pay the same cost at end of turn to do it again without ever casting it. The six-mana activated ability is slow, and a 6/6 body for six with deathtouch isn't closing games, so you run it specifically for that recursion loop, not as a threat — Coretapper and similar utility creatures love seeing their name cycle back to hand repeatedly.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Soul of Innistrad is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it only meaningfully belongs in Commander. The six-mana cost and sorcery-speed recursion are irrelevant in slower graveyard-focused EDH builds, where the repeatable engine across multiple turns justifies the investment. In Modern and Legacy, six mana is a game-winning amount of mana, and there are far more efficient ways to recur creatures — Soul of Innistrad simply doesn't make the cut. Pioneer is the same story: the format has leaner recursion options and no shell slow enough to exploit the activated ability.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.31 bulk tier
At $0.31, Soul of Innistrad is deep bulk — it costs less than a sleeve. That price reflects its narrow application and absence from competitive formats, so don't expect movement in either direction.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.