Soul Swindler
Creature — Demon Employee
As long as you've visited an Attraction this turn, this creature has indestructible. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)
When this creature enters, open an Attraction. (Put the top card of your Attraction deck onto the battlefield.)
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Unfinity
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #15087
Soul Swindler lets you steal creatures whenever you complete a dungeon — repeatable theft stapled to a mechanic that rewards you for doing what venture-into-the-dungeon decks already want to do. The Most Dangerous Gamer turns this into an engine that generates board presence almost every turn, making Soul Swindler a must-answer threat the moment it lands.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | banned |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | banned |
| pauper | banned |
| oathbreaker | banned |
Soul Swindler is banned in Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, which tells you everything about the power ceiling on repeatable, unconditional theft. The four restrictions doing the heavy lifting are: it requires a dungeon completion trigger (not free), the stolen creature returns at end of turn if you're not careful to sacrifice or blink it, it's a five-mana creature with no immediate protection, and the venture mechanic demands deck support to fire consistently. Commander gives it a pass because 100-card singleton dilutes the consistency that breaks other formats, the 40-life total and multiplayer threat density mean opponents can answer it before the engine goes infinite, and five mana is a real cost at a table running counterspells.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
The Most Dangerous Gamer
The Most Dangerous Gamer ventures into the dungeon on entering the battlefield and on attack, which means Soul Swindler can trigger multiple times per turn cycle — stealing a blocker to swing through, then generating another dungeon completion to steal again next combat.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Soul Swindler isn't currently available, so check Scryfall or your preferred retailer for the latest number before buying. Given that it's banned in every non-Commander 60-card format and sees heavy play in The Most Dangerous Gamer builds, expect demand to keep the price elevated relative to similarly statted five-drops.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.