Soulcatcher
Creature — Bird Soldier
Flying
Whenever a creature with flying dies, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Conspiracy
- Price
- $0.28
- EDHREC rank
- #13473
Soulcatcher turns every dying Bird into a permanent +1/+1 counter, snowballing a board of fliers into a lethal air force with zero ongoing mana investment. The cost — a two-mana 1/1 that does nothing the turn it enters — is real, but in a Bird-heavy shell it pays for itself the first time anything dies.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Kastral, the Windcrested
Kastral, the Windcrested rewards you for stacking +1/+1 counters on Birds, and Soulcatcher automates exactly that whenever your flock takes casualties — every trade in combat becomes fuel, turning Kastral's payoffs on faster with no extra mana required.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Soulcatcher is a Commander card through and through — its value compounds over a long game with repeated creature deaths, which is exactly the environment a 100-card singleton format provides. Outside Commander, it's legal in Legacy and Vintage but has never found a home; Birds aren't a competitive tribe in those formats, and a 1/1 for two that requires specific conditions to grow doesn't clear the bar. Oathbreaker is the one other format where a dedicated Bird build could make Soulcatcher functional, but the card pool and game length make it a distant second to Commander.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.28 bulk tier
At $0.28, Soulcatcher is bulk — you're picking it up for pennies out of a common box or topping off a order. Demand is narrow enough that the price is unlikely to move unless a high-profile Bird commander drives a sudden spike in the tribe's popularity.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.