Spiritmonger
Creature — Beast
Whenever this creature deals damage to a creature, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
: Regenerate this creature.
: This creature becomes the color of your choice until end of turn.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BG
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Apocalypse
- Price
- $2.05
- EDHREC rank
- #22387
Spiritmonger is a 6/6 that grows, regenerates, and changes color on demand — all for five mana in two colors. It's a legitimate threat that demands an answer, not a bulk rare collecting dust for good reason.
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 |
In Commander, Spiritmonger occupies an awkward middle tier — it's a resilient, self-protecting beater, but five mana for a creature that doesn't immediately affect the board is a hard sell when the format demands more explosive payoffs. Legacy is the format where Spiritmonger had its moment: the regeneration and color-shifting made it genuinely difficult to kill with the removal suites of its era, though contemporary Legacy threats have long outpaced it. Vintage and Oathbreaker are both legal formats, but neither has any real use for a five-mana vanilla-adjacent creature when the power ceiling is so much higher.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$2.05 cheap tier
At $2.05, Spiritmonger sits firmly in the bulk-rare tier — nostalgic enough to hold a floor, not powerful enough to climb. That price reflects casual and Commander demand from players who remember it fondly; don't expect it to move in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.