Tempest Harvester
Creature — Merfolk Wizard
When this creature enters, you get 
(two energy counters).
, Pay : Draw a card, then discard a card.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Modern Horizons 3
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #15253
Tempest Harvester converts excess mana into a repeatable Fog effect, tapping down attackers or blockers each turn for as long as you can pay. The cost in mana and life is real, but the on-board control it provides is worth it in any deck that generates mana well beyond its curve.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Tempest Harvester earns its keep — the multiplayer table means you can pivot the tap effect toward the most dangerous attacker each combat, and high-mana-producing strategies like Kruphix, God of Horizons or Selvala, Heart of the Wilds can activate it multiple times a turn cycle. In Legacy and Vintage, the competition is far too dense: cheap interaction and faster threats make a five-mana creature that requires additional mana investment every turn a non-starter. Pauper is legal by rarity, but the same problem applies at a smaller scale — the format punishes tap-out five-drops hard. Oathbreaker offers a similar multiplayer dynamic to Commander and is the one other format where Tempest Harvester can reasonably see play.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Tempest Harvester sits firmly in bulk territory — you're paying draft-chaff prices for a card with genuine utility in the right shell. Bulk rares rarely spike unless a combo or Commander printing breaks them out, so pick up copies freely without any expectation of price movement.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.