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Thraben Doomsayer

Creature — Human Cleric

{T}: Create a 1/1 white Human creature token.
Fateful hour — As long as you have 5 or less life, other creatures you control get +2/+2.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{1}{W}{W}
Color identity
W
Rarity
rare
Set
Dark Ascension
Price
$0.31
EDHREC rank
#10184
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Thraben Doomsayer card art
Thraben Doomsayer puts a Human token into play every upkeep — free, on-board, and cumulative — and the second any untap loop enters the picture, that becomes unlimited tokens. The ceiling is absurd next to something like Intruder Alarm, but the floor is still a steady token engine that slots cleanly into any deck built around Silvar, Devourer of the Free // Trynn, Champion of Freedom.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Silvar, Devourer of the FreeTrynn, Champion of Freedom

Silvar, Devourer of the Free // Trynn, Champion of Freedom

36.6% of decks · synergy 0.36

Thraben Doomsayer is a near-auto-include here: Trynn generates a Human token each combat when you attack, and Thraben Doomsayer adds another every upkeep, so the pair floods the board with sacrifice fodder for Silvar faster than most interaction can keep up.

02
Greymond, Avacyn's Stalwart

Greymond, Avacyn's Stalwart

17.9% of decks · synergy 0.17

Greymond cares specifically about Humans entering and attacking, and Thraben Doomsayer's upkeep trigger ensures there's always a fresh body ready to swing — making every turn cycle a free pump for Greymond's anthem effects.

03
Kyler, Sigardian Emissary

Kyler, Sigardian Emissary

16.4% of decks · synergy 0.16

Kyler gets a +1/+1 counter for each Human that enters, so Thraben Doomsayer's once-per-upkeep token is a guaranteed counter drip that compounds over a long game and turns Kyler into a threat without any additional input.

04
Katilda, Dawnhart Prime

Katilda, Dawnhart Prime

14.8% of decks · synergy 0.14

Katilda taps Humans for mana, and Thraben Doomsayer stretches that mana base wider every turn cycle — each new Human token is effectively a free mana source waiting to be untapped.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Thraben Doomsayer does its real work: games go long enough for the upkeep trigger to accumulate, and Human tribal synergies run deep in white. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but irrelevant — three mana for a 2/2 that does nothing until your next upkeep is nowhere near the power band those formats demand. Modern is the one non-rotating format where it could theoretically see fringe play in a dedicated Human token shell, though it has never broken through. Thraben Doomsayer is a Commander card through and through.

Key Combos

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Price Context

Current price

$0.31 bulk tier

At $0.31, Thraben Doomsayer is deep bulk — you're essentially paying for shipping. That price is stable; it's not a sleeper waiting to spike, just a cheap, functional piece for the decks that want it.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.