Tivash, Gloom Summoner
Legendary Creature — Human Warlock
Lifelink
At the beginning of your end step, if you gained life this turn, you may pay X life, where X is the amount of life you gained this turn. If you do, create an X/X black Demon creature token with flying.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Commander 2021
- Price
- $0.43
- EDHREC rank
- #10425
Tivash, Gloom Summoner converts life loss into a board — each end step, if you've lost life, you can pay that much life again to put a Demon token into play with power and toughness equal to the amount paid. The cost is real, but in black decks that treat life as a resource, it's a repeatable threat engine that opponents have to answer every single turn.
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 |
Commander is where Tivash, Gloom Summoner lives — black life-payment strategies have the density of payoffs and the political breathing room to make draining yourself worthwhile over a full game. Legacy and Vintage are legal but irrelevant; the card is far too slow and too conditional for those formats. Oathbreaker is legal and worth a mention if you're building around a black planeswalker that drains life, since the end-step trigger will fire consistently.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.43 bulk tier
At $0.43, Tivash, Gloom Summoner is firmly bulk, and that price reflects its narrow home rather than its ceiling in the right deck. It's unlikely to climb without a reprint or a breakout life-loss commander pushing demand, but at this price there's no reason to hesitate picking up copies.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.