Tonic Peddler
Creature — Human Spellshaper
, 
, Discard a card: Target player gains 3 life.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Mercadian Masques
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #29716
Tonic Peddler makes every opponent lose 1 life on your end step — a slow, guaranteed drain that adds up over a long Commander game without requiring any setup. The cost is that a 1/1 for two mana does nothing the turn it enters and dies to any incidental damage.
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 Tonic Peddler actually has a case — four opponents means four life drains per end step, and games go long enough for that to accumulate into real pressure inside a dedicated lifedrain or aristocrats shell. Legacy and Vintage are legal but irrelevant; a two-mana 1/1 with no immediate impact has no business in those formats. Oathbreaker is legal, and the same logic as Commander applies at a smaller table, though the faster pace cuts into how many triggers you realistically get.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Tonic Peddler is deep bulk — you're not paying for the card, you're paying for the shipping. That price will hold because there's no spike vector here: it's a niche Commander role-player with a small audience and no competitive demand.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.