Topplegeist
Creature — Spirit
Flying
When this creature enters, tap target creature an opponent controls.
Delirium — At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, if there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard, tap target creature that player controls.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Duel Decks: Blessed vs. Cursed
- Price
- $0.21
- EDHREC rank
- #9254
Topplegeist enters tapping a creature, and if delirium is online, it locks down another permanent at the start of each of your upkeeps for the rest of the game. The cost is real — a 1/1 flier with no evasion payoff beyond the tap effect is easy to ignore or block into irrelevance — but in Hylda of the Icy Crown builds, every tap trigger converts directly into card draw, tokens, or counters, which makes even a fragile body worth running.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Hylda of the Icy Crown
Hylda of the Icy Crown rewards you for tapping opponents' creatures, and Topplegeist delivers that trigger on entry plus repeatedly once delirium lands — two separate windows to cash in Hylda's ability from a single one-mana investment.
Sephara, Sky's Blade
Sephara, Sky's Blade's alternative cost requires tapping four fliers, and Topplegeist is a cheap, expendable body that fills that quota while also providing a useful tap effect that stays relevant after Sephara hits the battlefield.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Topplegeist is too fragile and conditional for competitive constructed — delirium requires real setup, and competitive Modern and Legacy games end before a 1/1 with a tap effect matters. In Commander it earns its slot in exactly one archetype: Hylda of the Icy Crown, where the repeated upkeep trigger creates reliable value and the one-mana cost keeps the deck's curve honest. Outside of that home and the occasional Sephara, Sky's Blade flying-tribal list, Topplegeist is mostly invisible across formats — it's a card with a narrow job, and it does that job well.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.21 bulk tier
At $0.21, Topplegeist is pure bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not card power. It won't appreciate; it's a bulk rare that sees narrow Commander play, so grab it from a dollar bin and don't think twice about the price.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.