Undead Slayer
Creature — Human Cleric
, 
: Exile target Skeleton, Vampire, or Zombie.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.21
- EDHREC rank
- #28857
Undead Slayer exiles any Zombie or Skeleton for two mana and a tap — clean, permanent removal that dodges regeneration and recursion entirely. The three-mana 2/2 body is irrelevant; you're paying for the exile effect, and in a format where Zombie tribal runs rampant, that price is fair.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Undead Slayer earns a seat only in dedicated hate builds or tribal-hate sideboards targeting Zombie-heavy tables — its narrow targeting means it's a dead card against half the decks in a four-player pod. Legacy, Vintage, and Modern all have access to broader, more efficient exile removal like Swords to Plowshares and Path to Exile, so Undead Slayer never sees competitive play in those formats. It's a bulk creature that does exactly one thing, and in high-power Commander metas where Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver or The Scarab God decks are common, that one thing can occasionally matter.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.21 bulk tier
At $0.21, Undead Slayer is deep bulk — a throw-in card that costs nothing to acquire and nothing to cut. It won't appreciate; the effect is too narrow and better-statted alternatives exist at the same price point.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.